2 Barry Strauss - The Trojan War Flashcards
Nubia
Nubia: Southern Nile region conquered by Egyptians, inhabited by blacks
Odysseus
Odysseus (oh DIS ee us): King of Ithaca; Greek leader in Trojan war
Palladium
Palladium: wooden statuette of goddess Athena, in Troy
Paris
Paris (PAIR iss): eloped with Helen; son of King Priam of Troy
Qadesh
Qadesh: Canaanite city
Scaen Gate
Scaen Gate: In Homer, the main gate of Troy.
Sinon
Sinon (SAI·naan): the Greek who tricked the Trojans into accepting the horse [GTH]
Thebes
Thebes: central Greece city state; founded and ruled by Cadmus [TC]
Ugarit
Ugarit: a Canaanite city
Ur
Ur: a southern Mesopotamia city
Vergil / Virgil
Vergil / Virgil (VUR jl): a Roman poet during Augustus; wrote the Aeneid
Polites
Polites: the brother of Hector; fast runner and lookout
Anchises
Anchises (an-kai-suhz): a mortal seduced by the goddess Aphrodite who gave birth to Aeneas
Bronze Age
vs.
Iron Age
Bronze Age: 3000 - 1100 B.C.
vs.
Iron Age: 1100 B.C. – A.D., replaced Bronze Age
Priam
Priam (PRY am): king of Troy; father of Paris
Sapper
Sapper: a military demolitions specialist
Rebus
Rebus (ˈree-bəs): a writing system where pictures, letters, or symbols represent certain words. [PLS] Like Greek Linear B.
Pergamos
Pergamos: in Homer, the citadel of Troy
Laos
Laos: Greek for a ‘band of warriors’
Nestor
Nestor: King of Pylos; advisor to the Greeks in Troy [KPG]
Menelaus
Menelaus (meh nah LAY us): brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen [HAS]; King of Sparta
Briseis
Briseis (bree-SAY-is): taken as war-prize by Achilles; appropriated by Agamemnon as compensation for losing Chryseis (cry-SEE-us).
Antenor
Antenor (ann-tuh-know): pro-Greek Trojan who advised King Priam [he was in the ‘know’]
Alexandros
Alexandros: aka Paris
Troad / Troas / Troy
Troad / Troas / Troy: northwest part of modern-day Turkey; fronts on the Aegean Sea
