Block Day, Sept. 8 ~ Iliad Here We Come!

Quizzes returned (and taken by Zoe and Shoghi?)

Discuss and email written project proposals.

Just for kicks....let's watch a video to begin.

• A very cute summary.

HW: Read Heroes and the City of Man pages 85-96 "Fighters Killing, Fighters Killed"
Journal 11

1. According to the myths, how did the war begin?
2. What part of the war is the Iliad about?
3. What is the ancient Greek view of death?
4. Describe the hero's attitude toward death.
5. What does Homer think of the "heroic ethic"?
6. What accounts for the "despair" that, according to C.S.Lewis, pervades Homer's epic? 
7. Explain the "geography" of the epic. Why is this spacial division important?
8. Describe the "chiastic" links between Books 1-3 and Books 22-24.
9. Describe some of the poetic techniques that Homer uses to unify the poem. 
10. Research and cite few facts about ancient Greek warfare that you find interesting.