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Menelaus and Odysseus represented the Greeks. Antenor and Paris represented the Trojans.

Khryses cursed the Greek army because they took his daughter.

Athena prevents Akhilles from killing Agamemnon

<p>Patroklos enters the battlefield wearing Achilles' armor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hektor is killed by Achilles. Priam, Hektor's father, negotiates with Achilles for Hektor's body and secures a proper burial for his son.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memnon kills Akhilles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Philoktetes kills Paris.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thetis, Achilles' mother, persuades Zeus to intervene on behalf of Achilles. She reminds Zeus of a favor he owes her, as she supported him during a rebellion attempt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homer suggests Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and Dione.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aphrodite saved Paris from Menelaus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Zeus holds the title of 'eldest' in terms of power, making him the ultimate authority over all realms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hermes helps Priam, the king of Troy, to cross the enemy lines to retrieve his son's body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diomedes wounded Athena during battle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aphrodite and Ares were exposed by Helios, Demeter and Lasion were exposed by Zeus, and Persephone and Adonis were exposed by Aphrodite.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helen identifies Agamemnon, her brother-in-law; Ajax, related to Priam through marriage; and Odysseus, her brother-in-law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Priam corroborates Helen's identifications. Ajax is related to Priam by marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both Draupadi and Helen were initially captured by two twin brothers who took them on a chariot and asked for their identification.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homer states that Helen spent 10 or 20 years in Troy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ashvamedha is a ritual in which the king allows a horse to roam freely for a year, then sacrifices it. Similar to Helen's Trojan horse incident, both scenarios represent a significant power symbol. The difference lies in the fact that the Trojan horse was specifically a military strategy disguised as a symbol of peace.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agamemnon's family members include his wife, Clytemnestra; his daughters, Iphigenia and Electra; and his son, Orestes. His cousin, Aegisthus, also plays a crucial role in his family's tragic events. Aegisthus has an affair with Clytemnestra, and they ultimately murder Agamemnon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Orestes was reunited with his sister, Electra, with the help of Apollo.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Athena recommends Orestes as a role model to Telemachus, the son of Odysseus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ajax of Lokris finds his final resting place in his homeland Lokria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proteus assisted Menelaus in getting home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penelope sees a vision where her husband, Odysseus, kills all the suitors. She also sees a flock of geese being killed by a large eagle. This vision, sent by Athena, symbolizes the victory of Odysseus and the downfall of the suitors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penelope organizes a contest where the suitors are challenged to string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axeheads. The individual who manages to perform this feat would be chosen as Penelope's husband.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some believe that Pan is the father of Penelope's extramarital child, with Hermes as his father.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poseidon hates Odysseus. Odysseus encounters Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Circe transformed Odysseus's crew into pigs. Odysseus and Circe had a son, Telegonus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All three of Odysseus's sexual partners are involved in weaving.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neoptolemos is a key figure in Apollodorus's version of Odysseus's story. He represents the hero who plays a significant role in the final stages of the Trojan War and potentially influences Odysseus's ultimate fate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aeschylus, in his works, does not explicitly detail Odysseus's death but suggests that he is a symbol of the end of the 'heroic world.' Ptolemy Chennos suggests that a poisoned spear hurled by his son, Telegonus, killed Odysseus. Servius supports this version of Odysseus's demise, emphasizing the tragic implications and the unavoidable events that lead to his death.</p> Signup and view all the answers