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158 Cards in this Set
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What is the first being to come out of chaos, the abyss? |
Gaia |
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Who are the children of Uranus and Gaia? |
The titans, Hundred-Handers, The cyclopes
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Who is the leader of the twelve titans? |
Cronos |
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Who are the parents of the first six olympians? |
Cronos and Rhea
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Among the Olympians, who is the messenger god who kills Argus? |
Hermes
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What is the Roman name for Hermes? |
Mercury |
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Among the Olympians, who is the goddess of love whom Hesiod says was born from Uranus's genitals? |
Aphrodite |
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What is the roman name for Aphrodite? |
Venus |
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Among the Olympians who is the god of the sea and earthquakes? |
Poseidon |
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What is the roman name for poseidon? |
Neptune |
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Among the Olympians who is the god of war? |
Ares
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What is the roman name for Ares? |
Mars |
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Among the Olympians who is the king of the gods? |
Zeus |
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What is the Roman name for Zeus? |
Jupiter |
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Among the Olympians who is the queen of the gods? |
Hera |
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What is the Roman name for Hera? |
Juno |
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Among the Olympians who is the god of music, medicine, and archery? |
Apollo |
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What is the roman name for Apollo? |
Apolllo |
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Among the Olympians who is Zeus's favorite daughter that sprang from his head? |
Athena |
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What is the roman name for Athena? |
Minerva |
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Who was the final challenger to Zeus' rule? |
Typhoios |
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What does Theogony mean? |
the beginning of the gods |
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Who is the trickster who steals fire back from Zeus? |
Prometheus |
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What gift does Zeus give to get even for the theft of the fire? |
Pandora
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What does the name "Epimetheus" mean? |
Hindsight |
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Which age does Hesiod include, but Ovid leave out of the ages of men? |
Heroic |
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Which age is characterized by shapeless hulks, terrifically strong with grapple hook hands? |
Bronze age |
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What is the remedy for the problems of the iron age? |
Justice |
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What time span is called the "archaic age" |
800-500BC |
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In which century was Ovid born? |
1st BC |
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According to Ovid, what created the world from chaos? |
some god (or kinder nature) |
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How does Jove destroy the world to get even with mankind for Lycaons treachery? |
Flood |
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Who afflicts Apollo with a love for Daphne, and Daphne with a hatred of Apollo? |
Cupid |
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What unfortunate woman was turned into a cow by Jove to hide her from Juno? |
Io |
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In old norse mythology, what is the battle called that is the final fate of the gods? |
Ragnarok |
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Which god must face the Midgard Serpent at the last battle? |
Thor |
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Which god must face the Fenris wolf at the last battle? |
Odin |
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Who is the primordial giant from whose body the world is built? |
Ymir |
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What is the name of the great tree that supports all of creation? |
Yggdrasil |
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Who is the trickster that is responsible for the death of Baldr? |
Loki
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What city was the heart of Greek drama in the classical era? |
Athens |
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In the Medea what is the name of Cruesa's father? |
Creon |
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What land, home of the golden fleece, is medea from? |
Colchis |
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Heroides is? |
a collection of fictional letters written mostly by women |
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in a classical mythology what is the name of medeas father? |
Aeetes |
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In classical mythology what is the correct order of Jasons tasks? |
fire-breathing oxen, tooth-grown warriors, dragon |
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in the saga of the trow-men what is the correct order of Jasons taks? |
Argus, dragon, fire-breathing oxen, tooth-grown warriors |
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at the end of medeas letter in the saga of the troy-men |
medea says that her sons will get revenge against Jason |
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In the saga of the troy-men how does medea do magic? |
with her voice |
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How does Jason abandon medea in the saga of the troy-men? |
he strands her on an island |
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What was the heart of Greek drama in the classical era? |
Athens |
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who were the 3 great writers of Greek tragedy? |
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides |
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In which city was the medea set? |
Corinth |
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Who is the father of Cruesa, Jason's new wife? |
Creon |
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How does Medea kill Cruesa? |
poison clothing |
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How does Jason defeat the tooth-grown warriors? |
Throws a rock that tricks them into killing each other |
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Who does medea restore youth with her magic? |
Aeson |
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what is the name of medeas homeland? |
Colchis |
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which men were the argonauts |
heracles, jason, telamon |
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what is the name of the centaur who tries to rape Deianira? |
nessus |
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how does deinira try to win back heracles love? |
With a bloody shirt |
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What is the name of the unfortunate messenger, whom heracles throws into the sea? |
Lichas |
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what finally kills heracles? |
Fire |
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Who is the women that makes Heracles dress in women clothing?
