trojan war Flashcards
odysseus
king of ithaca, feigned madness to avoid war
agamemnon
king of mycenae, leader of greeks, menelaus brother
achilles
fated to die at troy, son of thetis, war cannot be won without him
menelaus
king of sparta
ajax
strongest warrior after achilles
diomedes
king of argos
nestor
kimg of pylos
philoctetes
archer, heracles bow, abandoned by odysseus on lemnos island for snakebite
neoptolemus
son of achilles, recruited by odysseus for war
cassandra
given to agamemnon
hector
trojan hero, eldest of hecuba and priams son
priam
king of troy
paris
archer, killed achilles
sarpedon
king of lycians (trojan)
iphigenia
daughter of agamemnon, sacrificed to artemis in order to get the wind to blow toward troy
patroclus
killed by hector
aeneas
lost his wife in the war, fled to italy, and his descendants founded rome, son of aphrodite
telephus
king of mysia, wounded and healed by achilles
hecuba
given to odysseus then turned into a dog
Andromache
given to Neoptolemus, son astjanax was killed by greeks
where did greeks meet before heading to troy?
aulis
story of telephus
greek fleets get lost and end up at mysia, achilles hurts telephus but then heals him, in return telephus gives them directions to troy
greek fleets get lost and end up at mysia, achilles hurts telephus but then heals him, in return telephus gives them directions to troy
story of telephus
what happened when greeks arrived at troy?
the first greek death prophecy was fulfilled, and the trojans went to hide within the walls
the first greek death prophecy was fulfilled, and the trojans went to hide within the walls
what happened when greeks arrived at troy?
trojan allies?
Amazons and sarpedon
Amazons and sarpedon
trojan allies?
what did the greeks do for the first ten years?
raids, plundering, murdered troilus, and farming
raids, plundering, murdered troilus, and farming
what did the greeks do for the first ten years?
why was troilus killed?
a greek prophecy that they could not win with him alive
a greek prophecy that they could not win with him alive
why was troilus killed?
story of chrysies?
she was given to Agamemnon as a war prize, her father asked apollo to help get her back, apollo put a plague on greek armies until agamemnon gave her back
she was given to Agamemnon as a war prize, her father asked apollo to help get her back, apollo put a plague on greek armies until agamemnon gave her back
story of chrysies?
quarrel between agamemnon and achilles?
after agamemnons war slave was given back, he took achilles slave, achilles did not like this and quit the war.
after agamemnons war slave was given back, he took achilles slave, achilles did not like this and quit the war.
quarrel between agamemnon and achilles?
what happened when achilles left the war?
thetis begged zeus to not let the greeks win without achilles, ofc zeus did just that
thetis begged zeus to not let the greeks win without achilles, ofc zeus did just that
what happened when achilles left the war?
what did the greeks do when achilles left?
they sent an embassy to try to get him to join the war again when they started losing
they sent an embassy to try to get him to join the war again when they started losing
what did the greeks do when achilles left?
what happened after hectors death?
he has a proper funeral by achilles, achilles also refuses to give the body back to trojans
he has a proper funeral by achilles, achilles also refuses to give the body back to trojans
what happened after hectors death?
achilles vs odysseus argument?
achilles wants to take troy with force and odysseus wants to use brains
achilles wants to take troy with force and odysseus wants to use brains
achilles vs odysseus argument?
how does achilles die?
he tries to climb troy walls, paris shoots him in the ankle
he tries to climb troy walls, paris shoots him in the ankle
how does achilles die?
four oracle prophecies?
horses of rhesus, bones of phelops, palladium of athena, philoctete and Neoptolemus in war
horses of rhesus, bones of phelops, palladium of athena, philoctete and Neoptolemus in war
four oracle prophecies?
who built trojan horse
epeius
epeius
who built trojan horse
how did the greeks convince the trojans they fled?
they burned their camps and hid their ships
