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79 Cards in this Set
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Who was the evil goddess of discord?
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Eris
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Why was Eris originally resentful?
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The gods had a banquet and left her out
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Who was the only deity not invited to the marriage of King Peleus and Thetis?
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Eris
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What did Eris throw into the marriage ceremony?
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A golden apple
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What did Eris' golden apple say?
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For the Fairest
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What three goddesses wanted to be the Fairest?
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Hera, Aphrodite, Athena
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Who refused to judge the Fairest between the three goddesses?
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Zeus
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Where were the three goddesses ordered to go to be judged?
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Mount Ida
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Who was going to judge the three goddesses?
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Paris(Alexander)
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Who was Paris' dad?
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Priam
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What lovely nymph was Paris living with (married to)?
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Oenone
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Who did Paris choose as the Fairest?
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Aphrodite
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Who was the fairest woman in the world?
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Helen
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Who were the parents of Helen?
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Zeus + Leda
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Who was Leda's husband?
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King Tyndareus
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Who was chosen to marry Helen?
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Menelaus
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In whose court was Achilles hiding to avoid the war?
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Lycomedes
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Who convinced Achilles to join the war?
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Odysseus
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Where were a thousand ships trapped due to strong winds and dangerous tides?
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Aulis
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Who was the soothsayer of the Greek army?
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Calchas
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What goddess was angry at the Greeks for killing a special hare?
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Artemis
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Who had to be sacrificed to make Artemis happy?
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Iphigenia
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Who was Iphigenia's dad?
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The Commander in Chief, Agamemnon
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Who did Clytemnestra think Iphigenia was going to marry?
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Achilles
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Who was the first to to leap ashore? (a.k.a. first to die)
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Protesilaus
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Who was Protesilaus' wife?
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Laodamia
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Who was the King and Queen of Troy?
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Priam + Hecuba
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Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojans?
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Hector
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Who was Hector's wife?
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Andromache
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What daughter of an oracle did Agamemnon take for himself?
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Chryseis
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Who was Chryseis' father?
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Chryses
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Who heard Chryses pleas to help his daughter?
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Apollo
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In return, who did Agamemnon take away from Achilles?
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Briseis
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Who fled from the battle with Menelaus?
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Paris
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Who did Athena persuade to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus?
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Pandalaus
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Who were the two greatest greek championes (beside Achilles)?
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Ajax + Diomedes
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Who was the 2nd greatest warrior of the Trojans?
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Aeneas
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Who almost killed Aeneas?
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Diomedes
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Who wounded Aphrodite's hand?
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Diomedes
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Who had to save Aeneas after Aphrodite was ruined?
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Apollo (carried to Pergamos)
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Who wounded Ares?
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Diomedes
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Who was Hector's son?
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Astyanax
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Who was the oldest and widest chieftain in the Greek camp?
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Nestor
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Who was Achilles' dearest friend?
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Patroclus
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Who was sent to get Achilles to fight again?
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Odysseus
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Whose armor did Patroclus put on?
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Achilles'
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What was the name of Achilles' men which Patroclus lead into battle?
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Myrmidons
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Who killed Patroclus?
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Hector
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Who put on Achilles' armor after Patroclus' death?
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Hector
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Who was the fleet-footed son of Nestor?
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Antilochus
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Who told Achilles that Patroclus was dead?
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Antilochus
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Who asked Hephaestus to make new armor for Achilles?
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Thetis
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What did the Gods call the great river of Troy?
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Xanthus
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What did the men call the great river of Troy?
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Sacamander
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How many times did Hector run around the walls of troy attempting to escape from Achilles + Athena?
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3
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What shape did Athena take beside Hector?
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His brother, Deiphobus
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For how many days did Achilles mistreat Hector's body?
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12
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How does the Iliad end?
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With Hector's funeral
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Who led the Trojan army after Hector was killed?
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Prince Mrmnon of Ethiopia, son of The Goddess of the Dawn
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Who killed Achilles?
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Paris
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Who carried Achilles' body out of battle?
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Ajax
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Who got Achilles' new armor?
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Odysseus
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Who killed Ajax?
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Ajax
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Who was the prophet of the Trojan army?
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Helenus
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Whose bow and arrows did the Greeks need to defeat the Trojans?
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Hercules
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Who had Hercules' bow and arrows?
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Philoctetes
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Where was Philoctetes?
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Abandoned by the Greeks on the island Lemnos after being bitten by a snake
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Who stole Philoctetes' bow and arrows and brought him back to the army?
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Odysseus
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Who was the first person Philoctetes wounded on the battlefield?
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Paris
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Who refused to save Paris?
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Oenoneb
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Troy could not be taken while they were in the possession of what?
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Palladium
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Who stole the Palladium?
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Odysseus + Diomedes
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Whose idea was the Trojan Horse?
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Odysseus
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Who was the Greek that brought the Trojan Horse to the Trokans?
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Sinon
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What prist tried to warn the Trojans about the danger from the Horse?
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Laocoon
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How did Laocoon die?
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Two serpants strangled him
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Who killed Priam?
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Neoptolemos (Achilles' son)
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Who was the only Trojan cheif to escape the slaughter?
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Aeneas
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Who was the last Trojan to be sacrificed?
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Astyanax
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