Ms. Mendenhall
The Iliad Activity Worksheet
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1. How did Homer get the idea to write The Iliad and The Odyssey?
2. Why did people say Homer was blind?
3. Why did people memorize parts of Homer’s epics?
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4. What are three reasons to read The Iliad?
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5. The poem begins with a dispute. Who is having the dispute and where are they
from?
6. Who did Agamemnon offend and why?
7. Which gods support the Greeks?
8. Which gods support the Trojans?
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9. Why was the golden apple tossed?
10. Who was assigned the task of giving the golden apple away?
11. What did the golden apple have inscribed on it?
12. Who was getting married and who would be their son?
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13. What did each goddess do to first get the attention of Paris?
14. Who is Menalaos?
15. Who did Paris give the golden apple to and what was the result?
16. Why did the Greeks travel to Troy?
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17. What is an epic?
18. What are three characteristics of a hero?
19. What are three things a hero desires?