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World of the Hero
The Iliad
Iliad Book 6
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Whose life does Menelaus almost spare and why?
Adrestus
because he offers a
ransom
Who convinces Menelaus to kill Adrestus and why?
Agamemnon
because he doesn't want to
leave
a single
Trojan
alive
Who tells Aeneas and Hector to rally the troops and hold their position?
Helenus
(
seer
+
son
of
Priam
)
Who tells Hector to organise a sacrifice to Athene?
Helenus
Where does Hector run to?
Troy
Who meets and discusses their grandfathers?
Glaucus
+
Diomedes
Who were Glaucus and Diomedes' grandfathers?
Glaucus ->
Bellerophon
Diomedes ->
Adrastus
What do Glaucus and Diomedes do after finding out their grandfathers were friends?
They agree not to
fight
each other + swap
armour
as a show of
friendship
Where does Hector go first when he reaches Troy?
Priam's palace
to look for his
mother
,
Hecuba
What does Hecuba offer Hector?
Wine
What does Hector tell Hecuba to prepare?
A
sacrifice
for
Athene
What does Hecuba prepare for the sacrifice to Athene?
Her finest
robe
+
12
heifers
What does Athene do with Hecuba's sacrifice?
She
rejects
it
What does Hector find Paris doing in his room?
Polishing
his
armour
What do Hector and Helen say to Paris?
They tell him he's
lazy
and that he needs to go back to the
battlefield
What does Paris claim when confronted?
That he is
grief-stricken
but since
Helen
wants him to go back he will
consider
it
What does Hector agree with?
That Hector's
criticism
is
fair
and to arm himself to catch up to
Hector
to go back to
battle
Where does Hector go after visiting Priam's palace?
His own
home
, to see his
wife
,
Andromache
Where does Hector find Andromache?
A
tower
Who does Hector find Andromache with?
Their
son
,
Astyanax
Who does Andromache grieve on the tower?
Her
brothers
and
father
, whom
Achilles
killed, and her
mother
whom Achilles made a
slave
and was then killed by
Artemis
What is Andromache afraid of if Hector dies?
Becoming a
widow
+ Greek
slave
Who doesn't recognise Hector and why?
Astyanax
because of Hector's
bloody helmet
+
plume
How do Andromache and Hector react to Astyanax being afraid of his father's armour?
They
laugh
What does Hector tell Andromache to do before leaving?
Go back to her
weaving
What do the Trojan women do after Hector leaves?
They
mourn
him because they know he
won't
come back
What is the quote about war by Hector to Andromache?
"The war shall be the men's concern”