Lesson 25

Question 1

Queen of Sparta; daughter of Zeus

Answer 1

Helen of Troy

Question 2

mother of Helen

Answer 2

Leda

Question 3

Heavenly Twins; sons of Leda

Answer 3

Castor and Pollux

Question 4

King of Sparta; Helen’s husband

Answer 4

Menelaus

Question 5

killed Achilles in the Trojan war

Answer 5

Paris

Question 6

Aphrodite’s son; final surviving member of Troy

Answer 6

Aeneas

Question 7

the great city founded by the descendants of Aeneas

Answer 7

Rome

Question 8

undisturbed, calm

Answer 8

serene

Question 9

Identify the location.

Answer 9

Sparta

Question 10

Identify the location.

Answer 10

Troy

Question 11

What caused the Trojan War to erupt, and how lond did the war last?

Answer 11

Aphrodite had promised to give Helen to Paris, even though she was already married to Menaelaus. Paris stole her and took her to Troy. Menelaus fought Paris to get her back. Their duel was undecided so war broke out between the two respecitve armies. The war lasted 10 years.

Question 12

skilled spear thrower; killed Calydonian Boar

Answer 12

Meleager

Question 13

fastest runner in Greece; won the great Calydonian Boar hunt

Answer 13

Atalanta

Question 14

cleverly won Atalanta with apples of love

Answer 14

Melanion

Question 15

married to Thetis; father of Achilles

Answer 15

Peleus

Question 16

a Nereid; mother of Achilles

Answer 16

Thetis

Question 17

judge of beauty contest

Answer 17

Paris

Question 18

Queen of Sparta; most beautiful woman on earth

Answer 18

Helen of Sparta (Troy)

Question 19

apples used by Minion to win Atlanta

Answer 19

apples of love

Question 20

apple thrown by Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Answer 20

apple of discord

Question 21

spirit of strife; goddess of discord

Answer 21

Eris

Question 22

trap involving a noose

Answer 22

snare

Question 23

to surrender, give up

Answer 23

forfeit

Question 24

tension due to lack of agreement

Answer 24

discord

Question 25

What was Achilles' vulnerable body part, and why was it vulnerable?

Answer 25

Achilles' heel was vulnerable because his mother held him by the heel over the sacred fire of immortality as a child. Because his heel was never exposed to the fire, it was vulnerable and could cause him mortal death.

Question 26

List the ways Medea helped Jason.

Answer 26

Medea gave Jason the magic salve to beat the fire-breathing bulls without fear. She tricked her brother so Jason could kill him and the king would have to stop the pursuit. She also disguised herself as an ugly withch and sold magic herbs to the king's daughter as a plot to kill him so Json could take the throne.

Question 27

destined to kill his father and marry his mother

Answer 27

Oedipus

Question 28

Queen of Thebes; Oedipus' mother

Answer 28

Jocasta

Question 29

monster with a woman's head and a lion's body

Answer 29

Sphinx

Question 30

first queen of Thebes; had necklace of youth and beauty

Answer 30

Harmonia

Question 31

Oedipus' daughter

Answer 31

Antigone

Question 32

the very same, identical

Answer 32

selfsame

Question 33

How did Etocles and Polynices dishonor their father after his departure from Thebes?

Answer 33

Oedipus' two sons cared nothing about the sufferings of their father. They fought each other over the throne, finally killing each other in single combat.

Question 34

young hero from Troezan; defeated the Cretan Minotaur

Answer 34

Theseus

Question 35

Queen of Crete; daughter of Helios

Answer 35

Pasiphaë

Question 36

creature that is half-man, half-bull

Answer 36

Minotaur

Question 37

famous architect; built palace of Cnossus

Answer 37

Daedalus

Question 38

King Minos' daughter; wife of Dionysus

Answer 38

Ariadne

Question 39

son of Daedalus

Answer 39

Icarus

Question 40

Theseus' best friend; King of the Lapith people

Answer 40

Pirithoüs

Question 41

to announce officially, publicly

Answer 41

proclaim

Question 42

loud and exuberant, rowdy

Answer 42

boisterous

Question 43

disrespect, lack of respect or devotion

Answer 43

irreverence

Question 44

Why was Daedalus in prison, how did he escape, and what happened to him and his son?

Answer 44

King Minos believed that only Daedalus could have helped Theseus solve the labyrinth. Daedalus made two pairs of wings out of wax for himself and his son, Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melted his wings, and drowned after plunging into the sea. Daedalus flew to the island of Sicily where he was warmly welcomed by the king.

Question 45

Identify the location.

Answer 45

Black Sea

Question 46

Identify the location.

Answer 46

Athens