1 Barry Strauss - The Trojan War Flashcards
Achaea
Achaea (uh-KEY-uh): the northwest part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Achaean
Achaean (uh-KEY-an): aka Argive or Danaan; an inhabitant of Achaea [AAD] Or, more generally, just a Greek
Achilles
Achilles (uh KILL ees): son of Peleus; leader of the Myrmidon (MYR·muh·don); killed Hector in Trojan war; slain by Paris. [PMHP]
Aeneas
Aeneas (ih NEE uhs): Trojan; son of goddess Aphrodite and mortal Anchises (an-kai-suhz) [TAA]
Agamemnon
Agamemnon (AE guh mEHm nAAn): King of Argos; father of Iphigeneia; brother of Menelaos (meh nah LAY us) [AIM]
Ajax aka Aias aka Ajax the Great
Ajax: son of Telamon; had shield of seven cowhides plus, a bronze layer [TSCB]
Amazons
Amazons: Iron Age women warriors of southern Russia
Anatolia
Anatolia: modern-day Turkey; Hittti
Argos
Argos (AAR gaas): the southeasterly part of the Peloponnese peninsula; ruled by Agamemnon
Bronze Age
Bronze Age: 3000 - 1100 B.C.
Cadmus
Cadmus (KAD muss): founder-king of Thebes in central Greece
Gallipoli
Gallipoli: peninsula north of the Dardanelles Strait; north of Troy
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh: Near Eastern epic poem, 2000 B.C.
Hammurabi
Hammurabi: Babylonian king
Hector
Hector: Trojan killed by Achilles; son of Priam [TAP]
Hittites
Hittites: ruled Anatolia and Syria
Iphigeneia
Iphigeneia (if eh ja NIGH ah): sacrificed by her father Agamemnon
Iron Age
Iron Age: 1100 B.C. – A.D., replaced Bronze Age
Ishtar
Ishtar: Near Eastern goddess of love, war, and fertility
Ithaca
Ithaca: island off western Greece; home of Odysseus
Lacedaemon
Lacedaemon (Las-uh-demon) aka Laconia (luh·KOW·nee·uh): the extreme south of the Peloponnese
Levirate marriage
Levirate marriage: a man marries his deceased brother’s widow
Linear B
Linear B: a Bronze Age Greek writing system
Minoan
Minoan: the culture of Bronze Age Crete
Mycenae
Mycenae (mai·SEE·nee): a city in Argos; ruled by Agamemnon [AA]
