The Iliad Book 9 Study Questions

1. How are relationships between male companions depicted in these books? 
2. How would you describe the relationship between Achilleus and Patroklos?
3. Why does Achilleus refuse Agamemnon’s offer in Book 9? Try to come up with at least two reasons.
4. Who proposes returning to Greece because the war was a failure?
5. How does Diomedes respond to Agamemnon’s weeping?
6. How does Achilles react to Agamemnon’s offer to fight the Trojans?
7. How does Book 9 of The Iliad serve to develop Achilles’s character?