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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mother of Achilles | Thetis |
| Wife of Hector | Andromache |
| Achilles wept when he had to give back this gift | Briseis |
| Patient and practical yet a fierce Greek warrior | Odysseus |
| Took his gift back | Agamemnon |
| Asked his mother to set Zeus against the Greeks | Achilles |
| Retrieved the body of Hector | Priam |
| Ruler of the Gods | Zeus |
| Mortal who wounded two gods in battle | Diomedes |
| Wears Achilles armor to inspire the Greeks in battle | Patroclos |
| The face that launched a thousand ships | Helen |
| destined to become the king of Troy | Aineias |
| Accepts Paris' challenge to a duel | Menelaos |
| Wears Achilles armor to insult the Greeks | Hector |
| Advisor the the Trojan leader | Polydamas |
| Zeus sent Agamemnon a false dream to make him think that Troy was about to fall to the Greeks | True |
| Paris offered to give back all of Helen's treasure and additional treasure of his own but refused to give back Helen | True |
| Poseidon helped a Trojan destined to be king of Troy | True |
| Phoenix, Odysseus, and Aias were sent to make a mend between Agamemnon and Achilles | True |
| Hera hated the Trojans so much that she wanted them completely destroyed | True |
| Nestor and Odysseus are respected by all because of their even temper and wise advice | True |
| It was common knowledge that Paris was the cause and blamefor the war | True |
| Agamemnon swore that he had never shared his bed with Briseis | True |
| Achilles was considered one of the greatest Greek heroes even though he had many character laws | True |
| Cause: Achilles finally decides to reenter the battle | Effect:Thetis predicts his death |
| Cause: Paris is about to be defeated by Menelaos | Effect: Aphrodite carries him to safety |
| Cause: Apollo uses Agenor to deceive Achilles | Effect: The Trojans are able to get safe within city walls |
| Cause: Pandaros shoots Menelaos | Effect: Truce between the Greeks and the Trojans is broken |
| Cause: Hector asks his mother to petition Athena to protect the city from Diomedes | Effect: The Trojan women visit a shrine |
| Cause: Agamemnon calls for a retreat | Effect: Odysseus tells him that he lacks courage |
| Cause: Zeus forbids the gods to fight | Effect: The Greeks struggle in battle |
| Cause: Achilles is still angry with Agamemnon | Effect: The emissaries fail to get his help in saving the Achaian army |
| Cause: Dolon tells Odysseus and Diomedes that the Thracians have arrived | Effect: Two Greeks kill a king and acquire lovely horses |
| Cause: Eurypylos asks for a hand | Effect: Patroclos takes time to clean a wound |
| Cause: Polydamas sees an eagle drop a snake among the Trojans | Effect: He advises Hector to retreat from the current battle |
| Cause: Aphorodite protects her son in battle | Effect: She is wounded by Diomedes |
| Poseidon disobeyed Zeus by | rallying the Greeks to fight |
| The following gods were allied with the Trojans | Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares |
| Xanthos is angered by Achilles | pollutes the river with blood of Trojans |
| As a result of Hera's trickery, Zeus | fell asleep |
| Hector fought the Greeks for Patroclos' body because he wanted to | defile and ruin it |
| All the following THEMES expressed in the Iliad | Real men don't eat quiche/ What comes around goes around/ Don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder |
| Athena tricked Hector into fighting Achilles by | Pretending to be Hectors brother, telling him they would stand together against Achilles |
| All of the following are true about the beginning of the Iliad | It begins "in media res"/ Homer calls upo the muse to help him tell the story/ Agamemnon has created a plague to fall upon the Greeks |
| Thetis went to Hephaistos and asked him for a new ____ for Achilles. | set of battle gear |
| The main character of the Iliad is | Achilles |
| Achilles presided over games to honor | Patroclos |
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