Gods / Goddesses
Trojan War
The Odyssey
Oedipus
Background
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Who is Zeus's wife?
Hera
100
What role does Helen play in the war?
She runs off with Paris
100
How does Odysseus escape Polyphemus?
He serves him wine, blinds him, and sneaks out under the belly of a lamb
100
Who does Oedipus marry?
His mother, Jocasta
100
What is the first written record of Greece?
Iliad by Homer
200
Who is the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
200
Who is Menelaus?
Helen's husband
200
What is Scylla?
6 headed, 12 tenacled sea monster
200
What did the oracle at Delphi warn King Laius of?
You will be killed by your own son
200
When was the Iliad written?
Approximately 1000 B.C.
300
Who is born from Zeus's head?
Athena
300
Who kills Achilles?
Paris
300
What is Charybdis?
A giant whirlpool
300
Who writes the story of Oedipus?
Sophacles
300
Who is Cerebrus?
3 headed guard dog of the Underworld
400
What god or goddess has the cap of invisibility?
Hades
400
Who kills Hector?
Achilles
400
How does Odysseus avoid being lured in by the Sirens' song?
He is tied to the mast
400
What did King Laius to do his son?
Left him on top of a mountain to die
400
Describe how the storytellers would have told the stories.
Aloud, orally, improvising
500
Who plays the lyre?
Apollo
500
What happens among goddesses that helps set the Trojan War into place?
Aphrodite wins the golden apple "for the fairest." Paris chooses her because she promises him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world
500
Summarize the story of Calypso
What
500
What riddle does Oedipus solve?
The riddle of the Sphinx: What is the creature that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three in the evening?
500
What is The Odyssey a model of?
epic of the long journey
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