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 The Trojan War
Hector. The answer is Hector, who was killed, in the 9th year of the Trojan War, by Achilles.
f. Ares was actually on the Trojan side, because he had a son who was fighting on that side.
| The Trojans prayed to many gods. There was one that they vigorously prayed to, because she was on the Greek side, yet Troy should have been a city that she defended. Cassandra even clutched onto her statue as she was dragged out of the temple. Who was this goddess? | The Trojan War
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Athena. Athena is the proper answer. In Homer's "Iliad", the Trojans constantly gave her offerings and sacrifices, wanting her to aid them in the war. However, she sided with the Greeks when Paris chose Aphrodite over her as the most beautiful of the gods.
Diomedes. Aphrodite was wounded by Diomedes, urged on by Athena.
| When Eris was not invited to a certain wedding, she took an apple and threw it amongst the midst of gods and goddesses. Who was the bride at this wedding? | The Trojan War
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Thetis. It was the wedding of Thetis and Peleus that was ruined. They are also the parents of Achilles.
| Which hero on the Greek side thought of the Trojan Horse? | The Trojan War
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Odysseus. The answer was Odysseus. Menelaus and Agamemnon did not think of it, and Ajax the Greater was dead by then.
| When the Trojans dragged the wooden horse into the city, which person was not able to see through the trick? | The Trojan War
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Priam. Priam was one of the people who were celebrating at the thought of winning the war. Nobody believed Cassandra, and Laocoon had been killed earlier by two snakes. Helen suspected the trick and spent the night before the raid imitating the voices of the wives of the warriors hidden in the horse, but Odysseus kept the men in the horse from answering.
Neoptolemus. During the raid, Priam, Hecuba, and all the rest of their daughters hid in the temple of Zeus. Neoptolemus came into the temple and killed Polites, one of Priam's and Hecuba's sons who was guarding his family. Neoptolemus then dragged Priam out of the temple and killed him.
t. Apollo was on the Trojan's side, he even aided Paris' arrow that killed Achilles.
| As the Greeks divided the spoils between them, who got Queen Hecuba? | The Trojan War
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Odysseus. Odysseus got Hecuba, but she never reached Ithaca with him, because she was turned into a dog after she avenged her youngest son's death by killing Polymestor.
| After the raid of Troy, what happened to Astyanax, the son of Hector? | The Trojan War
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He was thrown off of a tower. Astyanax was just a little baby when the war ended, and he was taken to the top of a tower and flung to the rocks below.
She was made a slave to Neoptolemus. She became a mistress and slave to Neoptolemus and went with him to Phthia.
He had a big shield. Because of Ajax's great shield, he was able to avoid attacks often.
| During the beginning of the 9th year of the war, Achilles refused to fight when Agamemnon took away his slave mistress. What was her name? | The Trojan War
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Briseis. Briseis was Achilles' mistress he had gotten as a prize after a raid one night.
| Before the Trojan war even started, who kidnapped Helen from her home? | Facts of Troy
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Theseus. When Helen was just a young girl, she was kidnapped by Theseus, the king of Athens, along with his friend Pirithous. Later on, her two brothers, Castor and Pollux, helped save her.
| Before Paris met Helen, he fell in love with a nymph at Mount Ida. What was her name? | Facts of Troy
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Oenone. Later, when Paris had a fatal wound, he went back to Oenone to beg her to help heal him. When she refused, he died by her door. Later, when Oenone realized what she had done, she ran to Troy and threw herself on Paris' funeral pyre.
Leda. Leda was the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. She was raped by Zeus in the form of a swan and Helen (along with Castor and Pollux) were born from an egg.
All of these. (Agamemnon's lust for power, The oath of Tyndareus, The kidnap of Helen). A series of events led to the Trojan war. Although in the romantic version of the story, it was above all (or only) the kidnap of Helen that caused the start of the war. However, there were more issues such as the oath of Tyndareus, an oath that every suitor of Helen made to protect her husband's honour before Helen's husband was chosen. And underneath it all, was also Agamemnon's lust for power and control of Troy's riches that cemented the war altogether.
"the face that launched a thousand ships". These words are, of course, not from the "Iliad", but from Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus". They do refer to Helen, however.
| On the way to Troy, Agamemnon and Menelaus (the husband of Helen) were stuck at an island due to lack of wind. Apparently, Artemis was offended when they hunted a sacred deer of hers. She demanded the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigenia. Who later avenged her death? | Facts of Troy
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Clytemnestra. In Greek mythology, many deaths are avenged by more murders. Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon and mother of Iphigenia. After Clytemnestra murdered Agamemnon, her son Orestes killed her and her lover.
| Achilles fought in the Trojan war despite efforts to stop him. What was the name of the army he brought with him? | Facts of Troy
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Myrmidons. The Myceneans were led by Agamemnon and the Spartans were led by Menelaus. Achilles and his Myrmidons fought for themselves and not for any king. Achilles himself was not a king.
Patroclus. Hector never meant to kill Patroclus. He thought that he was Achilles. Achilles was tormented in grief by the death of his beloved cousin. He later avenged his death by killing Hector.
| What was said about the immortal horses of Achilles? | Facts of Troy
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They could speak.. It was said that the horses of Achilles had the gift of speech. In one version of the Trojan war, the author said that it was Patroclus' disguised mutterings that gave the impression that the horses could speak, and that they themselves did not have that power.
| Near the end of the war, Paris was shot with an arrow by Philoctetes. From whom did Philoctetes receive the poisoned arrows? | Facts of Troy
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Hercules. Philoctetes was biten by a serpent on the way to Troy. His comrades left him on an island to die but when they found out they couldn't win the war without him and his arrows, they went back and persuaded him to join the war. In the book, "Sirena", it talks of Philoctetes' adventures on that island.
Odysseus. It was said that Athena had planted the idea in Odysseus' head during a dream. It was this strategy that finally gave victory to the Greeks.
After Hector's death, by Paris. Paris shot Achilles in the heel, his only weak spot, with an arrow.
| After the fall of Troy, Andromache (Hector's wife) left with whom? | Facts of Troy
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Neoptolemus, Achilles's son.. Even though Neoptolemus was the son of her husband's murderer, she led a rather "okay" life. He treated her fairly well.
| Even though Helen had run away from her husband, Menelaus, with another man - he did not kill her. Menelaus had wanted to kill Helen but when he saw her, he could not bring himself to do it. Was their voyage home to Sparta quick and uneventful? | Facts of Troy
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no. It was a long journey that lasted a few years. It was said that they stopped at Egypt before coming home.
Helen. Helen was the wife of King Meneleus. Helen ran away with Prince Paris of Troy, which prompted King Meneleus and his brother Agamemnon to go after her.
Prince Paris. Helen ran away with Paris. Prince Hector was Paris' brother, Odysseus was a Greek king and warrior, and Priam was the king of Troy and Paris and Hector's father.
Hector. One of Paris' many brothers was Hector, who lead the Trojan armies against the Greeks. Hector was killed by Achilles, the Greek hero.
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