Iliad Chronology Sample Quiz

Directions: Rearrange the following events of the Iliad in the order in which they actually occurred.

Funeral of Hector
Death of Patroclus
Embassy to Achilleus
Valor (aristeia) of Diomedes
Death of Sarpedon
Capture of the horses of Rhesus
Death of Hector
Duel between Hektor and Ajax
Quarrel between Achilles & Agamemnon
Ransoming of Hector’ Body
Duel of Paris & Menelaus

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