trojan war Flashcards

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odysseus

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king of ithaca, feigned madness to avoid war

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agamemnon

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king of mycenae, leader of greeks, menelaus brother

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achilles

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fated to die at troy, son of thetis, war cannot be won without him

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menelaus

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king of sparta

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5
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ajax

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strongest warrior after achilles

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diomedes

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king of argos

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nestor

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kimg of pylos

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philoctetes

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archer, heracles bow, abandoned by odysseus on lemnos island for snakebite

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neoptolemus

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son of achilles, recruited by odysseus for war

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10
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cassandra

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given to agamemnon

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hector

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trojan hero, eldest of hecuba and priams son

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priam

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king of troy

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paris

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archer, killed achilles

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sarpedon

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king of lycians (trojan)

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iphigenia

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daughter of agamemnon, sacrificed to artemis in order to get the wind to blow toward troy

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16
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patroclus

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killed by hector

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aeneas

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lost his wife in the war, fled to italy, and his descendants founded rome, son of aphrodite

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18
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telephus

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king of mysia, wounded and healed by achilles

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hecuba

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given to odysseus then turned into a dog

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20
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Andromache

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given to Neoptolemus, son astjanax was killed by greeks

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21
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where did greeks meet before heading to troy?

22
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story of telephus

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greek fleets get lost and end up at mysia, achilles hurts telephus but then heals him, in return telephus gives them directions to troy

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greek fleets get lost and end up at mysia, achilles hurts telephus but then heals him, in return telephus gives them directions to troy

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story of telephus

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what happened when greeks arrived at troy?

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the first greek death prophecy was fulfilled, and the trojans went to hide within the walls

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the first greek death prophecy was fulfilled, and the trojans went to hide within the walls
what happened when greeks arrived at troy?
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trojan allies?
Amazons and sarpedon
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Amazons and sarpedon
trojan allies?
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what did the greeks do for the first ten years?
raids, plundering, murdered troilus, and farming
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raids, plundering, murdered troilus, and farming
what did the greeks do for the first ten years?
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why was troilus killed?
a greek prophecy that they could not win with him alive
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a greek prophecy that they could not win with him alive
why was troilus killed?
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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
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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?
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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.
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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?
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what happened when achilles left the war?
thetis begged zeus to not let the greeks win without achilles, ofc zeus did just that
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thetis begged zeus to not let the greeks win without achilles, ofc zeus did just that
what happened when achilles left the war?
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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
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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?
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what happened after hectors death?
he has a proper funeral by achilles, achilles also refuses to give the body back to trojans
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he has a proper funeral by achilles, achilles also refuses to give the body back to trojans
what happened after hectors death?
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achilles vs odysseus argument?
achilles wants to take troy with force and odysseus wants to use brains
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achilles wants to take troy with force and odysseus wants to use brains
achilles vs odysseus argument?
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how does achilles die?
he tries to climb troy walls, paris shoots him in the ankle
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he tries to climb troy walls, paris shoots him in the ankle
how does achilles die?
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four oracle prophecies?
horses of rhesus, bones of phelops, palladium of athena, philoctete and Neoptolemus in war
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horses of rhesus, bones of phelops, palladium of athena, philoctete and Neoptolemus in war
four oracle prophecies?
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who built trojan horse
epeius
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epeius
who built trojan horse
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how did the greeks convince the trojans they fled?
they burned their camps and hid their ships