The Iliad

Who is considered the most beautiful mortal woman?

What is a firebrand?

What lesson was Apollo teaching the camp?

Who does Paris fall in love with?

What happens to Achilles and Briseis?

Why did Apollo send a plague to the Greek camp?

What is a soothsayer?

What did the Soothsayer tell Paris's parents?

What events create the central conflict of the myth? (lines 1-35)

Who does Achilles fall in love with?

What might Achilles do after the end of the story?

What does the story of Achilles teach us?

Why did Helen running away cause a war?

Why did Achilles's mom dress him as a woman?

Why does Agamemnon take Brises?

What did Menelaus and his brother, Agamemnon,do when Helen ran away?

In lines 54-70, what elements of myth do you find?

Paris is considered strong willed and bold, why are these his weaknesses too?

Why was the Iliad myth created?

Which Goddess gets the apple