1.Reread what we have read so far from The Iliad. That's lines 1-118 pp. 77-80. Ask any questions you have and any other comments or observations.
Why did the Achaean ranks want to accept the gifts, but Agamemnon?
Why didn't the Achaeans realize right away that Apollo sent the plague among the army because they wouldn't give back the daughter?
When Achilles says "Son of Atreus, now we are beaten back, I fear, the long campaign is lost. So home we sail... if we can escape our death-if war and plague are joining forces now to crush the Argives. But wait: let us question a holy man, a prophet, even a man skilled with dreams-dreams as can come our say from Zeus-come, someone to tell us why Apollo rages so, whether he blames us for a vow we failed, or sacrifice. If only the god would share the smoky savor of lambs and full grown goats, Apollo might be willing, still, somehow, to save us form this plague." does this mean the Greeks are going to give back the daughter?
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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