Spouses in Greek Stories

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Gavin M, is my brand new beloved grandson with whom I am well pleased. The wife and I just got to go visit him and hold him in our arms. Meanwhile he slept and changed outfits.

I recited to him over and over again Laertes' prayer towards the end of the Odyssey and waltzed around his parent's living room when he needed rocking.

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  1. Who was the comeliest man that came beneath Ilios of all the Danaans after the fearless son of Peleus?
  2. The tender boy, a mere babe, the well-loved son of Hector, like to a fair star. Him Hector was wont to call what?
  3. The well-loved son of Hector, like to a fair star. The Trojans called the babe what because only Hector guarded Ilios?
  4. Who was Leda's most famous daughter, the one with a face that launched a thousand ships?
  5. In one of the most moving scenes scene ever imagined; Hector smiles, as he glances at his boy in silence, his wife comes close to his side weeping. What is his wife's name?
  6. The ancient sea-god Nereus had a son who was Poseidon's charioteer and Aphrodite's first lover. What was the handsome demi-god's name?
  7. When Hector spoke to "most fair to look upon, thou that art mad after women, thou beguiler" which war causing brother was he speaking to?
  8. Which of the following was NOT a lover of Odysseus?
  9. When Zeus summoned all the gods to battle the giants, Dionysus, Hephaestus, the Satyrs, and the Sileni came riding on what sort of steeds?
  10. Penelope's son was named what?

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