Q 01/05

The Trojan War began after Paris took Helen from her husband, the king of which Greek city?

A) Athens

B) Mycenae

C) Sparta

D) Ithaca

Answer · why

C) Sparta

Menelaus then called in every prince who had sworn to defend Helen's marriage.

Q 02/05

Which goddess tossed a golden apple inscribed 'to the fairest' into a wedding?

A) Hera

B) Eris

C) Athena

D) Nemesis

Answer · why

B) Eris

Eris had been left off the guest list for the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

Q 03/05

At the Judgement of Paris, which goddess offered him political power and control of all Asia?

A) Athena

B) Artemis

C) Demeter

D) Hera

Answer · why

D) Hera

Athena offered wisdom and skill in battle; Paris chose the third goddess's offer of love instead.

Q 04/05

Where was Paris being raised as a shepherd when Hermes led the three goddesses to him?

A) Mount Olympus

B) Mount Ida

C) Mount Parnassus

D) Mount Athos

Answer · why

B) Mount Ida

The goddesses appeared to him naked after bathing in a spring on the mountain.

Q 05/05

Homer's Iliad covers only a short stretch of the war. In which year of the siege is it set?

A) The first

B) The tenth

C) The fifth

D) The ninth

Answer · why

B) The tenth

Its core describes just four days and two nights of fighting.