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20 Cards in this Set
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What is another name for Troy?
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Ilium
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In what year did Troy reach its hight of power?
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1300 B.C.
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Who was the King of Troy during the Trojan war?
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King Priam
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Who was the King of Greece during the Trojan War?
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Agamemnon
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Who stole the Palladium?
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Diomedes
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Why did Agamemnon kill his daughter Iphigenia?
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So that his troupes would not be cursed by Artemis
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How did Odysseus help to win the Trojan war?
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By constructing the Trojan Horse
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Is Homer's Weltanschauung accurate?
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No, many of the tec described by homer could not exist during the Trojan war. Homer is 500 years removed from the war
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Which hero has his house overrun by suitors in his absence?
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Odysseus
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Who become rulers of Sparta at the end of the Trojan War?
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Helen and Menelaos
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Who does Odysseus visit in the Underworld?
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Teiresas to learn about his future
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What word is used to describe Odysseus' return home?
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Nostos
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Who did Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra have an affair with while her husband was at war?
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Aegisthus
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What set of plays tells the story of Agamemnon?
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Oresteia by Aeschylus
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Who kills Agamemnon and Cassandra when they return from Troy?
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Clytemnestra with an axe
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Who kills Clytemnestra and her new husband?
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Orestes
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Who decides the fate of Orestes?
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Athena, saving him from the Furies
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Who trained Jason as a child?
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Chiron
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Who put Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece?
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Pelias
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What are the Symplegades?
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The crashing rocks the Argonauts faced.
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