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Black Ships Before Troy study guide questions

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