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Aethiopis

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Epic cycle by Arctinus
Archaic period
Begins where the Iliad leaves off
Tells the story of Achilles killing Memnon, Achilles himself being killed by Paris and Apollo, the funeral of Achilles, the quarrel between Ajax and Odysseus

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Agamemnon

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Achaean
King of Mycenae
Brother of Menelaus
Supreme commander of all Achaea’s armies and leader of the largest Achaean contingent

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Ajax

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Achaean 
Son of Telamon
Brother of Teucer 
Commander of contingent from Salamis
Second greatest warrior of Greece 
Lost out to Odysseus in the competition for the arms of Achilles after the latter’s death
Killed himself in rage
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Alexander

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Another name for París

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Andromache

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Daughter of Eetion
Wife of Hector
Princess of Troy
Astyanax’s mother

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Antilochus

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Son of Nestor
A favorite of Achilles
Killed by Memnon

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of love and beauty 
Daughter of Zeus and Dione 
Promised Helen to Paris 
Protects Helen and Paris 
Favors the Trojans 
Aka Cyprus 
Sometimes blamed for the Trojan War
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Athens

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An important city in the region of Attica in the east-central part of Greece

Name after Athena and protected by her
Home of the Greek tragedy

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Aulis

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District in the narrow strait between Euboea and the Greek mainland

Where the Greek army gathered before embarking for Troy

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Castor

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Twin brother of Polydeuces
Son of Tyndareus
Brother of Helen
A divinity who protected mariners in distress
Helped Helen and Menelaus escape Troy by stopping Theoclymenus from going after them

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Cypria

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Archaic period
Epic cycle
By Stasinus or Homer
Tells the events leading up to the Trojan war

Describes everything that happened before the beginning of the Iliad

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Egypt

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A region and country in North Africa

According to some is the place where Helen was at during the Trojan War

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Gorgias

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Classical period
Helen is not to blame for the Trojan war but instead fate (the gods), force (rape of Helen by Paris ), speech, and persuasion (love) are to blame

Wrote Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen

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Hector

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Trojan
Prince of Troy 
Son of Priam and Hecuba 
Husband of Andromache 
Brother of Paris 
Supreme commander of the Trojans 
Troy’s greatest warrior 
Killed by Achilles
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Herodotus

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Classical period
Wrote the History of the Greco-Persian wars

Trojan war was due to abduction of women, Paris abducted Helen

Helen was not at Tory when Menelaus showed up

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Hesiod

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Archaic period
Greek poet

Wrote “Works and Days” describing peasant life

Wrote “Theogony” relating the myths of the gods

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Iphigenia

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Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

When winds blocked the Greek army at Aulis from sailing to Troy, Agamemnon had her brought there and was thought to have sacrificed her to Artemis

Artemis turns her to a deer

(Cypria )

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Island of the Blest

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A legendary , utopian island where a few heroes enjoyed their a blissful life after death

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Judgment of Paris

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A contest between Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite for the title of most beautiful

Occurred at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Paris was the judge and chose the winner to be Aphrodite in exchange for union with Helen

Known as one of the events that led to the Trojan war

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Kleos aphthiton

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Undying fame

The goal of heroic epic

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Memnon

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Ethiopian king
Son of Tithonus and Eos 
Killed by Achilles 
Zeus bestowed immortality upon him 
Killed Antilochus
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Menelaus

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Achaean 
Son of Atreus
King of Lacedaemon (Sparta) 
Brother of Agamemnon 
Husband of Helen 
Father of Hermione
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Menis

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Overpowering vengeful wrath

The Greek word for the wrath of Achilles

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Muses

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Goddesses

Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne

Pressure over literature and the arts and are the sources of artistic inspiration

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Odysseus

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Achaean
Greek warrior at Troy
Husband of Penelope
Father of Telemachus

Famous for his cleverness, came up with the Trojan Horse plan

King of Ithaca and the surrounding islands

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Pandora

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First woman made by Hephaestus

Consider a punishment for tricking Zeus

Opened a jar containing all manner of misery and evil that flew out over the earth

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Paris

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Son of Priam and Hecuba 
Brother of Hector 
Prince of Troy
Abducted Helen from Menelaus in Sparta 
His affair with Helen caused the Trojan War

Aka Alexander

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Parthenos

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A young unmarried maiden

A Virgin

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Patroclus

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Achaean
Son of Menoetius
Brother-in-arms of Achilles
Killed by hector

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus

Mother of Telemachus

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Polydeuces

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Twin brother of Castor
Son of Tyndareus
Brother of Helen

A divinity who protected mariners in distress

Aka Pollux

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Priam

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King of Troy 
Husband of Hecuba 
Father of hector and Paris
Killed by Achilles son
Old and wise

Blames the gods instead of Helen for the war

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Proteus

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Originally a sea god
King of Egypt
Father of Theoclymenus and Theonoe

Celebrated for his wisdom

According to some versions the real Helen stayed with him during the Trojan war

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Returns

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Archaic period
Epic cycle
By Agias
Tells the story of the return of the Greek heroes after the Trojan War

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Sack of Troy

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Archaic period
Epic cycle
By Arctinus
Tells the story of the Trojan Horse

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Scaean gates

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The main gates of Troy

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Scyros

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Island in the central Aegean off the coast of Euboea

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Sparta

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Important city in the southeastern Peloponnese in southern Greece

Capital city of Laceadaemon

Home of Menelaus and Helen

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Stesichorus

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Archaic period
From western Greece (Italy )

Instructor of choruses

Wrote about the Trojan war , lyric epics

Wrote a story about the marriage of Helen and Menelaus, Helen became mad and blinded him, rewrote the story (Palinodes) and said that Helen was never in Troy that it was a painting/ phantom version of her that was at Troy

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus and Penelope

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Teucer

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Son of Telamon
Half brother of Ajax and his comadre during the Trojan war

Tells Helen about phantom Helen and the post event of the Trojan war

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Thebes

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A large city in the southern part of the region of Boeotia in central Greece

Home of Andromache

Sacked by Achilles

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Theoclymenus

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King of Egypt
Son of Proteus
Brother of Theonoe
Name means “god-renowned”

Wants to marry Helen

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Theonoe

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Daughter of Priam
Sister of Theoclymenus

Name means “god-mind she who knows godly matters”

Helps Helen and Menelaus escape Egypt and return to Sparta

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Thetis

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Sea nymph
Mother of Achilles
Wife of Peleus
Daughter of Nereus

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Time

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Honor

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Troy

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City in northwestern Anatolia (now turkey )

Capital city of the Troad

Defeated and destroyed by the Greek army during the Trojan war

Aka ilium

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Zeus

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King of the gods 
Son of Cronus and rhea 
Brother and husband of Hera 
Father of the Olympians and many mortals 
Consider to have fathered Helen

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