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What was the historical cause of the Trojan War (probably), and what was the mythological cause? Historical: Troy is a city that guards the entrance to the Black Sea, and so it's likely that they were harassing the Greeks' trade routes. Mythical: Paris stole Helen from king Menelaos of Sparta. Menelaos was brother of Agamemnon of Mycenae.

One of the horrific acts committed in the "House of Atreus" (not the literal house, but the family that includes Atreus) was that he did what to Thyestes' children?- He chopped them up, put them in a stew and fed them to Thyestes

Eris B. Eros- a."strife" b.love

What was the Judgment of Paris? If you don't know the story, you'll miss a question. The competition between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, in which Paris chooses Aphrodite so he can gain Helen as his wife.

Helen and Menelaos ruled over?? SPARTA

The rape of Helen particularly offended Zeus because it violated his rules of- hospitality

You'd better know about Philoctetes being abandoned on Lemnos .- He was bitten by a snake and left behind because the bite caused him to stink and swear constantly

What did Lucretius think the sacrifice of Iphigenia demonstrated?- the power of religion to make men do evil things

The Iliad does NOT tell the story of the Trojan Horse. .- It tells of one incident in the 9th year of the war

What amateurish thing did Schliemann do at Troy? . .- he didn't realize cities are buried in layers, so he dug down indiscriminately

Milman Parry followed the Serbo-Croatian poets around and discovered what about their technique? This relates to the Homeric Question.- They were improvising; Not telling the same story every night; A special poetic language was used; epithets used to give time

kleos- recieving the respect that one has earned by one's accomplishments and family connections; honor

The Greek word hubris refers to- a refusal to ask the gods for help

Ate- the personification of ruin,

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