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2 Barry Strauss - The Trojan War Flashcards

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Nubia

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Nubia: Southern Nile region conquered by Egyptians, inhabited by blacks

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Odysseus

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Odysseus (oh DIS ee us): King of Ithaca; Greek leader in Trojan war

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Palladium

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Palladium: wooden statuette of goddess Athena, in Troy

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Paris

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Paris (PAIR iss): eloped with Helen; son of King Priam of Troy

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Qadesh

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Qadesh: Canaanite city

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Scaen Gate

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Scaen Gate: In Homer, the main gate of Troy.

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Sinon

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Sinon (SAI·naan): the Greek who tricked the Trojans into accepting the horse [GTH]

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Thebes

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Thebes: central Greece city state; founded and ruled by Cadmus [TC]

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Ugarit

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Ugarit: a Canaanite city

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Ur

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Ur: a southern Mesopotamia city

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Vergil / Virgil

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Vergil / Virgil (VUR jl): a Roman poet during Augustus; wrote the Aeneid

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Polites

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Polites: the brother of Hector; fast runner and lookout

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Anchises

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Anchises (an-kai-suhz): a mortal seduced by the goddess Aphrodite who gave birth to Aeneas

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Bronze Age
vs.
Iron Age

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Bronze Age: 3000 - 1100 B.C.
vs.
Iron Age: 1100 B.C. – A.D., replaced Bronze Age

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Priam

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Priam (PRY am): king of Troy; father of Paris

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Sapper

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Sapper: a military demolitions specialist

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Rebus

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Rebus (ˈree-bəs): a writing system where pictures, letters, or symbols represent certain words. [PLS] Like Greek Linear B.

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Pergamos

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Pergamos: in Homer, the citadel of Troy

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Laos

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Laos: Greek for a ‘band of warriors’

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Nestor

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Nestor: King of Pylos; advisor to the Greeks in Troy [KPG]

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Menelaus

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Menelaus (meh nah LAY us): brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen [HAS]; King of Sparta

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Briseis

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Briseis (bree-SAY-is): taken as war-prize by Achilles; appropriated by Agamemnon as compensation for losing Chryseis (cry-SEE-us).

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Antenor

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Antenor (ann-tuh-know): pro-Greek Trojan who advised King Priam [he was in the ‘know’]

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Alexandros

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Alexandros: aka Paris

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Troad / Troas / Troy

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Troad / Troas / Troy: northwest part of modern-day Turkey; fronts on the Aegean Sea

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