1). Who designed and built the "Trojan Horse"?

2). Who was considered the first Greek painter?

3). What is the "stone of Heraclea" commonly known as?

#1 Odysseus
#2 Euphronios
#3 magnet

#3 is correct- magnet- the rest are a bit off

1. Epeius designed it ... Odysseus told him to
I did have an idea but looked it up to check and found this that I thought was interesting ... (I should have listened more in school, I may have learnt something )

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there was one last hurdle the occupants of the horse had to overcome: Cassandra, a daughter of Priam. Seemingly blessed with the power of prophecy, she knew that the proudest of our motherland hid within the vessel, and she tried to continuously warn her people of their impending doom form the “Horse of Death”. But once again, the gods were favorable to our side. Cassandra’s blessed gift was in reality a curse from her former lover, Apollo: she would see the future, but no one would believe her visions. The Trojans scoffed at her prophecy, and stopped her when she attempted to stab the horse. As she ran to the hills in failure, the Achaeans rejoiced. The last hurdle had been overcome.

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Epeous or Panopeous...is correct for Question 1....and the last Q?

[ 04-28-2002, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: profchallenger1 ]

The only Greek painters I can remember are Apelles and Zeuxis. I think Zeuxis was earlier, so I'll vote for him.

I believe Cimon of Cleonae was the first greek painter. But Polygnotos was first to become famous, if I'm not mistaked.

Sophilos because of "Sophilos egrapen"?

2. the vase-painter Exekias (?)

[ May 22, 2002, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: flem ]