Trojan War The Close Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
Who was Memnon? How did you know he was going to die, and by whose hand did he die?
Memnon was the lord of Ethiopia and the son of Priam’s brother and the dawn goddess. He died by Achille’s hand. You anticipated his death because Black Fate suddenly appeared beside him, while “glory like a god” stood by Achilles.
Describe the death of Achilles.
Achilles was preparing to enter the gates of Troy when Apollo gave Paris an arrow. Paris hit Achilles in his vulnerable heel, and the poison killed him.
Who got Achilles’ armor in his Funeral Games? How we he chose for this great prize?
Odysseus got Achilles’ armor. The Greeks didn’t want to choose between Odysseus and Ajax, so they asked the Trojan captives to choose the person they most feared. They chose Odysseus, “the evil genius of Troy.”
Who was Pyrrhus? What are some of his character traits?
Pyrrhus was the son of Achilles and Deidamia. Pyrrhus was neglectful of his mother’s feelings, proud and subject to being influenced by flattery.
Who said, “I could have loved her, but instead I have killed her.”
Achilles
Who said, “To think that the leader of a thousand ships should come to so pitiful an end!”
Menelaus
Who said, “I thought you were a dirty old beggar, and behold, you are a god.”
Telemachus
Who said, “He looks colder than his father, and he may be more cruel in war.”
Odysseus
king of the Myrmidons; had a vulnerable heel
Achilles
fated to live on order to found Rome
Aeneas
king of Mycenae; died in bloody bath
Agamemnon
wife of Hector
Andromache
Priam’s daughter; priestess of Apollo; foresaw her death
Cassandra
wife of Agamemnon; good with an axe
Clytemnestra
great Greek hero who outwitted Odysseus
Diomede
most beautiful woman in the world
Helen
