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42 Cards in this Set
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Is rallying the troops something worthwhile to do?
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Yes because we loose sight that this is different fighting than today, they need all the encouragement they can get.
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What are the different uses of Ambrosia?
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Food, cleanser, embalmer.
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Why is there a connection between Sleep and Death?
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Because Death is like and eternal sleep.
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What do sleep and death have to do with night?
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When you go to sleep and when you die you see black, and night is black.
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Why would swearing by the River Styx be the most solemn thing to swear by?
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Because it is like swearing on your immortality.
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Why is it appropriate for Sleep to be disguised as an Eagle Owl?
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The Eagle Owl comes out and night and people sleep at night.
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When Zeus and Hera make love and the earth starts to grow, what does this tell us?
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That the gods are the forces of the earth.
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When Hera tells Zeus she had no hand in making Poseidon fight for the Greeks, why is she technically not lying?
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Because Poseidon went to battle on his own decision, and Sleep was the one that told him he could fight, not Hera.
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Why does Zeus send for Iris and Apollo once he wakes up?
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Iris – to tell Poseidon to stop fighting
Apollo – to heal Hektor |
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When Ares finds out his son Askalaphos is dead he slaps his thighs, what does this mean and where in the Bible does it happen?
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It means he is extremely upset and grieved and it happens in the Book of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
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What are the 3 times Hektor has been wounded?
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-Hit in the helmet with a spear by Diomedes
-Duel with Ajax, knocked down by a rock -Hit in the collarbone by Ajax |
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What is the aegis made out of and who made it?
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Medusa’s head, goat skin, Hephaestus.
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What are two effects of the aegis and explain when and they happened.
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1. Makes men blood-thirsty
-When the Greeks are marching up to Troy for the first time in the Iliad 2. Scares people - When Apollo is leading the Trojans back into the Greek camp |
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Why would Apollo save Pouyldamas from getting killed?
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Apollo is the god of prophecy and Poulydamas is a seer.
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What 2 things does Achilles tell Patroklos to do if he fights?
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-Save the ships
-Don’t pursue the Trojans |
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Why is Hektor fleeing when Patroklos and the Myrimdons come back to fighting?
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Zeus takes the bravery out of him because they already set fire to one of the ships.
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How does Apollo preserve fate in book 16?
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-He stops Patroklos from climbing the Trojan wall
-He hits Patroklos on the back causing him to loose his weapons and his armor. |
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Is Apollo disobeying Zeus in taking part in the battle?
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No because he is doing his job, preserving fate.
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Who is the father of Achilles’ two immortal horses?
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Zephyrus, who was the West Wind
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What does being the West Wind imply?
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That the horses are as fast as the wind.
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What three things does the fire coming out of Achilles’ head signify?
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-Looked like beacon fires being lit on an island mountains when they are under attack
-Troy is under attack -He is by himself, already in the process of dying |
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Why does Hephaestus like Thetis so much?
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Because he was born crippled at Hera threw him off of Mt. Olympus, Thetis found him and raised him for 9 years.
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What does Hephaestus make Achilles new armor out of?
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Silver, gold, bronze, tin, and blue enamel
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How does the city on Achilles’ shield reflect the Iliad?
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-Fighting over the rights of marriage
-The Iliad is about a war |
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Why did Apollo save Aeneas in his duel with Achilles?
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He is preserving fate. Because after the Trojan War Aeneas is going to survive and he will found a new city and those people of his new city will later build Rome.
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Why is Artemis fighting with the Trojans?
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Because when the Greeks were preparing to leave for Troy, Agamemnon insulted her saying he was a better hunter than her.
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palisade
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fence of sharpened sticks
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anvil
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metal platform used for forming metal into shapes
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russet
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reddish brown color
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Furries
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female goddesses who live in the underworld that torment people who commit crimes against their families
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hatchet
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small axe
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to shy
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to jump away in fear
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midriff
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area of membrane between the waist line and the ribcage
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lurid
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glowing with an unnatural light
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glen
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small secluded valley
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desultory
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constantly changing
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to keen
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to cry in mourning
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crucible
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container for liquid metals
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the Linos song
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written by Linos, Herakles lyre teacher, hit song for 1000 years about a grape that gets pressed into wine
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staunch
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loyal
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portico
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roofed colonnade
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gout
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lumps of gore
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