Gods & Goddesses
Which god, known for his abilities to control lightning, helps the Trojans break into the Greek camp?
Zeus
Which soldier is invincible everywhere except his heel?
Achilles
Who is the main hero of Troy?
Hector
Andromache is the wife of who?
Hector
Traditionally, when do the Greeks and the Trojans cease fighting for the day?
Sunset/night time
The goddess Athena, known for her war strategies, helps which side of the war? Greeks or Trojans?
Greeks
Odysseus
What is the name of father of Hector and Paris?
Priam
What is the name of the female prisoner who Agamemnon took from Achilles?
Briseis
What is the traditional activity for Greeks to do when somebody dies?
Funeral games
Which three goddesses did Paris have to choose between in Chapter One?
Bonus +150 points if you can name the 3 rewards each goddess promised to Paris.
Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera
Aphrodite offered a beautiful wife.
Athena offered wisdom.
Hera offered power.
This soldier wears Achilles' armor on the battlefield and dies.
Patroclus
What is the name of Hector and Andromache's baby son?
Astyanax
Penthesilea is the Queen of a female warrior tribe. What is the name of the tribe?
The Amazons
For how many days and nights does Achilles drag Hector's lifeless body behind his chariot?
12 days and 12 nights
Which god made Achilles' awesome weapons and armor?
Hephaestus
This soldier takes his own life when he doesn't win Achilles armor.
Ajax
What is the name of Paris and Hector's cousin, who gets his own story after The Iliad?
Aeneas
What three women speak at Hector's funeral?
Helen, Hecuba, and Andromache
Why did the Greeks and Trojans believe that it was very important for a dead person to receive a proper funeral?
Without a funeral, their soul cannot go to the afterlife
What is the name of the goddess who threw the golden apple?
Bonus +200 points if you spell her name correctly.
Eris
This soldier is known for his "loud war-cry."
Bonus +150 points if you spell it correctly.
Diomedes
Paris' first girlfriend, a forest nymph, had the power to heal. What was her name?
Bonus +300 points if you spell it correctly.
What is the traditional hobby/activity that the women of Troy did in their free time?
Weaving fabric at their looms
What is the proper word for a pile of wood where you burn a dead body?
+200 points if you spell the word correctly.
A pyre