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During the Hellenistic Period, ______ of Rhodes wrote an epic poem about Jason entitled __________.
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Apollonius; Argonautica
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Based on his description of the bard, Demodocus, what physical limitation is traditionally assigned to Homer?
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Blind
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Increasingly, scholars view Greek culture as an offshoot of Mesopotamian culture.
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TRUE
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The _____, an epic poem by the Roman Poet _____, contains the most detailed account of the fall of Troy.
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Aeneid; Vergil
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All but one of the seven surviving plays of _________ deal with mythical themes.
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Aeschylus
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Briefly define "epic".
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A long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of heroes.
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The ancient city of Troy was discovered in 1876 by Heinrich _________.
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Schliemann
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The most important literary source for myths in the Classical period is _______________.
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tragic plays
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The _______ of Apollodorus is an important Hellenistic source of Mythical events.
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Library
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The theogony by _______ is an important source for the early generations of the gods.
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Hesiod
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The total of ____ plays of Sophocles are extant. (surviving)
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7
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An important source of information on the various gods and goddesses is a group of poems known as the Homeric ____________.
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Hymns
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The Linear B tablets contain both names and early stories of many of the familier Greek deities.
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FALSE
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All sumerian gods are ____, which means "human-shaped".
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anthropomorphic
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"wedge-shaped" writing is called ________.
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cuneiform
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With which Greek deity can one associate most clostely the Indo-European word meaning "shine".
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Zeus
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The Greek word for "bard" or "oral poet" is ________.
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aoidos
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The Greek __________ was created around 800 b.c., probably in order to write down the works of Homer.
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alphabet
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Nineteen plays by _________ are surviving.
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Euripides
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The ________ by the Roman poet ____________ contains over 200 mythical stories about the transformation of shape.
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Metemorphoses; Ovid
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Which natural force, or weapon, is created by the cyclopes?
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lightning
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The blood from the castration of Uranus that fell on the earth gave birth to the ______ and the _________.
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Erinyes; Giants
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Zeus fought and defeated a dragon-like monster called ____________.
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Typhoeus
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The battle between the Titans and the Olympians is called the __________.
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Titanomachy
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The first consort of Zeus and the mother of Athena was _______.
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Metis
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The Latin (Roman) equivalant of Cronus is ___________.
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Saturn
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The ________ was a creature with a lions body, snake tail, and goat head.
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Chimera
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Why was Zeus not swallowed by his father?
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His mom hid him and tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock.
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___________ swallowed his children as they were born.
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Cronus
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The drink of the god is ______ and their food is ________.
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nectar; ambrosia
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The battle between Zeus and the Giants is called the ____________.
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Gigantomachy
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The goddess ______ was born from the head of Zeus.
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Athena
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A story that explains the "origin of the gods" is called a __________.
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Theogony
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In the titanomachy, only the Titaness Themis and her son ______ fought on the side of the olympians.
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Prometheus
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The daughters of Nereus are known collectively as the ________.
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Nereids
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As an infant, Zeus was hidden on the island of _________.
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Crete
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Name the son of Helios who drove his father's chariot across the sky.
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Phaethon
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The poet _______ wrote a work entitled Theogony.
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Hesiod
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________ was condemed by Zeus to hold the sky on his shoulders.
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Atlas
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The Spanish artist ___________ painted on oil depicting "Saturn devouring his children".
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Francisco de Goya
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In union with her son, _______, Gaea gave birth to the three ______, the three _______, and the twelve ______.
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Uranus; Cyclopes; Hecatonchines; titans
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In the Titanomachy, the ______ made thunderbolts for Zeuls, and the ________ were able to hurl many of them at one time.
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Cyclopes; Hecatonchines
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What was the omphalos and where was it displayed during historical times?
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a stone - The stone that Cronus swallowed when Rhea tricked him into thinking he was swallowing Zeus; at Apollo's shrine in Delphi.
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The last born of the Titans was ___________.
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Cronus
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Briefly describe the fate of Endymion.
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He was placed into an eternal sleep by Zeus.
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Describe the Hecatonchires.
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They had 50 heads and 100 arms each.
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A story that explains the "origin of the world" is called a ___________.
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Cosmogony
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The three-headed dog __________ guarded the entrance to the underworld.
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Cerberus
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Mother Earth was called _______.
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Gaea
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The name ______ means "gap", "yawn", or "gaping void".
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Chaos
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According to the late tradition, what happened to Tithonus, the lover of Eos?
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Shriveled up and turned into a cicada.
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The six first generation Olympians are the children of ______ and ________.
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Rhea; Cronus
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Hesiod says that Gaea gave birth asexually to ______, _______, and ___________.
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Uranus; the mountains on her upper side; Pontus
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Hesiod calls the region beneath earth _______.
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Hades or Tartarnus
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The most famous of the Nereids was, _________ mother of Achilles.
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Thetis
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Name the six first-generation Olympians.
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Hestia; Demeter; Hera; Hades; Poseidon; and Zeus
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According to Hesiod, the "force of love" or "attraction" is called _________.
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Eros
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The sky god ________ was castrated by his son ________.
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Uranus; Cronus
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According to Hesiod, Chaos produced "darkness" called _____ and "night" called _______.
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Erebus; Nyx
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According to Hesiod, the first entity of the world was called ________.
