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Classics Chapter 20: Trojan War (Buildup) Flashcards

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revisit slide 1

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yes yse

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About when was a Trojan War actually fought?

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1200 BCE

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Who is Menelaus? (bro,prince)

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Brother of Agamemnon

Prince of Sparta

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Who is Agamemnon? (bro, prince)

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Bro of Menelaus

Prince of Mycenae

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Pelops’ dad

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Tantalus

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Where does Pelops go to win a lady (name)?

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Elis
Hippodamia
win father in chariot race -

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Oenomaus

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father of Hippodamia

gives suitor a head start, then cut off head from behind

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Why does Poseidon give him tireless horses?

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he is Pelops’ lover

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How does Pelops get his lady?

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he wins father in chariot race

  1. gets Poseidon’s horses
  2. bribes charioteer to alter king’s chariot
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What does Myrtilus do to the champion?

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used wax on axles instead of broze pins

the heat up, melt, wheels fall, and Oneomaus drags to death

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How does Pelops’ house get cursed?

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  1. He promises Myrtilus that that he could have his wife the first night. He throws him off a cliff instead, and M curses him.
    2.
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House of Pelops

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Pittheus, Chrysippus, Atreus, Thyestes, , Agamem, Menelaus, Ageisthus

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Who are Pelops’ sons?

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Pittheus
Chrysippus,
Atreus
Thyestes

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Who are Atreus’ sons?

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Agamem and MEnelaus

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Who are Thyestes’ sons?

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Aegisthus (raised by Atreus), 2 others

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Pittheus

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granddad of Theseus, father of Aethra

son of PElops

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Chrysippus

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son of Pelops

curses Laius for raping son

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How does Peloponnesus come about?

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Pelops takes Oeneomaus’ throne of Elis

renames region after self

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How does Pelops’ house become intertwined with the Mycenean throne?

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the line of kings ends and an oracle says to choose one of his sons
Atreus is chosen

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How does Atreus attribute to a curse on his descendants?

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his wife has an affair with his brother (Thyestes), so he kills his 3sons, feeds them to his banquet guests, then shows T their heads
Thyestes curses the hose

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Pelopia

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daughter of Thyestes whom he rapes

married to Pelopia

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How does Atreus’ brother claim his throne?

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Thyestes’ son Aegisthus is sent to kill him
A recognizes his sword
A’s sister Pelopia tells him how to get her
she commits suicide, kills Atreus

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How do Pelopia and Atreus die?

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Pelopia kills herself from betraying her husband (Atreus) for her brother (Aegisthus)

Atreus is killed by Aegisthus

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Who is Tyndareus? What does he do (3)?

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King of Sparta

  • Takes in Agamemnon and Menelaus
  • take back Mycenae throne Atreus’ descendants - Agamem gets throne
  • marries her daughters to them
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What happens because of Thyestes’ reclaiming?

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Agamemnon and Menelaus flee to sparta

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Who are Tyndareus’ daughters?

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Clytemnestra and Helen

married to Agamemnon and Menelaus, resp

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Why did Meneaus get Helen?

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idk

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Who are Leda’s children? with who?

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Tyndareus: Castor, Clytemnestra
Zeus: Hellen, Polydeuces (Pollux)

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The Dioscuri

What did they do?

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“Sons of Zeus” Castor(not son of Zeus) and Polydeuces (Pollux)

  • recover Helen from Athens/Theseus; made Aethra(T’s mom) Helen’s slave
  • joined argonauts
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weird death story with twins

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Castor killed during cattle raid
Polydeuces saves C by persuading his father Zeus to grant them partial immortality

spend 1 day on Olympus, next in Hades

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Oath of Tyndareus

  • what is it?
  • how does it come into place?
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In order to get a chance, suitors must swear oath to punish offender of Helen’s honor

Odysseus proposes solution to get Tyndareus
niece Penelope

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How does the Trojan War start?

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Helen chooses MEnelaus
Paris abducts Helen-volates xenia
men promised to punish offender of helen

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Troy

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greatest city on Aegean Coast (Turkey)

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Paris

-father, brother,

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king of troy
1/50 sons of Priam
brother of Hector (greatest fighter)

35
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What happened to Paris at a wedding?

Whose wedding?

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Thetis and Peleus

Zeus thought he was pretty, so he chose him to judge beauty contest vs. hera, athena, aphrodite

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Peleus

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minor king in Thessaly whom Zeus marries Thetis to (Nereus’ daughter- sea goddess) because prometheus tells him to

fathers Achilles

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What does Thetis think of Peleus?

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eww mortal; must be physically forced to marry him

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What does Hera do for Thetis?

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Throws her a wedding b/c grateful for not sleeping with Zeus

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Who is Eris? What does she do?

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Goddess of Strife
bitter bc not invited to Thetis’ wedding
throws a golden apple into crowd that says “To the Fairest” - hera. athena, aphro fight for it, so paris judges

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What do the goddesses bribe Paris? Who does he choose to be the winner?

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Hera- political power
Athena - glory as soldier
Aphrodite - most beautiful girl in the room (winner)

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Where do the Greeks assemble to begin sacking Troy? What do they cross to sail there?

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Aulis on Boetia coast

cross Lemnos to sail there

42
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Calchas

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prophet of Greek heroes (Troy fighters-to-be)

forsees problems

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What problems do the Greeks face when planning to begin attacking Troy?

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  1. Can’t win without Achilles, who was too young to take Oath of Tyndareus
  2. winds won’t let them depart unless Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter
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Why does Agamemnon have to sacrifice ____?

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sacrifice hsi daughter Iphigenia

he boasted while hunting, so Artemis got angry

45
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How does Agamemnon kill his daughter?

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tricks her into approaching daughter
thought she would be betrothed to Achilles
gags her so she doesn’t curse

46
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What author saves Iphigenia?

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Euripides has alt version in which she is saves

47
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Why would Agamemnon kill his own daughter to win his brother’s wife back?

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  • shame culture? honor loss too great to bear

- men more obsessed with war than family

48
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What happens in Achilles’ childhood?

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immortal mom Thetis burns him in fire to burn mortal parts

Peleus comes in and ruins it

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What does Peleus do to Achilles?

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stops him form being fully immortal

leaves hi with Chiron

50
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Why does Thetis leave Peleus and baby?

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eww he’s mortal

he stops the baby from being immortal

51
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What is the ___’s later version of Achilles’ immortality?

who definitely doesn’t know about this version?

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Roman’s: Thetis dips him in Styx, can’t dip heel

Homer doesn’t

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How does Achilles get recruited to fight in Trojan War? What stopped him?

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his mom hid him on Scyros with girls bc knows his fate
Calchas figures out where he is
Odysseus gets him by staging an attack on Scyros - Achilles leaps out to fight

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