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Greek Epics

Greek Epics. Starts with… Review. Starts with “A”. He was supreme commander of the Greek forces since he brought the most men and ships Agamemnon Hero of The Iliad; he was invulnerable except for his heel Achilles

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Greek Epics

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  1. Greek Epics Starts with… Review

  2. Starts with “A” • He was supreme commander of the Greek forces since he brought the most men and ships • Agamemnon • Hero of The Iliad; he was invulnerable except for his heel • Achilles • When Agamemnon killed her favorite bunny rabbit, she forced him to sacrifice his eldest daughter • Artemis

  3. Starts with “A” • Paris chose this goddess as the fairest • Aphrodite • Passed over for Achilles’ armor, this brawny Greek hero kills himself • Ajax • This God of the Winds gave Odysseus a bag of winds and directions home • Aeolus

  4. Starts with “A” • These warrior women aided the Trojans • Amazons • He sent a plague on the Greeks and guided the arrow that slew Achilles • Apollo • Eris, Goddess of Discord, threw a golden one into the wedding reception • apple

  5. Starts with “A” • Passed over for the golden apple, she was a great friend to Odysseus • Athena

  6. Starts with “P” • Trojan who shot an arrow to break the truce • Pindarus • God of the Sea who hates Odysseus • Poseidon • Achilles’ friend who borrows his armor and is killed by Hector • Patroclus

  7. Starts with “P” • King of Troy; had 50 children • Priam • The cyclops who is blinded by Odysseus • Polyphemus • Wife of Odysseus with 108 suitors • Penelope

  8. Starts with “P” • Prince of Troy who steals Helen from Menelaus • Paris • Circe, the sorceress, turns several of Odysseus’ men into these • pigs • His marriage to Thetis indirectly began the Trojan War • Peleus

  9. Starts with “P” • He avenges Achilles’ death by killing Paris • Philoctetes

  10. Starts with “C” • The Laestrygons were giant ones • cannibals • Odysseus was shipwrecked on this nymph’s island for 7 years • Calypso • This girl was begrudgingly returned to her father by Agamemnon • Chryseis

  11. Starts with “C” • Trojan princess who could see the future but no one believed her • Cassandra • Odysseus had to pass between Scylla and this whirlpool • Charybdis • Epic convention; a list of names • cataloging

  12. Starts with “C” • This witch turned Odysseus’ men into pigs • Circe • Trojan priest of Apollo who demanded his daughter back from the Greeks • Chryses

  13. Starts with “E” • Goddess of Discord; she inscribed the golden apple “For the Fairest” • Eris • Odysseus’ faithful swineherd he stays with when he returns to Ithaca • Eumaeus • Epic convention exemplified by “swift-footed” Achilles • epithets

  14. Starts with “E” • With the Amazons, they came to the aid of the Trojans • Ethiopians • Old nanny of Odysseus who recognizes his boar scar • Eurycleia

  15. Starts with “H” • The most beautiful woman in the world • Helen • The Messenger God who provides Odysseus with the herb moli • Hermes • Military leader of the Trojans whose funeral ends The Iliad • Hector

  16. Starts with “H” • Achilles’ one vulnerability • heel • Where Achilles initially hides to avoid going to the Trojan War • harem • Wife of Zeus; she didn’t win the golden apple • Hera

  17. Starts with “T” • Son of Odysseus who helps his father kill the suitors • Telemachus • Blind (and dead) seer who gives Odysseus advice and directions • Teiresias • City the Greeks besiege in The Iliad • Troy

  18. Starts with “M” • Greek husband of Helen who goes to war to get her back • Menelaus • Herb that Hermes gives Odysseus to counteract Circe’s magic • moli • The epic poet invokes her help to write a successful epic • muse

  19. Test Components • Epic Conventions: Explain and give examples • The Iliad: Identify 10 characters, events, key words • The Odyssey: Identify 10 characters, events, key words • Essay: CFA post response

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