Worksheet 1: Greek Religion and the Gods



Worksheet 1: Greek Religion and the Gods

1. Why were the gods important to the ancient Greeks?

2. Where is Mount Olympus?

3. Why do you think the Ancient Greeks believed that this is where the Gods lived?

4. Can you think of a high place in Ireland with religious associations?

5. What did the Ancient Greeks believe the Gods looked like?

6. What substance did the Gods have that made them immortal?

7. What food were they supposed to have eaten?

8. What did they like to drink?

9. The Gods like to change their appearance when visiting humans. How did Zeus often disguise himself?

The Gods and Mount Olympus

1. Where in Greece did the Gods live? _______________________________________

2. What did the gods look like? ________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What did they eat? ___________________________________________________________________

4. What did they drink? _________________________

5. What is ichor? ________________________________________________________________________________________

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6. What is chaos? __________________________________________________________________

7. Who were the first two people to appear out of chaos? _______________________________________________________________________________

8. What kind of children did they have? ________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. What did these children do to their father? ________________________________________________________________________________________

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10. Why did Cronos eat his children? ________________________________________________________________________________________

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11. Which of his children did he not eat and explain what this child did to become ruler of the universe.

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12. What is a Cyclops? _______________________________________________________________________

Draw a Cyclops.

Greek Gods & Roman Gods

|Zeusz |Mars |

|Zeus | |

|Hera |Jupiter |

|Hera | |

|Posei Poseidon |Apollo |

|Hades |Diana |

|Hestia |Juno |

|Apollo |Vulcan |

|Artemis |Venus |

|Aphrodite |Neptune |

|Athene |Mercury |

|Hermes |Bacchus |

|Hephaestus |Pluto |

|Ares |Vesta |

|Dionysus |Minerva |

Answer the following questions about Zeus, his mean father and his brothers and sisters.

1. What did the Ancient Greeks believe there was in the beginning? __________________________________

2. Who came out of this space? ________________________________________________________________

3. What kind of children did they have? __________________________________________________________

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4. Who was Cronos? To whom was he married? ___________________________________________________

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5. Describe what he did to his children and why? __________________________________________________

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6. Who was Zeus? Describe how he became ruler of the universe. _____________________________________

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7. Who is shown in the picture below? Why is he shown like this? ____________________________________

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___________________ is the Greek God of the Sea. His Roman

counterpart is _________________

Hades is the Greek god of the ___________. His Roman counterpart is

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Vesta is the Roman goddess of ______________ Her Greek

counterpart is _______________

Apollo is the Greek and Roman god of __________________________________ [pic]

_____________ is the Roman King of the Gods. His Greek counterpart is ________________

Diana is the Roman goddess of _________. Her Greek counterpart is ____________________

____________is the Greek Goddess of war and wisdom. Her Roman counterpart is __________

________________ is the Roman Messenger god. His Greek counterpart is ______________

Hephaestus is the Greek god of _______. His Roman counterpart is ___________________

_______ is the Greek god of War. His Roman counterpart is _________________________

__________________ is the Roman god of Wine. _______________ is his Greek counterpart

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of _______. Her Roman counterpart is ___________________

_________is the Greek queen of the gods. Her Roman counterpart is

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Ceres is the Roman goddess of __________. Her Greek counterpart is _______________

Perseus

1. Why did King Acrisius of Argos lock his daughter Danae up in a tower? ___________________

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2. How did Zeus disguise himself? ____________________________________________________

3. What did Acrisius do to Danae and Perseus ___________________________________________

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4. What is the name of the island where Danae and Perseus lived? __________________________

5. Who is Dictys? _______________________________________________________________

6. Who is Polydectes? Why did Perseus quarrel with him? _______________________________

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7. What task did Polydectes set Perseus? ______________________________________________

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8. What is a gorgon? ______________________________________________________________

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9. What advice did Athena give Perseus? ______________________________________________

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10. What did she lend Perseus to help him kill Medusa? ___________________________________

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11. How did Atlas help Perseus? ___________________________________

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12. What was very unusual about the Graeae Sisters? ____________________________________

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13. How did Perseus trick the Graeae Sisters into telling him how to find the water nymphs?

