Chapter 31
King of Athens, was helpless against Minos and sent Athenian boys and girls to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. He leapt to his death because he thought his son Theseus was killed by the Minotaur.
Who was Aegeus?
A great warrior from Thessaly. His behavior is the central drama of the Iliad.
Who was Achilles?
The name of the one who spread bubonic plague; he was also called "Lord of the Mice." The name is specific to Asia Minor
Who was Apollo Sminthian?
Fish-god
Who is Dagon?
Daughter of Minos, helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur by giving him a ball of string.
Who is Ariadne?
High king of the Greeks, and Menelaus's brother.
Who was Agamemnon?
Deadly sickness spread by rodents
What is the bubonic plague?
King of Tyre, had a friendly alliance with David, and the Israelite nation.
Who was Hiram?
Type of writing used by the Cretans
What is Linear A?
Princess from Argos, was married to Menelaus.
Who was Helen?
Group of people from the northern part of the Greek peninsula that settled in the Mycenaean cities. They had no writing, no skill in building with brick or stone, no grasp of bronze working
Who were the Dorians?
Name of the hired mercenaries from Libya used by the Egyptian priests of Amun to back up their authority against the pharaohs of Dynasty 21
Who were the Meshwesh?
More sophisticated form of writing, used by the Mycenaeans
What is Linear B?
Son of the king of Troy, seduced Menelaus's wife
Who was Paris?
Thucydides's name for the southernmost part of the Greek peninsula
What was Peloponnese?
The alliance of five powerful cities that grew from settlements of scattered Sea People in the Western Semitic lands
What was the Pentapolis?
(Egyptians called this alliance the Peleset; also known as the Philistines.
*Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron)
Beat the Labyrinth and killed the Minotaur. Escaped Minos by sabotaging the Cretan navy.
Who was Theseus?
King of Troy
Who was Priam?
Around _________, a rash of fires spread across the Greek penisula. The city of _______ burned to the ground. The fortresses at ________ survived, but the houses outside the walls of the city were in ashes. _______ was also swept by fire.
1200 BC, Sparta, Mycenae, Pylos
Libyan warrior, was the Great Chief of the Meshwesh, hired by the Egyptian powers in the north.
Who was Sheshonq?