Classics Chapter 20: Trojan War (Buildup)

Question 1

revisit slide 1

Answer 1

yes yse

Question 2

About when was a Trojan War actually fought?

Answer 2

1200 BCE

Question 3

Who is Menelaus? (bro,prince)

Answer 3

Brother of Agamemnon

Prince of Sparta

Question 4

Who is Agamemnon? (bro, prince)

Answer 4

Bro of Menelaus

Prince of Mycenae

Question 5

Pelops’ dad

Answer 5

Tantalus

Question 6

Where does Pelops go to win a lady (name)?

Answer 6

Elis
Hippodamia
win father in chariot race -

Question 7

Oenomaus

Answer 7

father of Hippodamia

gives suitor a head start, then cut off head from behind

Question 8

Why does Poseidon give him tireless horses?

Answer 8

he is Pelops’ lover

Question 9

How does Pelops get his lady?

Answer 9

he wins father in chariot race

1. gets Poseidon’s horses
2. bribes charioteer to alter king’s chariot

Question 10

What does Myrtilus do to the champion?

Answer 10

used wax on axles instead of broze pins

the heat up, melt, wheels fall, and Oneomaus drags to death

Question 11

How does Pelops’ house get cursed?

Answer 11

1. He promises Myrtilus that that he could have his wife the first night. He throws him off a cliff instead, and M curses him.
   2.

Question 12

House of Pelops

Answer 12

Pittheus, Chrysippus, Atreus, Thyestes, , Agamem, Menelaus, Ageisthus

Question 13

Who are Pelops’ sons?

Answer 13

Pittheus
Chrysippus,
Atreus
Thyestes

Question 14

Who are Atreus’ sons?

Answer 14

Agamem and MEnelaus

Question 15

Who are Thyestes’ sons?

Answer 15

Aegisthus (raised by Atreus), 2 others

Question 16

Pittheus

Answer 16

granddad of Theseus, father of Aethra

son of PElops

Question 17

Chrysippus

Answer 17

son of Pelops

curses Laius for raping son

Question 18

How does Peloponnesus come about?

Answer 18

Pelops takes Oeneomaus’ throne of Elis

renames region after self

Question 19

How does Pelops’ house become intertwined with the Mycenean throne?

Answer 19

the line of kings ends and an oracle says to choose one of his sons
Atreus is chosen

Question 20

How does Atreus attribute to a curse on his descendants?

Answer 20

his wife has an affair with his brother (Thyestes), so he kills his 3sons, feeds them to his banquet guests, then shows T their heads
Thyestes curses the hose

Question 21

Pelopia

Answer 21

daughter of Thyestes whom he rapes

married to Pelopia

Question 22

How does Atreus’ brother claim his throne?

Answer 22

Thyestes’ son Aegisthus is sent to kill him
A recognizes his sword
A’s sister Pelopia tells him how to get her
she commits suicide, kills Atreus

Question 23

How do Pelopia and Atreus die?

Answer 23

Pelopia kills herself from betraying her husband (Atreus) for her brother (Aegisthus)

Atreus is killed by Aegisthus

Question 24

Who is Tyndareus? What does he do (3)?

Answer 24

King of Sparta

• Takes in Agamemnon and Menelaus
• take back Mycenae throne Atreus’ descendants - Agamem gets throne
• marries her daughters to them

Question 25

What happens because of Thyestes' reclaiming?

Answer 25

Agamemnon and Menelaus flee to sparta

Question 26

Who are Tyndareus' daughters?

Answer 26

Clytemnestra and Helen | married to Agamemnon and Menelaus, resp

Question 27

Why did Meneaus get Helen?

Answer 27

idk

Question 28

Who are Leda's children? with who?

Answer 28

Tyndareus: Castor, Clytemnestra Zeus: Hellen, Polydeuces (Pollux)

Question 29

The Dioscuri What did they do?

