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14 Cards in this Set
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who founded the city of thebes |
cadmus |
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who cursed pelops |
myrtilus the charioteer |
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who did pelops marry |
hippodamia |
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who curses atreus's children and why |
thyestes (his brother) because atreus cooked thyestes's kids and fed them to him |
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it is said that the lion gate depicts the 2 sons of |
atreus |
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what does oedipus's name mean |
swollen feet |
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where did his father abandon him |
mt cithaeron |
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who outwitted the sphinx |
oedipus |
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which god does oedipus blame for his troubles |
apollo |
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what is the most famous myth in the ancient world |
the trojan war |
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where did thetis dip baby achilles |
river of styx |
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what is aetiology |
rock of ares |
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whats the best example of a myth becoming contemporary |
the eumenidies |
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which stories are told from "in medias res" |
prometheus bound and odyssey |
