Trojan War - Vocabulary and Events

arripio

The goddesses offer Paris bribes, Hera offers ______

Inside the city, the Greeks wreak havoc and level the city. Achilles' son kills ___

Menelaus, king of ____, is awarded Helen's hand in marriage.

defendo

Troy is famous because of the war fought there, as told by Homer in the ________.

venio

She throws a golden ________ into the banquet hall with a note that says, “To the Fairest.”

Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite ask _____ to be the judge, but he refuses. He appoints Paris.

arcus, arci- m.

When the Trojans find the huge, wooden horse ___ warns them not to bring it in.

proelium

Odysseus uncovers Achilles' disguise when he is the only "maid" interested in ___

More than _ years BC, in the eastern part of the Mediterranean was a great city, Troy.

paratus

Forced to give up Chryseis, Agamemnon demands Achilles' captive _____.

In violation of the sacred law of treating the deceased with respect, Achilles

The war began because Eris, goddess of __ was not invited to a wedding.

The Greek victory is especially pleasing to two goddesses __ and ___.

Poseidon sends his ____ to devour the prophet making the Trojans think he is lying.

gero

gladius

Paris is doing ___ work because it is prophesied that he will be the ruin of Troy.

Aphrodite offers ___________ the most beautiful woman in the world.

To try and avoid going to war, Odysseus pretends to be

Athena offers Paris ____.

The oath makes all the men swear to ___ anyone who steals Helen.

The fighting in the war lasts for __ years.

ferus, -a, -um

The 1000 Greek ships cannot sail at first because of the anger of ___

ferio

When Achilles refuses to fight, ____ borrows his armor to fight in the war.

When Paris goes to Sparta, Menelaus is welcoming because of xenia, the code of

Unable to break through the walls ___ suggests a trick - a large wooden horse.

bellum, belli - n.

Hector and Achilles both know they are fated to die in the war of the ___ city.

When Agamemnon takes Chryseis captive, her father prays to ___ for help.

To bring Iphigenia to Aulis to be sacrificed, Agamemnon lies about a marriage to __

One Trojan survivor, ____ the son of Aphrodite manages to escape the destruction.

Before her marriage the Greek suitors all swore the Oath of ___.

The angry goddess will not be appeased until there is _______.

pius

When Achilles' best friend dies at the hands of ___, Achilles is furious and returns to the war

The two armies meet, the mightiest soldier of Troy is

scutum

pugno

sagitta

oppugno

The god rains down arrows on the Greek army striking them with ___.

When Paris steals Helen, Menelaus assembles all the men from the oath. ___ and ___ don't come.