CLA30 Final Potential Questions

What is the name of the child born to Peleus and Thetis?

Achilles

According to Herodotus, what incident do the Persians say was the beginning of the conflict between the Greeks and Asians?

the capture of Troy

Who brings the three goddesses to Paris?

Hermes

Why has Menelaus come to Egypt in Euripides' Helen?

He washed ashore after a shipwreck

What fate awaits Achilles if he chooses to avenge the death of Patroclus?

To die and never return to Phthia

According to Herodotus, who is inspired by the stories of the previous abductions to obtain a wife in Greece?

Paris

Whom do the "learned Persians" blame for initiating the exchange of abductions between Greece and Asia?

The Phoenicians

Why are Aphrodite's words "fatal to the walls of Troy"?

Because the gift of Helen will lead to the destruction of the city

What causes Achilles to drop the shield and spear in Statius' Achilleid?

Hearing the cry of Deidamia

According to Catullus, where is the great marriage between Peleus and Thetis celebrated?

Thessaly

Who is the father of Achilles?

Peleus

What do the chorus mean when they say "For then the women of Troy would never have been harnessed to slavery's yoke."?

If Hecuba had killed Paris at birth, the Trojans would not have been conquered

Why does Catullus speak of the Argonauts when narrating the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?

Peleus fell in love with Thetis while sailing on the Argo

What is the judgment that Paris must make?

Which goddess is the most beautiful

Why must Thetis marry a mortal man?

She is fated to have a son greater than his father

What is the name of the daughter of the king of Argos whom the Phoenicians abduct, according to Herodotus?

Io

In Euripides' Helen, what good news does Helen receive from the Egyptian prophetess?

Her husband is still alive

The girls on Scyros perform dances in the style of which other islands?

Samothrace and Crete

How does Thetis disguise Achilles when she hides him from the Greek army?

Dresses him as a girl

According to Catullus, who brings "woodland gifts" to Peleus and Thetis?

Chiron

In Statius' Achilleid, which items that Ulysses and Diomedes have brought does Achilles pick up?

The shield and spear

In Catullus 64, what are the Parcae doing as they prophesy?

spinning

According to Euripides' Helen, who constructed Helen's phantom?

Hera

Why doesn't Menelaus believe that Helen is his wife when he first sees her in Euripides' Helen?

Because he thinks that a phantom is Helen

According to Herodotus' Histories, where does Io eventually end up?

Egypt

Where does the action of Euripides' Helen take place?

Egypt

What is Herodotus' native city?

Halicarnassus

Why is Helen in peril in Euripides' Helen?

Because the Egyptian king wants to marry her

Achilles tells Lycomedes, the king of Scyros, that his actions at Troy will bring honor to

Chiron

Who is Patroclus?

Achilles' most beloved comrade

What is the name of the daughter of the king of Tyre whom the Greeks abducted, according to Herodotus?

Europa

In Catullus 64, what do the Parcae prophesy will happen at Achilles' burial?

A young virgin will be sacrificed

Why does Achilles turn his anger against Hector?

He killed Patroclus

What unexpected fact about the Trojan War is revealed to Menelaus in Euripides' Helen?

Helen never went to Troy

How does Menelaus finally recognize the true Helen in Euripides' Helen?

He learns that the phantom Helen has disappeared

According to Herodotus, who does NOT have a hand in the abductions of Greek and Asian princesses?

Zeus

Why do the gods attend the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?

Because Thetis is a goddess

Who is Chryses?

The priest of Apollo who asks for the return of his daughter

According to Catullus, which god bears marks of his former punishment when he arrives to honor Peleus and Thetis?

Prometheus

What, according to Achilles, are in the two jars of Zeus?

Good things and evil things

How does Achilles demonstrate his anger towards Agamemnon in the Iliad?

He refuses to fight

Why, according to the Persians, do the Greeks bear the responsibility for the conflict between Greece and Asia?

They launch a military expedition over the abduction of Helen

According to the Phoenicians, why did Io leave Argos?

She was pregnant by the ship's captain

According to Catullus, the Parcae prophesy that the child of Peleus and Thetis will do all of the following EXCEPT

He will come home from the Trojan War

In Homer's Iliad, why does Achilles not kill Agamemnon in anger?

Because Athena stops him

What does Calchas say to the army at the beginning of Homer's Iliad?

That Apollo is angry that Agamemnon dishonored his priest

Why does Priam travel to Achilles' tent at the end of the Iliad?

To ransom the body of his son

Who is the mother of Achilles?

Thetis

Who are the three goddesses whom Paris must judge?

Hera, Athena, & Aphrodite

What do the Parcae mean when they say "Scamander's wave shall witness to his great virtues"?