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Chaos
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How many children were produced by the Titans Oceanus and Tethys?
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all of the gods; six thousand oceanids
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The "round-eyes" or wheel-eyed are called ___________.
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Cyclopes
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The etymology for the name of the godess ___________ is "born of sea foam".
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Aphrodite
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The name _________ means "all gifts".
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Pandora
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Prometheus' _________ was consumed daily by an eagle.
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liver
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What did Zeus take away from man, and how did Prometheus steal it back?
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He removed fire; by hiding it in a fennel stalk.
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List the five "races" of mankind described by Hesiod.
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1-Gold; 2-silver; 3-bronze; 4-heros; 5-Iron
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The ruler of the Islands of the Blessed was _______.
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Cronus
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The only item left in Pandora's box was ________.
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Hope
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The Greek "Noah" was ________ son of Prometheus.
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Deucalion
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To repopulate the earth, Pyrha and Deucalion were instructed to toss _________ over their sholders.
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Rocks; bones
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What did Prometheus teach man to do when offering sacrifices?
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Burn the white bones of animals.
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The name Prometheus means ___________.
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forelearner
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The brother of Prometheus is _________, whose name means "afterthought".
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Epimetheus
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One of the important sources of Prometheus is the play, Prometheus Bound, by ___________.
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Aeschylus
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The ____________ killed their husbands on their wedding night and were condemed to carry water in broken jars.
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Danaids
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Prometheus is often referred to as the son of __________.
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Iapetus
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The creator of humans is most often said to be ________.
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Prometheus
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We are currently living in the ________ age.
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Iron
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What information did Prometheus give to Zeus that led to his being released from the mountainside?
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He told Zeus a prophecy that a child would be born to Thetis and be greater than Zeus.
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What two famous 18th century works by a husband and wife deal with the Prometheus theme?
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Prometheus Unbound and Frankenstein or the Modern P.
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A parallel to the metallic ages of man can be found in the Old Testiment Book of _________.
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Daniel
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What role, commonly found in folklore, is played by Prometheus?
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a trickster who delights in outwitting those who appear more powerful
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When infants are born with ________________________________ Zeus will destroy mankind.
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cynical grizzled hair of old age
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Taking their name from a son of Pyrha and Deucalion, the Greeks even today refer to themselves as ____________.
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Hellenes
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Ovid tells the story of a king named _________ attempting to feed human flesh to Zeus being transformed into a _____.
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Lycaon; wolf
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During the ______ age,men lived to be 100 as children before becoming adults and doing themselves in.
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Silver
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After the great flood, the survivors' boat came to rest in Greece on Mount ________.
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Paranassus
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A (an) ______ hero is one who gives name to someone or something.
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eponym
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Zeus chained Prometheus to the side of a pillar in the ________ mountains.
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Caucasus
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Zeus punishes man for "receiving stolen property" by giving them a gift named _________, the first woman.
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Pandora
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The son of Peleus and Thetis was the hero ____________.
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Achilles
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Prometheus was eventually freed from the mountainside by the hero _________.
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Heracles
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Zeus abducted the Trojan prince _________ and took him to Mount Olympus where he served as the gods' cupbearer.
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Ganymede
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According to one tradition, Hera gave birth asexually to ______________.
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Hephaestus
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Eileithyia is the goddess of ____________.
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Childbirth
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The three seasons are called the ____________.
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Horae
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The "blood" that runs in the veins of gods is called ________.
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ichor
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The parents of Athena are Zeus and _____________.
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Metis
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What is the name of the three Fates and what textile function is performed by each one.
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They are called the Moerae and are portrayed as three extremely old women, spinners of the threads of destiny; Clotho "spinner, Lachesis "apportioner" measures, Atropos cuts it.
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Zeus and Mnemosyn are the parents of the nine _______.
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Muses
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Homer calles Hera the "______" goddess.
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cow-eyed
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Eventually, the olympian gods numbered only _____.
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12
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in the Garden of Hesperides.
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Gaea
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According to one tradition, the parents of Aphrodite are Zeus and the sea nymph, _______.
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Dione
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Homer sometimes calls Poseidon the "shaker of _____".
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earth
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Zeus and Euronyme are the parents of the three _______.
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Graces
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Besides Hephaestus, the three children of Zeus and Hera are _______,_______, and __________.
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Ares; Eileithyia; Hebe
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Young women, mortal and immortal, who live in wild places or accompany gods and goddesses are called ______.
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nymphs
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Poseidon was the father of the cyclops named __________.
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Polyphemus
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Aside from the god ________, the olympian gods lived on Mt. Olympus.
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Hades
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The Roman name for Poseidon is _________.
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Neptune
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The indo-european root from which the name Zeus is derived means __________.
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Shine or sky
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Zeus and Hera were married on the islands of __________.
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Hesperides
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What are the two versions of the origin of the three fates?
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The first is that they were children of the night; the second is that they were the children of Zeus and Themis.
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When ________ blew on his conch shell, the seas were calm.
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Triton
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The wife of Poseidon is ____________.
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Amphitrite
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Both Raphael and Rubens (and many others) did paintings of the three _______.
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Graces
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The Roman name for Zeus is __________.
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Jupiter
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The Roman name for Hera is _________.
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Juno
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The "most hated by the gods" by the gods themselves is ______.
