Symbols
What does the apple of discord mean?
a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.
What was Paris's biggest character trait?
Persistent or always gets what he wants.
What was Aphrodite the goddess of?
She was the goddess of love and beauty.
Seige
The surrounding of a place by an army in order to capture it.
She creates the golden apple and it says "for the fairest"
What happens when Eris was not invited to the wedding?
Describe the definition of "Fair cheeks"
A person that is beautiful or valuable.
Oenone
Pair's girlfriend. Wood nymph (non-human). Power to heal mortals of any wound. Paris dumps her for Helen.
Who was Eris the goddess of?
The goddess of discord.
Citadel
A fortress over looking a city; Strong hold
What happens when Paris takes Helen to Troy?
Menelaus was not in the city due to a funeral he was attending. Because Helen was his wife, this caused all of the Greek fleets to come together to fight to bring back Helen to Sparta.
What is the definition "You will not live to see the first gray hair in your beard"
He will not live a long life and will not be able to grow old.
Achillies
Son of Peleus and Thetis. Thetis dips him in the river of Styx for protection, but his heel does not get submerged. He was said to be the only warrior to help win the war against Troy.
Who was Hera the goddess of?
The goddess of marriage.
Pestilence
A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease.
Why does Paris dump Oenone?
Because he wants to see Helen instead.
What is the definition of "earrings as blue as the sky"
Pretty, and blue.
Who was Helen?
She was the most beautiful of all mortal women, daughter of Zeus, and wife of King Menelaus.
Who was the goddess Athene.
goddess of wisdom.
Prowling
Moving about in a sneaky fashion as if hunting prey.
What did the soothsayer say to Queen Hecuba before Paris was born.
He said that Paris would burn down Troy.
What do they mean when they describe Aphrodite as "Her hair looked as if it were Spun gold"
Her Hair looked like Flattened gold, or silver-gilt wire wound on a thread of yellow silk.
Who was Agamemnon?
High King of the Greeks. Agamemnon calls the other Greek kingdoms and leaders to form an army to sail to Troy and recapture Helen.
Who was Apollo the god of?
The sun.
Pyres
Piles upon which dead bodies are ritually burned.
What was the only reason Helen didn't want to go to Troy with Paris?
Because she was married king Menelaus.