Greek and Roman Literature Review

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  1. 6. In the Iliad, Agamemnon made this god angry, by refusing to listen to his priest.
  2. 10. King of Thebes, who had a tragic history.
  3. 11. Homer's great epic about the Trojan War.
  4. 13. Pyramus's beloved, whom he believed to be dead.
  5. 16. One of Oedipus's daughters, who became the eponymous heroine of her own play.
  6. 19. A great orator (speaker) who gave a funeral speech.
  7. 21. A major city, whose burning is recorded by Tacitus.
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  1. 1. Part-god, the Greeks' best warrior.
  2. 2. Author of the Oedipus trilogy.
  3. 3. A great GREEK historian.
  4. 4. Priam's younger son, whose love got the whole country in trouble.
  5. 5. It was predicted that Oedipus would ____ his father.
  6. 7. According to tradition, the poet homer was ____.
  7. 8. The emperor of Rome when it burned.
  8. 9. The Trojan's hero - Priam's son and their best warrior.
  9. 12. Leader of the Greek army, who fought frequently with Achilles.
  10. 14. Her beauty (and kidnapping) started the Trojan war.
  11. 15. Fell in love with Thisbe.
  12. 17. A great ROMAN historian.
  13. 18. A descriptive, often repeated phrase in epics that describes a character
  14. 20. In Greek drama, they often commented on the action of the play.