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Mythology
Final Exam
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Undergraduate 2
04/30/2006

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Priam
Definition
-Son of Laomedon
-King of Troy
-Father of 50 sons and many daughters
-Begged Achilles to return his son Hector's body for Burial
-Was killed by Neoptolemus
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Paris
Definition
-Youngest son of Priam and Hecuba
-Was foretold he would be the cause of the downfall of Troy
-Picked Aphrodite as "fairest"
-Kidnapped Helen leading to Greece declaring war on Troy
-Kills Achilles by shooting his heel
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Aeneas
Definition
-Son of Anchises and Venus
-Cousin of Priam
-Leader of Troy's Dardanian allies during Trojan War
-Became founder of Roman Culture
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Hector
Definition
-Eldest son of Priam and Hecuba
-Mightiest warrior on side of Troy
-Killed by Achilles
-Corpse was dragged on Hector's chariot before walls of Troy
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Andromache
Definition
-Daughter of Eetion
-Wife of Hector
-Her father and brothers were killed by Achilles
-Captured by Neoptolemus
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Astyanax
Definition
-Son of Hector and Andromache
-Thrown from wall by Neoptolamus and killed
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Cassandra
Definition
-Most beautiful of the daughters of Priam and Hecuba
-Given gift of prophecy by Apollo
-She foresaw the danger posed by the Trojan Horse but was ignored
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Laomedon
Definition
-Son of Ilus
-Gave Troy its city walls
-Refused to give Heracles a horse or reward for building walls
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Laocoon
Definition
-Trojan priest
-Threw a lance at wooden horse of the Greeks and warned Trojans about it
-Was torn apart by serpents created by gods
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Anchises
Definition
-Son of Capys
-Father of Aeneas
-Owner of six remarkable horses
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Creusa
Definition
-Daughter of Priam
-Married to Aeneas
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Agamemnon
Definition
-Son of Atreus
-Leader of Greeks during Trojan War
-Was murdered on his homecoming
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Clytemnestra
Definition
-Married to Agamemnon
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Iphigenia
Definition
-Daughter of Agamemnon
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Menelaus
Definition
-Son of Atreus
-Married to Helen
-Became ruler of Lacedaemon
Term
Helen
Definition
-Most beautiful women in the world
-Abducted by Paris
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Achilles
Definition
-Mightiest of Greeks
-Hero of the Iliad
-Killed Hector and dragged his corpse behind his chariot
-Was killed by Paris
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Patroclus
Definition
-Achilles closest friend
-Killed by Hector
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Nestor
Definition
-Only one spared by Heracles
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Ajax
Definition
-Competed with Odysseus for Achilles armor but lost
-Driven mad and commited suicide
-Was very strong but couldnt speak well
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Sinon
Definition
-Greek Spy
-Persuaded Trojans to move wooden horse into the city
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