The Trojan War

Question 1

What did Heinrich Schliemann (the first excavator of Troy) believe?

Question 2

Describe Mycenae (home of Agamemnon)?

Question 3

What is the story of Leda and the swan?

Question 4

What is the story of Peleus and Thetis?

Question 5

What was the oath of Tyndareus?

Answer 5

Odysseus’ idea that all of Helen’s suitors should swear an oath to protect her marriage after her husband is chosen

Question 6

Describe Thetis’ attempts to immortalize Achilles and keep him from war

Question 7

Describe Achilles’ training with Chiron

Question 8

Describe the judgement of Paris

Question 9

Describe the sacrifice of Iphigenia

Question 10

Describe how Odysseus ended up at the Trojan War

Question 11

Name main characters of Troy (19)

Answer 11

Achilles, Patroklos, Briseis, Agamenmon, Menelaos, Odysseus, Nestor, Ajax, Ajax, Aeneas, Diomedes, Sarpedon, Glaukos, AndromachE, hector, Priam, Hecuba, Paris, Helen

Question 12

Describe the marriage of Andromache and Hector

Question 13

Describe the marriage of Paris and Helen

Question 14

Describe the marriage of Priam and Hecuba

Question 15

Describe main structure of the war

Answer 15

9 years of war before Iliad
Death of Achilles, shot by Paris and Apollo
Death of the Ethiopian warrior Memnon

Question 16

Name the divine alliances to the Acheans/Trojans

Question 17

Significance of Achilles’ horses

Question 18

What is the symbolism and narrative function of Achilles’ armor

Question 19

Story of Pentheselia and the Amazons