Chapter 20: The Trojan War Flashcards
What house did the Kings who led the Greek expedition to troy come from?
The House of Atreus
What did Tantalus do?
He invited the gods to a banquet and chopped up his son Pelops and served him in a stew
What body part of Pelops did Demeter accidentally consume?
His shoulder
Who was the father of Hippodamia?
Oenomaus
What happened to the suitors who tried to marry Hippodamia?
They had their heads cut off because they could never beat him in a race
Who was successful at beating Oenomaus and how did he succeed?
Pelops, with the help of Myrtilus
Who were the two brothers fighting for the throne?
Atreus and Thyestes
What were the four children of Leda?
Polydeuces and Helen (semi-divine, with their father Zeus) as as well as Castor and Clymenestra (mortal, with their father Tyndareus)
Who did Clymenestra marry?
Agamemnon
Who did Helen marry and what was the name of their child?
She married Menelaus and they had a child named Hermione
Who did Thetis marry?
Peleus
Who wasn’t invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?
Eris (strife)
What did Eris do after finding out she wasn’t invited
She crashed the party and rolled an apple across the floor that was to be claimed by the fairest goddess
Who fought over the apple?
Aphrodite, Hera and Athena
Who are the parents of Paris?
Hecabe and Priam
Who was the child of Penelope and Odysseus?
Telemachus
Who made Odysseus rejoin the army?
Palamedes
Who are the parents of Achilles?
Peleus and Thetis
How did Achille’s mother attempt to hide him from the war?
She dressed him up in girl’s clothes
What happened to Telephus?
He got into a fight with Achilles and was wounded. His wound refused to heal and he later found out that only that which harmed him could heal him so Achilles scraped off some of the corrosion from his sword and healed Telephus. He then agreed to lead the expedition to Troy
What did the men on the expedition have to do to stop the wind blowing them in the wrong direction
Agamemnon was told that he had to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis (he’d boasted he was a better spear thrower than her). He pretended that he wanted to marry her to Achilles and slashed her throat on an altar
Who wrote the poem Agamemnon?
Aeschylus
Who was the first to die on shore when the expedition landed at the Troad?
Protesilaus
Why was Achilles so wrathful?
Agamemnon claimed his prize Briseis. This made him sulk inside his tent
Who is the wife and child of Hector?
Andromache is Hector’s wife and their child is named Astynax
What is the name of Achille’s friend who is killed in the battle of Troy?
Patroclus
Who does Achilles kill as revenge for the death of his friend?
Hector
