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The Iliad
Homer
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Who wears Achilles armor to terrify the Trojans?
Achilles
Patroclus
Menelaus
Apollo
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Who wounds Ares and Aphrodite?
Agamemnon
Achilles
Diomedes
Nestor
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Which two characters are referred to as the "Aeantes"?
Great Ajax and Little Ajax
Diomedes and Odysseus
Great Ajax and Achilles
Agamemnon and Little Ajax
4
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Who attempts to fight Achilles in one-on-one battle, allowing the Trojan army to flee inside to walls of Troy?
Hector
King Priam
Agenor
Paris
5
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What does Helen feel guilty for?
Leaving Menelaus for Paris
Betraying Achilles in battle
Sacrificing to the wrong gods
Having a hand in Hector's death
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