1 Barry Strauss - The Trojan War

Question 1

Achaea

Answer 1

Achaea (uh-KEY-uh): the northwest part of the Peloponnese peninsula.

Question 2

Achaean

Answer 2

Achaean (uh-KEY-an): aka Argive or Danaan; an inhabitant of Achaea [AAD] Or, more generally, just a Greek

Question 3

Achilles

Answer 3

Achilles (uh KILL ees): son of Peleus; leader of the Myrmidon (MYR·muh·don); killed Hector in Trojan war; slain by Paris. [PMHP]

Question 4

Aeneas

Answer 4

Aeneas (ih NEE uhs): Trojan; son of goddess Aphrodite and mortal Anchises (an-kai-suhz) [TAA]

Question 5

Agamemnon

Answer 5

Agamemnon (AE guh mEHm nAAn): King of Argos; father of Iphigeneia; brother of Menelaos (meh nah LAY us) [AIM]

Question 6

Ajax aka Aias aka Ajax the Great

Answer 6

Ajax: son of Telamon; had shield of seven cowhides plus, a bronze layer [TSCB]

Question 7

Amazons

Answer 7

Amazons: Iron Age women warriors of southern Russia

Question 8

Anatolia

Answer 8

Anatolia: modern-day Turkey; Hittti

Question 9

Argos

Answer 9

Argos (AAR gaas): the southeasterly part of the Peloponnese peninsula; ruled by Agamemnon

Question 10

Bronze Age

Answer 10

Bronze Age: 3000 - 1100 B.C.

Question 11

Cadmus

Answer 11

Cadmus (KAD muss): founder-king of Thebes in central Greece

Question 12

Gallipoli

Answer 12

Gallipoli: peninsula north of the Dardanelles Strait; north of Troy

Question 13

Gilgamesh

Answer 13

Gilgamesh: Near Eastern epic poem, 2000 B.C.

Question 14

Hammurabi

Answer 14

Hammurabi: Babylonian king

Question 15

Hector

Answer 15

Hector: Trojan killed by Achilles; son of Priam [TAP]

Question 16

Hittites

Answer 16

Hittites: ruled Anatolia and Syria

Question 17

Iphigeneia

Answer 17

Iphigeneia (if eh ja NIGH ah): sacrificed by her father Agamemnon

Question 18

Iron Age

Answer 18

Iron Age: 1100 B.C. – A.D., replaced Bronze Age

Question 19

Ishtar

Answer 19

Ishtar: Near Eastern goddess of love, war, and fertility

Question 20

Ithaca

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Ithaca: island off western Greece; home of Odysseus

Question 21

Lacedaemon

Answer 21

Lacedaemon (Las-uh-demon) aka Laconia (luh·KOW·nee·uh): the extreme south of the Peloponnese

Question 22

Levirate marriage

Answer 22

Levirate marriage: a man marries his deceased brother’s widow

Question 23

Linear B

Answer 23

Linear B: a Bronze Age Greek writing system

Question 24

Minoan

Answer 24

Minoan: the culture of Bronze Age Crete

Question 25

Mycenae

Answer 25

Mycenae (mai·SEE·nee): a city in Argos; ruled by Agamemnon [AA]