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Troy and the Iliad Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Do your best to complete this before beginning the poem. Using trustworthy resources see if you can find answers to the following:

1. Who was Heinrich Schliemann?

2. What does “Ilium” mean (Hint: not the bone, but rather the place)?

3. What is Hissarlik?

4. What was “The Judgment of Paris” and what did it have to do with the Trojan War?

5. According to archeological studies, how many Troys were likely built on the same site? Which Troy was likely the one described in the poem?

6. Find a map of the area in question and study the likely location of Troy. Why would that location have been so valuable to command?

7. Who is the son of Peleus? Who is the son of Atreus?

8. Briefly identify the following characters in the poem:

The Achaeans, the Danaans, Achilles, Patroclus, Thetis, Odysseus, the Myrmidons, Agamemnon, Menalaus, Calchas, Apollo, Chryses, Chryseis, Breseis, Priam, Hector, Paris

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http://cerhas.uc.edu/troy/index.html University of Cincinnati--The Real Troy—Excavations and Discoveries

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/iliad.html#Homeric%20Geography – Help from Reed College