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How does Hesiod portray Eros?
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One of the four primordial beings
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How does Homer portray Eros?
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The son of Aphrodite and Ares.
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Who is pictured as a youth with wings, bow and arrow?
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Eros
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Who is the psychopompos for the Underworld?
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Hermes
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Who is the boatman that ferries souls to Hades?
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Charon
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What river do you cross to enter Hades?
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River Styx
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According to Hesiod what is Erebus, who lives there?
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Erubus is a binatural being, both the antropomorphized embodiment of masculine darkness--offspring of Chaos, and Erebus is a place, the Underworld, the land of the dead, the realm of Hades and Persephone.
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What are the six major rivers of Erebus?
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Phlegethon/Pyriphlegethon (Fire Flaming) Acheron (Distress) Styx (Abhorrent) Cocytus (Lament) Ocean Lethe (Forgetfulness) part of the Roman concept of the Underworld |
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Erebus is the home of these icon couples and places...
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Palaces of Hades and Persephone, Plain of Asphodel, Tartarus, Elysium, Elysian Fields, Isles of the Blessed
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Who are Erinyes? Name them.
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Judges of the Underworld:
Minos Rhadamanthus Aeacus |
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Who is Hermes? And how is he associated with the Underworld?
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Hermes is the messenger God and Herald of Souls. His job was to attract souls with the caduceus and take them to the river bank of the Styx.
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Who is Cerberus?
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Three headed dog, guardian of the gates of Hades, only allowing souls to enter but never leave.
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Who are the Judges of the Underworld? Name them.
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They look at all your good or bad doings on earth. RAM
Rhadamanthus Aeacus Minos They tried to punish Orestes (Mother Clytemnestra father Agamemnon) but Athena had him acquitted. |
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Who are Hypnos and Thanatos?
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Twin brothers of death and sleep. They are the gods of peaceful death.
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the river of pain, was a stream and swampy lake of the underworld and its god. The daimon Kharon ferried the souls of the dead across its dark waters in a skiff.
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Acheron
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Parents wedding was the event of the millennium
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Achilles
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Mother of Achilles, and father of Achilles
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Thetis and Peleus
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Destined to have a son who would surpass his father.
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Achilles
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Brother kings of the greeks
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Agamemnon and Menelaus
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The island where Achilles dressed up as a woman to avoid the draft, at the request of his mother.
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Scyros
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Neoptolemus
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Son of Achilles from the island where he pretended to be a girl.
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Achilles alter ego
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Patroclus
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Died in the battlefield at Troy wearing Achilles armor
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Patroclus
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What did Achilles do to Hector once defeating him?
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Drug him back to the greeks camp and mutilated his body.
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The two Trojans that Achilles fell in love with.
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Troilus and his sister Polyxena.
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Killed Achilles.
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Paris
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King of the Trojans
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King Priam
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Sons of King Priam.
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Hector and Paris
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Son of Abas, king of Argos and of Ocaleia.
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Acrisius
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Twin brother Proteus, who he expelled from his inheritance.
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Acrisius
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Daughter who was shut-up in a subterraneous apartment
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Danaë
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Daughter of Acrisius.
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Danaë
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Mother of Perseus
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Danaë
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Father of Perseus
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Zeus (golden shower) and Proteus
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________ordered mother and child to be exposed on the wide sea in a chest; but the chest floated towards the island______?
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Acrisius, Serephus
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Brother to King Polydectes.
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Dictys.
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Aeaea
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Home of the goddess Circe
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The sea for which the father of Thesus was named.
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Aegean Sea
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Athenian king, son of Pandion and best known as the father of Perseus
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King Aegean
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Gave Aegeus a cryptic prohecy
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Pythia
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Aegeus spent the night at _____. Where King _______ was a very wise king and lured Aegeus into the be of his daughter ______.
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Trozen
Pittheus Aethra |
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Left a sword and a pair of sandals under a great rock in Troezen.
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Aegeus
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Aegeus married _____, and she conceived _______.
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Medea
Medus |
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______ was raised in Troezen by Pittheus.
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Theseus
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_______ spread the rumor that Theseus was the son of Poseidon to conceal his heritage.
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Pittheus
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______ tried to poison Theseus and turn his father against him for fear he'd usurp her and her son.
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Madea
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Defeated the Minotaur.
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Theseus
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Forgot to raise the white flag
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Theseus
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Threw himself into the sea when his son returned home with a black flag flying on his ship.
