The Trojan War Part Three
Read it aloud; brief discussion; summarize it!
Vocabulary:
Fragrant: sweet smelling
Appalled: horrified
Shroud: a burial cloth
Truce: a period where fighting is called off either
permanently or temporarily
Overwrought: overcome by emotion
Summary:
Achilles now has his new armor from Hesphaestus to replace
the one taken by Hector. Hector, knowing that he is fated to die before
Achilles, goes willingly into his final battle with Achilles for he wants to
defend his country.
The Gods also take sides: Athena, the goddess of Wisdom,
knocks down Ares, the god of War, and Hera takes the bow away from Artemis
(Diana) and boxes her ears.
The fateful day of the battle arrives and Achilles, with
Athena’s help, kills Hector. Achilles is still angry over the death of his
friend, Antiloclus and refuses to return Hector’s body to his parents, Priam
and Hecuba. Zeus intervenes and sends Iris, his messenger, to tell Priam what
he must do to convince Achilles to give him back his son’s body. Iris tells Priam that Achilles is not
evil, but overwrought by the death of his friend, Antilocus. Priam must go to
Achilles as a supplicant, and kiss the hand that slayed his son and give him
gifts.
Achilles’ heart has been softened by the funeral for
Antilochus and he is moved by the sight of the aged parents of Hector, so he
agrees to give them the body of their son whom he killed on the battle field.
Achilles guarantees a truce for Hector’s funeral rites and
orders his servants to anoint Hector’s body with fine oils and cover it with
a beautiful robe.
The mourning for Hector’s death continues for nine
days. Then Hector’s body is placed
on a funeral pyre where it burns until it is reduced to ashes. Then the bones
and ashes are placed in a golden funeral urn which is covered in a purple
shroud and placed in a grave marked with huge stones
Read aloud The Trojan War, Part Four; summarize it.
Vocabulary:
Exhilarated: extremely happy, ecstatic, joyous
Tuesday, December 13th:
Final Preparation for the final tomorrow
Wednesday, December 14th:
Tuesday, December 13th:
Final Preparation for the final tomorrow
Wednesday, December 14th:
The Iliad final test
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