His mother didn't want him to go to war, so she hid him on an island, dressed like a princess.
Who is Achilles?
100
The mother who dipped Achilles into the River Styx for protection, but missed dipping his heel.
Who is Thetis?
100
He is the messenger god, carrier of message from Zeus.
Who is Hermes?
100
Rain this color was a ba-a-a-d omen.
What is red?
200
Homeland of Odysseus
What is Ithaca?
200
He is Achilles' close friend and sword-companion who takes over when Achilles won't join to fight the Trojans, and leads the Myrmidons to war, losing his own life.
Who is Patroclus?
200
She was the beautiful slave girl given to Achilles, but taken by Agamemnon when he had to give his own slave-girl, Chryseis, back to her father, a high priest.
Who is Briseus?
200
She won the contest for "the fairest goddess", at least as far as Paris could judge.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
It was thrown into the middle of a group of wedding guests, and on it was written "For the Fairest".
What is a golden apple?
300
Homeland of Hector
What is Troy?
300
He is the most heroic of the sons of Priam and told his wife that "war is the work of men" when she begged him not to leave her and their baby.
Who is Hector?
300
She was the wife of Priam and mother of Paris who had a terrible dream before Paris was born that her son would one day burn Troy.
Who is Hecuba?
300
Because she sowed discord at the wedding feast of Pelius and Thetis, because she wasn't invited, this goddess started a war.
Who is Eris?
300
After the spies sent out killed the Trojan spy, Dolon, they stole these from King Rhesus.
What are his horses?
400
Homeland of Agamemnon
What is Mycenae?
400
When Paris said he would fight any man one-on-one for Helen, this man stepped up first.
Who is Menelaus?
400
She is the wife of Hector and mother of baby Astyanax.
Who is Andromache?
400
This god sent an eagle to drop a snake on the battlefield as an omen.
Who is Zeus?
400
The Greeks had Olympus as their sacred mountain, and the Trojans had this mount as theirs.
What is Mount Ida?
500
Home of Nestor
What is Pylos?
500
He was sent with Odysseus to spy on the Trojans at night.
Who is Diomedes?
500
Paris' first love- a wood nymph.
Who is Oenone?
500
He took the side of the Greeks in the war, giving their ships favorable seas on which to sail.
Who is Poseidon?
500
Odysseus makes only one request of Menelaus, and he does receive this from Menelaus at the end of the story.