The Iliad Book 22 Study Questions

1. Why does Zeus not bother to intervene to save Hector?
2. How does Athena trick Hector?
3. How does Hector’s armor enable him to be defeated?
4. What is the significance of Hector running around Troy three times in Book 22 of The Iliad?
5. Look at the interaction between Priam and Hektor at the beginning of Book 22. What strikes you most about this passage?
6. Compare the deaths of Patroklos and Hektor. What similarities do you notice? 
7. Book 22 focuses quite a bit on men’s bodies. What is Priam’s fear for his own body? 
8. How is Hektor’s body treated by Achilleus?