The Iliadic Embassy Scene

At the end of Harvard's free massive on-line open classroom (MOOC) called HeroesX, many of us banded together for further study on the Ancient Greek Hero.

If this Fall you are considering attending HeroesX (supported by EdX) come visit us at Hour 25 to get a foretaste of things to come and enjoy the company of fellow Homerists

Created by: WilliamMoulton2 of Hour 25
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  1. When the Ambassadors visited Achilles in Book IX, he said many things to them. Which below, is NOT one of his responses.
  2. In Ancient Greek "oinopa ponton" means what?
  3. God/Hero antagonism; Achilles and his buddy Patroclus were fatally attracted to which god?
  4. Ajax was worshipped in which of the following locations
  5. What does "menis" mean in Ancient Greek?
  6. What does "poine" mean in Ancient Greek?
  7. When the ambassadors return to Agamemnon at the end of Book IX, who reports on their meeting with Achilles
  8. How were Ajax and Achilles related?
  9. What happen to the poet Aesop's at Delphi?
  10. What caused the death of Odysseus' mother Anticleia?

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