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Aegeus
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Became lover of Queen Clytemnestra
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Aegisthus
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Helped Clytemnestra kill her husband _______. Then ruled Mycenae for seven years before being killed by ________.
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Agamemnon
Orestes |
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Agamemnon's son
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Orestes
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The hero of Virgil's epic Aeneid.
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Aeneas
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Cousin of King Priam
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Aeneas
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Founder of Roman Culture
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Aeneas
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Second greatest Trojan hero only to Hector.
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Aeneas
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Fought in combat with Diomedes, Idomeneus and Achilles.
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Aeneas
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Daughter of King Pittheus
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Aethra
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King of Mycenae
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Agamemnon
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Poseiden may have been the father of Theseus. T or F
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True
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_______ succeed Aegeus as King.
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Theseus
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King of Argos.
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Agamemnon
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Grandson of Atreus
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Agamemnon
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Brother of Agamemnon
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Menelaus
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Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with _______and married their daughters ________, and ________.
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Tyndareus
Clytemnestra Helen |
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The son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon was______.
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Orestes
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The 4 children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra were:
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Orestes,Iphigenia, Electra and Chysothemis
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Who carried off Helen to Troy?
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Paris
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________ led the rebellion against Troy.
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Agamemnon
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Agamemnon sacrifice _______ to appease the God Artemis and gain good winds to sail to Troy.
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Iphegenia
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On the way home from the long battle of Troy, Agamemnon and Cassandra (spoils from war) stopped by ______, where _______ had seduced his wife.
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Argolis
Aegisthus |
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Agamemnon and his entire crew were murdered by ______
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Aegisthus
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_____ avenged the murder of his father by killing both his mother and paramour.
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Orestes
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One of the greatest greek heroes, son of Telamon (King of Salamis) and a friend of Heracles.
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Ajax
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Ajax competed with other Greek warriors for _______ hand in marriage.
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Helen
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Helen's rightful husband ________.
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Menelaus
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_____fought Hector with a stone no other man could pick up.
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Ajax
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Ajax saved the life of the Greek hero _______.
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Menestheus
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Ajax held off the Trojans while the greeks retreated to their ships but was unsuccessful until ______ wearing ______ armor showed up to save the day...sort of.
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Patroclus
Achilles |
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The goddess ______ drove ______insane and he killed himself with the sword Hector gave him.
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Athena
Ajax |
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________and ________ fought over the armor of Achilles.
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Ajax
Odysseus |
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King of the Phaeacians on Scheria _______.
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Alcinous
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______ welcomed Odyssus who was shipwrecked on his shore
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Alcinous
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Daughter of Alcinous _______.
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Nausicaa
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Mother of Heracles and Iphicles.
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Alcmene
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Iphicles son of _______.
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Amphitryon
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Zeus tricked _______ by impersonating her husband _______, and thus impregnating her with Heracles.
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Alcmene
Amphytryon |
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Hera delayed the birth of _____ so that ______ would become king of ________.
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Heracles
Eurystheus Mycenae |
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Who is the Amazon Queen?
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Hippolyta
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Theseus married _______, sister of the Amazon Queen.
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Antiope
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The Amazons attacked Athens because they believed _____ was being help captive.
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Antiope
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One of Heracles labors was to steal the ______ of the Amazon Queen.
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Girdle
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Hippolyta was given her girdle by her father ______.
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Ares, god of war
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Eurystheas of _______ was the one to send Heracles on his 12 labors.
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Tyrins
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Penthesilea was a great warrior of the ______. She accidentally killed _______ which drove her to fight in the _______ war, on the side of the _______.
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Amazons
Hippolyta II Trojan Trojans |
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_______ was killed by Achilles who later desecrated her body at the sight of her beautiful dead body.
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Penthesilea
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Amphytryon was the son of _____ King of Tiryns. He accidentally killed his uncle _______, King of Mycenae then fled with that king's daughter Alcmene.
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Alcaeus
Electyron |
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Amphytryon settled in the city of _______.
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Thebes
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The wife of Hector.
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Andromache
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Andromache was remarried to _____ after the fall of Troy.
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Neoptolemus
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Daughter of King Cepheus.
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Andromeda
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Wife of Perseus.
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Andromeda
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Boasted she was more beautiful than the goddesses and so was chained to a rock to be devoured by Poseidon's sea monster.
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Andromeda
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_______ flew on the winged horse _______ to save Andromeda.
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Perseus
Pegasus |
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Perseus killed Phineus by what means, and why?
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Turning him to stone with the head of Medusa because Phineus was originally promised to Andromeda.