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Omphale |
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Which was not a twelve labor of heracles? |
the first sacking of troy |
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which was not a twelve labor of heracles? |
cleaning the augean stables |
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how does deianira kill herself? |
with a sword |
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where is the Helen set? |
Egypt |
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Helen is technically a:? |
Tragedy |
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Who wished to marry helen in the play? |
Theoclymenus |
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Helen sees her beauty as? |
A curse |
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What best describes Menalaous? |
brash, earnest, slightly gullible |
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What does menelaous do when he first sees helen? |
refuses to believe she is helen |
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what is the ultimate fate of Helen and menalaous? |
they steal a ship and escape |
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The appearance of the discori at the end of Helen is an example of? |
theophany |
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Which mountain was Paris a shepherd on in his youth? |
Mount Ida |
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Which mortal was not present at the Judgment of Paris? |
Demeter |
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In hecuba's dream, what symbolizes Paris? |
a torch |
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what hero was the first to steal helen in her youth? |
Theseus |
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Helens reply to paris can be best characterized as: |
A coy and cautious acceptance |
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Who is helen's father? |
Zues |
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Who is Helen's mother? |
Leda |
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Who is Helen's daughter? |
Hermione |
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Which extra monster guards the golden fleece in the saga? |
Argus |
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What is the name of Medea's father? |
Medeus |
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How does Deianira kill herself? |
with a sword |
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What is Paris's name in the saga? |
Alexander |
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to what does paris compare helen's breats? |
crystals |
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which goddess promised helen to paris? |
Freyja |
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about how many years ago did Homer live? |
2800 |
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which writer is considered roughly contemporaneous with homer? |
Hesiod |
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at whose wedding did Eris Strife arrive with a golden apple? |
Peleus and Thetis
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Who won the judgement of paris? |
Aphrodite |
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Who is the main character of the iliad? |
achilles |
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What is the meaning of in medias res? |
into the middle things |
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who is achilles friend whom hector kills? |
patroclus |
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what is a homeric epithet for hector? |
of the shining helm |
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who comes to Achilles to beg for hector's body? |
priam |
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how many muses are there? |
9 |
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what is the first being to come out of chaos, the abyss? |
Gaia |
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who is the first king of the gods? |
Uranus |
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Who is the second king of the gods? |
Cronos |
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who is the third king of the gods? |
Zeus |
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according to hesiod how was aphrodite born? |
she's grew from Uranus severed genitals |
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which greek god did the romans call jupiter? |
zeus |
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which greek god did the romans call venus? |
aphrodite |
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which greek god did the romans call minerva? |
athena |
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who was the final challenger to zeus rule? |
typhoios |
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what city was the heart of greek drama in the classical era? |
athens |
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who is the author of the medea? |
Euripides |
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which king offers to harbor medea to her exile? |
aegus |
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at the end of the medea: |
medea kills her two sons |
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who is not an enemy that jason must face to get to the gold fleece |
a minotaur |
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who does medea restore to youth? |
aeson |
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who is murdered by his own daughters at medeas bidding? |
pelias |
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heriodes is: |
a collection of fictional letters written mostly by women |
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what is the name of Jasons ship? |
argo |
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who is Creons daughter, Jasons new wife? |
creusa |
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who is odysseus son? |
Telemacchus |
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Who is odysseus wife? |
penelope |
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who is the king of sparta? |
menelaous |
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who is the nymph who holds odysseus captive? |
calypso |
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what is the name of the island island where odysseus is captive? |
ogygia |
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who is sent to make the nymph release odysseusher |
hermes |
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who gives odysseus a scarf to save him from the sea? |
ino |
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who is the daughter of the king of phaecia? |
nausicaa |
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what is the name of the king of phaecia? |
alcinous |
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in the demodocuss song who does aphrodite sleep with? |
ares |
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who is the author of the women of trachis? |
sophocles |
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what is the name of the centaur who give deinira the bloody shirt |
nessus |
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at first what does deinira think the bloody shirt will do to heracles? |
make him fall in love with her |
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who is the untrustworthy messenger that brings the bloody shirt to heracles? |
lichas |
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how does heracles finally die? |
burning on a funeral pyre |
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what does apotheosis mean? |
becoming a god |
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which is not a form of achelous? |
horse |
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how does deinira die? |
stabbing herself with a sword |
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who is the women who makes heracles dress up in women's clothes while she wears his? |
omphale |
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what city was the heart of greek drama in the classical era? |
athens |
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which goddess was not at the judgment of paris? |
artemis |
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who is the author of the helen |
euripides |
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in helen where did helen spend the trojan war? |
egypt |
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the appearance of the discord at the end of the helen is an example of |
theophany |
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what is the name of helens mother |
leda |
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what form does zeus take to rape helens mother |
swan |
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to what does paris most often compare his love in her xvi |
fire |
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what is the name of paris's prophetess sister who warns everyone about helen? |
cassandra |
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about how many years separate ovid from the saga of the troy-men |
1300 |
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in the saga of the troy-men alexander tries to trick helen with: |
an apple |
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who takes the form of mentes and mentor |
athena |
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who is the an important suitor of penelope |
antinous |
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what method did penelope once use to avoid marrying a suitor? |
weaving |
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where does telemachus visit first on his trip |
pylos |
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what means of transport does telemachus use between pylon and sparta? |
chariot |
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true or false: helen is dead at the time of the story |
false |
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who does menelaous trap to get news about how to return home |
proteus |
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true or false: menelaus gives telemachus news about odysseus |
true |
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which god creates a storm to sink odysseus after he leaves calypsos island? |
poseidon |
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bjb |
bb |
