Chapter 19 Questions Flashcards
What poet wrote a palinode in which he has a phantom Helen go to Troy? A. Ovid B. Stesichorus C. Homer D. Euripides
B. Stesichorus (476)
Who killed Laomedon and installed Priam as king? A. Peleus B. Castor C. Heracles D. Telamon
C. Heracles (482)
Who are the Meleagrides? A. the daughters of Melampus B. the mourners of Meleager C. an Aetolian tribe of women D. the "great gods" of Samothrace
B. the mourners of Meleager (517)
What hero does Diomedes refuse to fight out of respect for the rights of guest-friends? A. Glaucus B. Aeneas C. Sarpedon D. Hector
A. Glaucus (484)
What Thracian leader was killed on his first night at Troy? A. Memnon B. Bellerophon C. Protesilaüs D. Rhesus
D. Rhesus (485)
Who is the first to wound the Calydonian boar? A. Meleager B. Atalanta C. Troilus D. Theseus
B. Atalanta (517)
Who acts as tutor and companion of Achilles? A. Patroclus B. Phoenix C. Odysseus D. Ajax
B. Phoenix (491)
In what shape did Zeus visit Leda? A. in a shower of gold B. in the form of a swan C. in the shape of a bull D. in the guise of a bull
B. in the form of a swan (475)
The goddess who wasn't a guest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis was: A. Eos B. Io C. Eris D. Athena
C. Eris (477)
When Paris was born, Priam and Hecuba: A. left him on Mt. Ida to die B. proclaimed that he would be the next king of Troy C. sold him to Phoenician slave dealers D. gave him to his sister to raise
A. left him on Mt. Ida to die (477)
Paris chose which of the following goddesses as the most beautiful? A. Athena B. Aphrodite C. Hestia D. Hera
B. Aphrodite (477)
From whom was the Trojan royal house descended? A. Iasion B. Leander C. Aeneas D. Dardanus
D. Dardanus (481)
Which of the following did Odysseus defeat in a contest for the arms of Achilles? A. Agamemnon B. Hector C. Diomedes D. Ajax the Greater
D. Ajax the Greater (510)
The Trojans' greatest warrior was: A. Priam B. Sarpedon C. Hector D. Aeneas
C. Hector (483)
What king of Troy cheated Apollo and Poseidon of their pay? A. Priam B. Tros C. Laomedon D. Podarces
C. Laomedon (481)
Who was the ill-fated son of Hector? A. Astyanax B. Paris C. Ascanius D. Aeneas
A. Astyanax (483)
Agamemnon refused to give back to Apollo's priest his daughter named: A. Briseïs B. Chryseïs C. Helen D. Andromache
B. Chryseïs (494)
Which two heroes tried to dodge the Trojan expedition? A. Odysseus and Achilles B. Odysseus and Agamemnon C. Achilles and Menelaüs D. Agamemnon and Menelaüs
A. Odysseus and Achilles (488; 490)
Sarpedon was:
A. a brave warrior for the Greeks
B. the first person to leave the Wooden Horse
C. a son of Zeus who died while fighting for the Trojans
D. the first Trojan to die in the war
C. a son of Zeus who died while fighting for the Trojans (484)
Calchas was: A. one of Aeneas' men B. a son of Priam C. Hector's aide D. the Greeks' prophet at Troy
D. the Greeks’ prophet at Troy (492)
Protesilaüs was:
A. a son of Zeus
B. the first Greek killed in the Trojan War
C. the first Trojan killed in the Trojan War
D. a son of Apollo
B. the first Greek killed in the Trojan War (493)
Achilles finally reentered the Trojan War after: A. the Greek prophet told him he should B. his mother said he should C. Agamemnon apologized to him D. his friend Patroclus was killed
D. his friend Patroclus was killed (500)
Achilles had a choice between:
A. marrying Cassandra or Iphigenia
B. exchanging armor with Glaucus or Diomedes
C. dying young in glory or living long with no fame
D. being king of Sparta or of Athens
C. dying young in glory or living long with no fame (495)
Achilles was killed by: A. Hector B. Paris C. Aeneas D. Sarpedon
B. Paris (510)
