Trojan War Test

Agamemnon

Agamemnon

King of Mycenae, united all Greeks, killed by Clytemnestra in the bath

Atreus

Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus

Menelaus

Brother to Agamemnon, marries Helen, king of Sparta

Helen

Wife of Menelaus, sister to Clytemnestra, abducted to Troy

Clytemnestra

Marries Agamemnon, kills Agamemnon and Cassandra, killed by Electra and Orestes

Aegisthus

Clytemnestra’s boyfriend who helps kill Cassandra and Agamemnon

Electra, Orestes, and Iphigenia

Who were the three children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra?

Iphigenia

Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra that is sacrificed for favorable winds.

Priam

King of Troy, killed by Neoptolomus/Pyrrhus

Hecuba

Queen of Troy, taken as slave

Chryseis

Daughter of a priest named Chryseis, given to Agamemnon as a slave, but gets to go home

Briseis

Slave given to Achilles

Achilles

His woman is taken away and so he cries in his ten for most of the war, only fights because Patroclus is killed by Paris. Kills Hector

Patroclus

Friend/lover of Achilles that is killed

Phoenix

Greek wise person/mentor

Hector

Trojan warrior killed by Achilles

Andromache

Wife of Hector, taken by the Greeks

Astyanax

Son of Hector, taken by the Greeks

Laocoon

Trojan priest who tells Priam not to let the horse in, killed by sea serpent

Sinon

Scout left to convince Trojan to let the horse in

Paris

Kills Achilles, killed by Philoctetes

Neoptoloumus/Pyrrhus

Son of Achilles

Aeneas

Son of Priam and Hecuba, founder of Rome

Dido

Queen of Carthage, plays paddycake with Aeneas

Sarpedon

Son of Zeus, dies in battle

Cassandra

Taken by Agamemnon, killed by Clytemnestra

Hermione

Daughter of Menelaus and Helen

Philoctetes

kills Paris

Penthesilea

Queen of the amazons, chopped of boobs, killed by Achilles who falls in love with her as she dies.