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47 Cards in this Set
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Eris
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Goddess of Discord
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Peleus and Thetis
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parents of Achilles, didn’t invite Eris to the wedding
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Alexander
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Paris
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Three goddesses
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Hera(Juno), Aphrodite(Venus), Athena(Minerva)
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Leda and Tyndareus
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parents of Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux
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Odysseus and Achilles
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didn’t want to fight for Helen
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Lycomedes
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King of Scyros who hid Achilles; Achilles married his daughter Deidamia
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Aulis
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Where Greeks gathered with 1000 ships
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Calchas
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Greek priest who said Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter to appease Artemis (Diana)
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Iphigenia
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Agamemnon’s daughter
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Simois
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River in Troy
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Protesilaus and Laodamia
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jumped onto shore first to allow the Greeks to win; Laodamia, his wife, killed herself to be with her husband
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Priam and Hecuba
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King and Queen of Troy
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Chryseis and Briseis
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Briseis was Achilles’ prize; Chryseis was Agamemnon’s
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Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Artemis
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favored the Trojans
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Paris vs. Menelaus Start
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lover and husband fought 1 on 1
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Aphrodite vs. Athena
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1. for Trojans took Paris to Troy; 2. for Greeks egged on Pandarus
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Pandarus
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broke the truce by shooting an arrow at Menelaus
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Aeneas vs. Diomedes
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Diomedes wounded Aeneas, but Aphrodite whisked him away
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Diomedes vs. Aphrodite
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Diomedes wounded Aphrodite and she cried
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Apollo and Artemis
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Apollo took Aeneas to Artemis who cured him.
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Diomedes vs. Ares
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Diomedes, encouraged by Hera, wounded Ares who went whining to Zeus
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Andromache and Astyanax
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Hector’s wife and son say goodbye on the walls of Troy.
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Nestor
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Oldest and wisest of the Greeks
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Hera and Zeus
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Hera (for Greeks) lured Zeus (for Trojans) to bed.
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Iris to Poseidon
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Goddess of the rainbow tells Poseidon to leave the battle.
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Patroclus
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Achilles’ cousin and lover, killed by Hector
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Myrmidons
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Achilles’ men (the ants)
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Antilochus
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Nestor’s son,brings Achilles the news of Patroclus’ death
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Hephaestus
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Makes Achilles new armor at Thetis’ request
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Xanthus (Scamander)
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Achilles wades through the river which tries to drown him
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Achilles and Athena vs. Hector (Deiphobus)
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Hector thinks that Deiphobus is his second, but Athena has tricked him.
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Iris to Priam
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tells him to go to Achilles with treasure for Hector’s body
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Hermes with Priam
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leads Priam through the Greeks to Achilles
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9 days
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funeral games for Hector; both Greeks and Trojans participate
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Memnon of Ethiopia
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son of Aurora, dies fighting for the Trojans
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Paris (Apollo) vs. Achilles
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kills Achilles in his heel with Apollo’s help
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Ajax vs. Odysseus
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Ajax followed Achilles and wants his armor; Odysseus gets it
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Helenus about Philoctetes
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Odyssesus captured Helenus who said that Philoctetes had Hercules’ armor and was left at Lemnos because of a festering wound. Greeks couldn’t win without Hercules’ armor.
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Odysseus, Diomedes, Pyrrhus
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go to Lemnos to get Philoctetes
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Philoctetes vs. Paris
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Philoctetes wounds Paris and Oenone will not heal him.
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Palladium
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Statue of Athena, stolen by Odysseus and Diomedes
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Sinon
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Greek plant left to tell the Trojans that the Greeks had left.
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Poseidon vs. Laocoon
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Laocoon urges the Trojans to destroy the horse; Poseidon sends 2 snakes to kill him and his two sons.
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Trojans in Greek armor
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Become sneaky like the Greeks and are attacked by other Trojans
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Astyanax
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Hector’s son who is thrown off the walls of Troy
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Polyxena
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Daughter of Priam sacrificed to the shades of Achilles
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