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In the Iliad, Achilles doesn't start fighting until later on. For a time, he's at the ships:
a. Drinking away his troubles
b. Nursing his baby cattle
c. Refusing in his anger because of Agamemnon’s insult
d. Preparing to sail away for Thrace
e. Arguing that the Achaeans aren’t yet prepared to fight the Trojan army
In Troy, Achilles fights as the leader of the:
a. Mercenaries
b. Soldaten
c. Myrmidons
d. Hoplites
e. Dardaneans
Thetis is also known as
a. a sea goddess
b. the death goddess
c. wife of Priam
d the wife of Hephaistos
e. the wife of Achilles
Helen became "Helen of Troy". But she used to be:
a. Helen of Thebes
b. Helen of Athens
c. Helen of Sparta
d. Helen of Thessaly
Who is Hector’s and Paris' father?
a. Peleus
b. Priam
c. Perseus
e. Palachus
Who wrote the book, The Iliad? (written around 850 B.C.)
a. Homer
b. Herod
c. Hero
d. Hermione
Thetis was the mother of a fierce Greek champion. But who
was HER mortal husband and the father of the hero of the 'Iliad'?
a. Adrianopolus
b. Oedipus
c. Priam
d. Peleus
e. Pergamon
The Hero Achilles is the leader of a group of devoted men, who’ll always fight for him. By what
term are these warriors known?
a. Lapithinians
b. Myrmidons
c. Lacedemians
d. Scythians
e. Spartans
The feud between the Greek king Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles was instigated over a
woman. Who was this woman -- the object of Achilles' affections?
a Chryseis
b Chryses
c. Eugenia
d. Briseis
e. Briarius
Achilles' mother loved him This goddess was a goddess of
a. the sea
b. the warriors of the world
c. the clouds
d. the Olympians
e. the wild creatures who hunt
This man is the trusted and oldest advisor to Agamemnon
a. Nestor
b. Peleus
c. Ajax
d. Antilochus
e. Menelaus
Who was the wife of Priam?
a. Ariadne
b. Astyanax
c. Chryses
d. Hecuba
e. Andromache
Where did the ships of the Greeks assemble for the expedition to Troy?
a. Thebes
b. Aurystos
c. Aulis
d. Lyktos
e. The Five Points Shopping Mall
Who was the leader of the Myrmidons?
a. Bellerophontes
b. Neoptolemos
c. Sarpedon
d. Patroklos
e. Achilles
Who was the wife of Hector?
a. Adrianopolus
b. Andromache
c. Hecuba
d. Ariadne
e. Andromeda
Why does Agamemnon return Chryseis to her father?
a. He fell in love with Bryseis, and he wanted her instead.
b. He believed that he was ordered to by the gods in a dream.
c. Achilles threatened to kill him if he did not do so
d. Apollo has cursed his armies for as long as he keeps her
e. As long as he can take Achilles’ prize, he does not care which girl he possesses.
The son of Hector is
a. Sarpedon
b. Alexena
c. Deiphobus
d. Oenone
e. Astyanax
Who is the most respected elder in the Greek army?
a. Ajax
b. Menelaus
c. Odysseus
d. Nestor
e. Andromachus
What Greek kingdom does Agamemnon rule?
a. Ithaca, Athens
b. Sparta, Mycenae
c. Mycenae, Sparta
d. Olympia, Mycenae
e. Athens, Ithaca
What Greek kingdom does Menelaus rule?
a. Ithaca, Athens
b. Sparta, Mycenae
c. Mycenae, Sparta
d. Olympia, Mycenae
e. Athens, Ithaca
Which of these adjectives BEST describes Odysseus?
a. Tactical and Smart
b. Vengeful and murderous
c. Gentle, loving, and kind
d. Philosophical and reflective
e. Drunken and Rebellious
Troy lies within this important geographic entity:
a. Mount Olympus Range
b. The Atlas Mountains
c. The Greater Adriatic Sea
d. Asia Minor (or Turkey)
e. The fertile Crescent
To attack Troy, the Greeks had to cross which sea?
a. Adriatic
b. Hellespontic
c. Aegean
d. Black
e. Salton
Which of these men is a son of King Priam?
a. Deiphobus
b. Doryclus
c. Paris
d. Hippolochus
e. Neoptolomus
As things go poorly for the Greeks, Agamemnon offers to give up his prize to
Achilles. Whom does he send to the tent of Achilles with this offer?
a. Nestor, Menelaus, and Diomedes
b. Nestor, Patroclus, and Diomedes
c. Odysseus, Ajax, and Phoenix
d. Nestor, Patroclus, and Calchus
e. Larry, Moe, and Curley
Identify the heroes of Homer's 'Iliad' from the clues given in the little poems. A mixture of Greek and Trojan
heroes is included.
