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Packet D: Bonus 5

Answer the following about pronouncing the opening line of Homer’s Iliad, for 10 points each.
[10m] The eta should be stressed in this opening word of the Iliad, an abstract noun. You may give the Greek word or any of its common English translations.
ANSWER: mēnin [accept rage, anger, wrath, or synonyms]
[10e] The opening line attributes the mēnin, or wrath, to this Greek hero who is the protagonist of the Iliad.
ANSWER: Achilles [or Achilleus; or Akhilaos]
[10h] Because the Iliad is in dactylic hexameter, its lines end with a spondee, which has this syllabic configuration.
ANSWER: two stressed syllables [or two long syllables; accept stressed stressed or long long; accept macron macron or two syllables with macrons; accept two heavy or two emphasized syllables; prompt on two syllables]
<CWRU A, European Literature> | Packet-D_CWRU-A_Iowa_Toronto-A_WashU-A

HeardPPBE %M %H %
5513.4584%35%16%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BUBrandeis B010010E
Brandeis ATufts A10101030MEH
Brown AUMass Boston010010E
Harvard ADartmouth A1010020ME
MIT AHarvard B0101020EH

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Florida2025-02-01✓310.0067%33%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓611.6767%17%33%
Midwest2025-02-01✓618.3383%83%17%
North2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Northeast2025-02-01✓518.00100%40%40%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01✓210.00100%0%0%
South Central2025-02-01✓215.00100%50%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓412.5075%50%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1012.0080%20%20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓813.7575%38%25%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓310.00100%0%0%