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Black Ships Before Troy study guide questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| goddess of discourse who tossed down the golden apple | eris |
| a prince who got what he wanted | paris |
| goddess of beauty; what did she promise paris | aphrodite; a wife as fair as herself if he gave her the apple |
| the wife of Zeus & queen of all the goddesses | Hera |
| king of all the gods | Zeus |
| goddess of wisdom | Athena |
| Who was Oenone? | Paris' wife (wood nymph) |
| parents of paris; what horrible thing did they do? | priam & hecuba; abandoned him because soothsayers said he would burn down troy |
| king of Sparta & his wife (most beautiful woman) | Menelaus & Helen |
| high king over greece | agamemnon |
| known for his resourcefulness and cunning ways | Odysseus |
| achilles' parents | peleus & thetis |
| quote achilles gives before going to war | "short life and long fame for me" |
| why is achilles angry with the high king? | he took briseis away from him |
| what does thetis ask of zeus? | to bring victory to the trojans |
| what does aphrodite threaten to do to helen if she does not go back to paris? | turn every man against her |
| paris' brother; he sees paris getting ready and compares him to__________. | hector; a girl getting ready for a party |
| who was andromache | hector's wife who tells him not to fight because they just had a child |
| tallest & strongest of all the greek warriors; who does he fight? | ajax; hector |
| who was dolon? | trojan spy who is captured by greeks |
| lord of the ocean & earthquakes | poseidon |
| who was patroclus? how does he die? | achilles cousin & best friend; killed by hector because hector thought he was achilles (he had on achilles armor) |
| after a heated argument between achilles & the high king, who does achilles agree to fight? | hector |
| how does achilles kill hector? & what "hideous" thing does achilles do to hector? | stabs him in the neck w/ a spear; ties body to chariot and rode around with it |
| what is funeral pyre? | wood burning for a dead body |
| who were the funeral games held for? | patroclus |
| who convinced achilles to halt his mistreatment of hector? | priam |
| who was the tamer of horses? | hector |
| odysseus stole the _____ of troy? how? | love; disguises himself with a veil |
| woman warriors brought by whom to troy for what reason? | amazon; paris; fight trojans |
| what does bide mean? | wait |
| who kills achilles & who foretold this would happen? | paris; paris' brother hector |
| what does achilles heal mean? | weak spot |
| who helped guide the arrow that killed achilles? q | apollo |
| who fought over achilles armor? | ajax & odysseus |
| what happened to ajax? | kills himself he could not live with the disgrace of his madness |
| who killed paris? how? | philocotetes; shot with a poison arrow |
| before he died, paris went to see whom? explain this person's reaction | oenone; mad because he fell in love with helen but goes back to help him because she still loves him |
| who came up with the idea of building the wooden horse? | odysseus |
| who warned the trojans of the dangers of the wooden horse? (2) | laocoon & cassandra |
| who saves helen's life? | odysseus |
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