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Trojan War – Prologue Review

Match the correct letter of the description with the name

Greek Gods and Demigods

1.	Aphrodite	___	a.	King of the gods, husband of Hera.
2.	Athena	___	b.	Centaur who raised Achilles
3.	Chiron	___	c.	Nymph who loved Paris, but he left her.
4.	Discord	___	d.	Goddess of wisdom, war, and the hunt, ally of Greece
5.	Hera	___	e.	Nymph, loved by Zeus, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles
6.	Oenone	___	f.	Goddess of love and beauty, ally of Troy
7.	Thetis	___	g.	Queen of the gods, wife of Zeus, ally of Greece
8.	Zeus	___	h.	Goddess of confusion and chaos

Trojans

1.	Hector	___	a.	Queen of Troy, wife of Priam, mother of Paris and Hector
2.	Hecuba	___	b.	Beautiful prince of Troy, who was raised on Mount Ida and who stole Helen from Menelaus
3.	Paris	___	c.	King of Troy, husband of Hecuba, father of Paris and Hector
4.	Priam	___	d.	Great warrior, prince of Troy, son of Hecuba and Priam

Greeks and Allies

Achilles	___	a.	Daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed to help the Greeks.
Agamemnon	___	b.	Wise hero of the Greeks, king of Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus
Clytemnestra	___	c.	Ambitious brother of Menelaus and mighty warlord of the Greeks. Husband of Clytemnestra
Helen	___	d.	Hero, son of Thetis and Peleus, prince of Myrmidons, raised in Scyros, nearly invulnerable.
Iphigenia	___	e.	Father of Achilles, king of the Myrmidons, husband of the nymph Thetis.
Menelaus	___	f.	Wife of Odysseus, mother of Telemachus.
Odysseus	___	g.	Wife of Agamemnon and mother of Iphigenia, with a grudge against her husband.
Palamedes	___	h.	Messenger of Agamemnon who brought Odysseus back to Aulis.
Peleus	___	i.	King of Sparta and husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon
Penelope	___	j.	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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