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14. What did Perseus get from the water nymphs? ________________________________________

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15. How did Hermes help Perseus? ___________________________________

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16. What were Medusa’s two sisters called? ___________________________________________

17. What were they doing when Perseus came upon the Gorgons? ___________________________

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18. What was Medusa doing? ________________________________________________________

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19. Describe how Perseus killed Medusa. _______________________________________________

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20. Who was born from the neck of Medusa? _____________________________________________________________________________

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21. What did Perseus do with Medusa’s head and why? ___________________________________

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22. What did Perseus do to Atlas? ____________________________________________________

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23. Why did Perseus punish Polydectes? _______________________________________________

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24. What happened when Perseus returned to his grandfather Acrisius’s kingdom?

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Theseus

1. Who was Theseus’s father? _______________________________________________________

2. Where did Theseus live? __________________________________________________________

3. Explain what happened when Theseus was sixteen. _____________________________________

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4. Who was Periphetes or ‘Famous’? How did Theseus deal with him? _______________________

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5. Who was Sinis? What happened to him? _____________________________________________

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6. What did Sciron do to travellers and how did Theseus deal with him? _______________________

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7. What did Procrustes do to him victims? ______________________________________________________

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8. What awful creature was terrorizing the villagers near Athens? ___________

9. Explain what happened when Theseus went to his father’s palace. __________________________

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10. Which of Theseus’s adventures do you like the most? Give reasons for your answer. ____________

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11. Draw a picture of one of Theseus’s victims.

The Judgement of Paris

Fill in the blanks:

_________________________ were getting married and because Thetis was a goddess, all the other gods were invited to the wedding except for one goddess called ________________. She was the goddess of _________ and always liked to cause trouble wherever she went. On the day of the wedding all the guests were assembled at Mt Olympus celebrating, when who should come to the wedding but Eris bringing an ___________. Upon it the words inscribed were ______________________ _____________. Immediately the three goddesses ______________ ____________________ and _________________ began fighting over the apple. They wanted to be judged the most beautiful of the goddesses. They went to __________the king of the Gods and asked him to decide who should have the apple. He sent them to _______________ to ask the shepherd there called ___________to decide who should have the apple . Zeus sent __________ the messenger god with them. Paris was really the son of King ___________ of Troy. There was a prophecy told when he was born that that when he grew up he would bring great destruction to the city of Troy. So his parents reluctantly asked a servant to kill Paris. The servant could not bear to do this so he gave him to a shepherd to look after on ___________________.

Paris grew up to be a very good shepherd and also to be very handsome. When Paris saw the gods

arriving he was very frightened and knew that when he had made his judgement he would offend the other two goddesses. They began to bribe him. Hera offered him ________________________. Athene offered him _____________________________. Aphrodite the love goddess offered him ________________ the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris chose ___________.

The only problem was that she was already married to ___________________ king of Sparta. Paris then found out that he was really the son of king ____________ of Troy and went to the city to see his parents. They were delighted that he was alive and when he asked for a ship to go to Sparta they gladly gave it to him. His brothers and sisters were not too happy as they remembered the prophecy told about him.

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Paris went to Sparta and King _______________ welcomed him to the palace. When Menelaus was away Paris kidnapped Helen and sailed away with her to Troy. Aphrodite put a spell on Helen to make her fall in love with Paris. When Menelaus came home and found out that Paris had kidnapped his wife he was naturally furious. He went to his brother __________________ who was king of ________________ and asked him to help get Helen back. _________________ asked the other kings and princes of Greece to help and assembled a huge fleet of ships together. They were going to sail to Troy to fight over the beautiful Helen. This was the start of the famous ____________ War and it lasted

for _______ years.

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Peleus and Thetis Eris Strife apple ‘for the fairest’ Zeus Hermes

Aphrodite, Athene and Hera Mt Ida Paris Shepherd Priam land and riches

‘The most beautiful woman in the world’ Helen Menelaus Sparta Agamemnon

Mycenae Trojan ten wisdom and victory in battle

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Copy the following questions into your copy books and answer. Do not write on this page.

Write full sentences.

1. Who was Thetis?

2. Who was the unwelcome guest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?

3. Why was she unwelcome?

4. What did she bring to the wedding?

5. What was written on it?

6. Name the three goddesses who fought over that inscription?

7. Who was asked to judge the goddesses?

8. What happened when he was born?

9. Which goddess did he choose?

10. What did she promise him if she was chosen?

11. Were the other Goddesses happy with this judgement?

12. What did Paris do then?

13. How did this start the Trojan War?

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4. The most beautiful woman in the world.

7. ‘For the Fairest’ was written on this.

