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Week 10, Chpt 20, 21 Flashcards

1
Q

Oath of Tyndarus

A

Uphold the wedding of Helen and Menelaus

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2
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Why did Hera offer to take care of all of the details for Thetis’s wedding?

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Because Zeus fell in love with Thetis but decided against sleeping with her after hearing Prometheus’s warnings.

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3
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Eris

A

Personification of strife

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4
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How did Eris distrupt Thetis’s wedding?

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She rolled a golden apple into the wedding with a tag attached that said, “to the fairest”. Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera fought over the apple.

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5
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What did the goddesses offer Paris to be named the fairest?

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Hera: Dominion over the world
Athena: A glorious military career
Aphrodite: The most beautiful woman in the world

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6
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Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?

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Helen

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7
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What caused Menelaus to appeal to Agamemnon to invoke the oath of Tyndarus?

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Paris stole Helen from Menelaus.

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8
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According to Calchas the seer, what did the Greeks need to succeed at Troy?

A

Achilles

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9
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Timé

A

Honour

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10
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Gerās

A

Spoils of war

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11
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What was the main theme of the Illiad?

A

Achilles’s rage

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12
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Who is Achilles’ best friend?

A

Patroclus

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13
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What turns Achilles into a rageful demon and sends him back into war?

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The death of Patroclus.

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14
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What was Hector’s final request before Achilles killed him?

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That his body be given to his parents.

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15
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Who helps Paris kill Achilles?

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Apollo

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16
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Who came up with the idea for the trojan horse?

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Odysseus

17
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Who was the priest who had sex in Poseidon’s temple and invoked the wrath of Poseidon, leading the trojans to believe they must take the horse as an offering?

A

Laocoön

18
Q

Who killed King Priam at the altar of Zeus?

A

Neoptolemus

19
Q

Why does Athena send a storm to destroy the greek fleet?

A

Ajax raped Cassandra as she clung to the statue of Athena.

20
Q

Who was Hector’s son?

A

Astyanax, he was ordered to be killed by Odysseus

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