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Mythology

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A long narrative poem telling of the origins and ideals of a nation and relating the deeds of a national hero is called an   Epic  
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The author of the Aeneid Is   Virgil  
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The Greek goddess Aphrodite became the Roman goddess Venus. She was the mother of _______, who escaped from Troy   Aeneas  
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The mother wolf took the infants to her cave. They drank her _______ along with her own cubs   Milk  
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The year 753 B.C is the mythical symbolic date for the founding of the city of _______   Rome  
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_______ if credited for the Iliad and Odyssey   Homer  
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The sorceress   Circe  
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Odysseuss enemy   Posiedon  
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Their songs lured men to their death   Sirens  
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Odysseuss son   Thelemacus  
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Odysseus wife   Penelope  
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Lord of the winds   Aeolus  
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One-eyed monster   Cyclops  
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Goddess who was fond of odysseus   Athena  
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Menelaus brother; king of Mycenae   Agamemnon  
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He planned the wooden horse trick   Odysseus  
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Greek who was left behind   Sinon  
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Achilles vulnerable spot   Heal  
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Champion of the Greeks   Achilles  
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It was "for the fairest"   Apple  
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Country where Trojan war may have actually occurred   Turkey  
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He made the judgement that started he war   Paris  
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Some of the oldest stories in literature are found here   Iliad  
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Priam was king of this city   Troy  
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Author of Trojan war stories   Homer  
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A long narrative poem   Epic  
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King of troy; hectors father   Priam  
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Hector stole Achilles, which Patroclus had borrowed   Armor  
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Helen was kidnapped from this city   Sparta  
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The most beautiful woman   Helen  
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Only Trojan prince to survive the war   Aeneas  
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Achilles friend who died by Hector's sword   Patroclus  
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Bravest Trojan warrior   Hector  
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River in which Achilles mother dipped him   River Styx  
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Achilles special troops   Myrmidons  
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A wooden one fooled the Trojans   Horse  
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Husband of Helen   Menelaus  
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Aeolus   King of winds  
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Achilles   Greatest Greek hero of the Trojan war  
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Agamemnon   King of Argos  
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Aeneas   Son of Aphrodite  
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Antinous   Suitor of Penelope  
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Athena   Goddess of war wisdom and crafts  
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Calypso   Daughter of atlas  
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Circe   Daughter of Helios kept Odysseus on her island turned his men into swine  
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Charybdis   Whirlpool, daughter of Poseidon  
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Hector   Trojan prince greatest fighter of troy  
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Helen   Wife of Menelaus most beautiful woman in Greece known for being the cause of the Trojan war  
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Mars   God of war  
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Menelaus   King of Sparta Helen husband  
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Odysseus   Epic hero king of Ithaca  
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Paris   Carried off Helen son of Priam  
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Patroclus   Close friend of Achilles killed by hector  
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Penelope   Wife of Odysseus mother of Telemachus  
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Polyphemus   Son of Poseidon most famous of cyclops  
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Poseidon   God of sea earthquakes and horses  
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Priam   Last king of troy father of Paris  
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Romulus   Founder of Rome  
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Scylla   Sea goddess  
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Sinon   Greek warrior during Trojan war  
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Sirens   Lured sailors to their deaths with a song  
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Telemachus   Son of Odysseus and Penelope  
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Venus   Roman name for Aphrodite goddess of love  
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