gods/goddesses
The Trojans
The Greeks
Vocab Terms
Terms
100
Goddess of Wisdom
Who is Athena?
100
Son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba
Who is Hector?
100
Ajax
Who is one of the strongest Greek warriors?
100
respect deeply
What does the term "revere" mean?
100
formal plea
What does invocation mean?
200
Father god, the most powerful of all the gods
Who is Zeus?
200
Hecuba
Who is the queen of Troy?
200
Wife of Menelaus, whose abduction by Paris causes the war
Who is Helen?
200
causing fear
What does the term "formidable" mean?
200
in the middle
What does "in media res" mean?
300
Wife of Zeus; enemy of the Trojans
Who us Hera?
300
Chryseis
Who is the girl captured by Agamemnon during the plunder of Chryse?
300
Menelaus
Who is the king of Sparta?
300
reluctant
What does the term "loath" mean?
300
elaborate, extended metaphor
What are epic similes?
400
Thetis
Who is the sea goddess and the mother of Achilles?
400
Cassandra
Who is the daughter of King Priam?
400
Patroclus
A Greek warrior and closest friend of Achilles..
400
incapable of being pacified
What does the term implacable "mean"?
400
dactylic hexameter
What is a metrical structure?
500
Aphrodite
Who is the goddess of love?
500
The youngest son of Hector and Andromache
Who is Astyanax?
500
Wily middle-aged Greek warrior
Who is Odysseus?
500
relieve; calm
What does the term "allay" mean?
500
adjectives/ phrases repeatedly used
What are stock ephithets?
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