Pigs and Pegs in Greek Myth

If these sort of topics interest you, please check our "Hour 25" a classical studies club hosted by Harvard University and the Center for Hellenic Studies.

You could also check out my blog at Bill's Classical Studies. Both sites evolved from an online course called "The Ancient Greek Hero in Twenty-Four hours.

Created by: William Moulton
  1. Troy's transitory sojourn occurred below this Phrygian peak.
  2. So saying, he laid his child in his dear wife's arms, and she took him to her fragrant bosom, smiling through her tears; and her husband was touched with pity at sight of her and he stroked her with his hand, and spake to his dear wife Andromache" Who is this hero?
  3. "Apollo grant me glory." Odysseus spoke, and aimed a bitter arrow at this suitor. Now he was on the point of raising to his lips a fair goblet, a two-eared cup of gold, and was even now handling it, that he might drink of the wine, and death was not in his thoughts" Which suitor was first to die?
  4. This swineherd bought Mesaulius by himself alone, while his master Odysseus was gone, without the knowledge of his mistress Penelope or the old Laertes, buying him of the Taphians with his own goods. Who was the swine herd?
  5. Meanwhile the two of them came in"”radiant Odysseus leading the way"”and stood before him. Achilles sprang up . Who were the two men Odysseus lead into Achilles' tent?
  6. The gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow. But his mother Leto alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his strong shoulders in her hands and hangs them on a golden peg against a pillar Which archer god are we talking about?
  7. From the peg the herald hung the clear-toned lyre, and took the poet by the hand, leading the good minstrel held in honor by all the Phaeancians to the feast. Who is this blind bard?
  8. This hero is considered Apollo's antagonist and in the tent, lyre in hand, singing to Patroclus, he is yet again to be compared to Apollo, a dangerous business at best. Who are we talking about?
  9. Socrates final words were reminding Crito to sacrifice a rooster to this god of healing and health.
  10. This physician and son of Apollo had the power of bringing the dead back to life, and the divine order was so threatened by this power that Zeus himself incinerated the hero with his divine thunderbolt. Once dead, the physican became a cult hero, and, as such, he was believed to have the power to help those who worship him by stopping or preventing their illnesses.

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