gods
Chief of the gods, wielder of the awful thunderbolt, technically married to his own sister, and running the Greek pantheon from Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
The most excellent warrior of Greek mythology, identifiable by his murderous rage and a fatally accurate sense of his own importance.
Who is Achilles?
In the beginning, there was Chaos, the primordial water. From Chaos emerged primordial beings, including Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (the Underworld), Eros (Desire), Erebus (Darkness), and Nyx (Night)
What is the Greek Creation story?
A hapless shepherd must decide who among three most influential goddesses is the fairest. They bribe him with power, martial strategy, and erotic prowess.
What is the Judgment of Paris?
God of the underworld with a reputation for being terrifying.
Who is Hades?
The face that launched a thousand ships
Who is Helen?
When Gaia's youngest son, Cronos castrates his father, Uranus, his genitals fall into the sea. From the resulting sea foam goddess emerges.
Paris, guest in Menelaus's house, repays Greek hospitality by leaving with the host's wife.
What is the Abduction of Helen?
Competence, excellence, being the most accomplished in a certain domain. Initially associated with war, and Achilles demonstrates this excellence.
Born fully grown and fully armored straight out of Zeus's head.
Who is Athena?
The man of many twists and turns.
Who is Odysseus?
Body of the bull, head of the man he roams an underground labyrinth, and was credited with causing earthquakes on the island of Crete.
What is the Minotaur?
Achilles lends out his armor and his best friend to save the Greeks; Hector kills the friend, not knowing (or caring) he wasn't Achilles. This converts Achilles' sulk into an unstoppable, homicidal grief-rampage.
Reverence, piety toward the gods.
What is Eusebia?
Associated with a golden lyre, silver bow, the healing arts, and an oracle at Delphi so trusted that pilgrims cross oceans for it.
Who is Apollo?
Old king of Troy, kisses the hand of the man who killed his son.
Who is Priam?
Child of the Titans, molds humans out of the clay, creating them in the gods' likeness. When Zeus leaves his proteges in darkness, he brings back down to earth from Olympus this source of light.
What is Prometheus and stealing the fire?
The Greek fleet of over 1000 ships is stuck at Aulis because Artemis is furious about a dead rabbit, so Agamemnon is talked into killing his own daughter to get a tailwind.
What is the Sacrifice of Iphigenia?
Homecoming, longing for home, or long trek of returning home.
What is Nostos?
God of wine, madness, ecstasy, and patron of the theatrical arts.
Who is Dionysus?
Besieged by greedy suitors, she weaves by day, unweaves by night, hoping her husband would return home from war to Ithaka to reclaim his throne.
A famous inventor finds himself imprisoned in a tower on the island of Crete with his son. Planning their escape, he creates mechanical wings made from wax and feathers that would allow the pair to fly away. He warns his son not to fly too close to the sun, but as he sailed through the air like a bird, the latter could not resist approaching the heavens. The wax of his wings melted, and he plunged to his death.
Achilles kills this Trojan hero on the battle field, then spends several days dragging the corpse around Troy's walls like a trophy, until old King Priam sneaks into the Greek camp to kiss the hand that killed his son and beg for the body back.
What is The Death and Ransom of Hector?
The pride or overconfidence that violates all sorts of boundaries that separate humans from gods. The gods are not pleased with this.