8. Goddess of love.

9. Mountain near Troy.

12. King of the gods.

13. In which modern country would you find Troy?

14. How long did the Trojan war last?

15. She causes trouble wherever she goes.

16. Where the gods live.

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1. King of Sparta.

2. She is married to the king of the gods.

3. Where did Menelaus live?

5. King of Troy.

6. He married Thetis.

7. Goddess of wisdom.

10. The big brother.

11. Messenger god

1. Where did the Greek fleet assemble before setting sail for Troy? _________________

2. Who was in command of the whole army? _____________________________________

3. Why was Achilles considered to be a bad Admiral? _______________________________

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4. Who was Nestor? __________________________________________________________

5. Who was Calchas? _________________________________________________________

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6. Explain why the ships could not sail to Troy. ____________________________________________________________________________

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7. What task did Agamemnon set for Odysseus? ______________________________________

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8. Why was Achilles annoyed? ____________________________________________________________________________

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9. What reasons did Agamemnon give for sacrificing Iphigenia? __________________________

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10. Do you think he was making a good argument? Give reasons.

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11. Do you think that Iphigenia was brave? Give reasons for your answer. ___________________

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12. What did Artemis do and why? __________________________________________________

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Word Search Puzzle: Iphigenia at Aulis

A D O Z U R Y J N A A S O Z E

C R E G J L O O D I C A V V F

Y R T G I Y N J J N H H S B R

P R U S A M I T B E I C N K P

V A Q E E G R G Q G L L E U L

M R T M L N N V F I L A S U E

N Y A R A T M E J H E C T F D

D G V U I Z Y E Q P S H O U J

A C L K C O A N T I L E R C J

N I O K P R T W R Y W G A X

S L F Y T E E I F O L R P K L

E H D E E F U X C H S C E T W

L U M K T G N I T N U H N E K

Y I B R A V E R Y S D N I W D

S A C R I F I C E Z E K I A B

ACHILLES

AGAMEMNON

ARTEMIS

AULIS

BRAVERY

CALCHAS

CLYTEMNESTRA

CRUELTY

DEER

ENGAGED

HUNTING

IPHIGENIA

NESTOR

PATRIOTIC

SACRIFICE

WINDS

The WRATH OF ACHILLES: WORKSHEET

1. What is the meaning of the word wrath? ______________________________________________________

2. What did the bravest of the warriors take as booty from their raiding?

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3. What was the name of the girl captured by Agamemnon? _____________________________

4. What was her father called and what was his special job? ______________________________

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5. What was the name of the girl captured by Achilles? _________________________________

6. Explain why Apollo sent a plague among the Greek army. ____________________________

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7. Who called an assembly and why? _______________________________________________

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8. Who is Calchas? Why was he afraid to speak at the assembly? ________________________

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9. Explain why Agamemnon and Achilles quarrelled. __________________________________

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10. Who stopped Achilles from killing Agamemnon? ___________________________________

11. What did she tell him to do instead? ______________________________________________

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12. What are Achilles men called? __________________________________________________

13. After shouting at Agamemnon what did Achilles tell him he was going to do? _____________

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14. Who is Nestor? How did he intervene in the quarrel? ________________________________

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15. Who is Thetis? Why did Achilles go to her? _______________________________________

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16. Why was Zeus reluctant to help Thetis? ___________________________________________

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17. What happened when Zeus nodded his head? _______________________________________

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18. From your reading of this story, what is your opinion of Agamemnon? Give reasons for your answer.

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19. From your reading of this story what is your opinion of Achilles? Give reasons for your answer.

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20. Imagine you could interview either Agamemnon or Achilles after their disastrous quarrel. Write an account of your interview in your copybook. Do not write your answer on this page.

The Death of Patroclus worksheet:

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1. What news did Patroclus give Achilles about the Greek army and ships? _________________

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2. What did Patroclus ask of Achilles? ______________________________________________

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3. Which piece of Achilles’ armour did Patroclus not take and why? _______________________

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4. What two requests did Achilles make of Zeus and did Zeus grant these requests?

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5. Who is Hector? ____________________________________________________________________________

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6. How many times did Patroclus try to climb the walls of Troy and what happened to him each time?

