Gods & Goddesses
Who is the god/goddess that controls Helen's fate?
Aphrodite
Why did Paris's parents send him to live in the woods?
Soothsayer foretold he would burn Troy
What is Achilles fate if he goes into battle?
Short life - Remembered for the ages
Loss or absence of hope.
Despair (n)
Menelaus fights with Paris in combat -
"glad as a lion is on his kill"
Simile
Who is the god/goddess that promises Thetis of the Silver Feet a Trojan victory?
Zeus
Who threw the golden apple "to the fairest" on the table?
Eris
Why is Achilles refusing to fight?
Agamemnon stole Briseis.
Artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.
Cunning (adj)
"And Paris saw that Menelaus' queen was fairer even than the stories told, golden as corn-stalked and sweet as wild honey."
Imagery
Who is the god/goddess that reminds Achilles that no man fights the high king?
Athena
Why did Paris go to Greece?
To see Helen of the Fair Cheeks
Dipped into the river Styx, making him immortal except for what part of his body?
Heel
Ridicule or contempt
Mockery (n)
Comparing the Greek ships to "a dark, angry swarm" to convey their menacing presence.
Metaphor
Who causes the fighting to start again?
Athena puts a thought into Hector’s mind that he has to do a single combat and he battles Ajax as a result.
How does Aphrodite help Paris in his single combat with Menelaus?
Helmet Strap & Invisibility cloak
Who are the parents of Achilles
Peleus and Thetis
Weary (adj)
Feel or show tiredness.
"all the air in the chamber hummed with anger"
Personification
What happens to give the Trojans confidence and make the Greeks feel hopeless?
Zeus intervenes with his lightning bolt and he stops Diomedes from attacking the Trojans.
Who is the Trojan spy? What happens to him?
Dolan
Odysseus and Diomedes question him and then cut his head off
What weakness of Achilles’ prevents him from accepting Agamemnon’s apology?
He is angry and can’t let it go
Vengeance (n)
Violent revenge.
Hector found Paris "fussing over his armor and playing with his great bow, like a girl making ready for a party,"
Simile