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80 Cards in this Set

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king of troy
priam
wife of king of troy
hecuba
best trojan warrior
hector
wife of trojan warrior
andromache
son of hector
astyanax
brother of trojan warrior/cause of war
paris
king of sparta
menelaus
wife of the king of sparta
helen
king of myrmidon/greatest greek warrior
achilles
father of achilles
peleus
mother of achilles
thetis
king of mycenae
agamemnon
wife of agamemnon
clytemnestra
achilles trophy
briaus
Agamemnon trophy
crysius
elder, wise achaean commander
nestor
trojan soldier who survived the fall of troy
aeneus
head of the gods
zeus
wife/sister of head of the gods
hera
gods who side with the greeks
athena and ares
gods who side with the trojans
ares and aphrodite and apollo
greek seer in iliad and aeneid
calchas
best friend of achilles
patriclus
achaean commanders
Odysseus Ajax Nestor Menelaus
author of the iliad
homer
author of the aeneid
virgil
goddess responsible for Aeneas' wreck at sea
juno
person who recount the fall of troy in the Aeneid
aeneus
queen of carthage who falls in love with aeneus
dido
aeneus' mother
venus
trojan warrior who warns troy that the wooden horse is a trick
Laocoon
trojan who wants to haul wooden horse into the walls of the city
thymoetus
the "unknown fellow" who claims to have escaped Greeks
Sinon
two greek commanders who desecrated Athena's shine, according to Sinon's tale
ulysses diometes
ideas
notions
irreverent
blasphemy
confusion
tumult
trickery
guile
purposely false
perjured
enraged
insessed
deprived
bereft
shamelessly bold
brazen
holy/sacred
sacrosanct
beg
implore
commands
marshals
limited to a certain quality
stinted
thin or bony
gaunt
shining
lustrous
famous
illustrious
waved
brandished
sharpened
whetted
rob by force in warfare
plunder
tormented
harrowed
unrestrained
unfettered
treating as not sacred
desecrate
signs that suggest the future
portants
what causes the trojan war to begin?
the stealing of helen
who brings the plague upon the greeks and why?
apollo; to get back crysius
explain the argument that occurs in Book 1 between Achilles and Agamemnon
stealing the prize of a woman
what does book 6 reveal about hector's view of honor? how does his view of honor compare with the greek warriors' view?
hectors- honor for family and people
greeks- self centered
what is hector's final plea to achilles before he dies in book 22?
to return his body to troy
what events demonstrate achilles' loss of honor? how does he regain his honor?
lost: dragging/desecrating/not returning body; stop fighting; curses country
gain: returns body nicely, 10 day repreff
how is the aeneid a national epic
founding of rome
summarize the exposition of the aeneid book II
aeneus: brought to carthage by a storm by juno and meets queen dido and recounts the story
explain the tale sinon tells the trojans about the wooden horse
offering to the gods as sacrifice
according to his "tale" how and why sinon escapes the greeks
escapes and hides int he marshes, gonna be sacrificed
what quality of the greeks leads to the downfall of the trojans?
liars
"if i ever roofed a shrine to please your heart, ever burned the long bones...."
cryses
"would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now to hack your flesh away and eat you raw-"
achilles
"why so much grief for me? no man will hurl me down to death, against my fate.."
hector
"there can be no covenants between men and lions..."
achilles
"I want her mine in my own house! I rank her higher than Clytemnestra, my wedded wife-"
agamemnon
"... and the seven brothers I had within our halls..."
Andromache
"i've suffered what no other mortal has, I've kissed the hand of the one who killed my children."
priam
"my honor never equals yours, whenever we sack some wealthy trojan stronghold..."
achilles
"many the sons I had whom the swift runner Achilles caught and shipped on barren salt sea as slaves.."
Hecuba
"and so in the same breath I mourn for you and me, my doom-struck, harrowed heart!"
Helen
"sorrow too deep to tell, your majesty, you order me to feel and tell once more.."
Aeneus
"what land on earth, what seas can take me in?" what's left me in the end, outcast that i am"
sinon
whoever you may be, the greeks are gone; forget them from now on; you shall be ours.."
priam