Edith Hamilton "Trojan War" 2

To which goddess did Paris award the golden apple?

• Hera

• Eris

• Aphrodite

• Pallas Athena

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Who was the fairest women in the world?

• Thetis

• Helen

• Oenone

• Hecuba

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Why does Edith Hamilton refer to King Tyndareus as Helen's reputed father and her mother's husband?

• Zeus was her actual father.

• Helen was the daughter of Leda's previous husband.

• Helen was the daughter of Peleus and Thetis.

• Helen's actual origin is unknown.

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Match the following

• bright glowing light

• Nymph

• lonely and miserable, like Oenone.

• radiant

• A minor goddess associated with nature

• suitors

• a god

• Forlorn

• men wooing a woman, in this case, Helen

• divinity

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 The fairest woman in the world was ​ (a)   , the daughter of ​ (b)   and Leda . . . . When her ​ (c)   assembled in her home to make a formal proposal for her hand. . . . King ​ (d)   , her reputed father, . . . exacted a solemn oath from all that they would champion the cause of Helen's husband, whoever he might be . . . so they all bound themselves to punish to the uttermost anyone who carried or tried to carry Helen away. Then Tyndareus chose ​ (e)   , the brother of Agamemnon, and made him King of Sparta as well.

• Helen
• Zeus
• suitors
• Tyndareus
• Menelaus
• agamemnon
• Peleus

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Paris visited Menelaus in Sparta, and Menelaus welcomed him into his home.

• True

• False

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) God/Goddess

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(b) Demigod: One Immortal Parent

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(c) Mortal

,

(d) Nymph

• Aphrodite

• Achilles

• Peleus

• Helen

• Oenone

• Eris

• Zeus

• Thetis

• Palla Athena

• Tyndarius

• Hera

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Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty?

• Athena

• Hera

• Aphrodite

• Artemis

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Who is the king of the gods in Greek mythology?

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hades

• Apollo

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Who was Helen married to?

• Menelaus
• Agamemnon
• Priam
• Paris

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