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Study Questions of

1. What does say about ?

2. What is ’s reaction to Paris’ action? What is Paris’ response?

3. What does say when she first sees Helen? What warning does she give?

4. What does Helen say she wants to do? Why do you think she does this?

5. What does ask of ? Who goes with him?

6. How does ’ approach to Priam differ from Menelaus’? Who seems to be more successful?

7. Why does Priam decide against returning Helen? What offer does he make to her?

8. What do Agamemnon and do as the rest of the Greek army lands on the Trojan coast?

9. saves Paris during the fight with Agamemnon. Why does he save he does this?

10. What does Cassandra say must happen in order to avoid the destruction of Troy?

11. What does Priam order be done with Cassandra? Why?

12. What does Agamemnon propose to end the war?

13. In this account, what happens during the fight between Paris and Menelaus?

14. What realization does Menelaus make? What does he reveal to Paris about the poison?

15. What does Hector offer?

16. Who offers to fight in Agamemnon’s place?

17. Why does Helen claim Achilles fights?

18. Does Achilles seem to be an honorable character in this version of the story? Why?

19. What is Cassandra’s response to Helen’s question about how to save Paris?

20. What does Helen do after her conversation with Cassandra? What happens?

21. Where does Paris go? For what purpose?

22. What happens to Achilles?

23. What happens to Paris?

24. What does Priam believe the Greeks have done?

25. What is discovered outside the walls of the city?

26. What does Helen caution?

27. Why does Priam allow the horse into the walls of the city?

28. In this version what do the Trojans have to do in order to bring the horse inside the walls?

29. Why does Cassandra say Helen’s sacrifice did not work?

30. Who kills Priam?

31. Who does Agamemnon summon?

32. Who appears to help Helen at the end?

33. What happens to Agamemnon? Why?

34. What happens to Helen in the end?