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1
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Queen of Sparta; daughter of Zeus

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Helen of Troy

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mother of Helen

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Leda

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Heavenly Twins; sons of Leda

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Castor and Pollux

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King of Sparta; Helen’s husband

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Menelaus

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killed Achilles in the Trojan war

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Paris

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Aphrodite’s son; final surviving member of Troy

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Aeneas

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the great city founded by the descendants of Aeneas

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Rome

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undisturbed, calm

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serene

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Identify the location.

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Sparta

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Identify the location.

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Troy

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What caused the Trojan War to erupt, and how lond did the war last?

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Aphrodite had promised to give Helen to Paris, even though she was already married to Menaelaus. Paris stole her and took her to Troy. Menelaus fought Paris to get her back. Their duel was undecided so war broke out between the two respecitve armies. The war lasted 10 years.

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skilled spear thrower; killed Calydonian Boar

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Meleager

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fastest runner in Greece; won the great Calydonian Boar hunt

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Atalanta

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cleverly won Atalanta with apples of love

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Melanion

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married to Thetis; father of Achilles

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Peleus

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a Nereid; mother of Achilles

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Thetis

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judge of beauty contest

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Paris

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Queen of Sparta; most beautiful woman on earth

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Helen of Sparta (Troy)

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apples used by Minion to win Atlanta

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apples of love

22
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apple thrown by Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

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apple of discord

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spirit of strife; goddess of discord

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Eris

24
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trap involving a noose

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snare

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to surrender, give up

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forfeit

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tension due to lack of agreement

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discord

27
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What was Achilles’ vulnerable body part, and why was it vulnerable?

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Achilles’ heel was vulnerable because his mother held him by the heel over the sacred fire of immortality as a child. Because his heel was never exposed to the fire, it was vulnerable and could cause him mortal death.

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List the ways Medea helped Jason.

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Medea gave Jason the magic salve to beat the fire-breathing bulls without fear. She tricked her brother so Jason could kill him and the king would have to stop the pursuit. She also disguised herself as an ugly withch and sold magic herbs to the king’s daughter as a plot to kill him so Json could take the throne.

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destined to kill his father and marry his mother

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Oedipus

30
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Queen of Thebes; Oedipus’ mother

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Jocasta

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monster with a woman’s head and a lion’s body

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Sphinx

32
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first queen of Thebes; had necklace of youth and beauty

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Harmonia

33
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Oedipus’ daughter

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Antigone

34
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the very same, identical

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selfsame

35
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How did Etocles and Polynices dishonor their father after his departure from Thebes?

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Oedipus’ two sons cared nothing about the sufferings of their father. They fought each other over the throne, finally killing each other in single combat.

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young hero from Troezan; defeated the Cretan Minotaur

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Theseus

37
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Queen of Crete; daughter of Helios

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Pasiphaë

38
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creature that is half-man, half-bull

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Minotaur

39
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famous architect; built palace of Cnossus

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Daedalus

40
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King Minos’ daughter; wife of Dionysus

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Ariadne

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son of Daedalus

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Icarus

42
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Theseus’ best friend; King of the Lapith people

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Pirithoüs

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to announce officially, publicly

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proclaim

44
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loud and exuberant, rowdy

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boisterous

45
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Identify the location.

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Black Sea

46
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Identify the location.

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Athens

47
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disrespect, lack of respect or devotion

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irreverence

48
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Why was Daedalus in prison, how did he escape, and what happened to him and his son?

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King Minos believed that only Daedalus could have helped Theseus solve the labyrinth. Daedalus made two pairs of wings out of wax for himself and his son, Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melted his wings, and drowned after plunging into the sea. Daedalus flew to the island of Sicily where he was warmly welcomed by the king.

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