1. From what I understand I think that Homer was in belief of reincarnation, and that one would return in a peaceful state of mind and body. In Gilgamesh out of Mesopotamia it is a bit different because the Gods seem to be problematic, and I thought that they spoke of death and then spirits and an idea of heaven.
2. Achilles was not afraid of death, but he knew he would die to become the legend that he became.
3. Because I believe most culture, religion, and art was began in this time period and area of earth. Classical is exactly what those civilizations are the "classics" of art, religion, and social structure. (In my opinion).
4. Archaic Greece was an unusual Greek settlement that was made for trade and commercial reasons.
5. Aphrodite= Sexuality and Desire; Apollo= music, prophecy, sickness, and medicine; Ares=War; Hades= God of underworld; Hera=sister and wife of Zeus and patron of marriage; Hermes= messenger; Poseidon= God of the sea; Zeus= the ruler of the gods.
6. The nature of the Iliad was more focused around concepts and Gods taking different roles and moral points. As Gilgamesh was more about a super force type character and the opposing battles and then a flood which a moral meaning too, in my opinion.
7. Pericles was a leader and statesmen in Athens (c 495-429), and had many important family members (Almaeonidaen family) and wrote many important letters and scripts.
8. Although it would be majority rules, there are laws to hold power within the power it's self. For example it would be like the president saying yes or no to war regardless to wh ...