Iliad Book 18 Discussion Questions

Name ________________________________
Mrs. Cohen
Date________
9H
Discussion questions for the Iliad by Homer
Please answer the following questions based on book 18 of the
Iliad.
1. What does Achilles think happened according to the prophecy
he heard from his mother previously
2. What did Achilles do physically after he heard the news from
Antilochus
3. Why did Antilochus hold achilles’s hands while Achilles was
crying
4. What happened after Achilles cried his terrible wrenching
cry
5. Since Achilles has lost the will to live, he says that he must do
something before he allows himself to die. What is it
6. What is Achilles supposed to wait for before he enters the
war
7. How many times did Hector and the Aeantes fight for control
over Patroclus’s body
8. What did Iris say to Achilles
9. Who told her to do this
10. did Achilles honor Iris’s request Why
11. How many times did Achilles give his great war cry
12. How may times do the Trojans whirl in panic
13. What does Polydamas say to Hector
14. What is hector’s response
15. Why did the Trojans agree
16. Describe Patroclus’s funeral. (a dirge is a funeral song)

17. Why did Hephastus think that Hera hid him
18. Who saved him
19. What metaphor is used two times to describe how Achilles
grew Do you see any connection with that and a saying we
have today
20. What does Hephastus promise to do for Thetis
***You do not have to read from line 558-709.*****
We will discuss those lines in class at a later time.