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Daughter of Autolycus, wife of Laertes, and mother of Odysseus.
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Anticleia
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Died of grief from not seeing her son return home.
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Anticleia
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_______ son of Eupeithes of Ithica was one of the mean suitors of Penelope.
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Antinous
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First of the potential suitors of Penelope to die.
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Antinous
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An immortal monster with one-hundred heads. Offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
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Ladon
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Son of Ares that Heracles ran into on his quest for the Apples of the Hesperides.
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Cycnus
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The sea-god who Heracles fought in order to get the Apples. This god resisted by changing into fire and water but somehow Heracles held on.
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Nereus
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Daughters of Nyx and Erebus
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Hesperides
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Freed Prometheus
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Heracles
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Atlas was the brother of Prometheus. T or F?
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True
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Son of Poseidon and Gaia who gained his strength by keeping contact with the Earth.
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Antaeus
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Wife of Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians..
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Arete
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Hundred-eyed giant
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Argos
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Trying to hide his lover Io, he changed her into a white heifer. Hera demanded the Heifer and set ______to guard her.
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Zeus
Argos |
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What does Argeiphontes mean?
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Slayer of Argos
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Immortal wife of the wine god ________.
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Ariadne
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Daughter of King Minos of Crete______.
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Ariadne
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Left on and island by ______, Ariadne ended up marrying Dionysos, who found her.
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Theseus after he defeated the Minataur.
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Often painted with Satyrs and Maenads, or asleep on the shore.
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Ariadne
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Son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache.
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Astyanax, or Scamandrius
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Cleaned ______stables and asked for cattle as payment.
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Augeaus
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The daughter of Calchas of Troy and loved by Trolius.
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Cressida
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Son of Thestor (priest of Apollo) and the most famous soothsayer among the greeks during the trojan war.
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Calchas
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Calypso lived on the island_____.
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Ogygia
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Bore Odysseus two sons and was ordered by Zeus via Hermes to release Odysseus after detaining him seven years.
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Calypso
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The daughter of Priam, and his wife Hecuba.
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Cassandra
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Loved by Apollo, she tricked him into giving her prophetic powers, which she the refused to share with Apollo.
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Cassandra
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Raped by Ajax the Lesser
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Cassandra
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Wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
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Cassiopeia
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King of Ethiopia
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Cepheus
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Said they were more beautiful than the Nereids.
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Cassiopeia and Andromeda
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Who saved Andromeda?
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Perseus and Pegasues
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Who is Cerberus?
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3-50 headed dog that guards Hades.
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Brother o fLernaean Hydra, Nemean Lion, the Sphinx, the Ladon, and Chimear.
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Cerberus
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The 12th labor of Heracles
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Capture Cerberus
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________ lulled Cerberus to sleep in order to look for Eurydice.
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Orpheus
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Who is the ferryman of the dead?
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Charon
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Who brings the souls of the dead to Charon?
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Hermes
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Son of Erebus and Nyx
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Charon
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Charybdis was the nymph daughter of _____. But was turned into a monster by Zeus. She then destroyed passing ships with _____.
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Poseidon
Scylla |
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Avenged by her father through Apollo.
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Chryses
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Witch/Sorceress who changed Odysseus's men into animals.
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Circe
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Who helped Odysseus change his men back into humans?
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Hermes
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Circe lived on the island of _____.
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Aiaia
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Daughter of Leda and Tyndareus.
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Clytemnestra
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Zeus appeared in the form of a Swan and raped...
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Leda
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Leda gave birth/laid eggs of four children--two immortal, two mortal.
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Mortals: Clytemnestra and Castor
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Cocytus
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River of the wailing for the underworld.
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Mythical sculptor of the Labyrinth and flowing statues.
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Daedalus
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Crafted himself and his son ______ wings.
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Daedalus and Icarus
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Daedalus pissed off King ______ of Crete
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Minos
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______ had Daedalus fashion her a cow suit so she could mate with the most handsome bull that her husband his from Poseidon.
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Pasiphae
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Impregnated by golden shower and gave birth to _____.
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Danae: Perseus
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Friend of Odysseus who fell off the roof drunk at Circe's palace.
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Elpenor
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________ was the great lover of Orpheus who just couldn't resist looking back in Hades.
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Orpheus
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Eurymachus is a manipulative decietful suitor of _______.
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Penelope
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Eurycleia...
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Faithful slave of Odysseus
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Prince of swineherds:
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Eumaeus
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Orthros was the ____ of Geryon, a feat of Heracles's.
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Dog
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