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Ares
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Zeus
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sky
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Hera
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family
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Hestia
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homefire
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Ares
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war
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Poseidon
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Sea
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Hades
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underworld
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Aphrodite
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sexual attraction
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Hephaestus
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craftsman
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Athena
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wisdom, womens skills
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Apollo
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prophecy and healing
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Artemis
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hunt
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Demeter
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harvest
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Hermes
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commerce
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Dionysus
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wine
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The god Dionysus eventually replaced ________ as one of the olympians.
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Hestia
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The Greeks called the fates, the Moerae, while the Romans called them the __________.
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Parcae
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During the Trojan War, Zeus was unable to change fate and save his own son _______.
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Sarpedon
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The goddess of "youth" is _____________.
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Hebe
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Because the gods have the "shape of humans" they are called _____________.
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anthropomorphism
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List the six first-generation olympians.
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Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, and Hades
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The following saying was found at the entrance to Apollo's temple at Delph: "______ in excess".
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Nothing
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Before the birth of Apollo and Artemis, the islands of ______ and Ortygia were "floating:.
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Delos
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Hephaestus is the god of which particular group of craftsmen?
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"bronzeclad"
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As the god of music what instrument does Apollo carry?
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lyre
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The oracle at Delphi functioned for over 1000 years.
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TRUE
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usually pictured?
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a serpent wound about a staff
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What ADJECTIVE title is given to Apollo for defeating a dragon/serpent?
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Pythian
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Name and describe the staff carried by Hermes.
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Caduceus - a staff intertwined with two snakes copulating
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What author tells the tale of Hephaestus and the Golden net?
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Homer
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On which island was Apollo born?
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Delos
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What two things did Hermes do on the day he was born?
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invented the lyre; and stole the cattle of his brother Apollo
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How could one recognize Hephaestus walking down the street?
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He was crippled.
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Which goddess persecuted Leto while she was carrying Apollo and Artemis?
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Hera
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Name the composer of the musical tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
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Claude Debussy
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The mother of Hermes was _______.
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Maia
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Name the four children of Ares and Aphrodite.
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Phobos; Deimos; Harmonia; Eros
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What generic name was given to the young prophetess at Delphi?
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Pythia
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Some young boys once asked the Cumaean Sibyl "What do you want?" Her reply was "I want __________".
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to die
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What two lovers did Hephaestus capture in a golden net?
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Ares and Aphrodite
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Name the Italian baroque sculptor who created the most famous rendition of Apollo and Daphne.
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Gianlorenzo Bernini
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What Trojan Princess could predict the future but was not believed?
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Cassandra
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Name the wise old Centaur who raised Asclepius?
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Chiron
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The Christian Church inherited the pictorial image of Satan from the Roman diety ______.
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Pan
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The mother of Apollo and Artemis is _________.
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Leto
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What is the term for a block of sculptures depicting Hermes and a phallus?
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a herm
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What "frightening" English word has its origin in the name Pan?
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Panic
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Ares is the god of what activity?
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war
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Name the sacred spring at the Oracle of Delphi?
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The Castalion Spring
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With what volcanic island is Hephaestus often associated?
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Lemnos
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In the form of what animal did Apollo recruit priests for his shrine at Delphi?
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dolphin
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The following saying was found at the entrance to Apollo's temple at Delphi: "______ thyself".
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know
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Name the three groups of people that Hermes protects.
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Theives, merchants, and human heralds
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Name the nymph who could only repeat the words of others,
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Echo
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The satyr __________ challenged Apollo to a music contest, lost, and was flayed alive.
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Marsyas
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To whom was Hephaestus married?
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Aphrodite
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By what river in the underworld to the gods swear oaths?
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styx
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Apollo is the god of archery, and his arrows represent ______.
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death
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When Apollo was among the Hyperboreans, _________ ruled Delphi
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Dionysus
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The young boy Narcissus was killed by Apollo's discuss and a flower grew from his blood.
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false
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Which son of Apollo was god of medicine?
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Asclepius
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What object did Apollo receive from Hermes?
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Lyre
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In what literaty work is Apollo first mentioned?
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Illiad
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What is the name of the "mountain" on Delos?
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Cynthus
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_______ was transformed into a laurel tree while being persued by Apollo.
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Daphne
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By releasing two eagles from the ends of the world ______ identified Dephi as the center of the world.
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Zeus
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By what name does Hermes lead the souls of the dead to the underworld.
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Psychopompos
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Near what large Italian city is Cumae located?
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Naples
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Describe Pan
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Goat like creature sympolizes bad,
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What is the etymology of the name Mercury?
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Merchant (merx)
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What is the meaning of Hermes?
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stone heap
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Which musical instrument was created by Pan?
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pan-pipe or syrinx
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What is the Roman name for Ares?
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Mars
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What is the Roman name for Hephaestus?
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Vulcan
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Name the nymph who could only repeat others.
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Echo
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Delphi is situated on the slopes of which mountains?
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Parnassus
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What is the Roman name for Hermes?
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Mercury
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How is Athena almost always depicted?
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With body armor and helmet and often with a spear or shield.
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What poetess from Lesbos wrote a poem in honor of Aphrodite?
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Sappho
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Name two popular theatrical works inspired by the story of Pygmalion.
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
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What deity is often called Pallas?
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Athena
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What specific protecting item did Zeus give to Athena?
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aegis
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What is the Roman name for Hestia?
