Edith Hamilton's Trojan War, Part 2

Front 1

Cassandra Vs. Ajax the Lesser

Back 1

Mad daughter of Priam who was raped in Athena's temple by Ajax

Front 2

Athena and Poseidon

Back 2

Conjured up a great storm in which Ajax was killed

Front 3

Penelope, Telemachus, Laertes

Back 3

Odysseus' family (wife, son , fatehr) in Ithaca

Front 4

Hermes to Calypso

Back 4

tells Calypso to release Odysseus while Poseidon is away

Front 5

Telemachus to Nestor and Menelaus

Back 5

to find his father

Front 6

Proteus

Back 6

changes shape; tells Menelaus that Odysseus is with Calypso

Front 7

17 days

Back 7

Odysseus sails homeward until there is a storm

Front 8

Ino's veil

Back 8

Guarded Odysseus while he swam to shore

Front 9

2 days

Back 9

Odysseus swam to shore

Front 10

Phaecians Alcinous, Acrete, Nausicaa

Back 10

King, Queen, and princess of the Phaecians

Front 11

in media res

Back 11

Odysseus tells his tale to Alcinous

Front 12

Lotus eaters

Back 12

Men don't want to leace

Front 13

Polyphemus

Back 13

Cyclops who eats 4 of Odysseus' men

Front 14

Aeolus

Back 14

King of the winds who gives Odysseus a bag of bad winds

Front 15

Laestrygons

Back 15

Giant cannibals who destroy all but 1 of Odysseus' boats

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Circe of Aeaea

Back 16

Turns his men into swine

Front 17

Hermes

Back 17

Gave Odysseus an herb to make Circe's magic useless

Front 18

Teiresias in Hades

Back 18

Tells Odysseus how to get home after drinking sheep's blood

Front 19

Oxen of the Sun

Back 19

Sacred to Apollo; Teiresias tells Odysseus not to harm them; Odysseus' men kill them and a storm drowns them

Front 20

Sirens

Back 20

Odysseus tied to mast of ship

Front 21

Scylla and Charybdis

Back 21

Rocks and Whirlpool between Sicily and Italy

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Eumaeus

Back 22

Swineherd on Ithaca who Odysseus goes to

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Argos

Back 23

Old dog who recognizes his master and dies

Front 24

Eurycleia

Back 24

Old nurse who recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his foot

Front 25

Bed with Tree

Back 25

Penelope's test for Odysseus "I moved the bed"

Front 26

Hesperia

Back 26

The western land which Aeneas seeks = Italy

Front 27

Harpies (Celaeno)

Back 27

Tells him he will eat his own tables

Front 28

Andromache and Helenus

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Andromache has married Helenus after the death of Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus)who was pursuing Helen’s daughter Hermione

Front 29

Helenus’ warnings

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1. Stay away from the west coast of Italy
2. Honor Hera (Juno)
3. Don’t pass through the Strait of Sicily where Scylla and Charybdis are.

Front 30

Hermione

Back 30

Daughter of Helen and Menelaus whom Orestes married after killing Pyrrhus

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Polyphemus

Back 31

Cyclops on Sicily whom the Trojans avoided after rescuing a Greek left stranded by Odysseus

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Reasons for Juno's hatred of Troy

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1. Romans will destroy Carthage
2. Paris gave golden apple to Aphrodite
3. Ganymede replaced her daughter as cupbearer to gods

Front 33

Aeolus vs. Neptune

Back 33

Aeolus stirs up waters for Juno, and Neptune is angry

Front 34

Juno vs. Venus

Back 34

Juno hates the Trojans and Venus loves them

Front 35

Jupiter's promise

Back 35

Tells Venus that Aeneas will get to Italy

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Cupid

Back 36

Becomes Ascanius on Dido's lap

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Achates

Back 37

Aeneas' faithful sidekick

Front 38

the huntress

Back 38

Actually Venus

Front 39

The temple

Back 39

Sacred to Juno in Carthage

Front 40

Banquet

Back 40

The way Dido keeps Aeneas near her

Front 41

Hunting

Back 41

Storm drives Dido and Aeneas into a cave

Front 42

Mercury

Back 42

Sent by Jupiter to tell Aeneas to leave Carthage for Italy

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Fire

Back 43

Dido's funeral pyre, from a distance

Front 44

Funeral games

Back 44

Storm drives them back to Sicily to celebrate death of Anchises

Front 45

Palinurus

Back 45

Aeneas' helmsman, falls overboard next to Italy

Front 46

Sibyl

Back 46

Deiopeia, Apollo's priestess who takes Aeneas to the underworld

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Golden Bough

Back 47

What Aeneas must take to the underworld

Front 48

Theseus, Hercules (Heracles!), Orpheus, Pollux, Psyche, Ulysses

Back 48

All went to the underworld

Front 49

Lake Avernus

Back 49

Entrance to the Underworld

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Hecate

Back 50

Goddess of Darkness, connected to Diana

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Cocytus, Acheron, Phlegethon, Lethe, Styx

Back 51

Rivers of the underworld

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Charon

Back 52

Ferryman of underworld

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Minos and Rhadamanthus

Back 53

Judges of Underworld

Front 54

Dido in the Fields of Mourning

Back 54

Turned her back on Aeneas

Front 55

Anchises in the Elysian Fields

Back 55

Tells Aeneas about the future of Rome

Front 56

Latinus and Amata

Back 56

King and Queen of Latium

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Lavinia

Back 57

Princess of Latium, betrothed to Turnus, and sought by Aeneas

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Latium

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Province of Rome

Front 59

Faunus and Saturn

Back 59

Latinus' heritage

Front 60

Turnus and the Rutulians

Back 60

Fight Aeneas and the Trojans for Lavinia

Front 61

Juno and Alecto

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Juno sends Alecto to turn Amata against Aeneas, drive Turnus to fight Aeneas, and to make Ascanius kill the stag

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Ascanius and the stag

Back 62

Ascanius kills precious local deer

Front 63

Gates of Janus

Back 63

Open in times of war

Front 64

Mezentius and Camilla

Back 64

Fought and died for Turnus

Front 65

Tiber, Evander, Pallas, Etruscans

Back 65

Side of Trojans; Pallas killed 1st day by Turnus, who took his sword belt

Front 66

Nisus and Euryalus

Back 66

Try to tell Aeneas that camp is being attacked. Best friends, both killed

Front 67

Aeneas vs. Turnus

Back 67

Kills him while he begs for mercy because he sees the sword belt