Assignment Instructions/ Description
First, re-read carefully the famous description of Achilles' new god-made shield (18.521-652).Then, answer each of the following questions���1) What sorts of scenes are depicted? Is there a theme or tone that unifies all or most of the scenes?�2) Does any part of your answer to (1) above surprise you? Why or why not?�3) What larger, overall meaning/significance might we attach to this description of the shield, as we consider the Iliad as a whole?