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Trojan War/Odyssey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain what happened to start the Trojan War | Eris, the goddess of discord, was mad that she wasn't invited to a party on Mt. Olympus, so she threw out a golden apple at the party and it said for the fairest. Athena, Aphrodite and Hera all thought that it would be theirs, so they asked ParisinMt, Ida |
| Who was Paris in love with? | a sea nymph named Oeone |
| What was Hera's bribe? | she would give Paris all of Europe and Asia (power) |
| What was Aphrodite's bribe? | she would make the most beautiful woman fall in love with him immidiately (love) |
| What was Athena's bribe? | she would destroy all of Greece and give him the credit for it, and he would be known as a hero (glory) |
| Which bribe did Paris choose and what happened? | he chose the bribe of Aphrodite, and Helen of Sparta (wife of King Menalaus) was immidiately taken to him, and Kind Menalaus wanted his wife back, so him and his brother Agememnon went to Troy in hopes to kill Paris |
| What did King Agememnon do? | he wanted to rule the world and was power hungry, and he knew that if he could capture Troy that they would have the entire Agean Sea |
| What was King Prium told that influenced what he did to Paris? | he was told that his youngest child would cause Troy to fall, and he didn't want to kill his son, so he told a Shepard and his wife to, but they couldn't so they raised him as their own |
| What king didn't want to go to war in Troy and why? | Odysseus because he had just welcomed his son Telemachys, and he didn't want to leave |
| What did he do to prevent having to fight and what happened? | he pretended to be a farmer, and then they threw Telemachys Infront of the plow and then he accidentally said that he was King and they made him go fight |
| How long was the Trojan War? | 10 years |
| Why couldn't they end the Trojan War? | because the Greeks couldn't get through the gates of Troy |
| Who was the best warrior of the Greeks? | Achilles |
| Who was Achilles's enemy? | King Agememnon |
| What did Achilles fight for? | glory |
| Who was Petraclus? | Achilles's cousin, and one battle when Achilles wasn't there, he wore his armor and then was killed by Hector because Hector thought that he was Achilles |
| Who was the strongest Trojan fighter? | Hector |
| Who was King Priam? | king of Troy, his sons were Paris and Hector |
| Who killed Hector? | Achilles |
| What did Achilles do when he killed Hector? | he dragged Hector's body all over the walls of the city, which was seen as a huge disrespect |
| What is excessive pride called? | hubris |
| Who killed Achilles | Paris, shot him in his heel |
| What river was Achilles dipped into as a boy to make his body like armor? | Styx |
| Who came up with the idea of the wooden horse trick? | Odysseus |
| What happened with the Trojan horse trick? | the Greeks said that it was a gift to the Trojans from the Gods and then they brought it into the walls of Troy and in the middle of the night when the guards were asleep, they brought the army out and they burnt Troy to the ground |
| What happened to Odysseus after the war? | he took credit for winning the war but cursed the gods for having it drag on for 10 years, so then the gods thought that he was committing hubris and they made his journey back home treacherous and made it take 10 years |
| Who was Odysseus's wife and kid? | Penelope and Talamachys |
| King Melalaus | king of Sparta, wanted his wife Helen back |
| Thetis | Achilles' mom |
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