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9th Grade
04/28/2010

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Hera
Definition
goddess who does not receive Golden Apple; wants to see troy in ashes.
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Artemis
Definition
goddess who won't allow the Greeks to sail to troy.
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Ajax
Definition
important Greek warrior who comits suicise.
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Hephaestus
Definition
makes new armor for Achilles during the war.
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Apollo
Definition
god who sickens Greek Army.
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Chryseis
Definition
captured maiden whose father is priest to Apollo
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Achilles
Definition
Greatest Greek Warrior.
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Hector
Definition
greatest Trojan warrior.
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Cassandra
Definition
Trojan whose truth is never believed.
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Briseis
Definition
Achilles maiden who was taken from him.
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Aeneas
Definition
important Trojan warrior who escapes Troy's destruction.
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Athena
Definition
grey eyed goddess who doesn't receive Golden Apple; assists Achilles.
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Eris
Definition
goddess of discord.
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Agamemnon
Definition
leader of the Greeks.
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Aphrodite
Definition
receives the Golden Apple.
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Helen
Definition
world's most beautiful woman.
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Hermes
Definition
messenger god.
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Iphigenia
Definition
daughter of Agamemnon.
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Diomedes
Definition
2nd best Greek Warrior
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Patroclus
Definition
BFF of Achilles who dies wearing the armor of Achilles.
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Protesilaus
Definition
First Greek to die at Troy.
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Laodamia
Definition
Greek wife who commits suicide.
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Priam
Definition
King of troy.
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Peleus
Definition
husband of Thetis.
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Odysseus
Definition
cunning Greek who originally turns down call to arms; Trojan Horse - his idea.
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Sinon
Definition
Greek left behide to lie to Trojans.
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Philoctetes
Definition
possesses bow and arrow of Hercules used to kill Paris.
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Menelaus
Definition
husband of Helen.
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Tyndareus
Definition
step-father of Helen.
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Laocoon
Definition
Trojan killed by sea serpent sent by Poseidon.
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Paris
Definition
son of King Priam but not allowed to grow up in Troy. 
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Zeus
Definition
father of Helen.
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Thetis
Definition
sea nymph; mother of Achilles.
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Palladium
Definition
sacred image of Athena located in Troy
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Pandarus
Definition
Trojan Warrior encouraged by Athena to restart fighting.
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Oenone
Definition
sea nymph dumped by Paris.
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Leda
Definition
mother of Helen.
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