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What story does the Trojan War come from |
The Iliad |
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Why was Troy a special city |
It had a thick wall around it |
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3 jealous goddesses who caused the war |
Aphrodite Hera Athena |
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Eris was the goddess of |
Discord/trouble |
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Eris' brother |
Ares |
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Eris got tired of |
Never being invited to anything |
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There was a wedding between |
King Peleus and Thetis |
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Who was the only one not invited to the wedding |
Eris |
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What did Eris do during the reception |
Threw a golden apple into the room that said "for the fairest" |
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Who fought over it |
The 3 goddesses |
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Who was asked to judge their beauty |
Zeus |
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Who did Zeus tell the goddesses to have judge them |
Paris |
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Paris was a |
Shepherd |
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Who are Paris' parents |
King Priam of Troy and Hecuba |
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Why had Paris been sent away |
Because his father had been told that Paris would ruin the city |
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How many siblings did Paris have |
At least 3 brothers |
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Did Paris agree to judge the beauty contest |
Yes |
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What did each of the 3 goddesses do to Paris |
Bribed him for the apple |
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What was Hera's bribe |
She would make Paris lord of Europe and asia |
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What was Athena's bribe |
She would make him a military hero, and he would defeat Greece |
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What was Aphrodite's bribe |
She would give Paris the love of Helen |
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Who won the apple |
Aphrodite |
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What was this whole thing known as |
The judgement of Paris |
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Who is Helen |
The most beautiful girl in the world |
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Who are Helen's brothers |
Castor and Pollux |
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Who was Helen's husband |
King Menclaus |
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What was King Menclaus king of |
Sparta |
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Who was King Menclaus' brother |
Agamemnon |
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What happened when Paris arrived at Helen's home |
Helen and her husband accepted him |
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What happened when King Menclaus was away fighting |
Paris ran off with Helen and took her to Troy |
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Who did Menclaus get to help him get back helen |
All the heroes of Greece |
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How many ships were in their fleet |
1,000 |
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2 heroes who didn't want to go |
Odysseus and Achilles |
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How did Odysseus try to avoid going |
He pretended he was crazy by sowing a field with salt instead of seeds |
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Where was Odysseus from |
Ithaca |
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Who was Odysseus' son |
Telemachus |
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Who was Odysseus' wife |
Penelope |
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How did the army figure out Odysseus wasn't crazy |
They took his son and put him in front of the plow, and Odysseus turned it, proving he was sane. |
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Who kept Achilles back |
His mother |
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What did Achilles' mother do to keep him from the journey |
Sent him to King Lycomedes, where he disguised himself as a girl. |
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Who was sent to find Achilles |
Odysseus |
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How did Odysseus find Achilles |
He dressed as a peddler, and brought jewelry and weapons to the city where Achilles was. When he saw one of the "women" looking at the weapons instead of the jewelry, he knew it must be Achilles. |
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What kept the fleet from leaving |
The wind |
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What was the wind caused by |
Artemis, she was upset because one of the men killed a hare and her children |
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How could the men appease Artemis |
By sacrificing Iphegenia |
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Who was Iphagenia's father |
Agamemnon |
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Who was the oracle who told them how to appease Artemis |
Colchas |
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How was Iphigenia sacrificed |
Agamemnon said that he had arranged a marriage to Achilles for her. When she came to the "marriage", she was sacrificed at the altar |
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When did the wind cease |
When they threw Iphigenia's blood in the water |
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Who was the first to die in the war |
Protesilaus |
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How was Protesilaus treated after he died |
He was treated with great honor, and was allowed to come out of the underworld and say goodbye to his wife. |
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Who was Protesilaus married to |
Lacdamia |
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How did Lacdemia die |
She killed herself to go back to the underworld with Protesilaus |
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The king of troy |
Priam |
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The queen of troy |
Hecuba |
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Who was Hector |
A Trojan hero |
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How was Achilles made immortal |
He was dipped in the river Styx as a child |
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How long does The Trojan War take |
9 years |
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Who had an argument with Agamemnon |
Achilles |
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Who was the young girl who was kidnapped as a sex slave and given to Agamemnon |
Chryseis |
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Who was Chrysies' father |
A priest for Apollo |
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What did Apollo do that killed half of Greece's army |
Shot them with arrows of disease |
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Why did colchis say the Greeks are dying |
Because they kidnapped Chrysis |
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Who did Agamemnon take after they gave back Chrysis |
Achilles' slave |
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Who was Achilles' slave |
Briseis |
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Why did Achilles want to quit |
Because he had been disrespected |
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What gods supported the Trojans |
Apollo Artemis Aphrodite Ares Zeus (kinda) |
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What gods supported the Greeks |
Poseidon Hera Athena |
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What happened in the middle of a huge battle |
Both sides pulled back |
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Who faced each other alone (the 2 originally involved with Helen) |
Paris and Menelaus |
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Who got involved during the huge battle |
Aphrodite |
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Who disappeared during the huge battle |
Paris |
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Who was the son of Aphrodite |
Prince Aeneas |
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Why did Aphrodite drop her son |
She got a cut on her hand |
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Who saved Prince Aeneas |
Apollo |
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Who healed Prince Aeneas |
Artemis |
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Who got involved on the Trojan side |
Ares |
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What did Hera get Zeus' permission for |
To attack Ares |
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Who impaled Ares with a spear |
Athena |
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Who did Ares complain to Zeus about |
Athena |
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Who was one of Achilles' best friends |
Patroclus |
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What did Patrocles tell Achilles to do and why |
Give him his armor, so that people would think he was Achilles. It would scare the Trojans and inspire the Greeks |
