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| Who is credited with composing the Iliad? | Homer |
| What Greek term indicates Homer's role as a traveling singer of the epics? | Rhapsode |
| What play by Euripides tells the story of the Judgment of Paris that resulted in the Trojan War? | The Trojan Women |
| When is the Trojan War believed to have occurred? | circa 1200 B. C. |
| Who is the goddess of discord? | Eris |
| To whose wedding was Eris not invited? | Peleus and Thetis, parents of Achilles |
| What phrase appeared on the golden apple Eris used to disrupt the wedding? | For the fairest |
| What goddesses fought over the golden apple? | Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite |
| Who was the father of Paris? | Priam, King of Troy |
| What was another name for Paris? | Alexander |
| What "lovely nymph" did Paris live with before having to make the judgment based on the golden apple? | Oenone |
| What goddess bribed Paris by making him lord of Europe and Asia? | Hera |
| What goddess bribed Paris by saying he would lead Troy to victory over the Greeks? | Athena |
| What goddess bribed Paris with the most beautiful woman in the world? | Aphrodite |
| Who was the fairest woman in the world at the time of the Tojan War? | Helen |
| Who were the parents of Helen? | Zeus and Leda |
| Who were the brothers of Helen? | Castor and Pollux |
| Who made Helen's suitors pledge an oath to protect Helen's honor? | King Tyndareus, Helen's stepfather |
| What Greek leader became Helen's husband? | Menelaus, King of Sparta |
| Excluding his role as prince, what was the occupation of Paris before the Trojan War? | Shepherd |
| What Greek hero tried to avoid fighting in the Trojan War by acting mad, sowing a field with salt instead of seed? | Odysseus |
| Who tries to prevent Achilles from joining the Greek army? | Thetis, his mother |
| Where does Achilles hide and dress in women's clothing to avoid the war with Troy? | Court of King Lycomedes |
| Who acts like a peddler to identify Achilles and to persuade him to go to Troy? | Odysseus |
| How many Greek ships set sail for Troy? | 1,000 |
| What Greek soothsayer declares that a royal maiden must be sacrificed to ensure a successful voyage to Troy? | Calchas |
| What goddess demands sacrifice after a hare and its offspring are slain? | Artemis, goddess of wild creatures |
| What royal maiden is sacrificed to calm the north wind and provide for a safe voyage? | Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon |
| Agamemnon tricks his wife into sending their daughter to him, claiming she will be married to whom? | Achilles |
| What prophecy did the oracle make regarding the first Greek to land on the shores of Troy? | First to land would be first to die. |
| Who was the first Greek to die in the Trojan War? | Protesilaus |
| What honor do the gods award the first Greek to die at Troy? | Return from the Underworld to say last farewell |
| Who is Laodamia? | Wife of Protesilaus, slain Greek warrior--she kills herself to be with her husband. |
| Who was the Queen of Troy? | Hecuba |
| Who was viewed as the greatest Trojan warriior, a son of the king? | Hector |
| What war prize was given to Agamemnon, leading Apollo to help the Trojans? | Chyrseis, daughter of Apollo's priest |
| What does the prophet Calchas say must be done for the Greeks to have a chance of defeating the Trojans? | Return Chryseis to her father |
| What does Agamemnon do after he loses his war prize? | He takes Briseis, Achilles' war prize. |
| How many years of the Trojan War passed without either side gaining a decisive advantage? | 9 years |
| Who is rescued by Aphrodite after a one-on-one fight with Menelaus? | Paris |
| When it appears the war might end if Agamemnon can negotiate the return of Helen, what two goddesses cause the war to re-ignite? | Hera and Athena |
| What Trojan breaks the truce by firing an arrow at Menelaus? | Pandarus |
| What Trojan warrior is the "best and bravest" next to Hector? | Aeneas |
| What Greek warrior wounds Aphrodite when she tries to aid Aeneas? | Diomedes |
| Who was the mother of Aeneas? | Aphrodite |
| Who rescues Aeneas from battle by enveloping him in a cloud? | Apollo |
| Who heals Aeneas, curing his wounds? | Artemis |
| Whatgod is injured by the spear of Diomedes, an act permitted by Zeus? | Diomedes |
| Whose prayer and sacrificial gift of a precious robe are rejected by Athena? | Hecuba, Queen of Troy |
| What scares Hector's son when Hector says farewell to his family before going to battle? | Hector's helmet/crest |
