Even if twenty Hectors had charged against me--they'd all have died here, laid low by my spear. No, deadly fate in league with Apollo killed me.
What is Patroclus upon his final death blow by Hector.
100
The Distant Deadly Archer
Who is Apollo?
100
The two sons of Psistratus the tyrant.
Who are Hippias and Hipparchus?
100
The myrmidon who dons Achilles' armor and is killed by Hector.
Who is Patroclus?
200
Yes, we’ll keep clear of the war as you command. / We’ll simply offer the Argives tactics that may save them-- / so they won’t all fall beneath your blazing wrath.
What is Athena promising Zeus to stay away from the battlefield.
200
Sea goddess, wife of mortal Peleus.
Who is Thetis?
200
Son of Aphrodite, mythical founder of Rome. Among the Trojan survivors.
Who is Aeneas?
200
1100-750 BCE. When writing disappeared and consequently very little historical information is known.
What are the Dark Ages?
200
The King of Sparta whom Paris offends.
Who is Menelaus?
300
Sleep, master of gods and all mortal men, / if you ever listened to me in the old days, do what I ask you now--.
What is Hera soliciting Sleep's help in seducing Zeus so that he will leave the battlefield and the Greeks may have some reprieve.
300
Mother of Aeneas, favors the Trojans.
Who is Aphrodite?
300
King of Ithaca. Fights for the Greeks
What is Odysseus?
300
The process by which a powerful, popular politician was forced into exile before he could become a negative tyrant.
What is ostracism?
300
Asyntax
Who is the son of Hector and Andromache?
400
Oh disaster that's what it is, and it will be unbearable / if the two of you must come to blows this way, / flinging the gods in chaos just for mortal men.
What is Hephaestos urging Hera to make peace with Zeus.
400
The daughter of Demeter, kidnapped by Hades to reign as queen of the underworld.
Who is Persephone?
400
The husband to Thetis, the sea goddess.
Who is Peleus?
400
The year Draco inscribed traditional Athenian laws.
What is 620 BCE?
400
The mother of Hector and Paris.
Who is Hecuba?
500
Beware--he casts no blame for a vow we failed, a sacrifice. The god's enraged because Agamemnon spurned his priest, he refused to free his daughter, he refused the ransom.
What is Calchas, explaining the rage of Apollo toward the Greeks.
500
The twin sister of Apollo, goddess of the hunt and patron goddess of childbirth.
Who is Artemis?
500
Son of Atreus
What is Agamemnon or Menelaus
500
Made important reforms in Athens regarding the economy, politics and debt reform.
Who is Solon?
500
The Trojan whose form Athena takes when she appears to Pandarus and cajoles him into shooting at Menelaus.