Trojan War Prologue Chapters 1-4

Question 1

Name the three goddesses who claimed the golden apple

Answer 1

Aphrodite Hera, Athene

Question 2

Describe the dream of Hecuba and its symbolism

Answer 2

her son would burn down Troy; Paris did end up being responsible for the war that caused the burning of Troy.

Question 3

How did Thetis try to “cheat the Fates” and protect her son?

Answer 3

She dipped him in the River Styx to make him immortal

Question 4

“For the Fairest.” Who is the “Fairsest”?

Answer 4

Aphrodite

Question 5

Who said “What is the life of one child against the welfare of all?”

Answer 5

Priam

Question 6

Who said “Hector’s gift is prowess in war. Mine is mere grace and beauty …”

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

Who said “Must get on with the plowing. Must be done by dark.”

Answer 7

Odysseus

Question 8

Who said “I will buy the sword.”?

Answer 8

Achilles

Question 9

king of the Myrmidons; greatest hero in the Trojan War

Answer 9

Achilles

Question 10

king of Mycenae; brother of Menelaus

Answer 10

Agamemnon

Question 11

wife of Hector

Answer 11

Andromache

Question 12

Agamemnon’s soothsayer

Answer 12

Calchus

Question 13

Achilles’ tutor

Answer 13

Chiron

Question 14

wife of Agamemnon

Answer 14

Clytemnestra

Question 15

brother of Agamemnon; king of Sparta

Answer 15

Menelaus

Question 16

king of Ithaca

Answer 16

Odysseus

Question 17

tricked Odysseus but paid for it later with his life

Answer 17

Palamedes

Question 18

mother of Achilles; sea nymph

Answer 18

Thetis

Question 19

threw the golden apple

Answer 19

Discord

Question 20

queen of Troy

Answer 20

Hecuba

Question 21

daughter of Agamemnon

Answer 21

Iphigenia

Question 22

most beautiful woman in the world

Answer 22

Helen