In Homer's *Iliad*, what is the primary cause of the bitter quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon that leads Achilles to withdraw from battle?

A disagreement about dividing treasure

An insult to Achilles' mother, Thetis

Agamemnon taking Achilles' war prize, Briseis

After a ten-year siege, how did the Achaean forces finally manage to enter and capture the city of Troy?

By bribing the city's gatekeepers

By hiding soldiers inside a giant wooden horse

By summoning a tidal wave from Poseidon

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01Who served as the commander-in-chief of the Achaean (Greek) armies, leading the expedition against Troy?
02Who was the greatest warrior for the Trojan side, known as the 'Tamer of Horses' and a prince of Troy?
03Which epic poem, also attributed to Homer, recounts the ten-year journey home of the king of Ithaca after the Trojan War?
04In Homer's *Iliad*, what is the primary cause of the bitter quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon that leads Achilles to withdraw from battle?
05According to later legends, what was the only part of the great warrior Achilles' body that was vulnerable to injury?
06The Trojan War was sparked by the 'Judgment of Paris'. Which goddess did Paris declare the most beautiful, in exchange for the love of the most beautiful mortal woman?
07Which cunning Greek king is credited with devising the strategy of the Trojan Horse, which ultimately led to the fall of Troy?
08After a ten-year siege, how did the Achaean forces finally manage to enter and capture the city of Troy?
09In a climactic duel outside the walls of Troy, which Greek hero killed the Trojan champion Hector?
10Who was the 'face that launched a thousand ships', whose abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus initiated the war?