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0
Q

Knew whom the prophecy was about, refused to tell Zeus

A

Prometheus

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Wanted to know whom the prophecy was about. (son born greater than his father)

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Zeus

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How did Zeus punish Prometheus for not telling him the woman’s name?

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Tied him to a rock and an eagle ate his liver everyday

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What does Metheus mean? Whose name?

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For wisdom/ foresight

Prometheus

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4
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Woman the prophecy spoke about

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The nymph Thetis

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5
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Zeus married Thetis to this man

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Peleus

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6
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Only god not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

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Eris

Goddess of discord

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7
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Eris created this to cause a fight at the wedding between the goddesses

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Golden apple inscribed “to the fairest”

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Three goddesses whom claimed the golden apple

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Hera. Aphrodite. Athena.

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9
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Son of Peleus and Thetis

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Achilles

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10
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Where Achilles’ mom dipped him for I invulnerability

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River Styx

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11
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Most beautiful woman in the world. From where?

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Helen

Sparta

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12
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Five suitors of Helen

A 
Agamemnon 
Odysseus 
Ajax
Achilles 
Menelaus
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13
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Who won Helen?

A

Menelaus

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14
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Prince of Troy

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Paris

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15
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Prophet of Troy. Never believed

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Cassandra

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16
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Cassandra’s prophecy

A

Paris would cause the destruction of Troy

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17
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Who is given the apple to make the judgement?

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Paris

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18
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What does each goddess offer Paris a a bribe? (Athena. Aphrodite. Hera. )

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Athena. Success in war
Aphrodite. Love of the most beautiful girl in the world
Hera. King over Asia

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19
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Who did Paris choose

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Aphrodite. (For sex)

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20
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Paris goes to accept his prize, which is….

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Helen

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21
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Two sides of Paris taking Helen

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Persuasion or force (rape of Helen)

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22
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What does Menelaus do when Helen is taken?

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Calls upon the oath of the suitors. And attack Troy

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23
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Which two men refuse to help attack Troy?

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Odysseus

Achilles

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24
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What does each one do to avoid the draft? (Odysseus and Achilles)

How is each one figured out and forced to uphold the oath?

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Odysseus: Fakes insanity. His son is placed in front of him while he is crazily plowing. He swerved around him.

Achilles: Mother places him, dressed as a woman, in a house of sister. Odysseus figures him out when he accidents blows his woman cover by buying swords

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25
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Where did the Greek fleet assemble?

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Aulis

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26
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Who is sacrificed so that the winds become favorable?

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Iphigenia. Agamemnon’s daughter (was told she was going to marry Achilles)

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27
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Some believe that this goddess saved Iphigenia at he last second.

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Athena

28
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How long is the war at a stale mate ( with Greece laying siege to Troy)

A

10 years

29
Q

What does the army need to keep fighting, taken from the country side?

A

Women and food

30
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One woman taken was important, why?

A

Daughter of a priest of Apollo

31
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Who is in possession of this woman?

A

Agamemnon. Refuses to give her back

32
Q

The priest then does what?

A

Has Apollo plague all the men

33
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Oracle tell the men to do what about the woman?

A

Release her!

34
Q

Agamemnon won’t give up his girl so, who fights with him?

A

Achilles

35
Q

So what does Agamemnon do to get back at Achilles?

A

MR STEAL YO GIRL

36
Q

This episode begins what epic? By who?

A

Iliad. By Homer

37
Q

When his girl is stolen, Achilles does what?

A

Backs out of fighting.

38
Q

Thetis complains her son is mistreated, and what happens?

A

Zeus punishes the Greeks. Suffer heavy losses until Achilles comes back

39
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What does Patroclus do?

A

Goes into battle wearing Achilles’ armor.

40
Q

Who kills Patroclus?

A

Hector

41
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What does Hector steal?

A

Achilles’ armor.

42
Q

Who makes Achilles a new set of armor?

A

Hephaestus

43
Q

Who tries to keep Hector from battling Achilles?

A

His wife, Andromache, and son, Astyanax.

44
Q

Who then urges Hector to surrender the battle and leave?

A

His mom and dad. King and queen of Troy. (Priam and Hecuba)

45
Q

Who convinces Hector to fight?

A

His brother. A lie who is really Athena.

46
Q

Achilles kills Hector and does what?

A

Pierces his feet and drags him around the city.

47
Q

Who begs for Hectors body back?

A

Father. Priam

48
Q

Why does Achilles give hectors body back?

A

Priam gives him a lot of respect

49
Q

Who kills Achilles?

A

Paris. (Arrow guided by Apollo)

50
Q

Greeks decide to give Achilles’ armor to who?

A

Odysseus

51
Q

When Ajax loses to Odysseus, what does he do?

A

Goes crazy. Kills a lot of cows, thinking they are Greeks, and then kills himself.

52
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Three conditions or Troy to fall

A 
1. Remove the Palladium 
    (A small statue of Pallas Athena) 
    Odysseus disguised as a beggar
    sneaks into Troy and steal it 
2. Need the bow and arrow of Hercules
    Philoctetes has these
    Bitten by snake, left on and island 
    Odysseus persuades him to rejoin 
3. Troy must be taken by stealth
     Odysseus makes the plan of the 
     Wooden horse as a gift to Athena
53
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Lone Greek left behind to tell the story of the horse

A

Sinon

54
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Sinon’s story:

A

Fought with Odysseus, and was left behind. The horse was to appease Athena for stealing the Palladium. If the did not bring it in Athena would destroy Troy.

55
Q

Who are the two Trojans who don’t believe the story if Sinon?

A

Cassandra and Laocoön

56
Q

Cassandra does what:

A

Tell them it is filled with men, but she is cursed to never be believed.

57
Q

Laocoön does what?

A

Priest of Neptune. Hits the horse with a spear to prove it is fake. Water snakes rise up and devour him and his sons.

58
Q

The Trojans do what with the horse?

A

Drag it into the city, and CELEBRATE!!

59
Q

After Sinon releases the men, what do they do?

A

Kill the watchmen and open the gates of Troy.

60
Q

Who kills king Priam?

A

Neoptolemus, son of Achilles.

61
Q

Who kills Paris? How?

A

Philoctetes. Poisoned arrow.

62
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What happens to hectors son? (Astyonax)

A

Thrown from the city walls

63
Q

Who is awarded Cassandra?

A

Agamemnon

64
Q

Who is awarded Helen?

A

Menelaus

65
Q

Trojan who escaped as Troy burned?

A

Aeneas

66
Q

Who escaped with Aeneas?

A

Father : Anchises (carrying
household gods)
Son : Iulus (or Ascanius)
Wife : Creusa (left behind and dies)

67
Q

Aeneas’ story is immortalized by? In what?

A

Vergil. In the Aeneid.

68
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Who kills Agamemnon?

A

Wife Clytemnesta. Still upset over Iphigenia’s death.

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