click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
trojan war
mythology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hector stole Achilles', which Patroclus had borrowed | armor |
| helen was kidnapped from this city | sparta |
| the most beautiful woman | helen |
| only trojan to survive the war | aeneas |
| Achilles' friend who died by Hector's sword | patroclus |
| bravest trojan warrior | hector |
| River which Achilles' mother dipped him in | river styx |
| Achilles' special troops | myrmidons |
| a wooden one fooled the trojans | horse |
| husband of helen | menelaus |
| Menelaus's brother; king of Mycenae | agamemnon |
| he planned the wooden horse trick | odysseus |
| greek who was less behind | sinon |
| Achilles' vulnerable spot | heel |
| champion of the greeks | achilles |
| it was "for the fairest" | apple |
| country where trojan war may have actually occured | turkey |
| he made the judgement that started the war | paris |
| some of the oldest stories in literature are found here | illiad |
| priam was king of this city | troy |
| author of the trojan war stories | homer |
| a long narrative poem | epic |
| king of troy; Hector's father | priam |
| what penelope was weaving | shroud |
| zeus destroyed the ship with it | thunderbolt |
| she rescued odysseus on the beach at Phaecia | nausicaa |
| god of the winds | aeolus |
| the bully suitor | antinous |
| helped odysseus | athena |
| beautiful sea nymph; odysseus stayed with her for 10 years | calypso |
| turned men into pigs | circe |
| whirlpool | charybdis |
| bravest warrior | hector |
| god of war | mars |
| wife of odysseus | penelope |
| cyclops | polyphemus |
| god of the sea | poseidon |
| founder of rome | romulus |
| six-headed monster | scylla |
| their songs lured men to their death | sirens |
| son of odysseus | telemachus |
| roman aphrodite | venus |