Answer 29

"Sons of Zeus" Castor(not son of Zeus) and Polydeuces (Pollux) - recover Helen from Athens/Theseus; made Aethra(T's mom) Helen's slave - joined argonauts

Question 30

weird death story with twins

Answer 30

Castor killed during cattle raid Polydeuces saves C by persuading his father Zeus to grant them partial immortality spend 1 day on Olympus, next in Hades

Question 31

Oath of Tyndareus - what is it? - how does it come into place?

Answer 31

In order to get a chance, suitors must swear oath to punish offender of Helen's honor Odysseus proposes solution to get Tyndareus niece Penelope

Question 32

How does the Trojan War start?

Answer 32

Helen chooses MEnelaus Paris abducts Helen-volates xenia men promised to punish offender of helen

Question 33

Troy

Answer 33

greatest city on Aegean Coast (Turkey)

Question 34

Paris | -father, brother,

Answer 34

king of troy 1/50 sons of Priam brother of Hector (greatest fighter)

Question 35

What happened to Paris at a wedding? | Whose wedding?

Answer 35

Thetis and Peleus Zeus thought he was pretty, so he chose him to judge beauty contest vs. hera, athena, aphrodite

Question 36

Peleus

Answer 36

minor king in Thessaly whom Zeus marries Thetis to (Nereus' daughter- sea goddess) because prometheus tells him to fathers Achilles

Question 37

What does Thetis think of Peleus?

Answer 37

eww mortal; must be physically forced to marry him

Question 38

What does Hera do for Thetis?

Answer 38

Throws her a wedding b/c grateful for not sleeping with Zeus

Question 39

Who is Eris? What does she do?

Answer 39

Goddess of Strife bitter bc not invited to Thetis' wedding throws a golden apple into crowd that says "To the Fairest" - hera. athena, aphro fight for it, so paris judges

Question 40

What do the goddesses bribe Paris? Who does he choose to be the winner?

Answer 40

Hera- political power Athena - glory as soldier Aphrodite - most beautiful girl in the room (winner)

Question 41

Where do the Greeks assemble to begin sacking Troy? What do they cross to sail there?

Answer 41

Aulis on Boetia coast cross Lemnos to sail there

Question 42

Calchas

Answer 42

prophet of Greek heroes (Troy fighters-to-be) | forsees problems

Question 43

What problems do the Greeks face when planning to begin attacking Troy?

Answer 43

1. Can't win without Achilles, who was too young to take Oath of Tyndareus 2. winds won't let them depart unless Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter

Question 44

Why does Agamemnon have to sacrifice ____?

Answer 44

sacrifice hsi daughter Iphigenia he boasted while hunting, so Artemis got angry

Question 45

How does Agamemnon kill his daughter?

Answer 45

tricks her into approaching daughter thought she would be betrothed to Achilles gags her so she doesn't curse

Question 46

What author saves Iphigenia?

Answer 46

Euripides has alt version in which she is saves

Question 47

Why would Agamemnon kill his own daughter to win his brother's wife back?

Answer 47

- shame culture? honor loss too great to bear | - men more obsessed with war than family

Question 48

What happens in Achilles' childhood?

Answer 48

immortal mom Thetis burns him in fire to burn mortal parts | Peleus comes in and ruins it

Question 49

What does Peleus do to Achilles?

Answer 49

stops him form being fully immortal | leaves hi with Chiron

Question 50

Why does Thetis leave Peleus and baby?

Answer 50

eww he's mortal | he stops the baby from being immortal

Question 51

What is the ___'s later version of Achilles' immortality? | who definitely doesn't know about this version?

Answer 51

Roman's: Thetis dips him in Styx, can't dip heel Homer doesn't

Question 52

How does Achilles get recruited to fight in Trojan War? What stopped him?

Answer 52

his mom hid him on Scyros with girls bc knows his fate Calchas figures out where he is Odysseus gets him by staging an attack on Scyros - Achilles leaps out to fight