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Chapter 20 Flashcards

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Pelops

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son of Tantalus; was fed to gods; shoulder eaten by Demeter; revived by gods and father punished; ivory shoulder

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Oenomaus

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king of Pisa; love with daughter Hippodamia; was unable to sleep with her so made it impossible for anyone to win her; died by getting caught and dragged by chariot

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Hippodamia

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daughter of Oenomaus; won as bride by Pelops

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Myrtilus

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Oenomaus charioteer to replace axle pins with wax so Pelops could win Hippodamia

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Thyestes

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son of Pelops and Hippodamia; father of Aegisthus: Atreus fed him his sons; raped own daughter Pelopia

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Aegisthus

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son of Thyestes; killed Atreus by knifing him in the back

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Atreus

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Son of Pelops and Hippodamia; fed brothers sons to him; killed by Aegisthus

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Menelaus

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son of Atreus; married to Helen

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Agammenon

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son of Atreus; married to Clytemnestra; King of Mycenae

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Tyndareus

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sons of Atreus took refuge with him; king of Sparta; married Leda; birth to Castor and Clytemnestra

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Leda

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married Tyndareus; seduced by Zeus as a swan; birth to 4 kids Polydeuces and Helen (Semidivine) and Castor and Clytemnestra

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Polydeuces

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semi divine son of Leda

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Helen

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Semi divine daughter of Leda; very beautiful; many suitors

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Castor

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mortal son of Tyndareus and Leda; shared immortality with brother Polydeuces

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Clytemnestra

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mortal daughter of Tyndareus and Leda; married Agamemnon

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Oath of Tyndareus

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Odyssesy proposed that if Helen was taken all suitors must help retrieve her

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Peleus

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him and bother Telamon envied Phocus so they murdered him; was exiled; married Thetis and bore Achilles

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Ajax

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son of Telamon; suitor of Helen; one of greatest heroes in Trojan war

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Hecabe

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married Priam; bore Hector and Paris; oracle predicted Paris would bring destruction to the city

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Aulis

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when oath was invoked suitors assembled at this port on Boeotia’s coast

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Palamedes

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son of Nauplius; invented alphabet, dice, numbers, astronomy; used Odysseus’ son to see if he was mad by putting son in front of plow; later killed by Odysseus by having others stone him to death

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Calchas

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prophet of expedition; declared need Achilles help to win

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Iphigenia

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daughter of Agamemnon sacrificed to Artemis so journey to Troy could continue

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Philoctetes

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bit by snake; wound began to smell so crew abandoned him; lit Heracles funeral pyre; given bow

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Chryseis

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daughter of Chryses; captured by Achilles in raid; Agamemnon takes her and upsets Achilles; must give her up so they can be saved from plague

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Briseis

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Achilles prize Agamemnon takes; angers Achilles; refuses to fight

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Andromache

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wife of Hector

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Astyanax

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son of Hector

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