Achilles will battle bravely at Troy

What is the name of the Scyrian princess Achilles loves?

Deidamia

In Statius' Achilleid, Achilles' dancing is likened to the behavior of what Theban king?

Pentheus

To whom does Jupiter himself "resign his love", according to Catullus?

Peleus

Who do the chorus of Euripides' Andromache refer to as "she who gave birth to this evil"?

Hecuba

Whom do the Argonauts see when they are sailing to Colchis, Aeetes' land?

The Nereids

In Euripides' Helen, what does Helen mean when she says "A name can do what a body never could?"

That her phantom was in Troy while she was in Egypt

Who or what is Ida?

A mountain near Troy

Who is Thetis' grandmother?

Tethys

According to Herodotus, from which city do the Phoenicians abduct the king's daughter?

Argos

Why do Achilles and Agamemnon argue in the Iliad?

Because Agamemnon takes Achilles' war prize

On what island does Thetis hide Achilles in hopes of keeping him from sailing to Troy?

Scyros

In Euripides' Andromache, what did Cassandra warn the elders of Troy?

That Paris would bring ruin to the city

What catches Ulysses' attention about Achilles' performance during the dance in Statius' Achilleid?

He isn't very good

In Catullus 64, what does Penios bring as a wedding gift?

trees

Who is Tyndareus?

Leda's mortal husband, the foster father of Helen

In the passage from Herodotus' Histories, who is the daughter of the king of Colchis?

Medea

To which of the following animals does Statius' Achilleid liken Achilles when he picks up the shield and spear?

A lion

In the Aeneid, whom does Pyrrhus kill in front of his victim's parents?

Polites

Whom does Athena visit after her conversation with Zeus at the beginning of the Odyssey?

Odysseus' son, Telemachus

In the Odyssey, where does Athena tell Telemachus to go for news of his father?

Pylos and Sparta

In the Aeneid, what does Priam do when he realizes that Troy has fallen?

He puts on his sword and armor

Why does Orestes refuse to call Clytemnestra "mother"?

He is ashamed of her behavior

Iphianassa (Iphigenia) is Agamemnon's

Eldest child

Why, according to Orestes, should Menelaus save him?

Because Orestes' father sacrificed another child, Iphigenia, to help Menelaus

Who is the father of Pyrrhus?

Achilles

When the disguised Athena talks to Telemachus in the Odyssey, where does she say Laertes is?

living in the country

Which of the following is NOT true of Aegisthus?

He fought at Troy

Why do the people weep when they see Iphianassa (Iphigenia)?

They know she is to be sacrificed

Why did Orestes kill his mother?

To avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon

In the Underworld in the Odyssey, What does Agamemnon tell Achilles about his funeral?

that his ashes were mixed with those of Patroclus

Why are the men in Odysseus' house called "suitors"?

Because they wish to marry Odysseus' wife, Penelope

According to the Odyssey, how does Thetis show her grief for her son?

she brings the other Nereids to sing a dirge

In the Underworld in the Odyssey, what does Agamemnon say about Penelope's behavior?

That she is "a woman beyond reproach"

Why does Tyndareus want to see Orestes dead?

Orestes killed his daughter, Clytemnestra

Lucretius remarks that Iphianassa (Iphigenia) is the right age to

Be married

What did Ulysses and Diomedes steal from Troy?

The Palladium, a statue of Minerva

Which god's anger has delayed Odysseus' return to Ithaca?

Poseidon

Why does Orestes speak of "pollution"?

He has incurred a blood guilt because of the murder of his mother

Where does the sacrifice of Iphianassa (Iphigenia) take place?

Aulis

What is the main subject of the Odyssey?

Odysseus' homecoming

Whom does Orestes claim ordered him to kill his mother?

Apollo

What horror does the Cyclops visit on Odysseus' men?

He eats them

Where is Odysseus when the action of the Odyssey begins?

Trapped on the island of Calypso

In the Odyssey, what does Proteus tell Menelaus about why Poseidon sent (Lesser) Ajax to his death?

that Poseidon was going to save Ajax, but then Ajax began to boast

Why can't Odysseus kill the Cyclops?

Otherwise he and his men would be trapped in the cave

Why does Menelaus say he cannot go to war for Orestes?

Because he has no resources and is tired from his wanderings

What feat does Odysseus accomplish before he reveals his true identity to the suitors?

He shoots an arrow through twelve axeheads

In the Aeneid, how does Pyrrhus respond to Priam's charge that Pyrrhus is unworthy of his father?

He tells Priam to tell his father when they meet in the underworld

What course of action does Menelaus suggest?

Patience and persuasion

In the Aeneid, when the Trojans are trying to decide what to do with the Horse, what advice does Laocoon give?

Don't trust gifts from Greeks.