Roman culture — chapters 7–9

Chapter 7

Read the essay Homer and the Iliad — 1 on pages 47–48 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

    1. Who would teach Roman children the stories of the Trojan War?
    2. The Romans believed that these stories were part of their history. How?
  2. Who or what are these?
    1. Troy
    2. Homer
    3. the Iliad
    4. the Odyssey
  3. Re-tell the story of the judgement of Paris.
    1. What happened at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?
    2. Which three goddesses was the judgement between?
    3. Who was Paris? Why was he chosen to judge?
    4. What bribes did the goddesses offer Paris?
    5. Which goddess did Paris choose?
  4. Who are these people?
    1. Menelaus
    2. Helen
    3. Agamemnon
    4. Achilles
  5. How did the judgement of Paris lead to the Trojan War?
  6. Describe the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon that opens the Iliad.

Chapter 8

Read the essay The Iliad – 2 on pages 52–53 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

    1. After killing Hector, how does Achilles treat the body?
    2. Why?
    3. How do the gods react?
  2. How does Jupiter prepare for Priam to ransom his son's body?
  3. How does Priam approach Achilles' tent?
  4. What causes the anger of Achilles to disappear?
  5. How does Priam leave Achilles' tent?
  6. What two dreadful events are yet to happen when the Iliad ends?

Chapter 9

Read the essay Virgil and the Aeneid on pages 58–59 of the textbook, and then answer these questions.

  1. Where was Virgil born, and when?
  2. Where was Virgil educated?
  3. Describe Virgil's relationship with
    1. Horace
    2. the first Roman emperor, Augustus
  4. On the night Troy fell, why had the Trojans been celebrating?
  5. That night, Hector's ghost appeared to Aeneas in a dream.
    1. What did it look like?
    2. Why?
    3. What did it say?
  6. What did Aeneas see in King Priam's palace?
  7. What did the vision of Venus tell Aeneas to do?
  8. Who accompanied Aeneas as he left the city? How?
  9. When did Aeneas realise his wife was missing?
  10. What did the vision of Aeneas's wife tell him to do?