Mortals
Gods
Key Events
Homer and History
Mortals II
100
The greatest hero of the Greeks
Who is Achilles?
100
King of the gods
Who is Zeus?
100
The primary cause of the Trojan War
What is the kidnapping of Helen?
100
The other famous epic written by Homer
What is The Odyssey?
100
Helen's original husband
Who is Meneleus?
200
The leader of the Greeks and brother of Meneleus
Who is Agamemnon
200
Wife and sister of Zeus, favors Greeks
Who is Hera?
200
The reason for Achilles' refusal to fight
What is the demand to give his slave girl to Agamemnon?
200
Homer is thought to have lived in this region
What is Ionia (Turkey)?
200
The priest of Apollo who wanted his daughter back
Who is Cryses?
300
"The face that launched a thousand ships."
Who is Helen?
300
Achilles' mother, sea goddess
Who is Thetis?
300
The person who killed Hector
Who is Achilles?
300
The number of lines in "The Iliad"
What is 16,000 lines?
300
Achilles' best friend, killed by Hector
Who is Patroclus?
400
Old warrior who acts as mediator between Achilles and Agamemnon
Who is Nestor?
400
God who sent a plague to punish the Greeks
Who is Apollo?
400
The reason Hector remains outside the walls and is ultimately killed
What is Athena tricking him in the form of his brother-in-law?
400
The time period when "The Iliad" is thought to have been written
What is 8-9th century BC?
400
Queen of Troy, Priam's wife
Who is Hecuba?
500
Seer capable of interpreting the flight of birds
Who is Calchas?
500
Goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena?
500
Apollo's initial interference in the war stems from this
What is Achilles' being angered by the Greeks disrespecting his priest?
500
Homer's legendary physical impairment
What is blindness?
500
Wife of Hector
Who is Andromeche?
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