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Vesta
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By what two "island-derived" names is Aphrodite known?
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Cypris; Cytherea
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Name the mortal Trojan prince who had an affair with Aphrodite.
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Anchises
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What epithet is commonly used by Homer to describe Athena?
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glaukopis which is either "owl-eyed" or "gray-eyed"
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Name the man who fell in love with the statue he created.
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Pygmalion
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Who replaces Hestia as one of the twelve olympians?
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Dionysus
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Where in Asia minor was the most important cult site of Artemis located?
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Ephesus
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Phallic statues of what son of Aphrodite were placed in Roman gardens?
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Priapus
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Name the goddess of the hunt.
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Artemis
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Name the goddess of wisdom.
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Athena
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When Aphrodite is said to be the mother of Eros, who is said to be the father?
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Ares
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Name the boastful Thebon queen whose children were slain by Apollo and Artemis.
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Niobe
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What did Zeus do to Anchises for revealing the identitiy of his son's mother?
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struck him in the thigh with a thunderbolt
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What is the Roman name for Athena?
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Minerva
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In what capacity did the priestess in Aphrodite's temple in Corinth worship the goddess?
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had sex for offerings
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What bird is sacred to Athena?
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owl
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What famous Italian Reniassance artist painted The Birth of Venus?
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Sandro Botticelli
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What two islands are associated closely to the birth and worship of Aphrodite?
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Cyprus and Cythera
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What characteristics does Hestia share with Artemis and Athena?
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Protect
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Name the young girl who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and describe her fate.
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Arachne; she was turned into a spider.
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Name the temple in Athens sacred to Athena.
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Parthenon
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What tree is sacred to Athena?
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olive
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What is the meaning of the Greek word Aphros?
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foam
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What Spanish artist painted the Toilet of Venus?
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Velazquez
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Name the hunter who after seeing Artemis bathing in the nude was turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds?
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Actaeon
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What is the Roman name for Aphrodite?
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Venus
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What city near Athens was especially sacred to Demeter?
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Eleusis
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What is the meaning of the name Hestia?
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hearth
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Name the son of Anchises and Aphrodite.
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Aeneas
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What womens craft is protected by Athena?
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Manufacture of textiles; weaving
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What particular crop was overseen by Demeter?
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wheat
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The sudden unexplained death of young men and women was attributed to what two deities?
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Artemis and Apollo
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In what Italian city and museaum is The Birth of Venus?
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Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Who attended the fire of Vesta in the Roman forum?
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six virgins
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Who was the daughter of Demeter?
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Persephone
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To which European city must one travel to see the Eglin Marbles?
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Great Britain; London
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Name the hunter who was placed in the sky after being killed by a scorpion.
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Orion
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How was Athena born?
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From Zeus's head
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What bisexual character was a favorite subject of art in late antiquity?
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Hermaphroditus
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By what other Greek name is Persephone often called?
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Kore
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What earth mother figure is depicted wearing a tower for a crown?
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Cybele
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How much do we know about the actual rites celebrated at Eleusis?
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not much, it was punishable by death.
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Name the lover of Aphrodite who was killed while hunting a boar.
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Adonis
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What is the Greek term for sacrid marriage?
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hieros gamos
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What did Isis, Osiris, and Typhoeus each represent to the Egyptians?
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Osiris=nile; Isis= cultivable land; Typhoeus=desert
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Who is the Greek goddess of grain and harvest?
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Demeter
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What is the name of the long-lasting cult that worshiped Demeter?
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Eleusinian Mysteries
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How did Attis and Gallus demonstrate their devotion to the goddess Cybele?
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They ripped off their genitals
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What fruit did Hades give Persephone to eat?
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Pomegranate
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Who is the husband of Persephone?
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Hades
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The anemone flower origionated from the blood of ____________.
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Adonis
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Near what location at Eleusis did Demeter rest while searching for her daughter?
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by the road at the well of the maiden
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What town near Athens was the center for worship of Demeter?
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Eleusis
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What is the Roman name for Demeter?
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Ceres
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Who was the young boy whom Demeter taught the secrets of agriculture?
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Triptolemus
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Who was the daughter of Demeter?
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Persephone
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How many months each year does Persephone remain in the underworld?
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4
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What do the initials H.D stand for?
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Hilda Doolittle
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What is the name of the 19th century artistic group led by Rosetti?
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Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood
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What German classicist/ philosopher died insane and sometimes signed his lestters "Dionysus"?
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Describe briefly what happened to the ship and the crew of pirates who abducted Dionysus?
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The ship became somewhat overgrown with vines and ivy. It also flooded with wine. The crew jumped into the sea so as to not be attacked by Dionysus who turned into a lion.
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By what three names are the female followers of Dionysus most commonly called?
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Bacchae; thylades; maenads
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Who is perpetually drunk, donkey-riding follower of Dionysus?
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Silenus
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With what Greek city are the myths of Dionysus most closely linked?
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Thebes
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What is meant by the term "omophagia"?
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eating of raw flesh
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What kind of animals pull the chariot of Dionysus?
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panthers
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On which island did Dionysus find his bride?
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Naxos
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Name the daughter of Minos who was abandoned by Theseus and became the wife of Dioysus.
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Ariadne
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To which European city must one travel to see the famous wine cup depicting the story of Dionysus and the pirates?
