Classical Mythology Test 1

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Sir Arthur Evans

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An archaeologist who unearthed the palace of minos in Crete at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Minoans

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People of Crete that built a vast empire that had modern architecture and art.

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Santorini

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An Island close to Crete that had a volcanic eruption that is said to have killed the crops in Crete because the ash blocked out the sun which led to the fall of Crete.

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Michael Ventris

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Figured out that Linear B was a syllabary language.

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Phoenicians

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greatest sailors of ancient times. Greeks and Hebrews adopted the Phoenician alphabet.

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Prometheus

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A Titan that created humanity. He stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on mankind.

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Zeus

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Son of Cronus, supreme god of the Greeks, and husband of Hera.

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Thetis

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sea-nymph, mother of Achilles, wife of Peleus.

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Poseidon

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Brother of Zeus and god of the sea.

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Priam

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King of Troy, husband of Hecuba, father of Hector and Paris.

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Eris

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Goddess of Discord that shows up to the wedding of Thetis and Peleus with a golden apple.

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Hera

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daughter of Cronus and wife of Zeus.

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Athena

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Goddess of wisdom and war that was born from Zeus' head.

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Aphrodite

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goddess of love and beauty that Paris picks as recipient of the golden apple.

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Hermes

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God of thieves that is wounded during Diomedes' aristeia.

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Paris

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Son of Priam who is prophesied to bring the destruction of Troy.

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta and husband of Helen.

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Helen

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daughter of Zeus and wife of Menelaus; most beautiful mortal woman in the world.

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae that sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, to appease Artemis.

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Achilles

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Greatest fighter in the Trojan war. He kills Hector.

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Odysseus

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Husband of Penelope and Father of Telemachus.

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Calchus

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Greek Prophet that tells Agamemnon he must sacrifice Iphigenia to appease Artemis.

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Homeridae

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A group of people that made their living reciting the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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Chryseus

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Priest of Apollo and father of Chryseis who offers Agamemnon treasure for the return of Chryseis.

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Apollo

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Greek god of reason and intelligence that sends disease to the greeks because Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis.

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Hecatomb

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a sacrifice to the gods of a hundred cattle.

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Briseis

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The girl that Agamemnon takes from Achilles in recompense for having Chryseis taken from him.

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Nestor

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King of Pylos that advises Antilochus on how to win the chariot race in Patroclus' funeral games.

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Catalogue of Ships

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In book 2 of the Iliad which lists all the contingents of the Achean army that sailed to Troy.

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Patroclus

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Best friend of Achilles that is killed by Hector and whose death motivates Achilles to fight once again.

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Aias the Greater

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Great Greek warrior that commits suicide after mistakenly killing a herd of sheep, thinking it's the Greek army.

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Aias the Lesser

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Greek fighter that rapes Cassandra in the temple of Athena.

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Diomedes

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Son of Ares who, during his aristeia, attacks and wounds Aphrodite.

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Hector

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Son of Priam that kills Patroclus.

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Aeneas

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Son of Aphrodite who is rescued by Aphrodite and Apollo when attacked by Diomedes.

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Sarpedon

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Son of Zeus that is killed by Patroclus and then has his corpse rescued by Zeus.

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Iris

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Messenger of the gods that tells Helen when Menelaus and Paris are about to duel.

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Pandarus

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A Trojan that Athena urges to shoot an arrow at Menelaus so the fighting will begin again.

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Aristeia

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A scene where a warrior has his finest moment and surpasses himself.

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Sthenelus

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Grandson of Zeus that drives Diomedes chariot during his Aristeia.

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Glaucus

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"Guest friend" of Diomedes who trades armor with Diomedes.

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Xenia

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institution where you become friends with a stranger, symbolized by breaking the bone of an animal together, and your descendants remain friends from that point on.

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Phoenix

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tutor and friend of Achilles who urges Achilles to reconsider and accept the gift that Agamemnon has sent him.

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Politimus

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Hector's second in command that suggests, after the killing of Patroclus, that the Trojans go back and sleep inside the city.

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Hephaestus

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artisan God that makes Achilles a new set of armor after Patroclus dies.

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Xanthus (Scamander)

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river god that fights Achilles after he fills the river with dead bodies.

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Helenus

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a trojan seer that the greeks capture who tells them they need 3 things to make Troy fall.

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Pyrrhus

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Son of Achilles that Helenus tells the greeks they must have in order to capture Troy.

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Bow of Heracles

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a bow held by Philoctetes that the Greeks need in order to sack Troy.

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Palladium

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a wooden statue that fell from the sky that was in a temple in Troy and was needed in order to sack Troy.

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Cassandra

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daughter of Priam that was Apollo's lover who he gave the gift of prophecy and cursed with the fact that no one would ever believe her prophecies.

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Hecuba

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wife of Priam and mother of Hector.

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Andromache

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wife of Hector and captive of Neoptolemus