Gods and Goddesses
Who is the god/goddess that intervines to control Helen's fate?
Aphrodite. She keeps her in Troy with Paris after his fight with Menelaus.
What is Achilles fate if he goes into battle? What is the quote?
Short life - Long Fame
"For I am another man's wife. And because you have told me it will be the worse for me when you go away and must leave me behind."
Helen
What example of Revenge do we see in the novel?
After Patroclus is killed, Achilles seeks revenge on Hector.
Why did Achilles refuse to fight in the beginning of the war?
Agamemnon stole (took back) Briseis.
"If you go back, it is your death and you will not return to us again!"
Andromache
What does the metaphor that Calchas makes about Hawk and Dove respresent?
The Greeks will need to use a cunning plan to win teh war and conquer Troy.
Who is the god/goddess that plants the idea of the wooden horse?
Athena
Patroclus?
Who is Achilles' bestfriend that wears his armor in battle?
Why did Paris go to Greece?
To find a beautiful wife or To see Helen of the Fair Cheeks
This character demonstrates rage when he yells "What coward has smitten me from afar off? Let him come close and meet me with spear and sword".
Achilles
Who shows bravery when he faces Achilles in single combat rather than hide.
Hector
Who is the god/goddess that intervines and wraps Hector's body in a protective shield?
Apollo
Who delivers the omen that Paris will slay Achilles?
Hector
How does Aphrodite help Paris in his single combat with Menelaus?
Invisibility cloak (makes him disappear and return to safety).
Plan for Trojan Horse?
Odysseus
Achilles withdraws from battle after being insulted by Agamemnon. Agamemnon refuses to give back Briseis? Which themes does this show?
Pride and Anger
Who are the four characters that devised the "wooden horse" plan?
Epeius, Sinon, Odysseus, Athena
"You are much his size, and wearing his armor, you could give the Trojans to think that Achilles himself had returned to the fight."
Nestor
What examples of the theme of Fate and Destiny do we see?
Achilles knows his fate is to die young but gloriously; he chooses honor over a long life.
Paris is fated to cause Troy’s downfall when he takes Helen, fulfilling the prophecy from his birth.