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Munich
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Who are the half-human followers of Dionysus?
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Satyrs
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What evidence do we have that Dionysus was worshipped in Greece at an early date?
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spring fest of Dionsysus; 6th century b.c.
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According to the opening sentence of this chapter, Dionysus is the god of what three elements?
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wine; life force; the instinctive side of personality
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What is another common Greek name for Dionysus?
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Baccus
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What kind of plant life are particularly associated with Dionysus?
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ivy
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Why is Dionysus called the twice-born god?
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born twice
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What are form origionated in Athens probably from the worship of Dionysus?
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theater
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Name the phygion king who was granted the "golden touch".
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Midas
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Name the king of Thebes who fatally resisted the cult of Dionysus.
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Pentheus
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Who is the mother of Dionysus?
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Semele
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Name the mother of Pentheus and describe how she discovered her sons death?
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Agave
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How do our words "enthusiam" and "ecsatacy" relate to the worship of Dionysus?
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Enthusiasm came from the word enthousiasmos which means "being filled with god" ecstasy came from ?
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To which city must one travel to see Titans' Bacchus and Ariadne?
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London
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Describe the thyrsus
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It is a staff with ivy leaves wound around it and has a pine cone on top.
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Lycurgus resisted the new religion of Dionysus. How did he do it?
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murdered the followers
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According to some writers, which deity did Dionysus replace as one of the 12 Olympians.
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Hestia
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What kinds of animals are associated with Dionysus?
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Phallus and bulls
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What play by Euripides is the primary source of info for Dionysus.
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Bacchae
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What name for Hades is associated with the wealth that comes from the ground?
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Pluto
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What are the three parts of Dante's commedia?
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Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
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By what name is Hermes called as the "soul-guide"?
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psychopompas
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What object was Aenea's ticket entrance into the underworld?
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a magical golden bough plucked from a sacred wood.
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Which gods name means "unseen"?
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Hades
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Who was tied spread-eagle to the floor of the underworld where vultures ate his liver?
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Tityus
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Whom did Heracles marry after being taken up to heaven?
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Hebe
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Name the wife of Orpheus.
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Eurydice
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Describe the crime and punishment of the Danaids.
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They murdered their husbands on their wedding night. They had to carry water in a bottomless jug.
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What punitive function is performed by the Furies?
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Claim revenge for their being slain by family memebers
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When consulted by Odysseus, what does the ghost of Achilles say he would rather be?
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dead
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Describe the punishment of Ixion.
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He was bound to a wheel of fire
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Name the three judges of the underworld.
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Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aeacus
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Which goddess accidentally at the sholder of Pelops?
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Demeter
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Name the three-headed dog who guards the entrance to the underworld.
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Cerberus
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Who is Dante's guide on his trip to the underworld?
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Vergil
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Who painted the most famous representation of the cumaean Sibyl?
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Michelangelo
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Name the individual who fed his own son to the gods and describe his punishment.
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Tantalus; always hungry and thirsty
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Under what condition was Orpheus permitted to lead his wife out of the underworld?
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Don't look back
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By what river in the underground do the gods swear their oaths?
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Acheron
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By what other name is Elusium best known?
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Elysian Fields
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What philosopher created the myth of ER?
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socrates (Plato)
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Who is the wife of Hades and queen of the dead?
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Persephone
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Who was Anticlea, the daughter of Autoclycus?
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Odysseus's mother
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Who was able to charm objects of nature with his singing?
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Orpheus
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Name the boatman who ferried the souls of the dead across a river to the underworld.
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Charon
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Describe in detail the punishment of Sisyphus.
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?
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What two names for Hades are derived from the latin word meaning "rich"
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Dis or Dives
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What is the Roman name for Persephone?
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Proserpina
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Name the father of Pelops.
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Tantalus
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What did the Romans call the realm of the god of death?
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Occus
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Who guided Aeneas into the underworld?
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Sibyl
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What is the "river of sorrow" in the underworld?
|
Acheron
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What is the "river of forgetfullness" in the underworld?
|
River of unheeding
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By what other name are furies known?
|
Erinyes
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What was the occupation of Aristaeus?
|
beekeeper
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Name the blind Thebean prophet
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tiresias
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What is meant by the term "metempsychosis"?
|
reincarnation
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Queen ______ boasted that she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs.
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Cassiopea
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IO
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Priestess of Hera who turned into a heifer
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Argus
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100 eyed guard
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Hermes
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God slayer of Argus
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Argeiphantes
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Name given to Hermes
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Bosporus
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straight leading to the Black Sea
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Heracles
|
Hero descended from Io
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|
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peacock
|
wears the eyes of Argus
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At the time Perseus killed Medusa, she was pregnant. Who was the father?
|
Poseidon
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The king of Seriphos was _____?
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Polydectes
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Medusa was one of the three sisters called the _______.
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Gorgons
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What did Perseus do to Polydectes upon his return to Seriphos?
|
He turned him into stone by showing him Medusa's head.
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Name the two cities in the region of Argos.
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Mycenae and Tiryns
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In what prominent overhead location can one see today many of the characters from the legend of Perseus?
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Greece
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Perseus rescued and then married ________.
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Andromeda
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A fisherman named _____ rescued Danae and her son.
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Dictys
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In what form did Zeus come to Danae?
|
shower of gold
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List five items that Perseus used in his quest to bring back the head of Medusa.
