The Iliad and the Odyssey

The myth states that love and jealousy started a HUGE war when a prince named ​ (a)   fell in love with a married woman, named Helen. She was from Sparta and her husband was a King named ​ (b)   . When he found out he gathered an army of Spartans and with the help of the Greek hero ​ (c)   they went to Troy to get her back!

• Paris
• Menelaus
• Achilles
• Zeus
• Apollo
• Athena
• Medusa

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Use the story: In the story, who is Helen?

• the wife of Zeus

• the sister of Apollo

• the babysitter of Achilles

• the wife of Menelaus

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Use the story: What words were written on the apple that the Goddess of Discord threw among the guests?

• For the strongest

• For the bravest

• For the fairest

• For the tallest

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Use the story: What did Aphrodite offer to Paris in the story?

• Paris would be the wisest of men

• Paris would be the most powerful ruler of all

• Paris would be the best sailor in all the world

• Paris would have the love of the most beautiful woman in the world

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Use the story: What did Athena offer to Paris in the story?

• Paris would be the wisest of men

• Paris would be the most powerful ruler of all

• Paris would be the best sailor in all the world

• Paris would have the love of the most beautiful woman in the world

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Use the story: According to the story, who is Paris?

• the son of the King of Troy

• the son of Apollo and Hera

• the brother of Heracles

• the sister of Athena

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Who was the goddess of discord and strife?

• Eris

• Helen

• Agamemnon

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Who is the author of the Illiad and the Odyssey?

• Homer

• Hector

• Paris

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Prince of Troy whose decision led to The Trojan War

• Eris

• Paris

• Hector

• Achilles

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The most beautiful mortal woman in the world

• Eris

• Aphrodite

• Helen

• Hera

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