Thursday, October 10, 2013

Thursday a.m. Ancient History and Lit

Vocabulary: Quiz on the next ten Greek and Latin roots. They are listed on a separate blog post.

Literature: Read Books 6-9 in The Iliad. 
Answer the following:
1. Do you think that you can identify the moral of the epic? If so, what lesson do you think Homer was teaching?
2. The gods play and important role in The Iliad. How do they influence other characters? Give three examples.
3. In Book 7, who is chosen to fight Hector? How is he elected? Do they duel? What happens?
4. Why do both sides take a day from fighting?
5. In Book 9, what is proposed to Achilles? Why?

History: Complete the study guide fro Chapters 12-16 and read the remainder of Chapter 16 and 17,18 and 19. Please make bullet points for your own notes.


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