CLA 10 Unit 13 Trojan War: Beginning of Strife
In Catullus 64, what do the Parcae prophesy will happen at Achilles' burial?
A young virgin will be sacrificed
What is the name of the child born to Peleus and Thetis?
Achilles
What do the Parcae mean when they say "Scamander's wave shall witness to his great virtues"?
Achilles will battle bravely at Troy
According to Herodotus, from which city do the Phoenicians abduct the king's daughter?
Argos
Why do the gods attend the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?
Because Thetis is a goddess
Why doesn't Menelaus believe that Helen is his wife when he first sees her in Euripides' Helen?
Because he thinks that a phantom is Helen
Why are Aphrodite's words "fatal to the walls of Troy"?
Because the gift of Helen will lead to the destruction of the city
According to Catullus, who brings "woodland gifts" to Peleus and Thetis?
Chiron
According to Herodotus' Histories, where does Io eventually end up?
Egypt
What is the name of the daughter of the king of Tyre whom the Greeks abducted, according to Herodotus?
Europa
What is Herodotus' native city?
Halicarnassus
How does Menelaus finally recognize the true Helen in Euripides' Helen?
He learns that the phantom Helen has disappeared
Why has Menelaus come to Egypt in Euripides' Helen?
He washed ashore after a shipwreck
According to Catullus, the Parcae prophesy that the child of Peleus and Thetis will do all of the following EXCEPT
He will come home from the Trojan War
Who do the chorus of Euripides' Andromache refer to as "she who gave birth to this evil"?
Hecuba
What unexpected fact about the Trojan War is revealed to Menelaus in Euripides' Helen?
Helen never went to Troy
In Euripides' Helen, what good news does Helen receive from the Egyptian prophetess?
Her husband is still alive
According to Euripides' Helen, who constructed Helen's phantom?
Hera
Who are the three goddesses whom Paris must judge?
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
Who brings the three goddesses to Paris?
Hermes
What do the chorus mean when they say "For then the women of Troy would never have been harnessed to slavery's yoke."?
If Hecuba had killed Paris at birth, the Trojans would not have been conquered
What is the name of the daughter of the king of Argos whom the Phoenicians abduct, according to Herodotus?
Io
Who is Tyndareus?
Leda's mortal husband, the foster father of Helen
In the passage from Herodotus' Histories, who is the daughter of the king of Colchis?
Medea
According to Herodotus, who is inspired by the stories of the previous abductions to obtain a wife in Greece?
Paris
To whom does Jupiter himself "resign his love", according to Catullus?
Peleus
Why does Catullus speak of the Argonauts when narrating the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?
Peleus fell in love with Thetis while sailing on the Argo
According to Catullus, which god bears marks of his former punishment when he arrives to honor Peleus and Thetis?
Prometheus
Why must Thetis marry a mortal man?
She is fated to have a son greater than his father
According to the Phoenicians, why did Io leave Argos?
She was pregnant by the ship's captain
Who is Thetis' grandmother?
Tethys
In Euripides' Andromache, what did Cassandra warn the elders of Troy?
That Paris would bring ruin to the city
In Euripides' Helen, what does Helen mean when she says "A name can do what a body never could?"
That her phantom was in Troy while she was in Egypt
Whom do the Argonauts see when they are sailing to Colchis, Aeetes' land?
The Nereids
Why, according to the Persians, do the Greeks bear the responsibility for the conflict between Greece and Asia?
They launch a military expedition over the abduction of Helen
What is the judgment that Paris must make?
Which goddess is the most beautiful
According to Herodotus, who does NOT have a hand in the abductions of Greek and Asian princesses?
Zeus
In Catullus 64, what are the Parcae doing as they prophesy?
spinning
According to Herodotus, what incident do the Persians say was the beginning of the conflict between the Greeks and Asians?
the capture of Troy
In Catullus 64, what does Penios bring as a wedding gift?
trees
