| A | B |
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| setting (time) | Bronze age (after the Trojan war) |
| Who sends the plague | Apollo |
| When does Achilles die | He doesn’t die in The Iliad |
| Who helps rescue Machaon after Paris wounds him | Nestor |
| Who kills Dolon | Diomedes |
| With what weapon does Ajax knock Hector unconscious | A boulder |
| At what point in the story do the Achaeans hold their athletic competition | After the funeral of Patroclus |
| Helen’s brother-in-law | Agamemnon |
| . How long has the Trojan War been going by the time The Iliad begins | Nine years |
| How many Trojan warriors does Achilles sacrifice on Patroclus’s pyre | 12 |
| Who suggests that Helen be returned to Menelaus | Antenor |
| Who reminds Achilles that the Achaean soldiers cannot fight on empty stomachs | Odysseus |
| Which god helps to bring about the death of Patroclus | Apollo |
| Why is Astyanax frightened when he sees his father, Hector | The plume on Hector’s helmet startles him |
| Which of the following do not appear on Achilles’ new shield | Valiant warriors |
| With which immortal does Achilles engage in one-on-one combat | The river god Xanthus |
| Why does Zeus initially agree to help the Trojans in the war | He does so as a favor to Thetis, who asks him on behalf of Achilles |
| What provokes Achilles’ rage against Agamemnon | Agamemnon’s demand that Achilles hand over Briseis |
| Who raised Patroclus | Peleus |
| Who sets fire to a Greek ship | Hector |
| What magical charm does Hera use in seducing Zeus and making him fall asleep | An enchanted breastband from Aphrodite |
| What do Helen and Paris do during one particularly stormy battle | They sleep together. |
| Where is Achilles’ old armor most vulnerable to attack | At the neck |
| What grave tactical error does Hector make out of overconfidence | He orders his men to camp outside Troy’s walls |
| what amazon queen fought for the trojans | penthesilea |
| who killed her and fell in love with her lifeless body | achilles |
| what ugly greek worrier mocked achilles and was therefore killed | thersites |
| who was the greek leader from Rhodes hi brought 9 ships to troy | tlepolemus |
| name tlepolemus' father and mother | astyoche and heracles |
| who killed tlepolemus | sarpedon |
| at the funeral games of patroclus, which greek captain win the archery contest by striking a bird mid-flight | meriones |
| which greek soldier won the boxing match | epeius |
| though the javelin contest was slated to occur, achilles stated the match would be a foregone conclusion and merely handed out prizes, because one man stood far above others in skill. who was the greek leader that the others held in such high esteem | agamemnon |
| in book XI of the iliad, who wounds machaon, the physician of the achaeans | paris |
| who rescues machaon from battle | nestor |
| after nestor takes machaon away from the battle field, what chariot-driver suggests to hector to approach ajax the greater | cebriones |
| who was the leader of the athenian contigent at troy | manestheus |
| name the leader of the contigent from argos and tiryns | diomedes |
| name the leader of the locrian contingent | ajax oileus (lesser) |
| what natural disaster did jupiter use to destroy the human race | flood |
| what was his first plan to destroy humans | fire |
| what made him change his mind | he was worried that the heavans might catch fire |
| who built the maze to house the minotar | daedalus |
| how did he and his son plan to leave crete | by flying |
| what happened ti icarus on the flight | he flew too close to the sun, his wings melted and he fell into the sea |
| where did pegasus produce a sacred stream | helicon |
| how did he produce the stream | he struch his hoof on the ground |
| who was his mother | medusa |
| what couple's death explains the color of mulberries | pyramus and thisbe |
| where did they plan to meet and run away together | tomb of ninus |
| why did pyramus kill himself | he thought that thisbe had been killed by a lion |
| with whom did echo fall in love | narcissus |
| what happened to her when he rejected her love | she wasted away(what else) |
| whith whom did narcissus fall in love | himself |
| what lover of jupiter asked to see him as he appeared to juno | semele |
| who convincedher to request this | juno (as an old hag) |
| what did jupiter do with the unborn infant | sewed him into his thigh |
| whose music caused the furies to cry for the first time | orpheus |
| who was his wife | eurydice |
| how did Eurydice die | snake bite |
| who was sacrificed to appease Achilles spirit | polyxena |
| who was Iphegenia's mother | hecuba |
| who was Iphegenia's brother that was killed by polymestor | polydorus |
| into what was king lyncus transformed | lynx |
| why was Lyncus transformed | the attacked triptolemus while he was staying at his house |
| who transformed Lyncus | ceres\demeter |
| who was changed into a wolf by jupiter | lycaon |
| how did he offend jupiter | tried to serve him human flesh |
| why did jupiter go to his house | he wanted to see if humans were wicked and if they needed to be punished |
| who was transformed into a shooting star after his death | julius caesar |
| what goddes tried to protect caesar from assassination | venus |
| who persuaded venus not to interfere with caesar's fate | jupiter |
| who was punished with insustainable hunger untill he died | erysichthon |
| why was he punished | he cut down an oak tree sacred to ceres |
| what did he do with his daughter | he sold her |
| who would only marry a manwho could bat her in a foot race | atlanta |
| who finally won a race against her | hippomenes\ melanion |
| waht did he use to distract her during the race | golden apples |
| how did meleager die | his mother burned a log attached to his fate |
| why did she burn thsi log | because he killed her brothers |
| why did he kill his uncles | they got into a fight because he decided to give the prize in calydonian boar hunt to atlanta |
| who was changed into a woodpecker | picus |
| what leader of the Athenian contingent at troy | Menesthus |
| name the leader of the contingent from Argos and Tiryns | Diomedes |
| name the leader of the Locrian contingent | Ajax oileus (Lesser) |
| what Thracian king possessed horses that had to be captured for the Greeks to take troy | Rhesus |
| what Trojan spy revealed the location of Rhesus' camp | Dolon |
| what two greeks, spies themselves, captured him | Diomedes and odysseus |
| who begs Zeus to let the Trojans win a while to avenge her son Achilles | Thetis |
| what mortal was the father | Peleus |
| what does Zeus do to provoke Agamemnon into attacking the trojans | sends a murderous dream promising victory |
| what daughter of agamemnon had to be sacrificed before the greek army could set sail for troy | Iphigeneia |
| what goddess had Agememnon offended and thus need3ed to be appeased by the sacrifice of the girl | artemis |
| from waht port did the greeks set sail | aulis |
