Lecture 25/26/27

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

Trojan warrior, son of Aphrodite and Anchises

Question 2

Ajax the Greater

Answer 2

Son of Telamon (Telamonius), second greatest of the Greek heroes at Troy, found Achilles’ armour and went mad when it was given to Odysseus, committed suicide

Question 3

Amazons

Answer 3

Warlike women from the northern limits of the world, fought alongside the Trojans

Question 4

Andromache

Answer 4

Wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax

Question 5

Apple of Discord

Answer 5

Apple inscribed ‘to the fairest’ thrown by Eris into the wedding feast of Peleus and Thetis, expression used to describe an action that causes dissension or turmoil

Question 6

Areté

Answer 6

Greek word for ‘excellence’

Question 7

Astyanax

Answer 7

Son of Hector and Andromache, thrown from the walls of Troy

Question 8

Briseïs

Answer 8

Achilles’ beloved, taken by Agamemnon

Question 9

Calchas

Answer 9

Greek prophet, told Agamemnon to return Chryseïs to her father

Question 10

Castor

Answer 10

One of the Dioscuri, mortal son of Tyndareus and Leda, tamer of horses

Question 11

Polydeuces

Answer 11

Roman name Pollux, one of the Dioscuri, immortal son of Zeus and Leda, boxer

Question 12

Chiron

Answer 12

Wise centaur, tutor of Achilles and Patroclus

Question 13

Chryses

Answer 13

Priest of Apollo, father of Chryseïs, prayed to Apollo to punish the Greeks

Question 14

Creusa

Answer 14

Wife of Aeneas, died during the fall of Troy

Question 15

Diomedes

Answer 15

King of Argos, son of Tydeus, stole the Palladium with Odysseus

Question 16

Epeus

Answer 16

Builder of the Trojan horse

Question 17

Eris

Answer 17

Goddess of ‘discord’, not invited to Peleus and Thetis’ wedding, threw the apple of discord

Question 18

Hector

Answer 18

Son of King Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache and father of Astyanax, killed by Achilles

Question 19

Helen

Answer 19

Daughter of Zeus and Leda, married to Menelaus, abducted by Paris

Question 20

Helenus

Answer 20

Son of King Priam and Hecuba, prophet, captured by the Greeks, survived the fall of Troy and married Andromache

Question 21

Laocoön

Answer 21

Priest of Apollo, hurled a spear into the side of the Trojan horse, killed by a sea serpent

Question 22

Laomedon

Answer 22

King of Troy, father of Priam, cheated Apollo, Poseidon and Heracles, killed by Heracles

Question 23

Leda

Answer 23

Wife of Tyndareus, lay 2 eggs by Zeus

Question 24

Myrmidons

Answer 24

A tribe of Phthia led by Achilles

Question 25

Neoptolemus

Answer 25

Also known as Pyrrhus, son of Achilles and Deidamia, name means ‘new recruit’, killed King Priam and took Andromache as a slave

Question 26

Nestor

Answer 26

King of Pylos, wisest of the Greek leaders at Troy

Question 27

Patroclus

Answer 27

Friend of Achilles, killed by Hector while wearing his armour

Question 28

Peleus

Answer 28

Husband of Thetis and father of Achilles

Question 29

Penthesilea

Answer 29

Queens of the Amazons, killed by Achilles

Question 30

Philoctetes

Answer 30

Received Heracles’ bow and arrows from his father, abandoned on the island of Lemnos because of a snake bite, killed Paris

Question 31

Phoenix

Answer 31

Tutor and companion of Achilles

Question 32

Polyxena

Answer 32

Daughter of King Priam and Hecuba, sacrificed on Achilles’ tomb

Question 33

Sarpedon

Answer 33

Son of Zeus, Trojan hero, killed by Patroclus

Question 34

Sinon

Answer 34

Treacherous Greek who convinced the Trojans to accept the Trojan horse

Question 35

Thersites

Answer 35

Greek warrior killed by Achilles for making fun of him