Greek Literature - An introduction to various aspects of Greek Literature

Greek

1. Year 7 10 minutes reading time

2. Research Achilles Open a word file and put the title above Last lesson, we heard the story of the epic poem ‘The Iliad’. Today we are going to research the story of Achilles too, There are lots of websites that give information on this, but if you are struggling, use https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/achilles _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Achilles was a demi-god, meaning that one of his parents was human and the other was a Greek god; what were the names of his parents and which one was a god? Achilles’ mother was concerned that her son was mortal and could therefore die, so she dipped him in the River Styx, because its waters were said the give invulnerability to the gods. However, which part of his body did she not immerse in water and therefore where was he vulnerable? What qualities did Achilles have that made him a Greek hero? How was it predicted that Achilles would die? Why did Agamemnon and Achilles argue and what did Achilles do as a result of this?

3. The Iliad and Achilles – Choice of 2 Tasks Task One – Create a storyboard of the stories of Achilles and/or The Iliad, using pictures from the internet and your words to create a picture of the events of the story. A template is on the next slide. The top and third row would be where your pictures would go and the second and fourth your words PICTURE PICTURE PICTURE Story 1 Story 2 Story 3 PICTURE PICTURE PICTURE Story 4 Story 5 Story 6

4. Task Two Try to work out what Achilles and Agamemnon say to each other. Use the internet to help you if you are stuck with some words Complete the task on the next slides

5. What happens in this extract and then write a paragraph summarising it, in no more than 75 words.

6. Re-read the extract from ‘The Iliad’ and make notes on: What you can infer about the feelings of both Achilles and Agamemnon ( Aspire to aim for more than one feeling ). (FLASH skill = I) Find evidence to support your inferences. Try to identify the word classes or technique, eg adjectives, verbs, similes, etc (FLASH Skill E, WT). Aim for several pieces of evidence (quotations) and write these out.