Golden Apple Crashout
This goddess of Discord was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, so she caused trouble by throwing in a golden apple.
Eris - goddess of discord
This Greek warrior was considered the greatest fighter at Troy, but he refused to fight after becoming angry with Agamemnon.
Achilles
This clever Greek hero came up with the plan to trick the Trojans
Odysseus
This fierce mountain tribe fought Rome in three hard wars for control of southern Italy.
Samnites
This Greek king came to Italy to fight against Rome.
Pyrrhus
This Trojan prince was chosen to judge which goddess deserved the golden apple “To the Fairest.”
Paris
This greatest Trojan warrior killed Achilles’ best friend after that friend entered battle wearing borrowed armor.
Hector
This huge hollow object was left outside the city so hidden Greek soldiers could be brought inside the walls.
Trojan Horse
After this humiliating defeat, the Roman army had to pass “under the yoke.”
Caudine Forks
These animals were brought to Italy for war and shocked the Roman armies, who had never seen them in battle before.
War Elephants
This goddess won the golden apple after promising Paris the most beautiful woman in the world.
Aphrodite
This close companion of the greatest Greek warrior tried to restore Greek morale by entering battle in borrowed armor.
Patroclus
This Trojan hero escaped the burning city with his father and later became important to Roman ancestry stories.
Aeneas
This major Roman road helped Rome strengthen its control over southern Italy.
Via Appia
This term describes a victory gained at such a high cost that it almost feels like a defeat.
Pyrrhic victory
Paris stole Helen from this king of Sparta, whose anger helped launch the Greek expedition to Troy.
Menelaus
DAILY DOUBLE
These fierce troops of Achilles were said to have originally been ants transformed into warriors.
Myrmidons
This Trojan priest warned his people not to trust the Greek gift, but his warning was ignored.
Laocoon
This battle ended the Samnite Wars and gave Rome firm control of the region.
Battle of Sentinum
This Greek city in southern Italy asked for help when it looked like Rome would conquer it.
Tarentum
Before the Greeks could sail to Troy, Agamemnon had to sacrifice this daughter to appease Artemis and receive favorable winds.
Iphigenia
This Amazon queen came to help the Trojans near the end of the war, and Achilles fell in love with her just as he killed her.
Penthesilea
In one version from the reading, this son of Achilles threw Astyanax, Hector’s baby son, from the walls during Troy’s fall.
Neoptolemus
DAILY DOUBLE
This Roman commander’s self-sacrificing counterattack helped win the battle that finally gave Rome control of the region.
Decius Mus
This battle was where the Roman commander Curius Dentatus finally defeated the Greek king from Epirus
Beneventum