Achilles Flashcards
Who were the parents of Achilles?
Peleus and Thetis
Who was the son of Peleus?
Achilles
Who was the son of Thetis?
Achilles
Where was Peleus king?
Phthia
What was Achilles’s original name?
Ligyron
Who is Ligyron?
Achilles
Who dipped their baby…
Thetis
What did Thetis feed to Achilles?
Ambrosia
What did Thetis want for her baby?
for him to be immortal
Who named Achilles?
Chiron
Who raised Achilles?
Chiron
What did Chiron feed Achilles?
the entrails of animals
Where did Achilles grow up?
mt pelion
Who was Phoenix king of?
The Dolopians
Who became the tutor of Achilles?
Phoenix
What son of Menoetius…
Patroclus
Who was the father of Patroclus?
Menoetius
Who accidentally killed their playmate in Opus?
Patroclus
Where did Thetis send Achilles?
To Scyrus
Where was Lycomdes king?
Scyrus
Who announced that Troy couldn’t be taken without Achilles’s help?
Calchas
What was Achilles’s name when he was disguised as a girl?
Pyrrha
Who, disguised as a girl in the court of Lycomedes…
Achilles
Whose court did Achilles hide in?
Lycomdes’s
Which of Lycomedes’s daughters bore a son to Achilles?
Deidameia
Who was the son of Deidameia and Achilles?
Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus
Who came to Scyrus in search of Achilles?
Odysseus
How did Odysseus trick Achilles into revealing himself?
He placed feminine things as well as a spear and shield on a table and blew a trumpet to signal an invasion
What happened when the trumpet blew on Scyrus?
Achilles stripped off his feminine clothing and grabbed the spear and shield
Who did Agamemnon promise Iphigeneia would marry?
Achilles
In Mysia, what king of Teuthrania…
telephus
Where did Achilles would Telephus?
his thigh
What was Telephus told about his wound?
Only the inflictor could heal it
Who explained to Achilles that the inflictor of Telephus’s wound was his spear?
Odysseus
How was Telephus healed?
Achilles scraped the rust from his spear into the wound
What did Telephus do in return for Achilles healing his wound?
he guided the greeks to Troy
What did Thetis warn Achilles?
he would either have a long comfortable life in Phthia or a short glorious one at Troy
Who was the father of Tenes, king of Tenedos?
Apollo
What did Thetis warn Achilles about Tenes?
Not to kill him for Apollo, his father, would be sure to avenge him
Who warned Achilles about king Tenes?
Thetis
Who warned Achilles about having a short glorious life if he chose to fight in the Trojan War?
Thetis
Who was the first to land at Troy?
Protesilaus
Who was the first greek to be killed at Troy?
Protesilaus
Who warned Achilles not to be the first to step on Troy?
Thetis
What was strange about Cycnus, king of Colonae?
he was invulnerable to weapons
How did Achilles kill Cycnus?
strangled him with the thongs of his helmet
Who was the first person Achilles fought once he was on Troy?
Cycnus
Where did Eetion rule?
Hypoplacian Thebes
Who killed Eetion?
Achilles
How did Achilles bury Eetion and why?
With his armor on out of respect
Who did Achilles bury with their armor on?
Eetion
Who killed Troilus?
Achilles
Who did Achilles sell for ransom?
Lycaon, Isus, and Antiphus
Where was Briseis from?
Lyrnessus
What Lyrnessian woman…
Briseis
What three men formed the embassy…
Odysseus, Ajax the Greater, and Phoenix
Who killed Patroclus?
Hector
What river did Achilles fight?
Scamander
Why was the Scamander River mad?
Because it was filled with corpses from Achilles
who dried up the scamander river?
Hephaestus
How did Achilles beat the Scamander river?
Hephaestus dried it up
Who killed Hector?
Achilles
Who aided Achilles in killing Hector?
Athena
What did Achilles do to Hector?
Stripped him of armor and dragged him behind his chariot three times around the city
Who killed Pentheileia?
Achilles
Who fell in love with the corpse of an amazon?
Achilles
Who taunted Achilles for falling in love with Penthesleia’s corpse?
Thersites
Who killed Thersites?
Achilles
After killing Thersites, where did Achilles have to sail to be purified for it?
Lesbos
Who purified Achilles for killing Thersites?
Odysseus
Who killed Memnon?
Achilles
Who killed Achilles?
Paris
How did Apollo get revenge for Achilles killing Tenes?
he guided Paris’s arrow
Who made Achilles’s armor?
Hephaestus
Who won Achilles’s armor?
Odysseus
Who killed himself because he lost to Odysseus for the armor?
Ajax the Greater
Who predicted that Troy would only fall if Achilles’s son Neoptolemus fought with the greeks?
Helenus
Who went to Scyrus and asked for Neoptolemus’s aid?
Odysseus and Phoenix
Who did Odysseus give Achilles’s armor to?
Neoptolemus
What did Achilles’s ghost demand?
They sacrifice Priam’s daughter Polyxena on his tomb
