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Following the structure of many epics, the Iliad begins in medias res. Given this fact and lines 1–9 of selection 1, choose which of the following is most likely true.
1. The episode of Achilles' wrath is a major cause of the Trojan War.
2. The episode of Achilles' wrath is a flashback from the end of the Trojan War.
3. The episode of Achilles' wrath takes place at the very beginning of the Trojan War.
4. The episode of Achilles' wrath takes place some time after the beginning of the Trojan War.
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Because the Iliad opens in medias res, the poem begins in the middle of the Trojan War. Lines 1–9 refer to the "wrath of Achilles" as bringing many ills on the Achaeans and initiating the quarrel with Agamemnon, which implies the war was already underway—so the episode occurs some time after the war began rather than at its very start or as a flashback from the end.
Because the Iliad opens in medias res, the poem begins in the middle of the Trojan War. Lines 1–9 refer to the "wrath of Achilles" as bringing many ills on the Achaeans and initiating the quarrel with Agamemnon, which implies the war was already underway—so the episode occurs some time after the war began rather than at its very start or as a flashback from the end.
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