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cup of Hades, winged sandals, special leather pouch, steel sword, bronze shield
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|
How did King Acrisius die?
|
By a discuss that Perseus threw. It hit him in the foot and killed him.
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|
What two anatomical items did the Graeae share between them?
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One tooth and one eye
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Name the only Danaid who did not kill her husband.
|
Hypermnestra
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How did Danae's father attempt to keep her from having a son?
|
He placed her into an underground chamber made of bronze.
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The father of Danae is ______.
|
Acrisius
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Name the golden-sworded warrior and the winged horse that were born with the beheading of Medusa.
|
Winged horse=Pegasus; Warrior=Chrysaor
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What famous city of Argos was established and inhabited by Perseus and his wife.
|
Tiryns
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Perseus was aided by three gray-haired woman called the _____
|
.Graeae
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Describe briefly the fate of Phineus and his army.
|
They turned into stone by Perseus and Medusa's head.
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Medusa was the only one of the three sisters who was immortal.
T/F |
False
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King _______ had his daughter chained to a rock by the sea.
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Cepheus
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What specific substance did Heracles poison the tips of his arrows with?
|
The bile from the head of Hydra
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The mother of Heracles was?
|
Alcenena
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Who was Copreus?
|
the herald that Heracles had to announce his results to.
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As his final labor, Heracles brought back from the underworld the three-headed dog _______.
|
Cerberus
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The divine father of Heracles was ________.
|
Zeus
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The phrase "knee deep in %^#@" could refer to which of the Twelve labors?
|
The Augean Stables
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|
_________ sent two snakes to destroy the infant Heracles.
|
Hera
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Heracles' nephew _______ assisted him in eliminating the Lernaean Hydra.
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Iolaus
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Heracles freed _______ from a mountainside in the Caucasus.
|
Prometheus
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|
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How was Heracles eventually able to capture the Erymanthion Boar?
|
He drove it from a bush and ran it down a snow bank.
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Why should one be particularly cautious when lifting up rocks in Greece?
|
Because the immortal head of Hydra is buried under a rock in Greece.
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The Pillars of Hercules mark the two sided of the straight of ________.
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Gibraltor
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How was Heracles able to flush out the Stymphalian Birds?
|
By clonging bronze castanets
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Heracles' wife Deianira was attacked by a Centaur named ________.
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Nessus
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In what other legend does the Cretan Bull occur?
|
Theseus
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Heracles was called ______ by the Romans.
|
Hercules
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How was Heracles able to skin the Nemean Lion?
|
With the lions own claws.
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Heracles had to bring back golden apples from the Garden of ________.
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Hesperides
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Briefly explain the origin of the Milky Way.
|
Baby Heracles bit Hera while nursing.
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Briefly describe the Ceryneian Deer.
|
It was a magical deer that belonged to Artemis. It had golden antlers and brazen hoofs.
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Why might one be reluctant to become Heracles' music teacher?
|
The last music teacher got his head bashed in with a Lyre.
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Heracles killed his first wife _______ and their three children.
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Megara
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What was the favorite snack food of the horses of Diomedes?
|
Human flesh
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|
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After ascending to Mount Olympus, Heracles married ______.
|
Hebe
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Heracles fathered 50 sons by the daughters of _______.
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Thespius
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Heracles killed a three-bodied monster named _________.
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Geryon
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Heracles might have enjoyed shopping at Victoria Secret while he was serving the Lydian queen __________.
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Omphale
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______ was willing to die for her husband Admetus.
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Alcestis
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The brilliant Greek general (d. 323 b.c) _______ claimed descent from Heracles.
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Alexander the Great
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The father of Iphicles was ________.
|
Amphitryon
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For lighting his funeral pyre, Heracles bequeathed his bow to __________.
|
Philoctetes
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Hippolyta was the queen of the ________,
|
Amazons
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A herd of cattle was stolen and hidden in a cave near the site of Rome by a monster fittingly named _________.
|
Cacus
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|
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The crab killed by Heracles became the constellation ________.
|
Cancer
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The Twelve Labors of Heracles are depicted in sculpture on the metopes of the Temple of Zeus at ___________.
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Olympia
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Theseus' wife ______ fell in love with her own stepson.
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Phaedra
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The sorceress _______ almost succeeded in poisoning Theseus.
|
Medea
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Antiope (or Hippolyta) was the queen of the ___________.
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Amazons
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The child of Procne and Tereus was __________.
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Itys
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|
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What is meant by the English word procrustean?
|
Standard to which exact conformity is forced.
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The greatest legendary hero of Athens is ______.
|
Theseus
|
|
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How did Theseus' wife Phaedra die?
|
She hung herself in the bathroom.
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|
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The mother of Theseus was?
|
Aethra
|
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The father of Theseus was?
|
Aegeus
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Besides raping her, what terrible outrage did Tereus commit against Philomela?
|
Cut out her tongue and locked her in a cell.
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How did Philomela communicate to her sister from afar what had happened to her?
|
She used threads and wove out the story, then handed it to a slave girl to bring to her sister.
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The story of Hippolytus is a variation of the common folk-tale "_______________".
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Potiphar's wife
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The story of Procne and Tereus is told memorably by the Roman Poet ________.
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Ovid
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What did Procne and Philomela do with the body of Itys?
|
They carved him up and cooked him and fed him to Tereus.