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7. Who is Cebriones? What happened to him? ________________________________________

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8. How was Patroclus killed? _____________________________________________________

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9. What prophesy did Patroclus make as he lay dying? _________________________________

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10. Who recovered the body of Patroclus from the battlefield? ____________________________

11. What was Achilles’ reaction to the death of Patroclus? _______________________________

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The Death of Patroclus

S O N S A A U S M B Q I S F D

Z E O R P C U Y Z U T N P Z W

D Y L O G A R I T R O J A N S

I V L L L M L K K N C P G V A

J L L E I D Z I K I W A U O A

O Z N D T H G O V N B F H Y G

W E O G W F C K D G S F R V R

M N P Z D M X A M S L Y K I E

S U B R O H P U E H L S K U E

G U L S A Y E I J I A E M O K

L G T N V E C C L P W H R H S

S N D K H H P I T S D P K J G

A O Z F A E L S G O A O C E S

R U O M R A U R Z Y R R O J J

T R O Y W U S K T F S P X Z U

ACHILLES

ANTS

APOLLO

ARMOUR

BURNINGSHIPS

EUPHORBUS

GREEKS

HECTOR

MENELAUS

MYRMIDONS

PROPHESY

SPEAR

TROJANS

TROY

WALLS

Hector and Achilles

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1. Who made Achilles’ new armour? ________________________________________________

2. Why did he need new armour? __________________________________________________

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3. Who brought the new armour to Achilles? _________________________________________

4. What advice did Poulydamas give Hector? Did he take this advice? ____________________

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5. Explain why Apollo disguised himself as Agenor. ___________________________________

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6. What options did Hector think about when he was standing outside waiting for Achilles?

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7. What did Hector do when Achilles got nearer? ______________________________________

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8. What bargain did Hector try to make with Achilles? _________________________________

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9. Where did Achilles stab Hector? _________________________________________________

10. According to Hector who would kill Achilles? ______________________________________

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11. Who is Andromache? What was she doing when Hector was killed? ___________________

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12. What happened to her when she saw Hector being dragged off by Achilles?

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13. What did Andromache do with Hector’s clothes?

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14. Based on your reading of this story what is your opinion of Hector?

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15. What is your opinion of Achilles based on your reading of this story?

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Hector and Achilles

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1. Married to Hector

3. God who helped Hector and the Trojans

4. Hector's mother

9. He made Achilles' new armour

11. Who killed Achilles?

12. Where Hector was stabbed

13. Mother of Achilles

14. Apollo disguised himself as him!

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2. Athene disguised herself as him

5. Goddess who helped Achilles

6. Hector was tied to this

7. Son of Hector

8. Hector's wife was making this

10. King of Troy

1. Who was the messenger sent by Zeus to tell Thetis to come to him?

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2. Why was Thetis crying? _________________________________

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3. What did the messenger tell Priam to do? __________________________________________

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4. What was Hecabe’s reaction when she heard what Priam was about to do? _______________

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5. What sign did Zeus send? ______________________________________________________

6. Who did Zeus send to accompany Priam to the Greek camp? __________________________

7. How was he disguised? ________________________________________________________

8. Explain how Priam was able to enter the Greek camp. ________________________________

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9. What did Priam do when he first saw Achilles? _____________________________________

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10. Explain why both Priam and Achilles started to cry. _________________________________

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11. Why did Achilles become angry? ________________________________________________

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12. Why did Achilles sent Priam out to sleep on the Portico? _____________________________

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13. Who came to Priam and told him to leave at once? _____________________

14. Who was the first person to see Priam returning with Hector’s body? ___________________

15. What did Andromache say about Hector? _________________________________________

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16. What did his mother Hecabe say about him? _______________________________________

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17. What did Helen say about Hector? _______________________________________________

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18. Write a description of Hector’s funeral. ___________________________________________

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1. How was Achilles killed? ______________________________________________________

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2. To where had the Greek ships sailed? _____________________________________________

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3. Who had the idea of building the Wooden Horse? ___________________________________

4. What did Sinon tell the Greeks about the horse? ____________________________________

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5. Who was Cassandra? _________________________________________________________

6. Why did no one believe her prophecies? __________________________________________

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7. Who was Laocoon? _________________________________________________________

8. What happened to Laocoon and explain why? _____________________________________

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9. Explain what happened on the night that the Horse was taken inside the city.

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10. What happened to King Priam? __________________________________________________

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11. What happened to Andromache wife of Hector? ____________________________________

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12. Why did the Greeks kill Astyanax son of Hector? ___________________________________

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13. Explain why Hera and Athene wanted revenge on Paris and Troy. ______________________

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14. Do you admire the Greeks for the way in which they finally got into the Trojan city? Give reasons for your answer.

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Match the Greek god with the correct Roman god

Choose the correct words from below.

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