TROJAN WOMAN

Question 1

whos side was poseidon on

Answer 1

Troy

Question 2

why does poseidon choose to abandon troy

Answer 2

when disolation seizes a town, religion falters, gods receive no honor

Question 3

who is the daughter of tyndereus

Answer 3

Helen of Sparta

Question 4

who is Hecuba

Answer 4

queen of Troy, priam wife, Hector mother

Question 5

what does Hecuba not know at the beginning

Answer 5

daughter Polyxena was killed at Achilles tomb

Question 6

who is Hecuba only remaining child in Trojan woman

Answer 6

Cassandra

Question 7

who is Cassandra given to as a slave

Answer 7

Agamemnon

Question 8

what is Athena mad at the greeks

Answer 8

Ajax raped Cassandra in her temple

Question 9

what does Athena ask poseidon

Answer 9

To help her take revenge on the greeks , even if she helped them defeat Troy, she wants him to make their homecoming miserable

Question 10

what will Zeus do to the humans

Answer 10

• unleash an avalanche of rain
• pummeling hail
• gale storms
• promised to let Athena hurle her lightingh bolt

Question 11

what task does Athena gove poseidon

Answer 11

take care of the Aegean sea, waves, whirlpools

Question 12

what is different with Hecuba

Answer 12

her head is shaved, means she is grieving

Question 13

what reflection is Hecuba having at the beginning

Answer 13

• realises the demotion she will have : from queen to slave
• wonders who she will be slave to
• wonders what will become of her

Question 14

if Hecuba could choose, where would she want to be sent

Answer 14

• Theseus
• Etna : renowed for garlands it has won,
• country near the Ionian Sea, that shining river Crathis nurtures with water so blessed it dyes hair red gold, makes men of the place strong and happy

Question 15

where would Hecuba not want to go and why

Answer 15

Eurotas , where Helen lived, in Sparta, would have to serve her, where she would have to lower her eyes at Meneleus

Question 16

who is Talthybius

Answer 16

Herald from Greek camp

Question 17

what news does Talthybius bring regarding Cassandra and Hecuba?

Answer 17

• they will not be sent to the same place
• Cassandra will be sent to Agam, as a bed maid
• Polyxena death
• Hecuba will be sent to Od

Question 18

why is it bad that Cassandra become a bed maid ? What is Talthybius response

Answer 18

• she is Apollo’s virgin, he gave her the gift of never marrying
• what could be better then being in king’s bed, as if it was an honor
• Andromache will be sent with Neoptolomus, achilles son

Question 19

who is Andromache

Answer 19

Hector wife

Question 20

what news about one of Hecuba’s daughters does Tathybius deliver

Answer 20

• Polyxena has been killed, Hecuba does not seem to understand

Question 21

who will Hecuba serve

Answer 21

Odysseus, lord of Ithica

Question 22

who will Andromache serve

Answer 22

Neoptolomus , Achilles son

Question 23

Who will Cassandra serve

Answer 23

Agam

Question 24

How does Hecuba feel about serving Od

Answer 24

She hates him, thinks she has the worst fate, hates his metis

Question 25

what does Cassandra say/think about going with Agam

Answer 25

she pretends she is happy, sounds crazy, but really she knows what is going to happem, that she will die and Agam as well

Question 26

what is Cassandra's argument as to why the Trojans are better off then the greeks

Answer 26

they got to defend their homeland, their wives were there, buried in their ancestral home p. 172

Question 27

what does Cassandra say regarding Hector and Paris if the war had not happened, why they are still better off

Answer 27

- Hector's bravery would not be known - Paris would not have married the daughter of Zeus, would have married a nobody

Question 28

Why does Cassandra tell her mother to stop crying, her mariage is a good thing

Answer 28

- by marrying, she will kill those she hates the most

Question 29

what does Cassandra predict about her mother (Hecuba)

Answer 29

- She will die at home, not with Od - predicts od will have very hard time getting home, wont get home for next 10 years

Question 30

what happens when Talthybius takes Cassandra

Answer 30

Hecuba falls to the ground, chorus tries to help her up, she refuses

Question 31

what is Hecuba's attitude towards the gods

Answer 31

says they are useless allais, how could they let this happen

Question 32

what does Hecuba blame her misery on

Answer 32

Helen, her mariage

Question 33

how is andromache and hecuba related

Answer 33

andromache is hector wife, Hecuba is Hector's mother

Question 34

why is it bad that Andromache goes with Neoptolomus

Answer 34

Because his dad killed Hector, her husband

Question 35

who proposed to the Greek assembly to kill Astyanax

Answer 35

Odysseus

Question 36

Why does Menelaus want to take Helen back to Greece

Answer 36

to kill her,to set example for other woman

Question 37

Why does Hecuba say Helen should have a trial

Answer 37

she has nothing to say, she will be trapped

Question 38

When Talthybius arrives after Helen's trial what important information does he say regarding neoptolomus

Answer 38

That he had to leave quickly with Andromache

Question 39

What did Andromache ask before leaving

Answer 39

- to leave Hector's shield to be buried with his son - to give Astyanax to Hecuba to be buried

Question 40

what does Talthybius do to help bury Astyanax

Answer 40

- cleans his body - washes his wounds - digs the grave -

Question 41

what would Astyanax say to his grandmother

Answer 41

- when you die, I will come to your grave,cut a lock of my hair, bring my bestfriends

Question 42

what does Hecuba cover Astyanax with

Answer 42

Phrygian robes that he should have been adored with at his wedding