Quiz - - The Fall Of Troy Flashcards
According to an oracle - what did the Greeks need in order to defeat Troy?
The bow and arrow of Hercules
How did Ajax die?
He killed himself with his own sword
Who was given Achilles’ magnificent armor, made by Hephaestus himself?
Odysseus
Why was Achilles vulnerable at the heel?
His mother dipped him in the River Styx to protect him but neglected to dip the heel by which she held the child
Who was it that dealt Achilles his fatal wound?
Paris
After Hector’s death, what did Achilles realize?
His death was approaching fast
What did the Greeks force Hector’s wife, Andromache, to do with her infant son, to whom she desperately clang?
She was forced to let him go so that the Greeks could kill him by throwing him off the high Trojan city walls>
What happened to the Torjan woman?
They were taken to Greece as slaves
What happened to the Trojan man who had advised against bringing the horse into the city?
Poseidon sent to serpents from the sea and they choked the life out of him
Who had the idea for the horse?
Odysseus
Troy was nowhere near defeat before the presentation of the horse. What was protecting them other than their high city walls?
A statue of Pallas Athena a dedication to a goddess
At the time of the Trojan horse, how long had the war been going on?
10 years
What ultimately killed Paris after he was wounded in battle?
A nymph with whom he had once lived, was asked to spare his life - so was so hurt by him that she refused and watched him die
