Gods and Goddesses
Why did Menelaus start the war?
Paris stole his wife Helen from the palace.
Why did Paris's parents send him to live in the woods?
Soothsayer foretold he would burn Troy
Sooth _________
Sayer
What does "discord" mean?
Disagreement or tension
Who is the god that Thetis of the Silver Feet asked to let the Trojan win against the Greeks?
Zeus
Why is Achilles refusing to fight the war with King Agamemnon?
Agamemnon stole Briseis.
Who threw the golden apple "to the fairest" on the table?
Eris
Mene_________
laus
Give another word for "quarrel".
Argument
Who is the god/goddess that told Achilles that no man fight the High King? Page 12
Athena
How was the first Greek prince defeated when he got to shore in Troy?
He was taken down with an arrow.
Why did Paris go to Greece?
To see Helen of the Fair Cheeks
Aphr_________
odite
What does "conceal" mean?
To hide
Who is the goddess that was married to Zeus?
Why did Apollo cast a plague of sickness of the Greeks?
Why did the Greeks decide to start the war?
Paris stole Helen and her husband wanted her back.
Oly_________
mpus
Who is a "soothsayer"?
Someone who thinks they can predict the future.
List the three goddesses that fought over the golden apple.
Hera, Athene and Aphrodite
How was the conflict amongst the goddess solved?
Paris selected Aphrodite as the owner of the apple because she promised him the woman of his dreams.
Why did Achilles have an arguement with the High King?
He took his girl away.
Aga_____________
memnon
What does the term "conflict" mean and give an example from the story we've read.
The problem or an issue in a story.