| Who is Astyanax? | Hector's son |
| Who says to Hector, "Do not make me a widow and your child an orphan"? | Andromache, Hector's wife |
| What warrior was known as the Tamer of Horses? | Hector |
| What wise, older Greek chieftain convinces the Greeks to stay and fight if Achilles will rejoin them in battle? | Nestor |
| Who distracts Zeus from continuing to aid the Trojans in battle? | Hera |
| Who rescues Hector from being wounded by Ajax? | Aeneas, his brother |
| Who does Zeus send to Poseidon, instructing him to stop aiding the Greeks? | Iris, goddess of the rainbow |
| What friend of Achilles puts on the armor of Achilles and fights bravely? | Patroclus |
| Who are the Myrmidons? | Achilles' army |
| Who does Achilles vow to kill to avenge the death of Patroclus? | Hector |
| What does Thetis obtain for Achilles before he returns to battle? | Special armor from Hephaestus |
| What action of Zeus predicts the outcome of the fight between Hector and Achilles? | Zeus weighs their lots on his golden balances and Hector's lot sinks. |
| Where does Achilles almost drown? | River Xanthus (or Scamander) |
| What Olympian aids Achilles in his fight with Hector? | Athena |
| What Olympian aids Hector in his fight with Achilles? | None, Apollo had left him to his fate. |
| What is Hector's dying request? | Return his body to his parents. |
| What does Achilles do with Hector's body after the fight? | He drags it behind his chariot, racing around the walls of Troy. |
| What message does Zeus send after the death of Hector? | He sends Iris to Priam, so that he will meet with Achilles to retrieve Hector's body. |
| Many mourn Hector, but this person says, "I always had comfort from you through the gentleness of your spirit and your words. You only were my friend." | Helen |
| How long is Hector's funeral, serving as the end of the Iliad? | 9 days |
| What Ethiopian prince fights for the Trojans after Hector's death? | Memnon |
| Who defeats Memnon? | Achilles, in his last battle |
| Who kills Achilles? | Paris, by shooting an arrow into Achilles' heel |
| What is done with the bones of Achilles? | Placed in the same urn as Patroclus |
| Who is awarded the arms of Achilles? | Odysseus |
| What Greek warrior goes mad and attacks animals? | Ajax, leading to his suicide |
| Who tells the Greeks that they must use the bow and arrows of Hercules to defeat the Trojans? | Helenus |
| Who was the rightful heir of Hercules' bow and arrows? | Philoctetes |
| For what reason did Philoctetes not arrive in Troy at the start of the war? | Bitten by a serpent and left behind |
| Who succeeds in stealing Hercules' bow and arrows? | Odysseus |
| Upon entering the battle, who does Philoctetes mortally wound with an arrow? | Paris |
| What is the dying request of Paris? | To be carried to the nymph Oenone |
| What is Oenone's reaction to the return of Paris? | She refuses to provide him with a cure, watches him die, and then kills herself. |
| What was the most sacred image of Athena in Troy, a symbol of its safety? | Palladium |
| Who steals the Palladium? | Diomedes, aided by Odysseus |
| Whose wily mind conceives the plan for the Trojan Horse? | Odysseus |
| Of the Greek chieftains, who alone is unafraid to be inside the Trojan Horse? | Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus, son of Achilles |
| What Greek is left behind at the deserted camp in order to deceive Priam? | Sinon |
| Who doubts Sinon's tale and the gift of the horse? | Laocoon (a priest), his two sons, and Cassandra |
| What does Poseidon do to aid Sinon and their Trojan Horse plan? | He sends a sea serpent, killing Laocoon and his sons. |
| Who kills Priam, King of Troy? | Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus, son of Achilles |
| Who is the only Trojan leader to survive the fall of Troy? | Aeneas |
| Who is the only god to aid the Trojans when the city falls? | Aphrodite |
| What happens to Helen? | Aphrodite takes her to Menelaus, who gladly receives her. |
| Who is thrown from the towering wall of Troy? | Astyanax, son of Hector and Andromache |
| Who is sacrificed on the grave of Achilles? | Polyxena, daughter of Hecuba |
| In addition to the Iliad and the Odyssey, identify another work composed by Homer. | Homeric Hymns |
| The Iliad begins after nine years of fighting the Trojan War, an epic trait defined by what Latin phrase? | in medias res |
| Who is the epic hero of the Iliad? | Achilles |
| How many books comprise the Iliad? | 24 books |
