1. Summarize what you learned about the Illiad.

2. Re-read the excerpt from the Illiad (Reading 4.1 in The Humanistic Tradition). Describe the character of Achilles by paraphrasing the descriptions in the Illiad.

3. How does Achilles best represent the values of the Heroic Age? Use at least two quotations from the Illiad to support your view.

Reading: 2. 2. Read The Heroic World (Links to an external site.) section of Reading the Illiad (Links to an external site.). (Read at least from " The Iliad narrates the consequences of the anger or rage of Achilles..." to the end of the page, " the contradictions between the glory (death and honor) and civilization ( oikos and polis ) that he presents so well in the Iliad." ) https://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Read_Iliad.htm#Heroic https://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Read_Iliad.htm#Heroic