Mythology 39 Troy Pt.2 Paris, Helen, Odysseus, & Achilles | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Explain the curse of the House of Atreus.

Because of Tantalus; fighting between sons of Pelops, continued with Agamemnon + Menelaus, etc.

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Who are Helen's parents?

Leda and Tyndareus, King and Queen of Sparta. (really Zeus)

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Name three locations from today's mythology map.

Troy, Sycros, Ithaca, Mycenae, Sparta, Peloponnese/Achaea, Crete, etc.

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Who is Tantalus? What did he do? What was his punishment?

Great-grandfather of Agamemnon + Menelaus, served his son to the Olympians, punished in Tartarus with food and water just out of reach.

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Tell us about Odysseus's ruse. Why did he use deception? How did it fail?

Wow, you really know your stuff! / Sorry, were looking for...

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How did Tyndareus deal with his problem of Helen and her suitors?

Odysseus's advice and the oath.

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Who were Achilles's parents?

Thetis, water nymph goddess, and Peleus, king and Argonaut.

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What two prophecies were related to Achilles? What was done about them?

Thetis's prophecy, river Styx; Calchas's prophecy, Achilles's ruse.

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What happened when Paris and the Trojan envoys arrived in Sparta?

Xenia, betrayal, abduction of Helen, etc.

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Choose a minor character and tell us about them, including how they're related to today's myth: Chiron, Patroclus, Calchas, Agamemnon, Penelope, Telemachus, Atreus, Eros.

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