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16 Cards in this Set
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mortal son of Zeus who had the privilege of eating with the gods
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Tantalus
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what did Tantalus do wrong? (3 possible)
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1) asked Zeus for all that the gods possess
2) tried to reveal the secret of ambrosia 3) fed his son Pelops to the gods |
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son of Tantalus who was reassembled by the gods, minus his shoulder
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Pelops
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who did Pelops fall in love with?
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Hippodameia
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how did Pelops win Hippodameia?
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ran a chariot race with her father, bribed the father's driver Myrtilus to sabotage his chariot, father died, lovers escape with Myrtilus in a winged chariot
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why was Pelops cursed?
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Myrtilus, having been promised a "reward", tried to rape Hippodameia, so Pelops threw him from their winged chariot into the sea, and he cursed Pelops' family
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sons of Pelops who were rivals for the throne
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Atreus and Thyestes
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why was Thyestes banished by Atreus?
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in order to steal Atreus's golden lamb (and the throne), Thyestes seduced Atreus's wife
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why is Atreus cursed?
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he got back at Thyestes by inviting him to dinner and feeding him his own sons
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Thyestes' later son who was raised by Atreus
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Aegisthus
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what does Atreus command Aegisthus to do, and what does he do instead?
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Atreus orders Aegisthus to kill Thyestes, but instead Thyestes and Aegisthus conspire and kill Atreus
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sons of Atreus who retake the throne from Thyestes
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Agamemnon and Menelaus
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why are the Greeks going to war?
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to reclaim Menelaus's wife Helen
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what terrible thing does Agamemnon do before the war?
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sacrifices Iphigenia, his own daughter, to Artemis in exchange for faster winds
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how long does the Trojan War last?
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ten years
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what happens to Agamemnon when he returns home?
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he and Cassandra are murdered by his wife and Aegisthus, who has become her lover
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