Question
Answer the following about pronouncing the opening line of Homer’s Iliad, for 10 points each.
[10m] The eta should be stressed in this opening word of the Iliad, an abstract noun. You may give the Greek word or any of its common English translations.
ANSWER: mēnin [accept rage, anger, wrath, or synonyms]
[10e] The opening line attributes the mēnin, or wrath, to this Greek hero who is the protagonist of the Iliad.
ANSWER: Achilles [or Achilleus; or Akhilaos]
[10h] Because the Iliad is in dactylic hexameter, its lines end with a spondee, which has this syllabic configuration.
ANSWER: two stressed syllables [or two long syllables; accept stressed stressed or long long; accept macron macron or two syllables with macrons; accept two heavy or two emphasized syllables; prompt on two syllables]
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