Trojan War – Part 1 - Prologue Review
Match the correct letter of the description with the name
Greek Gods and Demigods
1.
a. King of the gods, husband of Hera.
Aphrodite
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2.
b. Centaur who raised Achilles
Athena
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3.
c. Nymph who loved Paris, but he left her.
Chiron
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4.
Discord
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5.
Hera
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6.
Oenone
d. Goddess of wisdom, war, and the hunt, ally of
Greece
e. Nymph, loved by Zeus, wife of Peleus and mother
of Achilles
f. Goddess of love and beauty, ally of Troy
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7.
g. Queen of the gods, wife of Zeus, ally of Greece
Thetis
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8.
h. Goddess of confusion and chaos
Zeus
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Trojans
1.
Hector
2.
Hecuba
3.
Paris
4.
Priam
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a. Queen of Troy, wife of Priam, mother of Paris and
Hector
b. Beautiful prince of Troy, who was raised on Mount
Ida and who stole Helen from Menelaus
c. King of Troy, husband of Hecuba, father of Paris
and Hector
d. Great warrior, prince of Troy, son of Hecuba and
Priam
Greeks and Allies
1. Achilles
a.
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2. Agamemnon
b.
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3. Clytemnestra
c.
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4. Helen
d.
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5. Iphigenia
e.
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6. Menelaus
f.
Daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to help the
Greeks.
Wise hero of the Greeks, king of Ithaca, husband
of Penelope and father of Telemachus
Ambitious brother of Menelaus and mighty
warlord of the Greeks. Husband of Clytemnestra
Hero, son of Thetis and Peleus, prince of
Myrmidons, raised in Scyros, nearly invulnerable.
Father of Achilles, king of the Myrmidons,
husband of the nymph Thetis.
Wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus.
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7. Odysseus
g.
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8. Palamedes
h.
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9. Peleus
i.
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10. Penelope
j.
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Wife of Agamemnon and mother of Iphigenia,
with a grudge against her husband.
Messenger of Agamemnon who brought Odysseus
back to Aulis.
King of Sparta and husband of Helen, brother of
Agamemnon
Beautiful woman, wife of Menelaus, stolen by
Paris. The face that launched a thousand ships.
Locations:
In what modern country is Troy located?
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Match the king with his domain (Ithaca, Myrmidon, Sparta, or Troy)
Priam ___________________________________
Menelaus ________________________________
Odysseus _________________________________
Peleus ___________________________________
How did Discord cause problems at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?
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What was the childhood of Paris like?
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In what way was Paris the cause of the Trojan War?
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Why did Achilles’ mother dip him in the River Styx and hide him as a girl in the court of
Scyros?
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What did Odysseus do to avoid joining the war on Troy?
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Where did the Greeks assemble before they set sail for Troy?
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Name five ways in which Greeks thought differently from modern people, based on what you
have read so far.
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