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Who won the war |
The Greeks |
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Who killed Patroclus |
Hector |
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What did Hector do after killing Patrocles |
Burned ships, took Achilles' armor, and disrespected Patrocles' body |
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What caused Achilles to return to war |
The disrespect of Patrocles' body |
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Who did Hector face off against |
Achilles |
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What did Achilles' mom do when she found out he was going back to war |
Tried to stop him |
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Where did Achilles' mother get his new armor |
Haphaestus |
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Who was Achilles' mother |
Thetis |
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What does Odysseus want to do before returning to war |
Eat and rest |
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Who was it determined was going to die after Zeus weighed Hector and Achilles |
Hector |
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What was happening in Olympus during the war |
The gods were fighting amongst themselves |
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The gates of Troy open completely, and what happens |
All of the soldiers run inside, except for Hector |
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Who did Hector feel responsible for |
All of the Trojans who had died in the war |
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How many times was Hector chased around the wall |
3 times |
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How did Athena appear to Hector |
As his brother |
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Who were Hector's brothers |
Deiopholus and Heris |
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What did Hector say he would do with Achilles' body if he killed him |
He would return his body to his parents |
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Did Achilles agree to give Hector's body back if he killed him |
No |
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What is the iconic phrase that Achilles said to Hector |
A sheep doesn't make a deal with a wolf |
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Who threw his spear first |
Achilles |
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When Hector hit Achilles with his spear what happened |
It bounced right off |
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When did Hector know he had been tricked |
When he went to turn to his "brother" |
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Who threw the spear that killed Hector, and where did it hit him |
Athena, in the neck |
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What did Achilles do with the spear after it hit Hector |
Pushed it deeper into his neck, impaling him on the ground |
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What did Hector beg for as he died |
For his body to be returned |
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What did Achilles say after Hector begged for his body to be returned |
No, I could eat you alive |
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Where did Hector's soul go |
To the underworld |
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What do the Greeks do with Hector's body |
Disrespect it |
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What did the Greeks do with Hector's body (action) |
They cut holes in his ankles and dragged his dead body through the city |
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Zeus told Priam to do what |
Talk to Achilles as a suppliant |
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Suppliant |
One who greatly respects another |
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Priam begged Achilles for what |
His son's body |
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What was Achilles offered for Hector's body |
Many treasures |
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How long did Hector's funeral last |
9 days |
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What did the Greeks do during Hector's funeral |
Stopped fighting |
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What was Hector's nickname |
Tamer of horses |
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Who was the son of the goddess of the dawn |
Prince Memnon of Ethiopia |
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What did Prince Memnon bring Troy |
A large army |
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Another Greek who was killed in the war |
Antilochus |
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Who killed Prince Memnon |
Achilles |
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What happened with Ajax and the sheep |
He though they were the Greeks and killed them. |
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What did Ajax do with the ram |
He thought it was Odysseus and he tied it up and beat it |
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How did Ajax die |
He killed himself |
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What was done with Ajax's body, and why |
He was buried, because they didn't think he deserved a cremation because he killed himself. |
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Why did Colchus tell the Greeks to kidnap Helenus |
Because he knew the future |
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Who captured Helenus |
Odysseus |
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What did Helenus say to do |
Use the bow and arrows of Hercules |
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Who had Hercules' bow and arrows |
Prince Philoctetes |
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Why was Philoctetes going to be left at Lemnos |
He was bitten by a snake and took ill |
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How did they get the bow and arrows |
Odysseus and another person stole them |
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What happened to Philoctetes |
He was brought back to Troy and healed |
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Who was the first man Philoctetes shot |
Paris |
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Who did Paris beg to be brought to |
Aenone, his ex lover |
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What happened when Paris was brought to Aenone |
She refused to heal him and killed herself |
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Who stole the sacred image of Athena |
Odysseus and Diomedes |
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What was the sacred image of Athena called |
The Palladium |
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Who made the Trojan horse |
A worker hired by Odysseus |
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Where did the Trojans hide |
Inside the horse |
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Who did Odysseus leave in the camp |
A single Greek |
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What would the single Greek do |
Tell a story to convince the Trojans to bring the horse in |
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Sinon's story |
He was brought to King Priam and said he no longer wanted to be a Greek, and the Trojans welcomed him. He said Athena was angry and the Greeks asked an oracle how to appease her. The oracle said they would have to make a sacrifice. Sinon said the horse was a sacrifice to Athena and that the Greeks were hoping the Trojans would destroy it, angering her further. |
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Who encouraged the Greeks to destroy the horse |
Priest Laocoön |
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Who encouraged the Greeks to destroy the horse |
Priest Laocoön |
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How did Priest Lacoön die |
He was killed by 2 snakes |
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Who sent the snakes that killed Lacoön |
Poseidon |
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Where did the snakes go after they killed the priest |
Into Athena's temple |
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What did the Greeks do to Troy |
Set Troy on fire |
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Who was slaughtered |
The Trojans |
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What did some Trojans do in an attempt to fight back |
Put on Greek armor and pretended to be Greek soldiers, and then killed them. |
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Who killed Priam |
Achilles' son |
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Who was the only survivor |
Aneas |
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Who rescued Aneas and his children |
Aphrodite |
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Where did Aphrodite bring Helen |
Back to Menelaus |
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Who led the group of captives taken as slaves |
Queen Hecuba |
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Andromeda still had what |
Her son Astyanox |
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What happened to Astyanox |
He was killed |
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Who was killed on Achilles' grave |
Hecuba's daughter Polyxena |
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Who was the single Greek left behind |
Sinon |
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Who was given Achilles' weapons |
Odysseus |
