The Odyssey
The bag of winds given to Odysseus by this ruler of Aeolia is opened by his suspicious crew.
Who is Aeolus?
After wounding Aphrodite in battle, this Greek hero also injures Ares with Athena’s help
Who is Diomedes?
Dido falls in love with Aeneas after this god, disguised as Ascanius, breathes passion into her.
Who is Cupid?
In the final play of the Oresteia, this goddess transforms a cycle of blood vengeance into a system of civic justice.
Who is Athena?
Theseus, slayer of the Minotaur, is prince of this Greek city state
Odysseus did this when he saw his father in the orchard
What is interrogating him?
The armor stripped from Patroclus’ body is first claimed by this Trojan hero before later being taken by Hector
Who is Euphorbus?
In Book 2, this Trojan priest hurls his spear at the Wooden Horse before being crushed by serpents
Who is Laocoön?
In Libation Bearers, Orestes proves his identity to Electra partly through recognition of this physical feature left at Agamemnon’s tomb
What is a lock of hair?
Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, came from this place in Phoenicia
What is Tyre?
In Book 11, Odysseus meets this Theban prophet in the Underworld, who instructs him not to harm the cattle of Helios
Who is Tiresias?
This king of Lycia, slain by Patroclus, had earlier exchanged armor with Diomedes after discovering their grandfathers’ bond of guest-friendship
Who is Glaucus?
Before entering the Underworld, Aeneas must pluck this sacred object as a token for Proserpina
What is the Golden Bough?
In Iphigenia at Aulis, Agamemnon initially summons his daughter under the false pretense that she will marry this hero
Who is Achilles?
Atalanta, the huntress raised by bears, is from this forest in Greece
What is Arcadia?
This nurse of Odysseus recognizes him by a scar on his thigh received during a boar hunt on Mount Parnassus
Who is Eurycleia?
In Book 1, Achilles swears by this object, symbol of authority, which will never again bear leaves or branches
What is the scepter?
The harpy Celaeno prophesies that the Trojans will be driven to eat these before founding their city
What are their tables?
In Electra, Electra is married off to this social class in an attempt to prevent noble offspring
What is a peasant/farmer?
Sisyphus, who is forced to roll a stone uphill for all time, founded this city
What is Corinth?
The Laestrygonians destroy all but one of Odysseus’ ships in this harbor described as having a narrow entrance between cliffs
What is Telepylus?
When Andromache begs Hector not to return to battle, she reminds him that Achilles killed her father in this Cilician city
What is Thebe?
Turnus is compared to this animal when he realizes he is trapped and doomed in his final duel
What is a stag/wounded lion?
In Agamemnon, this beacon system signals the fall of Troy from Mount Ida to Argos in a single night
What is a chain of signal fires?
Ajax, son of Telamon and rival of Achilles, is from this city