QUIZ#2 GREEK LITERATURE

Cards (24)

  • QUEEN HECUBA
    SHE IS THE wife of King Priam
  • GOD XANTUS
    He tried to drown Achilles as he crossed the river of Troy in search of Hector.
  • PHILOCTETES
    • He possessed the Bow and arrow of Hercules He also wounded Paris
  • PRINCE MEMNON
    He came to assist Troy. He was the last battle of Achilles before he was shot by Paris using an arrow which was actually guided by Apollo.
  • ERIS
    He is not invited to the marriage because he is known as the God of divorce.
  • PALLADIUM
    it is the most sacred image of Athena in Troy.
  • PANDARUS
    He wounded Menelaus, he is also a Trojan, persuaded by Athena to shoot an arrow at Menelaus.
  • AENEAS
    He is the son of Aphrodite, fought alongside Hector, where he was nearly killed by Diomedes.
  • IPHIGANIA
    She is the daughter of Agamemnon, was sacrificed to ensure a safe voyage to Troy.
  • AESOP'S FABLE
    were among the first printed works in vernacular English.
  • HESIOD
    He is the author of Theogony, wrote a hymn to Apollo's Muses. Theogony. He is also the first greek philosopher.
  • SAPPHO
    She is Greek poet, also known as the tenth muse. Among her best-known works is the hymn in honor of Aphrodite.
  • ARESTOPHANES
    He is the author of old comedy, his plays were satires of public persons and affairs as well as candid political criticisms.
  • HERODOTUS
    He is Historian and geographer, author of Greek cosmogony. Among his best-known works are The Nine Books of Histor
  • Homer
    The Iliad and the Odyssey
  • Plato
    The Republic
  • Sophocles
    Oedipus King.
  • Aristotle
    Rhetorical art
  • Sappho
    Ode to Aphrodite and to the Beloved
  • Herodotus
    The Nine Books of History
  • Aeschylus
    Prometheus in chains
  • Euripides
    Medea, HIPPOLYTUS
  • PINDAR
    Greek choral lyric poet known for his Odes in honor of the Olympic Games. It sings of the life, beauty, strength and vigor of youth.
  • Anacreon
    Greek poet who sings the pleasures of life, love and wine. His poetry influenced poets of the Middle Ages. Among his best-known works are the poems Anacreontic.