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| Two famous Greek Epics are: |
The Odyssey and the iliad |
| the poet who wrote the odyssey and the iliad |
homer |
| what epic deals with the last year of the trojan war? |
iliad |
| sea creature who marreid peleus |
thetis |
| thetis and peleus didnt invite this goddess to their wedding |
eris or ate |
| the goddess of discord tossed a(n)________ among the midst of the wedding party. |
apple |
| the apple was labeled_______. |
"For the Fairest" |
| The 3 goddesses who claimed the apples were theirs |
Juno, Minerva, and Venus |
| Zues said that _____ was the mortal who would make the decision of to whom to give the apple. |
Paris of Troy |
| Paris was the son of ______. |
Priam |
| Priam was the king of________. |
Troy |
| Venus promised Paris ____________________. |
The most beautiful woman in the world for his wife. |
| The most beautiful woman in the world to whom Paris was supposed to be married. |
Helen of troy |
| Helen was the daughter of _____. |
Jupiter or Zeus. |
| Who suggested that all the quarrelers over Helen protect her if she were to get abducted/molested? |
Ulysses or Odysseus |
| The quarrelers agreed to __________. |
punish any aggressor towards helen. |
| Helen was married to _______. |
Menelaus |
| Menelaus was the king of ___. |
Sparta. |
| Paris went to sparta and ran off with _____. |
Helen. |
| menelaus called upon the suitors to meet at the seaport ______. |
Aulis. |
| they remained at the seaport for _ years before setting sail. |
two |
| ______ pretended to be insane to avoid going to war. |
Ulysses or Odysseus. |
| Ulysses was the king of __. |
Ithaca |
| Achilles's mother dipped him in the River ____ to make him invulnerable |
Styx |
| Agamemnon offended the goddess of the hunt, ______. |
Diana, or Artemis. |
| Diana was angry so she punished Agamemnon's army with the ______ |
plague |
| Diana's plague stated that agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter, ________ on her altar. |
Iphigenia |
| The real number of ships that sailed for Helen. |
1,116 |
| Agamemnon and Achilles quarreled over a ____________________. |
division of the spoils of war |
| Achilles' best friend |
patroclus |
| ______ killed patroclus |
hector |
| Achille's mother was _________. |
Thetis |
| Thetis went to the god of the forge,________ for a new suit of armor for her son. |
Vulcan |
| Achilles killed ______. |
Hector. |
| ______ and ______ snuck into Troy and stole a statue of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. |
Ulysses and Diomedes |
| ______ thought up the trick of the wooden horse |
Ulysses |
| the priest that tried to warn the trojans about the wooden horse. |
Laocoon |
| Laocoon and his sons were strangled by _________. |
sea serpents. |
| the horse was filled with many hidden __________. |
armed men. |
| After the city was left in a heap of ruins, Helen and Menelaus were _______ |
reconciled |
| Trojans: |
PriamHectorparissarpedonvenusmars |
| greeks: |
ulyssesachillesmenelausagamemnonajaxpatroclusminervajunoneptunevulcan |
| neutral gods: |
zeusapollo |
| He killed achilles with a poison arrow and was later ironically killed with a poison arrow also. |
paris |
| hector killed _______. |
patroclus |
| this goddess sent the sea serpents. |
minerva |
| The trojan war occurred in approximately: (year) |
1200 B.C. |
| The iliad was composed in approximately:(year) |
900-700 B.C. |
| Who wrote the 5 lines about Helen? |
Christopher Marlowe |
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