Iliad & Odyssey "Chunked" Assignment Bundle (62 Assignments)

These assignments present engaging 500-word informational articles divided into clear, manageable sections. Four comprehension questions are placed throughout the reading, allowing readers to demonstrate understanding as they progress. Bold vocabulary words are introduced naturally within the text with simple definitions. A vocabulary section provides additional practice defining each term in complete sentences.

1. Read Article
2. Answer Comprehension questions
3. Define Vocabulary

Assignments included:
ILIAD
Helen’s Suitors and Their Oath
Helen and Menelaus
Agamemnon – Leader of the Greek Army
Achilles – Greatest Greek Warrior
Odysseus – Clever King of Ithaca
Ajax – Powerful Greek Warrior
Hector – Greatest Trojan Warrior
Priam – King of Troy
Paris – Prince of Troy
The Judgment of Paris
Paris Takes Helen to Troy
The Greeks Gather for War
The Greek Fleet Sails for Troy
The Trojan War Begins
Achilles and Agamemnon Quarrel
Briseis – Captive of Achilles
Achilles Refuses to Fight
Patroclus – Friend of Achilles
Hector and Andromache
Paris and Menelaus Duel
Patroclus Fights in Achilles’ Armor
Hector Kills Patroclus
Achilles Returns to Battle
Achilles Kills Hector
Priam Begs for Hector’s Body
The Death of Achilles
Odysseus Plans the Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse
The Greeks Enter Troy
The Fall of Troy

Odyssey
Overview
Trojan War Ends
Odysseus Begins Journey Home
Raid on the Cicones
Land of Lotus-Eaters
Cyclops Polyphemus
Odysseus Blinds the Cyclops
Poseidon Curses Odysseus
Aeolus and the Winds
Laestrygonians Attack the Fleet
Circe the Enchantress
Odysseus Rescues His Men
Journey to the Underworld
Prophet Tiresias Gives Warning
Odysseus Meets Fallen Heroes
The Dangerous Sirens
Scylla and Charybdis
Cattle of Helios
Zeus Destroys Odysseus’s Ship
Calypso Holds Odysseus
Suitors Invade Odysseus’s Palace
Penelope Resists the Suitors
Telemachus Searches for Odysseus
Athena Helps Telemachus
Gods Free Odysseus
Odysseus Reaches the Phaeacians
Odysseus Returns to Ithaca
Athena Disguises Odysseus
Odysseus Reunites With Telemachus
Argos Recognizes Odysseus
Odysseus Defeats the Suitors
Odysseus Reunites With Penelope