CLA10 Units 13 & 14 Comprehension Questions and Answers
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CLA10 Units 13 & 14 Comprehension Questions and Answers
Why do the gods attend the marriage of Peleus and Thetis?
Because Thetis is a goddess
Why, according to the Persians, do the Greeks bear the responsibility for the conflict between Greece and Asia?
They launch a military expedition o...
CLA10 Units 13 & 14 Comprehension
Questions and Answers
Why do the gods attend the marriage of Peleus and Thetis? - answer Because
Thetis is a goddess
Why, according to the Persians, do the Greeks bear the responsibility for the conflict
between Greece and Asia? - answer They launch a military expedition over the
abduction of Helen
Why is Helen in peril in Euripides' Helen? - answer Because the Egyptian king wants
to marry her
Who is Thetis' grandmother? - answer Tethys
What is Herodotus' native city? - answer Halicarnassus
According to Euripides' Helen, who constructed Helen's phantom? - answer Hera
How does Menelaus finally recognize the true Helen in Euripides' Helen? - answer
He learns that the phantom Helen has disappeared
In Catullus 64, what do the Parcae prophesy will happen at Achilles' burial? - answer
A young virgin will be sacrificed
Who do the chorus of Euripides' Andromache refer to as "she who gave birth to this
evil"? - answer Hecuba
In Catullus 64, what are the Parcae doing as they prophesy? - answer spinning
Who is Chryses? - answer The priest of Apollo who asks for the return of his
daughter
Why does Priam travel to Achilles' tent at the end of the Iliad? - answer To ransom
the body of his son
In the passage from Herodotus' Histories, who is the daughter of the king of Colchis? -
answer Medea
According to Herodotus, who does NOT have a hand in the abductions of Greek and
Asian princesses? - answer Zeus
, In Euripides' Helen, what good news does Helen receive from the Egyptian prophetess?
- answer Her husband is still alive
According to Herodotus, from which city do the Phoenicians abduct the king's daughter?
- answer Argos
What is the name of the child born to Peleus and Thetis? - answer Achilles
What fate awaits Achilles if he chooses to avenge the death of Patroclus? - answer
To die and never return to Phthia
The girls on Scyros perform dances in the style of which other islands? - answer
Samothrace and Crete
To which of the following animals does Statius' Achilleid liken Achilles when he picks up
the shield and spear? - answer A lion
Who or what is Ida? - answer A mountain near Troy
In Catullus 64, what does Penios bring as a wedding gift? - answer trees
Why does Catullus speak of the Argonauts when narrating the marriage of Peleus and
Thetis? - answer Peleus fell in love with Thetis while sailing on the Argo
According to Catullus, where is the great marriage between Peleus and Thetis
celebrated? - answer Thessaly
What is the name of the daughter of the king of Tyre whom the Greeks abducted,
according to Herodotus? - answer Europa
What catches Ulysses' attention about Achilles' performance during the dance in
Statius' Achilleid? - answer He isn't very good
Achilles tells Lycomedes, the king of Scyros, that his actions at Troy will bring honor to -
answer Chiron
Who is Tyndareus? - answer Leda's mortal husband, the foster father of Helen
According to Catullus, the Parcae prophesy that the child of Peleus and Thetis will do all
of the following EXCEPT - answer He will come home from the Trojan War
According to Herodotus, what incident do the Persians say was the beginning of the
conflict between the Greeks and Asians? - answer the capture of Troy
What is the name of the Scyrian princess Achilles loves? - answer Deidamia
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