The first scene of the iliad finds chryses, the priest of apollo god of the sun and a whole lot of other stuff, approaching the achaian camp to ask for his daughter back. The goddess appears beside hector in the form of deiphobus, telling him that the two of them together can face. Achilles, agamemnon also called atrides, patroclus. As all the troops of troy catch their breath within its walls, hector stands at the gates to withstand the coming raid. The iliad is one of the two great epics of homer, and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to say the iliad is a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters. Triplespaced translation sheets 20 lines per page, 480 kb. Achilles is finally able to avenge the death of his dear friend, patroclus. A massive sacrifice is made to the gods, including the twelve trojans that achilles took captive the previous day. Indeed, homer announces his subject in the very first word of the very first line. Literary devices from book 22 of the iliad by karmen. Without the help of achilles the greeks forces are annihilated by the trojans led by their greatest warrior hector, the son of the trojan king, priam. The battle between hektor and achilles brings about a reconsideration of two ideas that have been implicit throughout the iliad. Book 22 of homers the iliad brings about the resolution of the dispute between hector and achilles.
This contains a book by book summary and analysis of homers epic poem. The trojans, having fled like a herd of frightened deer, now leant on the battlements around the city, drying the sweat from their bodies, and quenching their thirst, as the greeks approached the wall, their shields at the slope. Achilles watches the retreat from afar and worries about the fate of patroclus. The point is, now that you know what the things are, its high time we jumped into the middle of them. Hector consults within himself what measures to take. The identity of the composer of the iliad is a matter of some speculation. Check your score by clicking on the calculate your score button at the bottom of the page. Paolo vivante, the homeric imagination, bloomington. The quarrel between achilles and agamemnon in book 1 of homers iliad sets in motion a chain of events that will affect the tenth and final year of the legendary trojan war. Achilles still chases apollo who turns and tells him that it. To repay the indignity chryses has suffered, apollo, the mouse god, rains arrows of plague on the greek forces for 9 days. Achilles chases him around the plain of troy, always blocking him from the city.
In book i, at line 225, lionhearted achilles gives the commander of the greek forces, agamemnon, an earful for stealing his beautiful slave briseis. This is a list of principal characters in homers iliad and odyssey greeks in the trojan war. Athena appears behind achilles, telling him she will persuade hector to fight. Doublespaced translation sheets 30 lines per page, 470 kb. She protected helen, to whom she gave great beauty, and, in book three, she rescues paris from menelaos, and brings him to helen. Set during the trojan war, the tenyear siege of the city of troy ilium by a coalition of greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the. It was commonly thought that he lived on chios, an island off the west coast of turkey, some time between 1100 and 700 bc, probably closer to the latter. But when achilles approaches, hector breaks and runs in fear. Achilles, helen, hector, and other heroes of greek myth and history in the tenth and final year of the greek siege of troy. In this last simile, hector is compared to an eagle swooping down through the clouds, striking a tender ewe or a fearful hare. Of all inhabited cities under the sun and stars of heaven, there was none that i so much respected as ilius with priam and his whole people.
Select the correct answer to each of the following questions by clicking on the appropriate button. Hector loves and cares deeply for his family while achilles shares a bond of brotherly love with patroclus. Books sixteen to twentytwo all quotations from the iliad are from the translation of richmond lattimore, university of chicago press, 1951like book nine, book sixteen marks a crucial turning point in the iliad. With the tipping of the scales, hectors fate is no longer in the slightest doubt. Orions dog the dog star, sirius, named for the dog of the mythological hunter, orion. Hector shining like a star in 6265 is the description of diomedes in the beginning of book v. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the iliad and what it means. As a star goeth forth amid stars in the darkness of night, the star of evening, that is set in heaven as the fairest of all. Chapter summary for homers the iliad, book 23 summary. The questions you missed will be displayed below your score. Zeus takes up his scales and tips the balance against hector, sentencing hector to death. There are roughly names referenced in the chapters of the iliad, and it is very easy to get overwhelmed and discouraged by trying to keep up with them all.
