Greek Mythology
Who is the god of music and archery?
Apollo
What was the name of Agamemnon's brother?
Menelaus
Name 2 themes from the Iliad
Rage, Fate, Honor, etc.
Who won the duel between Paris and Menelaus?
Menelaus
Who was the Iliad written by?
Homer
What is Hera the goddess of?
Women, marriage, childbirth
Aphrodite is an ally of _____
the Trojans
What theme do we get reminded of with the death of Hector?
Mortality
Why does Achilles decide not to fight even after Agamemnon offers Achilles many gifts and even Briseis back?
He feels insulted and dishonored about what happened still.
The Iliad is about the ______ War
Trojan
What did Pandora do to doom mankind in the Prometheus and Pandora story?
She looked into a jar that Epimetheus had in his house.
Name three characters that are all related to each other (same family):
Paris, Priam, Hector
Who embodies the theme of rage the most?
Achilles
Does Agamemnon ask Achilles to return to battle before or after Patroklus is killed?
Before
When was the Iliad written?
About 8th century BC
All of these are children of Kronos and Rhea EXCEPT .... Poseidon, Zeus, Hera, Apollo
Apollo
Who does Apollo push off the chariot, allowing him to be killed?
Patroklus
Zeus *may* be able to have control over one's _____
Fate
Who won the duel between Diomedes and Glaukos?
Neither
What modern day country was Troy located in?
Turkey
Why did Zeus chain Prometheus to a rock?
Prometheus stole fire from Heaven and gave it to man.
What do Odysseus and Diomedes have in common?
Commanders for Agamemnon
Name one other theme that could make sense in the story that we have not yet named...
:)
Why does Achilles ask Thetis to go to Zeus?
To make the Greeks lose because they dishonored him.
Also called a polis, it was a region in Greece that had its own government but had Hellenistic culture in common with other city states.