The questions below refer to the selection "the Iliad, from Book 22, The Death of Hector." After Hector's death, "Piteously his father groaned, and round him/lamentation spread throughout the town,/most like the clamor to be heard if Ilion's/towers, top to bottom, seethed in flames." This simile suggests that a. Priam set fire to the town. c. Priam's groan was louder than the roar of the flames. b. the body of Hector was burned in a funeral fire. d. the death of Hector meant the end of Troy.

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Kaliyah Dawson

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14 February, 05:15

The questions below refer to the selection "the Iliad, from Book 22, The Death of Hector." After Hector's death, "Piteously his father groaned, and round him/lamentation spread throughout the town,/most like the clamor to be heard if Ilion's/towers, top to bottom, seethed in flames." This simile suggests that a. Priam set fire to the town. c. Priam's groan was louder than the roar of the flames. b. the body of Hector was burned in a funeral fire. d. the death of Hector meant the end of Troy.

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Ahmed Mosley · Answer 1

The answer is: d. the death of Hector meant the end of Troy.

Hector was the hero of Troy, due to this, after his death his father, Hector death is the end of Troy, Prium was already convinced that Hector will lose again Achilles, So after Hector dies the thinks that the Acheans will destroyed his family, the city and take his life.