Find a summary of this and each chapter of the iliad. This is one of the few times when this happens, and it is interesting that hektor says it out of excitement wanting the moment to last forever instead of despair at a moment passing. Homer, iliad book 22 theoi classical texts library. It is a curious fact about the iliad that, for all its focus on the theme of death, it rarely shows characters longing for immortality. The lion, the witch and the wardrobescore artist harry gregsonwilliams.
Priam, overlooking the battlefield from the trojan ramparts, begs him to come inside, but hector, having given the overconfident order for the trojans to camp outside their gates the night before, now feels too ashamed to join them in their retreat. Get an answer for in the iliad, book 22, in what way is hectors decision to flee from achilles consistent with hectors character. Idomeneus leads a charge against the trojans in book. Rodents do spread plague, so the association between a divine mouse function and delivering plague makes sense, even if the greeks werent completely aware of the connection. Despite the pleas of his parents, hector waits outside the gates alone. Achilles turns back towards the city and priam sees him coming like the star that rears at harvest, flaming up in.
The first lines of an ancient epic poem typically offer a capsule summary of the subject the poem will treat, and the first lines of the iliad conform to this pattern. The ancients believed it was a bard called homer, although they disagreed about biographical details. Achilles will receive the glory of killing the greatest of the trojan fighters. In book 6 hectors humanity is shown as he shares a loving moment with his wife, andromache, and his son astyanax. Read book 22 death of hector of the iliad by homer. The men prepare for the funeral, putting on their arms and building patroclus pyre. The iliadbook 22 the boxes and the by homer questions at. Sparknotes bookrags the meaning summary overview critique of explanation pinkmonkey. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Check the text carefully, then try those questions again.
But hector did deadly fate ensnare to abide there where he was in front of. The iliad is an ancient greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to homer. The next day, an achaean force led by meriones cuts timber for patroclus funeral pyre. In iliad xxii 9397, the focal center is hector, then achilles iliad xxii 9144, then first achilles and then hector iliad xxii 189193, and finally hector iliad xxii 308311. Hector now stands as the only trojan left outside troy. Iliad book 22 by homer available from rakuten kobo.
At first patroclus pyre does not burn, but achilles prays to the gods of the west and north wind. Achilles pursues him thrice round the walls of troy. Now, with this stunning modern verse translation, fagles has reintroduced virgils aeneid to a whole new generation, and completed the classical triptych at the heart of western. The vein referenced in this passage is an example of literary conceit. Information on the first book of the iliad of homer. Homers epic poem the iliad tells the story of the trojan war and the epic heroes and gods, including achilles, hector, odysseus, athena, ares, paris. The publication of a new translation by fagles is a literary event. Literary devices from book 22 of the iliad line 375381 line 474477 conspicuous as the evening star that comes, amid the first in heaven, at fall of night, and stands most lovely in the west, so shone n sunlight the finepointed spear achilles poised in his right hand, with. Apollo reveals he has tricked achilles into letting the trojans escape, and achilles runs back to troy like a deadly star. Poem summary about the iliad character list summary and analysis book i book ii book iii book iv.
His translations of both the iliad and odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and have become the standard translations of our era. Lines 463465 standing over him, so theyd gloat and stab his body. On their fourth circuit of troy, achilles cannot gain on hector, but hector cannot escape from achilles speed. While achilleus still refuses to return to battle, his friend, patroklos, persuades him to let him fight in his place. Well, the first place you could look is the enotes summary on homers iliad. The vivid and gory descriptions of battle contrast with moments of kind and loving behavior, which humanizes many of the fiercest warriors in the iliad. Major characters of the iliad one of the challenges of reading epic poetry is keeping track of all the names. The trick athena plays on hector is one of the final examples of a godly intervention in battle, but the trick is not portrayed as underhanded.