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| This city was second to none and was very rich and powerful. The city being described is ____. |
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| The Trojan War was told in the ______.(what book) |
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| What was the cause of the Trojan war? Because of a dispute among _________ ____ and ______. |
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1.)Aphrodite 2.)Hera 3.)Athena |
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| The evil goddess of Discord who made the goddesses argue was called? |
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| Why was Eris mad at the Gods? |
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| Because they didn't invite her to any banquets and left her out. |
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| At the wedding of King Peleus and Thetis, what did Eris do? |
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| she threw into the banqueting hall a golden apple that was marked for the fairest. |
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1.)Who judged which goddess should get the apple? 2.)Who ended up getting the apple? |
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| What did each Goddess offer to Paris if he chose them?(3 answers) |
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1.)Aphrodite-the fairest woman 2.)Athena-Lead the Trojans to victory against Greeks 3.)Hera-make him lord of Asia and Europe |
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| When Paris chose Aphrodite as the posessor of the Golden Apple, what was that judgement called? |
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| T/F. Helen was the fairest woman in the world. |
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| Since so many guys like Helen, what did her father have to do? |
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| He made them all swear an oath that they could not harm whoever he chose or kidnap Helen. |
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| Who was chosen as Helen's husband and King of Sparta? |
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| How did Paris anger the Greeks and Menelaus in particular?(this started the war) |
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T/F. Odysseus wanted to go to Troy. T/F. Odysseus pretended to be "mental", but the police officer placed Odysseus' son in front of him as he was mowing the lawn, and Odysseys missed him proving he had his senses, so he was sent to Troy. |
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1.)False, he didn't 2.)True |
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| Why didn't Achilles' mom want him to go to war? |
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| Because she knew of a prophecy that once he killed Hector, he would die soon after that. |
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| How did Odysseus find Achilles?(his mom made him hide dressed as a lady) |
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| When he saw a "girl" fingering swords and daggers. |
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| Why was Artemis angry with the Greeks? |
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| One of her creatures had been slain along with its children. |
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| T/F. In order to make the ocean still, Agamemnon had to sacrifice his oldest daughter Iphigenia. |
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| How was Agamemnon's daughter tricked? |
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| He said for her to come to a marriage he had arranged for her, but when she got there, she was killed on the altar. |
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1.)Who volunteered to be the first to get off and go to shore? 2.)Why was this action so brave? |
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1.)Protesilaus 2.)Because the oracle said that the first person ashore would be killed. |
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| T/F. Protesilaus' was killed, but Hermes arose him fron the dead for his wife to see him. Then his wife went to the dead with him. |
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| Who was King and Queen of Troy? Who was their best son? |
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| Why did Apollo shoot arrows of fire down on the Greeks? |
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| Becaise Agamemnon stold a priest's daughter, and the priest prayed to Apollo. |
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| Thetis was mad at Achilles, so what did she do? |
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| She told Zeus to make the Trojans win. |
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| Which Gods were for Troy? For Greek? Which God was neutral? |
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G:Poseidon,Hera,Athena T:Aphrodite,Ares,Apollo,Artemis N:Zeus |
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| T/F. Agamemnon was sent a false dream by Zeus saying that he would be able to get Helen as his wife. |
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| False, the dream said that he would be victorious over Troy |
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| Paris fled when he was fighting Menelaus, so Agamemnon declared that Helen be given back and the war ended.... however, someone made the war start again. Who and Why? |
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1.)Aphrodite 2.)Hera wanted the war to go on so long so that Troy would be DEMOLISHED |
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| T/F. Athena had Pandarus, a Trojan, shoot Menelau with an arrow to start the war again. |
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| Aside from Achilles, ________ and ____ were supreme Greek warriors. |
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| When Diomedes saw Aphrodite carrying Prince Aenas after he had wounded Aenas, what did Diomedes do? |
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| Who helped Diomedes strike down Ares? |
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| Who was called tamer of horses? |
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| Who angered Achilles causing him to stay in a tent? |
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| __________ and _______ were sent to visit Achilles when Agamemnon was returning Briseis back. |
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| How did Hera distract Zeus? |
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| By making herself seem incredibly pretty. Then she poured sweet sleep upon him. |
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| After Ajax had almost killed Hector, and the Trojans were fleeing... ____ woke up and blamed Hera for his sleep but she blamed ________ who was banished from the war. |
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| _________ fought in Achilles' armor and led his men the Myrmidons. |
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1.)Why did Achilles go back out and fight? 2.)His mother gave him armor that was made by __________. |
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1.)Because he found out Patroclus was killed. 2.)Hephaestus |
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| Xanthus and Scamander were 2 _____ that tried to _____ Achilles. |
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| T/F. Hector killed Achilles and wounded Athena. |
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| False, Achilles KILLED Hector with the help of Athena transforming into Hector's friend to trick him. |
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| What was Achilles going to do with Hector's dead body? |
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| Feed it to dogs by Patroclus' corpse. |
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| Who ended up getting the body of Hector and making a proper funeral and burning him? |
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| Who(2 people) killed Achilles? |
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| Apollo+Paris by shooting an arrow in his foot. |
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| Why was Achilles invulnerable? Where wasn't he invulnerable... why? |
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1.)His mother put him in river styx when he was a child 2.)part of his foot 3.)his mom was holding him there and forgot to put that part in the river |
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Who did Ajax try to kill? How was he stopped... what did he do? |
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1.)Menelaus+Agamemnon 2.)Athena struck him with madness 3.)He thought all the animals were humans... so he killed them instead and then he killed himself. |
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| T/F. Ajax received a funeral in which he was burned. |
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| False, he didn't deserve that special kind of funeral since he suicided himself. |
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| Helenus was a prophet of ____. |
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| What did Helenus tell Odysseus? |
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| That the Trojans would not fall till one got Hercules' arrows. |
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| Who had Hercules' arrows? What happened to him when he was found? |
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1.)Philoctetes 2.)He was bitten by a poisonous snake |
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| Who went and helped Philoctetes?(1 person) |
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| Who was killed by Hercules' arrows? |
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| A sacred image of Athena that had to be torn down before Troy could fall. |
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| _________ and ________ stole the Palladium. |
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| When the Greeks had to plan a surprise attack, Odysseus came up with the idea of a ______ _____. |
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Wooden Horse *for sure on the test |
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| T/F. Inside the horse were the most important men, and everyone else left to a nearby island except for Sinon. |
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| After hearing Sinon speak and seeing Lacoon get drowned by sea serpents, what did Priam assume? |
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| The Greeks surrendered, had left for Greece, and left a horse for them to sacrifice to Athena |
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| Once Odysseus and others got out of the horse, what was the first thing they did to Troy? |
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| They burned mostly everything. |
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| What sneaky tactic did the Trojans use against the Greeks during the surprise attack? |
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| The Trojans wore the armor of the dead Greeks... any Greeks they found during the surprise attack were killed. |
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| Who struck down the King of Troy, Priam? |
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| T/F. Aphrodite and Apollo helped the Trojans on their final day. |
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| False, only Aphrodite did by saving her son Aenas and his father and son.... not wife... she was separated and killed by a Greek |
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| Who was the last sacrifice of Troy? |
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| Hectors' son, who was thrown off the cliff where his sister Polyxena was killed. |
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| Hectors mom, Queen Hecuba and Hector's wife were left as _____. |
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