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Trojan War Trivia

From wooden horses to divine beauty contests, prove your knowledge of the ten-year war that makes your modern breakups look like child's play.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Which Spartan queen, the wife of King Menelaus, was taken to Troy by Paris after being promised to him by the goddess Aphrodite?

Helen

What massive wooden structure, built by the carpenter Epeius, was left outside the gates of Troy as a supposed offering to the goddess Athena?

The Trojan Horse

Despite his near-invulnerability, the hero Achilles was ultimately killed by Paris after an arrow struck what specific part of his body?

Heel

To avenge the death of Patroclus, Achilles returned to battle to kill which Trojan prince and heir to King Priam in single combat?

Hector

Which epic poem follows the Greek hero Odysseus on his ten-year voyage back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy?

The Odyssey