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Trojan War Heroes
YGK These Trojan War Heroes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King of Mycenae and "king of heroes" murdered by his wife upon his return from Troy | Agamemnon |
| King of Sparta whose wife, Helen, was the cause of the Trojan War | Menelaus |
| "Swift-footed" Greek warrior whose rage at Agamemnon is the subject of the Iliad | Achilles |
| Foster brother of Achilles killed by Hector while wearing Achilles' armor | Patroclus |
| Prince of Salamis who committed suicide after losing a contest for Achilles' armor | Ajax the Great |
| Greek hero who wounded the gods Aphrodite and Ares in battle | Diomedes |
| Son of Laertes known for his cleverness and engineering the Trojan Horse | Odysseus |
| Aged King of Pylos who served as an advisor and storyteller to the Greeks | Nestor |
| The noblest Trojan captain and son of Priam who was killed by Achilles | Hector |
| Trojan prince who awarded Aphrodite the golden apple and later killed Achilles | Paris |
| The King of Troy who had 50 sons and was killed by Neoptolemus | Priam |
| Wife of Priam who survived the fall of Troy and was later turned into a dog | Hecuba |
| Wife of Hector who was made a concubine to Neoptolemus after the war | Andromache |
| Daughter of Priam cursed by Apollo to have her true prophecies never believed | Cassandra |
| Trojan priest of Apollo who warned "I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts" | Laocoon |
| Son of Aphrodite who survived the war and settled in Italy to found the Roman bloodline | Aeneas |