What ancient Greek beliefs about heroes are prevalent in The Iliad of Homer? Select three options.Heroes possess impressive traits, such as strength.Heroes sometimes rely on support from the gods.Heroes interact peacefully with their enemies.Heroes sometimes display human weaknesses.Heroes are immortal—they live forever.
Read the excerpt from The Iliad of Homer."I entreat you by your life, by your knees, by your parents,do not let the dogs feed on me by the ships of the Achaians,but take yourself the bronze and gold that are there in abundance, those gifts that my father and the lady my mother will give you, and give my body to be taken home again, so that the Trojans and the wives of the Trojans may give me in death my rite of burning.”
Read the excerpt from The Iliad of Homer."Ah me, this is a man beloved whom now my eyes watchbeing chased around the wall; my heart is mourning for Hektorwho has burned in my honour many thigh pieces of oxenon the peaks of Ida with all her folds . . .”
Read the excerpt from The Iliad of Homer.Then in answer the goddess grey-eyed Athene spoke to him:"Father of the shining bolt, dark misted, what is this you said?Do you wish to bring back a man who is mortal, one long sincedoomed by his destiny, from ill-sounding death and release him?Do it, then; but not all the rest of us gods shall approve you.”
Read the excerpt from The Iliad of Homer.But if they are dead already and gone down to the house of Hades,it is sorrow to our hearts, who bore them, myself and their mother, but to the rest of the people a sorrow that will be fleetingbeside their sorrow for you, if you go down before Achilleus. Come then inside the wall, my child, so that you can rescuethe Trojans and the women of Troy . . .
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