The first among Priam’s sons and heir,
I bravely fight where no other will dare,
My death will doom my city to flames,
This epic tragically ends with my games.
a. Hecuba
b. Achilles
c. Hector
d. Paris
Unbeatable with shield, sword, and spear,
It is I above others whom the Trojans most fear,
Bodies of princes and soldiers lie in my wake,
Yet the city of Troy I never shall take.
a. Hector
b. Ajax
c. Aeneas
d. Achilles
e. Diomedes
.Loved by Athena and sharp in all meaning
My greatest gift is my unrivalled scheming,
From my mind sprang the idea of a horse,
To conquer by cunning, after failing by force.
a. Patroklos
b. Ajax
c. Odysseus
d. Teucros
e. Aeneas
Old I may be, a great city I rule,
Reserved for me is a fate most cruel.
My city and people destroyed by the Greek blows,
Their memory preserved in poems and prose.
a. Priam
b. Nestor
c. Medusa
To die with honor is to…
a. have an olive branch
b. have a wreath of heather and rye
c. a human sacrifice of the enemy
d. have your comrades save your body and armor
Aphrodite loves
a. Menelaus
b. Achilles
c. Priam
d. Hector
e. Paris
Andromache worries most about
a. Achilles
b. Paris
c. Hector
d. Sarpedon
e. Menelaus
Hecuba is wife of
a. Agamemnon
b. Achilles
c. Menelaus
d. Hector
e. Priam
Hector’s beloved son is
a. Paris
b. Sarpedon
c. Chuck
d. Deiphobus
e. Astyanax
Achilles is from
a. Athens
b. Aulis
c. Pylos
d. Phthia
Nestor is the king of
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Pylos
d. Mycenae
e. Sparta
Agamemnon is the king of
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Pylos
d. Mycenae
e. Sparta
Menelaus is the king of ]
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Pylos
d. Mycenae
e. Sparta
Odysseus is the king of
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Pylos
d. Mycenae
e. Sparta
.Diomedes is the king of
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Argos
d. Aulis
e. Achaea
Achilles is the prince of
a. Ithaca
b. Pthia
c. Pylos
d. Mycenae
e. Sparta
Priam is the king of
a. Ithaca b. Aulis
c. Pthia d. Argos
e. Troy
The Greeks are known by all these names EXCEPT
a. Argives
b. Achaeans
c. Danaans
d. Thracians
Troy is guarded by which great gates?
a. The Argive Gates
b. The Aeolian Gates
c. The Scaean Gates
d. The Macedonian Gates
Hector loves all of the following EXCEPT
a. Astyanax
b. Anromache
c. Priam
d. Hecuba
e. Iphigenia
Achilles is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
Menelaus is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
Patroclus is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
Agamemnon is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
Diomedes is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
Achilles is the son of
a. Tydeus
b. Peleus
c. Atrius
d. Laertes
e. Menoetius
When Zeus is watching the Trojan War at close range,
He watches the action from
a. Mount Ida
b. Mount Ararat
c. Mount Xanthus
d. Mount Pergamon
e. Mount Arafat
Who stops Patroclus first, as Patroclus threatens the walls of Troy?
A. Aphrodite
B. Apollo
C. Athena
D. Zeus
E. Ares
Achilles loves
A. Chryseas
B. Briseas
C. Chryse
D. Anromache
E. Hecuba
Achilles is known by the epithet
A. martial leader of Men
B. Achilles of the shining helm.
C. Swifted footed Achilles
D. Scourge of the Myrmidons
Odysseus is known by the epithet
A. great runner
B. great thinker
C. great tactician
D. great hearted
Hector is known by the epithet
A. fleet footed Hector
B. Hector of the shining helm
C. great tactician of Troy
D. Hector of the great heart
Thetis is known by the epithet
A. silver footed Thetis
B. laughter loving Thetis
C. deep hearted Thetis
D. blue eyed Thetis
Aphrodite is known by the epithet
A. lovely eyed Aprodite
B. Aphrodite of the slender ankles
C. laughter loving Aphrodite
D. loose limbed Aphrodite
Athena is known by the epithet
A. lovely eyed Athena
B. grey eyed Athena
C. clear eyed Athena
D. war fighting Athena
Poseidon is known as the
A. wave maker
B. man shaker
C. earth shaker
D. water maker
E. fear awakener
Hera is the
A. blue eyed Hera
B. brown eyed Hera
C. the ox eyed Hera
D. silver knecked Hera