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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Who is Thetis?

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Sea nymph; mother of Achilles

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Who is Zeus?

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Ruler of gods and men

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Who is Peleus?

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King of the Myrmidons; father of Achilles

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Who is Hera?

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Queen of the gods

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Who is Athene?

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Goddess if wisdom

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Who is Aphrodite?

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Goddess of beauty

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Who is Priam?

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King of Troy

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Who is Hecuba?

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Queen of Troy

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Who is Paris?

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Son of Priam and Hecuba

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What does urn mean?

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Vase

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Who is Discord?

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The goddess of disagreement and conflict

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What are soothsayers?

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People who predict events; seers

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What is nectar?

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Sweet liquid secreted by flowers

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What does haughty mean?

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Self admiring, proud

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Why did Zeus marry Thetis to a mortal, King Peleus?

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Prophecy that Thetis would have a son greater than his father. Zeus did not want him to be greater than a god.

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Why did Discord throw golden apple during the feast?

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She was not invited to the wedding of Thetis and Peleus, and wanted the goddesses to fight and ruin the wedding

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Why did Priam send Paris away to die?

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Hecuba had a dream that Paris was a flaming torch. The soothsayers said this meant he would cause the destruction of Troy

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What prevented Paris’ death?

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Priam had left him in Mt Ida to die, but shepherds found him and raised him

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Why was Paris chosen to judge who should receive the golden apple?

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Because of his innocence of mind

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What did Hera tell Paris?

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I will make you king of the world

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What did Athene tell Paris?

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I will teach you all the wisdom there is in the mind of man

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What did Aphrodite tell Paris?

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You shall have the fairest woman in all the world as your wife

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Who was chosen the fairest?

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Aphrodite

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Who said “What is the life of one child against the welfare of all?”

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King Priam

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