The Trojan War

Eris: the goddess of _______.

Discord

Resentment at other gods:why?

Never invited to their banquet

The marriage of ______ was the cause of Eris’s determination to make trouble.

King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis

The fruit that caused all the trouble: ________

A golden apple

What were the words marked on this fruit?

For the fairest

The three competing goddess: _______; _______; _______

Hera; Athena; Aphrodite

Which god was originally asked to do judge between the three?

Zeus

Who finally did the judgment?

Paris

What did Paris base his judgment on?

Which goddess’s bribe seems to him best

The prince was doing a shepherd’s job because:________

His father was told that the prince would someday be the ruin of his country

Whose bribe did Paris take?

Aphrodite

What was Aphrodite’s bribe?

The fairest woman in the world

Who was the fairest woman in the world?

Helen

the suitors’ oath to King Tyndareas, Helen’s father: ______

They would champion the cause of Helen’s husband if any wrong was done to him through his marriage.

the one chosen by Tyndareas to marry Helen to:

Menelaus

What was Odysseus doing when the messenger arrived?

Sowing salt instead of seed

How did the messenger expose Odysseus’s trick?

Putting Odysseus’s son under the plow

Why didn’t Achilles’s mother want him to join the Greek army?

He was fated to die if he joined the war.

What did Achilles mother do to prevent Achilles from being found out?

To make him wear women’s clothes and hide among the maidens at the court of King Lycomedes

Why did Achilles do that exposed his identity to Odysseus?

Fingering sword & daggers

Which god prevented the Greek ships from sailing out?

Artemis

What did the Greek do to cease the North wind to blow?

To sacrifice Iphigenia, Agamemnon’s daughter, to Artemis

Who was the noblest and bravest warrior on the Trojan side?

Hector

Why was Apollo angry with the Greeks?

Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis, daughter of Apollo’s priest.

What made Achilles withdraw from the battle?

Agamemnon took his woman, Bryseis.

Which won the fight between Menelaus and Paris?

Menelaus

Who saved Paris from Menelau’s hand?

Aphrodite

Which god/goddes was determined to see Troy ruined?

Hera

Which god/goddess tried to save Aeneas from Diomedes’s hand but failed?

Aphrodite

Which god later on successfully saved Aeneas?

Apollo

Which god was seriously hurt by Diomedes when backing up the Trojans?

Ares

Which two goddess contributed to Ares’ defeat by Diomedes?

Hera & Athena

What did Hector’s brother suggest to him when the Trojans fell back on the battle?

To ask his mother to offer to Athena the most beautiful robe she owned

Why Agamemnon changed his mind and would like to apologize to Achilles?

The Greeks were driven back by the Trojans.

Why did Zeus turn the Trojans from losing to winning?

Achille’s mother’s request

Who made Zeus forget his promise to Thetis, Achilles’s mother?

Hera

What did Hera borrow from Aphrodite to increase her charm?

Her girdle

What did Patroclus request from Achilles?

To wear his armor to the battlefield

Who took Patroclus’s life on the battlefield?

Hector

What happened to Achilles’s armor after Patroclus’s death?

Hector took it.

What did Patroclus’s death lead Achilles to do?

To return to the battle

Who made Achilles his new armor?

Hephastus

Which won the fight between Achilles and Hector?

Achilles

Which god/goddess tricked Hector and caused his death?

Athena

What did Achilles do to Hector’s dead body?

To tie it to his chariot and dragged it around the Trojan walls

Which god decided to help King Priam to get his son’s body back?

Zeus

Which god accompanied Priam to Achilles’s tent?

Hermes

Two Questions

• What factors determine the winning party in a war?

• What characters make a hero?

The End