Plot
Aphrodite's promise to Paris for giving her the golden apple
What is helping him marry the most beautiful woman on the earth?
The beauty of this Greek princess was "unsurpassed"
Who is Helen?
The home of Paris
What is Troy?
This literary term describes when the reader knows more than the characters in a story
What is dramatic irony?
This character was sacrificed by her father in order to get the gods' blessing to sail for Troy
Who is Iphigenia?
The oath King Tyndarus made Helen's suitors take
What is swearing to stand by the man whom he chose and coming to his aid if Helen were ever taken from him?
Paris prayed to this goddess to keep her promise to him that he could wed the most beautiful woman in the world
Who is Aphrodite?
Agamemnon was the king of this ancient Greek city
What is Mycenae?
This literary term describes the author's attitude toward their subject or audience
What is tone?
Achilles' friend who sailed with him to Troy
Who is Patroclus?
The reason Paris was able to carry Helen away from her palace and back to Troy
What is Aphrodite putting her into a trance?
The man King Tyndarus chose to be Helen's husband
Who is Menelaus (King of Laconia)?
Paris was received by Helen and Menelaus at their palace in this ancient Greek province
What is Laconia?
This literary term describes the way the reader is made to feel by a story
What is mood?
This character was nearly cleaved in two by his own father
Who is Telemachus?
The prophecy Achilles' mother learned about her son
What is the prophecy that Achilles would achieve great glory but die young?
This character did not want Ulysses to go to war, afraid he would fall in love with Helen again
Who is Penelope (Odysseus' wife)?
Ulysses was the king of this ancient Greek island nation
What is Ithaca?
This literary term describes when the story drops hints about what is going to happen next
What is foreshadowing?
King Menelaus provided Paris & his companion this when they arrived at Laconia
What is meat and wine?
The trick Ulysses used to discover Achilles
What is pretending to be a peddler and bringing with him a gold-studded sword?
This Greek warrior was the best fighter in all the lands
Who is Achilles?
Achilles, Patroclus, Ulysses, and Agamemnon set sail for this city at the end of the story
What is Troy?
This kind of narrator is used to tell the story about The Stealing of Helen
What is a third-person narrator?
The tallest and strongest of the Greeks
Who is Ajax?