Characters I
Son of Priam, Hector’s brother, chooses Aphrodite in the golden apple contest, downfall of Troy
Who is Paris?
Wife of Menelaus, falls in love with Paris, goes to Troy with Paris (causes Trojan War)
Who is Helen?
A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
What is “lament”?
Hephaistos makes Achilles a new shiny armor
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Who caused the Trojan War to begin?
Paris, by abducting Helen, wife of king of Sparta
Achilles’s BFF, goes to Trojan War with him
Who is Patroklos?
King of Sparta, husband of Helen
Who is Menelaus?
A person supposed to be able to foresee the future
Who is a “soothsayer “?
Hector kills Patroklos and takes his armor
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Why does Telemachus travel to Sparta and Pylos?
In search of tidings (news) of his father, Odysseus
Son of Peleus and Thetis, great warrior, kills Hector
Who is Achilles?
Son of Priam, prince of Troy, commander of Trojan army
Who is Hector?
Athene visits Telemachus disguised as a stranger
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Why does Priam travel to Achilles’s hut?
To ask for Hector’s body back
Son of Odysseus
Who is Telemachus?
Friend of Peleus; trains Achilles to be a warrior
Who is Cheiron the centaur?
Completely, absolutely
What is “utterly”?
Achilles disrespects dead Hector by dragging his body behind his chariot
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How long did the Trojan War last?
10 years
Son of Nestor, brings Telemachus to Sparta to visit Menelaus and Helen
Who is Peisistratus?
Goddess/Nymph, holding Odysseus on her island against his will
Who is Calypso?
Possessing or showing courage or determination
What is “valiant”?
Achilles fights Agamemnon, which leads Achilles to refuse to fight in the war
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Which side wins the Trojan War? How?
Greeks, by constructing a wooden horse, with soldiers hiding inside. Trojans bring it inside the City of Troy and Greeks attack.