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16 Sep 2014, 02:27
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The classic epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey record a series of tales about war, courage, trickery and love. The Iliad records a conflict between a confederation of warriors called “Greeks” and the walled city of Troy.The Odyssey relates the adventures of Odysseus, a warrior whose 10-year voyage home was fraught with peril. Both poems are credited to Homer, a bard whom tradition holds was blind, but most historians believe that the poems are remnants of a pre-Greek civilization known as the Mycenaean, which had thrived in the same area several hundred years before. Though the epics have been popular for millennia, many historians long believed that Homer had simply invented geographical details about two of the poems’ most important locations, the city of Troy and Odysseus’ island home of Ithaca.
In the nineteenth century, however, an amateur archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann used information from The Iliad and other literary texts to locate ruins now widely accepted as the site of ancient Troy. Schliemann and others after him uncovered evidence that up to six cities had been built one on top of the other at Hisarlik, a town on the Western coast of modern Turkey. This location is several miles from another site popularly thought a likely candidate for Troy before Schliemann’s discovery. The layer Schliemann claimed was ancient Troy seemed to have been destroyed by fire, which would align with Mycenaean methods of warfare. Archeologists also uncovered human remains displaying signs of sudden, violent death.
Inspired by Schliemann’s success, twentieth century amateurs also searched for the true site of Ithaca, the island home of Odysseus. In 2005, a British consultant named Robert Bittlestone claimed that a peninsula on the Western edge of a large island called Cephallonia is the location of historical Ithaca. Bittlestone and the academics who support his theory claim that the peninsula was once an island itself, but that earthquakes and rockslides joined the smaller landmass to the larger one.Bittlestone claims that the modern Greek island of Ithaki, traditionally considered the home of Odysseus, is not the actual site. He was led to this conclusion because Ithaki is mountainous, whereas The Odyssey describes Ithaca as “low-lying.”
In this line, the word “Greeks” is in quotation marks primarily in order to emphasize that
A. the people called Greeks in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
B. the Greeks were the enemies of the people of Troy.
C. The Iliad is unique to the cultural history of Greece.
D. the people of modern Turkey were once called Greeks.
E. Greeks have historically been concerned with war, courage, trickery and love.
In the nineteenth century, however, an amateur archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann used information from The Iliad and other literary texts to locate ruins now widely accepted as the site of ancient Troy. Schliemann and others after him uncovered evidence that up to six cities had been built one on top of the other at Hisarlik, a town on the Western coast of modern Turkey. This location is several miles from another site popularly thought a likely candidate for Troy before Schliemann’s discovery. The layer Schliemann claimed was ancient Troy seemed to have been destroyed by fire, which would align with Mycenaean methods of warfare. Archeologists also uncovered human remains displaying signs of sudden, violent death.
Inspired by Schliemann’s success, twentieth century amateurs also searched for the true site of Ithaca, the island home of Odysseus. In 2005, a British consultant named Robert Bittlestone claimed that a peninsula on the Western edge of a large island called Cephallonia is the location of historical Ithaca. Bittlestone and the academics who support his theory claim that the peninsula was once an island itself, but that earthquakes and rockslides joined the smaller landmass to the larger one.Bittlestone claims that the modern Greek island of Ithaki, traditionally considered the home of Odysseus, is not the actual site. He was led to this conclusion because Ithaki is mountainous, whereas The Odyssey describes Ithaca as “low-lying.”
In this line, the word “Greeks” is in quotation marks primarily in order to emphasize that
A. the people called Greeks in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
B. the Greeks were the enemies of the people of Troy.
C. The Iliad is unique to the cultural history of Greece.
D. the people of modern Turkey were once called Greeks.
E. Greeks have historically been concerned with war, courage, trickery and love.
16 Sep 2014, 02:27
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The classic epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey record a series of tales about war, courage, trickery and love. The Iliad records a conflict between a confederation of warriors called “Greeks” and the walled city of Troy.The Odyssey relates the adventures of Odysseus, a warrior whose 10-year voyage home was fraught with peril. Both poems are credited to Homer, a bard whom tradition holds was blind, but most historians believe that the poems are remnants of a pre-Greek civilization known as the Mycenaean, which had thrived in the same area several hundred years before. Though the epics have been popular for millennia, many historians long believed that Homer had simply invented geographical details about two of the poems’ most important locations, the city of Troy and Odysseus’ island home of Ithaca.
In the nineteenth century, however, an amateur archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann used information from The Iliad and other literary texts to locate ruins now widely accepted as the site of ancient Troy. Schliemann and others after him uncovered evidence that up to six cities had been built one on top of the other at Hisarlik, a town on the Western coast of modern Turkey. This location is several miles from another site popularly thought a likely candidate for Troy before Schliemann’s discovery. The layer Schliemann claimed was ancient Troy seemed to have been destroyed by fire, which would align with Mycenaean methods of warfare. Archeologists also uncovered human remains displaying signs of sudden, violent death.
