Main Characters of Homer's Illiad
Zeus, Agamemnon, Achilles, Apollo, and Hector
Hesiod claimed to write his poems
Through divine inspireation
The gods, in Homer's poem
Care about the honor given them by men
The term "philosophy" means
The love of wisdom
Homer's great poem, The Iliad, begins by announcing that his theme will be
Rage
Justice, in the Homeric world, consists in
Giving to each man his due
Hubris
Arrogance or excessive self-confidence
Hesiod
Author of Theogony
Homer
Reputed author of the The Iliad
The Illiad
Tells of the war that the Greeks fought against Troy, and of The Odyssey, the tale of the adventures of Odysseus (Ulysses) making his wandering way home from Troy to Ithaca.
(Homer)
Theogony
The ancient Greek story of the origin of all things, including the gods. (Hesiod)
