Greek Mythology The Fall of Troy Why was

Greek Mythology The Fall of Troy

Why was the Greek army still hard pressed and lost many gallant leaders even though Hector was dead? Prince Memnon of Ethiopia, came to the assistance of Troy with a large army.

At whose hand did Achilles die? Paris

Achilles was shot at ______, which caused his death. The heel

To make her son invulnerable, Achilles’s mother dipped him in the water of _______ when he was born. River Lethe River Styx River Phlegethon River Styx

Achilles’ heel was not covered by the water of River Styx because _______. His mother was holding him by this part.

Which god guided the arrow to lead it to struck Achilles? Apollo

After Achilles had been burned on the funeral pyre, his bones were placed in the same urn that held those of ______. Patroclus

Which Greek chieftain carried Achilles’ dead body out of the battle while his comrade held the Trojans back? Ajax Diomedes Odysseus Ajax

Which Greek chieftain held the Trojans back while Achilles’ body was carried out of battle? Neoptolemus Diomedes Odysseus

Who got the arms of Achilles after he died? Odysseus

In his anger, whom did Ajax think turned the vote for the arms against him? Agamemnon & Menelaus

Which god struck Ajax with madness when he went to the quarters of Agamemnon and Menelaus? Zeus Athena Poseidon Athena

In his madness, Ajax carried back a ram, which he thought was ____? Odysseus

What happened to Ajax after he regained his reason and saw what he had done? He killed himself.

How did the Greeks treat Ajax’s dead body after his death? They buried it. They put it in River Styx. They burned it in a funeral pyre. They buried him.

The Greeks chose this funeral style for Ajax because _____. They held that a suicide should not be honored with a funeral pyre and urn-burial.

Why did the Greek prophet suggest the Greeks go ask the Trojan prophet Helenus instead of giving the directions for what to do by himself? Because he had no message from the gods for them.

Helenus told the Greeks that Troy would not fall until someone fought against the Trojans with the bow and arrows of ______. Hercules

Why did the Greeks desert Prince Philoctetes, the current owner of Hercules’ bows and arrows, on an island they stopped? He was bitten by a serpent and the wound would not heel.

Which was the first Trojan leader Prince Philoctetes’s wound with his arrows after he went once again into battle? Paris

What did Paris beg his people do for him after he fell? To be carried to Oenone, the nymph He had lived with on Mount Ida.

Why did Oenone, the nymph Paris lived with before, refuse to cure Paris and watched him died before her? She could not forgive his desertion and long forgetfulness of her.

What happened to the nymph after Paris died? She went away and killed herself.

As long as Troy kept the sacred image of ____, it could not be taken. Pallas Athena

Who bore Palladium, the image of Athena, off with the help of Odysseus? Neoptolemus Diomedes Prince Philoctetes Diomedes

Who created the stratagem of the wooden horse? Odysseus

The chieftains whom Odysseus tried to persuade to climb into the wooden horse were all terror-stricken except for _____. Neoptolemus Diomedes Prince Philoctetes Neoptolemus

Whose son was Neoptolemus? Achilles

Where did the other Greeks hide to make the Trojans think they had sailed home? Beyond the nearest island

Sinon told the Trojans he was chosen by the Greeks as _____, which made him betray his folks. A sacrifice to Athena

In Sinon’s false story, the horse was meant as a votive gift to _____. Athena

In Sinon’s false story, the Greeks made the horse so immense because ______. They wanted to discourage the Trojans from drawing it into the city.

In Sinon’s false story, if the Trojans placed the horse in the city, what positive effect would be produced? They would turn Athena’s favor to them.

Who echoed Laocoon’s doubt about Sinon’s story? Priam’s daughter Cassandra

Which god helped make Sinon’s story convincing and settled the issue? Poseidon

What happened to Laocoon and his two sons as Sinon finished his story? Over the sea came two fearful serpents, which, gliding straight toward the three, crushed the life out of them.

What did the Greek army first do when their chieftains let them into Troy? Set fires to the buildings throughout the city

Who killed Priam before his wife and daughters? Achille’s son Odysseus’s son Agamemnon’s son Achilles’s son

As Troy fell, all its leaders died except for ______. Aeneas

Which member of Aeneas’s family died when he escaped from Troy? His father His son His wife

Which goddess helped Aeneas escape ? Aphrodite Athena Artemis Aphrodite

Whom was Helen sent to by Aphrodite ? Athena Zeus Menelaus

How did Hector’s son die at the Greeks’ hand? Thrown from the wall of Troy