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ILIAD - Main Characters Flashcards

1
Q

Who are the GREEKS?

A 
Achilles
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Helen
Odysseus
Aias the Great / AJAX
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Who are the TROJANS?

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Priam 
Hecuba
Hector
Andromache
Paris
Aeneas
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Which Gods supported the GREEKS?

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Poseidon
Hera
Athena

Zeus tries to be neutral

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Which Gods supported the TROJANS?

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Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares

Zeus tries to be neutral but ended up for Trojans

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Who was Achilles?

GREEK

A

Main character
One of greatest warriors
Lead the Myrmidons against the Trojans
Same team as Agamemnon but they dont get on

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Who was Agamemnon?

GREEK

A

General of Greek armies

Same team as Achilles but do not get on

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Who was Menelaus?

GREEK

A

King of Sparta
Helen his wife is taken by Paris, a Trojan
Greeks go to war to get her back the TROJAN WAR
Helen considered to be most beautiful woman in the world

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Who was Helen?

GREEK

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Wife of Melenaus, the King of Sparta
Helen is taken by Paris, a Trojan
Greeks go to war to get her back the TROJAN WAR
Helen considered to be most beautiful woman in the world
Aphrodite cast a spell on her to make her fall in love with Paris

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9
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Who is Odysseus?

GREEK

A

King of Ithicca
Considered a Greek hero
Known for his intelligence

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Who is Aias the Great?

GREEK

A

2nd greatest Greek warrior after Achilles

Called Ajax by the Romans

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Who was Priam?

TROJAN

A

King of Troy during the ILIAD
Married to Hecuba, Queen of Troy
Had a son, Hector (greatest trojan warrior)

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Who was Hector?

TROJAN

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Greatest of all Trojan warriors
King Priam’s son
Killed on battlefield by Achilles

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Who was Paris?

TROJAN

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Trojan who took Helen from King Menelaus

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Who was Aeneas?

TROJAN

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One of greatest Trojan warriors after Hector

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15
Q

What is the ILIAD?

A 
Epic poem by Greek poet HOMER
Tells story of last year of Trojan war
War between City of Troy and Greeks
Story starts 10years in to raging war
Greeks are camped outside walls of Troy
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16
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What do Achilles and Agamemnon fall out about?

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Agamemnon holding woman Chryseis captive
Her father offers to pay for her release but Agamemnon refuses
Her father prays to Apollo
Apollo attacks the Greeks
Achilles and greek leaders persuage Agamemnon to release her
Agamemnon wants to get back at Achilles and steals Briseis from Achilles

17
Q

Why wont Achilles fight?

A

Achilles angry at Agamemnon for stealing his lady, Briseis
He refuses to fight
Achilles asks his mother Thetis to pray to Zeus to help Trojans
Zeus had been neutral but then decides to help Trojans

18
Q

How were the GODS involved in the war?

A

Hector was hit by a giant rock from Aias
Apollo heals Hector, stronger and faster than before
Hector leads Trojans, pushing Greeks back to the shore

19
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How does Patroclus get involved?

A

Achilles best friend Patroclus cannot persuade him to return to battle
Patroclus wears Achilles armour to fight
He was helping the Greeks until he met Hector
Hector killed Patroclus

20
Q

Why did Achilles return to battle?

A

After the death of his best friend Patroclus
He rejoins battle and pushed Trojans back to Troy
Comes up against Hector
Achilles kills Hector

21
Q

How did Achilles Die?

A 
Had one weakness
Mother dipped him in River Styx, held by his heel
God Apollo knew of this weakness
Paris released arrow at Achilles
Apollo guided arrow to his heel
Died from wound
22
Q

What was Odysseus idea to get into Troy?

A

Built a large wooden horse
Soldiers hid inside horse
Rest of army returned to boats and sailed away
Trojans thought they won war and horse was GIFT
Rolled horse into city and celebrated
Boats returned that night
Odysseus men came out of horse and killed guards They opened gates to let Greek army in
GREEKS WON THE WAR!!

23
Q

Why does Helen of Troy have “a face that launched a thousand ships”?

A

Because the Greeks set sail for Troy on 1000 ships

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