The Aeneid
What is the name of the main character?
Aeneas
How did Odysseus and his crew get into the city of Troy?
By hiding in a wooden horse.
What was Achilles's famous fatal flaw?
His hubris
Who are the parents of the Titans?
Gaia and Ouranos.
What did Aphrodite give Paris in return for him giving her the apple?
Helen
What Epic Poem does the Aeneid follow?
The Iliad
What is the first four books of the Odyssey called? Why?
The Telemachy, since it follows Odysseus's son Telemachus.
The mortal Prince Paris is assigned to pick which goddess will receive the golden apple. His choices are-
A) Hera
B) Athena
C) Aphrodite
C) Aphrodite.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Kronos was-
A) The king of the Titans
B) The King of the Gods before Zeus
C) The King of the Giants.
A) The King of the Titans.
What was the name of Achilles's friend who died in the war wearing his armor?
Patroclus.
Summarize the story of the Aeneid.
The journey of the Trojan hero Aeneas, who flees destroyed Troy to establish a new city in Italy, fulfilling his fate as ancestor to the Roman People.
Name three sea monsters Odysseus fought on his way home.
Charybdis, Scylla, and the sirens.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who is the leader of the Greek army?
Agammemnon
What are the muses?
Goddesses of the arts and scientists.
Who killed Odysseus's friend, Polites?
What is Virgil's Roman name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This daughter of Atlas kept Odysseus hostage on her island for years.
Calypso
What prophecy is Achilles's life bound to?
He can leave war and live a long life, but his legacy will never be remembered, or he can fight and die in battle with an eternal legacy.
What are the two main wars summarized in the Theogony?
The Titanmachy and Gigantomachy.
In chapter 1 of the Aeneid, Virgil mentions "the wife of Jove." Who is that?
A) Venus
B) Juno
C) Minerva.
B) Juno, the Roman variant of Hera.
What is Fatum and Furor?
Fatum is fate and destiny, and Furor is madness and frenzy.
What was the name of the loyal swineherd?
Eumaeus
What was Hector's personal motivation?
His family, specifically, his son.
Name all 12 Olympians.
Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia/Dionysus.
Who is Circe?