english trojan war vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ACHILLES | son of peleus and thetis and the greatest greek hero |
| AENEAS | son of aphrodie and anchises destined to survive Troy's fall and to found a new nation |
| AGAMEMNON | king of Mycenae and overlord of Greece |
| AJAX (THE GREATER) | sone of telamon the most powerful greek hero after achilles |
| ANDROMACHE | wife of hecter |
| ANTENOR | counselor of priam and leader of the peace party in troy |
| APHRODITE | goddess of beauty and chief suppoter of the trojans |
| APOLLO | god of the sun and supporter of the trojans |
| ARES | god of war and a supporter of the trojans |
| ARTEMIS | goddess of the moon and a supporter of the trojans |
| ATHENE | goddess of wisdom and chief supporter of the greeks |
| CASSANDRA | daughter of priam trojan prophetess who was never believed |
| CLYTEMNESTRA | wife of agamemnon and his murderess |
| CRESSIDA | daughter of calchas |
| DEIPHOBUS | a son of priam and third husband of helen |
| DEMETER | goddess of the harvest |
| DIOMEDE | a greek hero lover of cressida and companion of odysseus on several adventures |
| DISCORD | the goddess who threw down the golden apple |
| DOLON | a spy sent out by hector to investigate doings in the greek camp |
| HADES | home of the dead |
| HECTOR | son of priam and chief trojan hero |
| HECUBA | wife of priam and queen of troy |
| HELEN | wife of menelaus who eloped with paris |
| HEPHAISTOS | god of fire |
| HERA | queen of the gods and chief supporter of the greeks |
| HERACLES | the strongest hero who ever lived |
| HERMES | messenger of zeus |
| IPHIGENIA | daughter of agamemnon sacrificed by him to obtain fair wind |
| LAOCOON | trojan priest of poseidon who was killed for attacking the trojan horse |
| MENELAUS | brother of agamemnon and husband of helen |
| NESTOR | oldest of the heros |
| ODYSSEUS | wisest of the heroes |
| OENONE | nymph beloved by paris before he met helen |
| PALLADIUM | sacred image of athene that stood on the citadel of troy |
| PARIS | son of priam and seducer of helen |
| PATROCLUS | beloved friend of achilles who was killed by hector |
| PENELOPE | faithful wife of odysseus |
| PHILOCTETES | owner of the bow of heracles who was abandoned on an island by the greeks |
| POSEIDON | god of the sea and friend of the greeks |
| PYRRHUS | son of achilles |
| SKAIAN GATE | gate of troy leading to the plain |
| SPARTA | kingdom of menelaus |
| STYX | river bordering the land of the dead |
| TELEMACHUS | son of odysseus |
| THETIS | sea goddess and mother of achilles |
| TROILUS | son of priam and lover of cressida |
| ZEUS | father of gods and men |
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