Illiad Book 4

Question 1

Why does Hera object to allowing Troy to stand and Menelaus to take Helen back peacefully?

Answer 1

• because that would mean all her “efforts count for nothing”

Question 2

Zeus grants Hera’s wish but what does he threaten to ransack of hers?
And how does Hera

Answer 2

• one of her favourite cities since Troy was his: “one where favourites of yours are living”

Question 3

Athene is sent to get the battle in motion but how is she described coming down?

Answer 3

“Like a meteor” (highlights the start of something important)

Question 4

Athene protects the arrow from hitting Menelaus, her care being like…

Answer 4

“Like a mother”

Question 5

What is Aga most worried about if Menelaus dies?

Answer 5

• That everyone will remember it as a “failed expedition, retreat in empty ships and brave Menelaus left behind”.

Question 6

How do we that Aga is ill-judged when criticising Odysseus for not having rejoined the battle?

Answer 6

“The call to battle had not yet reached their ears”

Question 7

How does Aga propose reconciliation to Odysseus?

Answer 7

• he says he’ll “make up for it later if I’ve said anything offensive”

Question 8

When learning about what happened to Menelaus, the Greeks suddenly had what?

Answer 8

“Their will to fight renewed”

Question 9

Give 2 quotes that portray war in this Book.

Answer 9

• “the screams of the dying… and the earth ran with blood”.
• “Trojans and Greeks that day lay there in their multitudes.. face down in the dust”.