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|
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List six words that will enable you to remember the "Labors of Theseus"
|
Clubber, pinebender, pig, wrestler, feet, procrustean
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What did the oracle instruct Aegeus to do in order to father a child?
|
Next time he had sex he would father a child.
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The term ______ means "sprung from the earth".
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Autochthonous
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The principal source for the story of Hippolytus is a tragedy by __________.
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Euripides
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|
Into what two birds were Procne and Philomela transformed?
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nightingale and a swallow
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What did Theseus do on returning to Crete that caused his father to kill himself?
|
He forgot to change the flag on his ship.
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|
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Where is Pirithous today?
|
in the underworld
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The husband of Procne was _________.
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Tereus
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What items did Theseus' father place under a rock?
|
a sword and sandals
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|
|
How did Theseus die?
|
The king of the island Scyros led him to a cliff and pushed him off.
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Theseus was possibly the son of the god __________.
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Poseidon
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What happened at the wedding feast of Theseus' friend Pirthous?
|
Centaurs got drunk and attacked the bride which started the was Centauromachy
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The early Athenian king _______ is strangely explained to be the offspring of Hephaestus and Athena.
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Erichthonius
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The early legendary king ______ had the form of a snake beneath the waist.
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Cecrops
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The wife of Minos was ______
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Pasiphae
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Nisus of Megara was invulnerable as long as a _______ grew on his head.
|
purple lock of hair.
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To contain the Minotaur, Daedalus constructed the ___________.
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Labyrinth
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How were Daedalus and his son able to escape from Crete>
|
Daedalus made them wings to fly
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The Roman Poet _______ tells the story of Theseus and Ariadne as a "story within a story".
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Catullus
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The offspring of Pasiphae and the bull was called the ___________.
|
Minotaur
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|
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How was Theseus able to find his way out of the Labyrinth?
|
He tied thread to the door and unrolled it as he went so he could follow the thread back out.
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Minos daughter _______ aided Theseus in killing the Minotaur.
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Ariadne
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The inventor _______ created a cow frame for Pasiphae.
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Daedalus
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The spanish/french artist _______ often represented himself as a bull of the Minotaur.
|
Pablo Picasso
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Zeus abducted Europa by taking the form of a _______.
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Bull
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The son of Daedalus was _________.
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Icarus
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The British poet W.H. _________ wrote a poem inspired by a painting of Brueghel.
|
Auden
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In what city and museum does one find Brueghel's The fall of Icarus?
|
Brussels; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts.
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A giant robot named _______ walked three times daily around the island of crete.
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Talus
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_______ was boiled to death in a bathtub.
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Minos
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Ariadne was deserted by Theseus on the island of ________.
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Naxon
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How was Minos able to locate Daedalus after he had escaped from Crete?
|
Put thread through a shell
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The palace at Knossos was excavated by the English Archaeologist Sir Arthur ______.
|
Evans
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Laius and Jocasta were parents of _________.
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Oedipus
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Oedipus was last seen in a sacred grove at _______ near Athens.
|
Colonus
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Amphion and _______ constructed the walls of Thebes.
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Zethus
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The name Oedipus means "_______".
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Swollen foot
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Cadmus sowed a field with the teeth of a __________.
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Dragon
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|
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What is the riddle of the sphinx?
|
"What goes on four legs in the morning, two at midday, and three in the evening?"
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_____ decreed that no one was to bury the body of Polynices.
|
Creon
|
|
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Where specifically did Oedipus kill his father?
|
At a fork in the road
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Harmonia was the wife of _____.
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Cadmus
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Eteocles and _______ killed each other in dual before the walls of Thebes.
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Polynices
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Antigone was engaged to marry ______.
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Creon
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The author of Oedipus the king is _________.
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Sophocles
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According to one tradition, the alphabet was brought to Greece by the mythological character _______.
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Cadmus
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Oedipus and _________ had a total of four children
|
Jocasta
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Thebes is the principal city in the plain of __________.
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Boeotia
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What did Oedipus do to himself upon learning that he had killed his father and married his mother?
|
Stabbed his eyes with a needle and made himself blind.
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|
|
What is the answer to the sphinx's riddle?
|
human beings
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europa crossed the sea on the back of a ________, which was actually Zeus in disguise.
|
bull
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Ismene and ________ were sisters.
|
Antigone
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Polynices and Merope were the king and queen of ________.
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Corinth
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Cadmus followed a ______ until they came to the site of Thebes.
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cow
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The golden ram flew to the town of _____ in the land of Aea.
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Colchis
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According to one tradition, ________ chopped up the body of her brother and threw the parts into the sea in order to slow the pursuit of her father.
|
Medea
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What well-known line of men's clothing has the golden ram/fleece as its symbol?
|
Brooks Brothers
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What play by Euripides deals with the story of Jason?
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Medea
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One of the famous heroic adventures is called the Calydonian _______ Hunt.
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Boar
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After plowing a field, Jason sowed it with the teeth of a ________.
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dragon
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A bronze giant named _______ ran daily around the island of Crete.
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Talus
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Pelias learned from the oracle that he would be over thrown by a man wearing _____________.
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one sandal
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The Argonauts spent a sexually active year on the island of __________.
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Lemnos
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While traveling to Iolcus, Jason assisted an old woman who was actually the goddess ________.
