5 Homer - Iliad - Lattimore & Wilcock

Question 1

Salamis

Answer 1

Salamis (SAL-uh-mus; ‘sal’ as in Sally): island west of Athens; ruled by Ajax [SAA]

Question 2

Telaman

Answer 2

Telaman (Tell a mon): father of Ajax and Teucer the Archer; brother of Peleus [ATAP]

Question 3

Thetis

Answer 3

Thetis (THEE tus, like elephant ‘tusk’): mother of Achilles; wife of Peleus [AP]

Question 4

Aegis

Answer 4

Aegis (EE-jus): under the protection of Zeus; under the auspices of s/t

Question 5

Amphora

Answer 5

Amphora (AM-fur-uh): a 2-handled, Greek vase

Question 6

Aristeia

Answer 6

Aristeia (ar-IS-tea-uh): ‘aristos’ means best. A hero’s best moment, usually in battle.

Question 7

Atreus

Answer 7

Atreus (AYE-tree-us; rhymes with ‘hay’): father of Agamemnon and Menelaus

Question 8

Dikê

Answer 8

Dikê (dike): the proper order of things in nature, family, and community. Greek goddess of justice.

Question 9

Gorget

Answer 9

Gorget (GORE-jet): an ornamental collar or throat armor

Question 10

Greaves

Answer 10

Greaves: shin armor

Question 11

Hephaestus

Answer 11

Hephaestus (heh FES tus): Greek god of fire; a lame blacksmith

Question 12

Ikaria

Answer 12

Ikaria (ee-CAR-ee-ah): Greek island in the eastern Aegean west of Samos (SAY- moss)

Question 13

Laconic

Answer 13

Laconic: terse; using minimal words

Question 14

Samos

Answer 14

Samos (SAY- moss): Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Halfway between Troy and Rhodes.

Question 15

Xenia

Answer 15

Xenia (Zen-ia): Greek concept of hospitality; a reciprocal moral obligation between guest and host

Question 16

Salamis
vs.
Samos

Answer 16

Salamis (SAL-uh-mus; ‘sal’ as in Sally) aka Salamina: island west of Athens; ruled by Ajax
vs.
Samos (SAY- moss): Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Halfway between Troy and Rhodes.

Question 17

Priam + Hecuba’s children

Answer 17

Priam + Hecuba’s children: Hector, Paris, and Cassandra [HPC]

Question 18

Aphrodite + Anchises child

Answer 18

Aphrodite + Anchises child: Aeneas

Question 19

Atreus 2 children

Answer 19

Atreus children: Agamemnon and Menelaus

Question 20

Helen’s parents

Answer 20

Helen’s parents: Zeus + Leda

Question 21

Achille’s parents

Answer 21

Achille’s parents: Peleus + Thetis

Question 22

Ajax’s dad

Answer 22

Ajax’s dad: Telamon

Question 23

Who killed Penthesileia?

Answer 23

Penthesileia (PEN-thuh-seal-YUH): was killed by Achilles

Question 24

Ajax
vs.
Achilles

Answer 24

Ajax: son of Telamon; had shield of seven cowhides plus, a bronze layer [TSCB]
vs.
Achilles (uh KILL ees): son of Peleus; leader of the Myrmidon (MYR·muh·don); killed Hector; slain by Paris. [PMHP]

Question 25

Atreides

Answer 25

Atreides (Uh try dee): any of the sons of Atreus; especially the brothers Agamemnon and Menelaus