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Quiz about Homers Iliad II
Quiz about Homers Iliad II

Homer's Iliad II Trivia Quiz


This quiz based on the Richmond Lattimore verse translation of the Iliad of Homer. All spelling is based on this translation.

A multiple-choice quiz by JCSon. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
JCSon
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
50,545
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1012
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who was often refered to as the 'Gerenian horseman'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who hit the furious immortal Ares in the neck and unstrung him? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What immortal was sent to rescue Achilleus from the powerful Xanthos? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How many glorious children of the Trojans did Achilles behead before the burning pyre of Patroklas? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who was the king of the Thracians killed in his sleep by Diomedes? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What Trojan killed by Odysseus wounded and nearly killed him? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What two things was Hektor referring to when he said, 'Could we capture these two things, I might hope the Achaians might embark this very night on their fast-running vessels'? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How many leaders of the sentinels took positions in the space between the ditch and rampart of the Achaian stronghold? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Idomeneus was lord of which of the following? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who was the half-brother of Telamonian Aias? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who was often refered to as the 'Gerenian horseman'?

Answer: Nestor

2. Who hit the furious immortal Ares in the neck and unstrung him?

Answer: Diomedes

Not without the aid of the goddess Athene did Diomedes, breaker of horses, accomplish this feat.
3. What immortal was sent to rescue Achilleus from the powerful Xanthos?

Answer: Hephaistos

4. How many glorious children of the Trojans did Achilles behead before the burning pyre of Patroklas?

Answer: 12

5. Who was the king of the Thracians killed in his sleep by Diomedes?

Answer: Rhesos

6. What Trojan killed by Odysseus wounded and nearly killed him?

Answer: Sokos

7. What two things was Hektor referring to when he said, 'Could we capture these two things, I might hope the Achaians might embark this very night on their fast-running vessels'?

Answer: Nestor's shield and Diomedes' corselet

8. How many leaders of the sentinels took positions in the space between the ditch and rampart of the Achaian stronghold?

Answer: 7

9. Idomeneus was lord of which of the following?

Answer: Kretans

10. Who was the half-brother of Telamonian Aias?

Answer: Teukros

Source: Author JCSon

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