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Who are the parents of Hercules? |
Zeus and Alcmene |
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Who is Heracles brother? |
Iphicles |
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what did Hera do to try and kill Hercules? |
She tried to trap him in the womb, sent to snakes to kill him, (alcmene then abandoned him in the woods.) she sent him into a fit of madness and killed his wife and kids. |
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What was his first labour? |
Killed at wore its skin as a cloak |
nemean lion |
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What was his second labour? |
Hydra, his cousin, but the stamps after Heracles cut it off. |
hydra |
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Third labour? |
Caught it and brought it to the King. |
golden hind |
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What was his fourth labour? |
erymanthian boar caught it, and brought it to the king, who hid in a jar |
boar |
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What was his fifth labour? |
augean stables rerouted Rivers to clean it instantly. |
augean |
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What was the sixth? |
stymphalian birds. shot them down after using a rattle. |
birds |
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what was the seventh labour? |
cretan bull, rode it to Mycenae |
bull |
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What was his eighth labour? |
Mares of Diomedes freed them |
mares of diomedes |
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what was his ninth labour? |
belt of hippolyte she was going to give it peacefully to him, but he killed her. |
hippolyte |
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what was his 10th labour? |
cattle of geryon brought them to King, sacrifice to Hera. |
cattle |
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What was his 11th labour? |
Apples of Hesperides - tricked Atlas, presented golden apples |
apples |
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what was his 12 labour? |
Cerberus Presented to King then taken back |
underworld |
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What was the founding story of the Olympic Games? |
Pelops beat hippodamias Father is a chariot race and set up the games as funeral games. |
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what happened in the start of Ovids metamorphosis |
Achelous wrestles Hercules because he doubted whether Zeus was his real father. |
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What is the story of the shirt of Nessus? |
he was crossing a river with his wife, when nurses stole her, and Hercules, shot him with an arrow, poisoned with the blood of the Hydra, and Nessus gives his shirt to his wife, and says it will revive the love if it ever goes away, and then she gives it to him, and he’s in so much pain that he died. |
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What is the story of Cacus? |
cacus stolen his cows and hercules was very angry and tore the top off a mountin. dark rage. |
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what is a naos/cella |
where the cult statue was |
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what is the name for a greek priest who sacrifices things? |
hiereus/ia |
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who reads entrails? |
mantis |
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what is on the Parthenon? who was it dedicated to, and what is on the pediment? |
Dedicated to Athena, huge, on the east pediment was her birth and on the west was her and Poseidon’s fight for Athens. |
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how was Aeneas a bad guy |
he left his wife in Troy |
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how was Romulus a good guy |
he rose to greatness, and saved people from tyranny by killing his uncle. |
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how was Romulus a bad guy |
he raped and abducted over 800 women, he was a tyrant too, and he killed his brother. he wasn’t a very good king. |
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how was Theseus a good guy |
he was a good king and introduced democracy to Athens. he was very strong and his labours helped a lot of people. |
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how was Theseus a bad guy |
he left Ariadne in Crete. Also he was a git of a show off. he didn’t need to fight Cercyon. also, he too raped women. |
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why was the day the great Panathenaia was held on significant? |
Athenes bday |
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what is this |
in the middle is the minotaur the top one is the one where he wrestles the guy to become king Cercyon next is procrsutes, the bed guy the next one is sinus the pine bender bull of marathon sciron the guy that kicked people off the cliff the next is the crommenian sow |
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what was involved in the great panathenaia |
music contests, athletics, equestrian events, tribal contests, a boat race, prize giving, and a procession. |
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when where and why was the city Dionysia? |
middle of march sanctuary of Dionysius because he cured their disease after they ignored his statue |
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what was the pompe |
procession w statue |
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Temple of Zeus at Olympia? Talk about statue, and what is on the metopes and pediments. |
Obviously its at Olympia, The stature was huge and had an Olive oil pool to reflect the stature, also on the metopes there was Heracles labours, west = centauromachy, east=pelops. |
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what were the dithrambic contests |
choral song and dance |
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what was the komos |
they presented him with leather penises to thank him for their fertility |
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what did they sacrifice on the third day |
a piglet |
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what happens on the last 3 days |
3 tragedies and 1 satyr play |
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what was the prize |
a garland of ivy, a symbol of dionysus. |
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when was the Lupercalia and what was it for |
15th of march for fertility |
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what where the priests called, what was the god called, and where did the celebrations start? |
lupercai, lupercus, and the lupercal |
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what did they do at the sacrifice |
wiped blood on forehead, wiped it off w milk, then laugh. |
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what was the saturnalia |
they worshipped Saturn, who was said to rule in the golden age,and it was morphed into Christmas, and the masters had to serve the slaves. |
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what do you know about the centauromachy |
it was on the temple of Zeus at Olympia, and was a metaphor for the war between the greeks and the Persians, because it showed the triumph over barbarianism |
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ROMAN what were the roman priests called? |
Pontifices |
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what do you know about the Amazonomachy |
it was against the amazons it also was a metaphor for the war w the Persians, and it showed how they defeated foreigners. it was at bassae, which was very remote so not many people would have seen it, but it cemented their connection w Athens. |
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what do you know about the Prima Porta |
it represented war and peace. the general clothing was war, but the bare feet= peace. cupid also represented Augustus divine heritage. |
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what do you know about the Ara Pacis? |
it was on the Campus martius north- religious procession east- ceres= prosperous south -Augustus followed. by priests west- aeneas and romulus |
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priests of the goddess vesta? |
Vestal virgins |
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talk about the temple portunus. where was it. |
the forum boarium, and it was dedicated to the god Portunus. |
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talk about the Pantheon |
it was round and dedicated to all the gods. it was round to fit in all the cult statues. campus martius, named after mars. |
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who were Theseus’s parents |
Poseidon and Aethra. |
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what is this |
in the middle is the minotaur the top one is the one where he wrestles the guy to become king Cercyon next is procrsutes, the bed guy the next one is sinus the pine bender bull of marathon sciron the guy that kicked people off the cliff the next is the crommenian sow |
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what did Theseus do for Athens |
he was a good king, and made democracy. he united a lot of smaller town under Athens. |
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How was Aeneas a good guy. |
he was pious by taking the household gods from burning Troy and always following the gods orders. Also he saved his family from Troy which also made him a good guy. Finally, he fought in Troy. |
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