Inspired by Schliemann’s success, twentieth century amateurs also searched for the true site of Ithaca, the island home of Odysseus. In 2005, a British consultant named Robert Bittlestone claimed that a peninsula on the Western edge of a large island called Cephallonia is the location of historical Ithaca. Bittlestone and the academics who support his theory claim that the peninsula was once an island itself, but that earthquakes and rockslides joined the smaller landmass to the larger one.Bittlestone claims that the modern Greek island of Ithaki, traditionally considered the home of Odysseus, is not the actual site. He was led to this conclusion because Ithaki is mountainous, whereas The Odyssey describes Ithaca as “low-lying.”
In this line, the word “Greeks” is in quotation marks primarily in order to emphasize that
A. the people called Greeks in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
B. the Greeks were the enemies of the people of Troy.
C. The Iliad is unique to the cultural history of Greece.
D. the people of modern Turkey were once called Greeks.
E. Greeks have historically been concerned with war, courage, trickery and love.
The answer to this question depends on determining the author’s purpose in word choice. To answer the question, look at the word Greeks in the context of the entire passage. The sentence in which the word appears describes the Greeks as a confederation of warriors. In this line, the passage claims that the poems are remnants of a pre-Greek civilization known as the Mycenaean. It is reasonable to conclude, then, that the word Greeks is in quotation marks to emphasize the fact that the warriors in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
Answer: A
The classic epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey record a series of tales about war, courage, trickery and love. The Iliad records a conflict between a confederation of warriors called “Greeks” and the walled city of Troy.The Odyssey relates the adventures of Odysseus, a warrior whose 10-year voyage home was fraught with peril. Both poems are credited to Homer, a bard whom tradition holds was blind, but most historians believe that the poems are remnants of a pre-Greek civilization known as the Mycenaean, which had thrived in the same area several hundred years before. Though the epics have been popular for millennia, many historians long believed that Homer had simply invented geographical details about two of the poems’ most important locations, the city of Troy and Odysseus’ island home of Ithaca.
In the nineteenth century, however, an amateur archeologist named Heinrich Schliemann used information from The Iliad and other literary texts to locate ruins now widely accepted as the site of ancient Troy. Schliemann and others after him uncovered evidence that up to six cities had been built one on top of the other at Hisarlik, a town on the Western coast of modern Turkey. This location is several miles from another site popularly thought a likely candidate for Troy before Schliemann’s discovery. The layer Schliemann claimed was ancient Troy seemed to have been destroyed by fire, which would align with Mycenaean methods of warfare. Archeologists also uncovered human remains displaying signs of sudden, violent death.
Inspired by Schliemann’s success, twentieth century amateurs also searched for the true site of Ithaca, the island home of Odysseus. In 2005, a British consultant named Robert Bittlestone claimed that a peninsula on the Western edge of a large island called Cephallonia is the location of historical Ithaca. Bittlestone and the academics who support his theory claim that the peninsula was once an island itself, but that earthquakes and rockslides joined the smaller landmass to the larger one.Bittlestone claims that the modern Greek island of Ithaki, traditionally considered the home of Odysseus, is not the actual site. He was led to this conclusion because Ithaki is mountainous, whereas The Odyssey describes Ithaca as “low-lying.”
In this line, the word “Greeks” is in quotation marks primarily in order to emphasize that
A. the people called Greeks in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
B. the Greeks were the enemies of the people of Troy.
C. The Iliad is unique to the cultural history of Greece.
D. the people of modern Turkey were once called Greeks.
E. Greeks have historically been concerned with war, courage, trickery and love.
The answer to this question depends on determining the author’s purpose in word choice. To answer the question, look at the word Greeks in the context of the entire passage. The sentence in which the word appears describes the Greeks as a confederation of warriors. In this line, the passage claims that the poems are remnants of a pre-Greek civilization known as the Mycenaean. It is reasonable to conclude, then, that the word Greeks is in quotation marks to emphasize the fact that the warriors in the poem were actually Mycenaean.
- This option correctly recognizes the connection between the term “Greeks” used to describe a confederation of warriors and the later claim in the passage that the poems are remnants of the pre-Greek Mycenaean civilization.
- This is stated in the passage, but it is not a reason the word “Greeks” is in quotation marks.
- This claim is not made in the passage, and this option does not suggest a reason “Greeks” is in quotation marks.
- The passage actually refers to the Greeks as enemies of residents of an ancient town now located in modern Turkey.
- This claim is made about the subjects of the epic poems, not about the Greeks themselves.
Answer: A
03 Nov 2014, 04:32
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The fifth question asks us to find the assumption.
The actual passage does not mention anything regarding local traditions or beliefs..Then how can we simply assume that local traditions were given less importance...?
The actual passage does not mention anything regarding local traditions or beliefs..Then how can we simply assume that local traditions were given less importance...?
