Trojan Saga

Question 1

Dioscuri

Answer 1

Castor and Polydeuces (pollux) sons of Zeus, shared immortality and death, spending alternating days on earth and in Hades. Patrons of seafarers

Question 2

Helen

Answer 2

Wife of Menelaus, mother of Hermione, whisked away to Troy by Paris

Question 3

Judgement of Paris

Answer 3

Eris threw the golden apple “to the fairest” ; Paris chose Aphrodite above Hera and Athena. Was promised Helen in return

Question 4

Eris

Answer 4

goddess of discord, responsible for the judgement of paris

Question 5

Paris

Answer 5

left on mount Ida at birth, because of Hecabesdream that he would bring destruction upon Troy, brought up by a shepherd

Question 6

Dardanus

Answer 6

Son of Zeus and Electra, founder of city of Dardania, from which descended by the royal house of Troy

Question 7

Priam

Answer 7

king of troy, son of Laomedan. Husband of Hecabe, father of Paris and Hector

Question 8

Oenone

Answer 8

young lover of Paris, nymph of healing, refused to heal him when he was dying.

Question 9

Hector

Answer 9

husband of Andromache, son of Priam. Hero of Troy

Question 10

Helenus

Answer 10

son of Priam, had gift of prophecy, only kin of Priam to survive the war (captured by Odysseus and treated fairly)

Question 11

Cassandra

Answer 11

Daughter of Priam, had gift of prophecy but no one believed her (see myth of her and Apollo)

Question 12

Aeneas

Answer 12

son of Anchises and Aphrodite, royal blood of Troy, but not son of Priam. Woken in the middle of the night, brings wife, father, son and household gods and escape troy

Question 13

Glacus

Answer 13

Leader of the Lycians (along with Sarpedon) exchanged gifts with Diomedes instead of fighting

Question 14

Sarpedon

Answer 14

leader of the Lycians with Glacus, killed by Patrochlus. Greatest of the Trojans other than Hector

Question 15

Agamemnon

Answer 15

leader of kings, leader of the Greek army. Brother of Menelaus.

Question 16

Menelaus

Answer 16

original husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon. Almost killed Paris in combat until he was saved by Aphrodite

Question 17

Diomedes

Answer 17

King of Argos, 2nd to Agamemnon. Often worked with Odysseus, getting Philoctetes and Achilles. Helped steal Palladium. [GREEK]

Question 18

Nestor

Answer 18

Old wise king of Pylos, respected counselor survived the war [GREEK]

Question 19

Ajax the Greater

Answer 19

[GREEK] second only in fighting to Achilles

Question 20

Idomeneus

Answer 20

Leader of the cretans, old friend of menelaus

Question 21

Odysseus

Answer 21

pretended to be mad, to avoid war. Got found out, went to war.

Question 22

Palamedes

Answer 22

proved that Odysseus wasn’t mad, by putting his son Telemachus in front of his plow.

Question 23

Iphigenia

Answer 23

daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to Artemis to secure good winds to sail to Troy

Question 24

Epeus

Answer 24

builder of the wooden horse

Question 25

Sinon

Answer 25

left behind by the Greeks during the deception. convinced the trojans the horse was for Athena

Question 26

Laocoon

Answer 26

priest of Apollo, saw through deception of the horse, tried to have it destroyed. Sea monsters came and ate him

Question 27

Deiphobus

Answer 27

Younger brother of Paris, only one to survive the Trojan War. Betrays Troy because he is in love with Helen, is mutilated by Menelaus

Question 28

Death of Achilles

Answer 28

Shot in the heel by Paris, his arms are rescued by the Greeks. Ajax thinks he deserves Achilles’ arms, doesn’t get them, kills a herd of sheep and kills himself in shame.

Question 29

Neoptolemus

Answer 29

Achilles’ son, needs to be present for Rome to fall, possible killer of Paris

Question 30

Prophecy of Helenus (things needed for Troy to fall)

Answer 30

The palladium (held by the Trojans) the bow of Heracles, Neoptolemus (son of Achilles)

Question 31

Astyanax

Answer 31

son of Hector, thrown off the the walls of troy