Trojan War: Review - Part III, "The Wrath of Achilles"
1. Who are Chryses, Chryseis, and Briseis?
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2. Why did Agamemnon take Briseis from Achilles?
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3. Why did Achilles refuse to fight for the Greeks?
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4. Who wins the combat between Menelaus and Paris?
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5. What happens during the conversation between Hector and Andromache?
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6. What do Odysseus and Diomede achieve during their "Night Adventure?"
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7. Why do you think Achilles sends Patroclus into battle instead of going himself?
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8. How does Patroclus die?
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9. Who kills Hector, and how does it happen?
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10. Who deserved to win the chariot race, Menelaus or Antiolochus?
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11. How does Priam convince Achilles to give him the body of his son?
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12. You have read descriptions of individual fights between Greeks and Trojans,
but there must have been hundreds of others Homer never bothered to describe.
Make one up, and describe how it plays out. Include character names, their backgrounds,
their weapons, where on the battlefield it occurs, and the events and outcome
of the fight. Do your best to make it sound accurate.
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