1. In line 21, Homer says that Patroclus has fallen. In this case fallen means that Patroclus is dead. Line 21: Patroclus has fallen. They're fighting over his dead corpse. In line 29, Homer says that Achilles lay there, fallen. In this case fallen means that Achilles is on the ground. Lines 28 and 29: Overpowered in all his power, sprawled in the dust, Achilles lay there, fallen.
2. A black cloud. Line 24. A black cloud of grief came shrouding over Achilles.
3. He falls on the ground and tears his hair out of his head. Lines 29-30. Achilles lay there, fallen... tearing his hair, defiling it with his own hands.
4. Achilles death is going to be after Hector's death . Lines 112-113. For hard on the heels of Hector's death your death must come at once.
5. The crippled Smith(Hephaestus) built his own house. Lines 431-433. Thetis reached Hephaestus' house, indestructible, bright as stars, shining among the gods, built of bronze by the crippled Smith with his own hands.
6. Thetis saved Hephaestus' life. Lines 461-462: Thetis saved my life when the mortal pain came on me after my great fall.
7. A shield and a helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for his chest. Lines 535-537: Give my son he wont liv long a shield and helment and tooled greaves with ankle-straps and armor for is chest.
8. In one city there is happiness and weddings. There is music and dancing. Lines 573-574, 576-577. With weddings and wedding feasts in one and under glowing torches they brought forth the brides. While choir on choir the wedding song rose high and the young men came dancing.; In the other city their is a divided army which has two plans that split their ranks. There is a battle in the city. Lines 593-595, 621: But circling the other city camped a divided army gleaming in battle-gear, and two plans split their ranks: to plunder the city or share the riches with its people. Both armies battled it out along the river banks.
9. The book said that the song the boy sang was a dirge for the dying year which dirge means a sound that is about death or a funeral. Lines 664-666: And there among them a young boy plucked his lyre, so clear it could break the heart with longing, and what he sang was a dirge for the dying year.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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