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Hera
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The father of Jason was ______.
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Aeson
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The two children of Nephele and Athamas were Phrixus and _____.
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Helle
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The golden fleece hung in an ______ tree.
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oak
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The hero _____ died after his mother burned a fateful log in a fireplace.
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Meleager
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Hippomenes (Melanion) won a famous race by throwing three ______________ in the path of his competitor.
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golden apples
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The blind king named _______ was tormented by the HArpies.
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Phineus
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The prow of the Argo has a beam that was able to ________.
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Speak
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From which city did the Argonauts set fourth?
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Iolcus
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Jason plowed a field using two fire-breathing _________.
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bulls
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While traveling to Iolcus, Jason assisted an old woman who was actually the goddess ________.
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Hera
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The father of Jason was ______.
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Aeson
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The two children of Nephele and Athamas were Phrixus and _____.
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Helle
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The golden fleece hung in an ______ tree.
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oak
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The hero _____ died after his mother burned a fateful log in a fireplace.
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Meleager
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Hippomenes (Melanion) won a famous race by throwing three ______________ in the path of his competitor.
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golden apples
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The blind king named _______ was tormented by the HArpies.
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Phineus
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The prow of the Argo has a beam that was able to ________.
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Speak
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From which city did the Argonauts set fourth?
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Iolcus
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Jason plowed a field using two fire-breathing _________.
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bulls
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Jason and Medea settled in _______, where Jason abandoned her to marry a princess.
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Corinth
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The "clashing rocks" are also called the _________.
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Symplegades
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The tyrant of Aea was _______.
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Aeetes
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With which wide plain in Greece is the story of Jason associated?
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Thessaly
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Jason was raised by the wise Centaur named _______.
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Chiron
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The sorceress daughter of Aeetes was named _______.
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Medea
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Talus replenished his supply of ______ through a hole in his ankle.
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Ichor
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The daughters of _______ tried to make their father young again.
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Pelias
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Jason was killed by a rotten beam from the prow of the ______.
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Argo
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Hercules left the expedition in order to search for the lost boy named _____.
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Hylas
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Phrixus and Helle were rescued from the sacrificial alter by a ____________.
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golden ram
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________ caused a famine by parching the seed corn.
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Ino
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_______ agreed to marry the man who could defeat her in a footrace.
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Atalanta
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The " Clashing rocks" are also called the __________.
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Symplegades
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The creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women were called _________.
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Harpies
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Pelias sent Jason on a quest to recover the __________.
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Golden Fleece
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The _______ is a body of water named for the sister of Phrixus.
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Hellespont
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What 3rd century work by Apollonius offers the most detailed on the Jason myth?
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Argonautica
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Aeson was kept imprisoned by his half brother______.
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Pelias
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The Roman dramatist ________ wrote the gruesome play Medea.
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Seneca
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At the end of the Aeneid, the Rutulian king _______ is killed by Aeneas.
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Turnus
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The first casualty in the Trojan war was named _________.
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Prostesilaus
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"As you set out on your journey to _________, pray that your journey be a long one, filled with adventure, filled with discovery."
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Ithaca
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Odysseus' men did not want to return home after eating ______.
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lotus
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Odysseus' nurse _______ was able to identify him by a hunting scar on his leg.
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Euryclea
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Aeneas's ticket to the underworld was the "golden ________"
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bough
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The Trojan priest _____, was killed, along with his two sons, by serpents from the sea.
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Laocoon
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Upon returning home _______ was killed by his wife Clytemnestra.
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Agamemnon
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Hector was killed by _______.
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Achilles
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The aged king of Troy was named _______.
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Priam
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Because of a foul smelling, festering wound from a snakebite, _____ was abandoned on the island of Lemnos.
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Philoctetes
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The father of Agamemnon and Menelaus was ______.
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Atreus
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Agamemnon's daughter ______ assisted her brother in killing their mother.
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Electra
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Aenea's son Lulus is also called _______.
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Ascanius
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The mother of Aeneas is __________.
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Aphrodite
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The Greek word for the convention of "guest-friendship" is ________.
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xenia
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The site of Ancient Troy was discovered and first excavated by Heinrich _________.
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Schliemann
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Aeneas had an affair with the Carthaginian queen _______.
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Dido
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The sign of the zodiac associated with Castor and Pollux is the _________.
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Gemini
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The death of Agamemnon was avenged by his son _____.
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Orestes
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The wife of Menelaus was _____.
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Helen
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The husband of Andromache was _______.
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Hector
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Odysseus competed against _____ in a contest for the armor of Achilles.
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Ajax
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The Iliad deals with the consequences of a quarrel that arose between Agamemnon and _____.
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Achilles
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The young child ______ was frightened by the horsehair crest of his father's helmet.
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Astyanax
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The husband of Clytemnestra was ____________.
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Agamemnon
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Some of Odysseus' men were turned into pigs by a witch named ________.
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Circe
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Tennyson's Ulysses claims "I cannot rest from ______"
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travel
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The parents of Achilles are ______ and Thetis
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Peleus
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The decision of who was to receive the golden apple is known as the Judgement of ______.
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Paris
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Zeus mated with Leda in the form of a _________.
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Swan
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The king of the winds is named ______.
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Aeolus
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Many of Odysseus' men were killed by a tribe of cannibals called the __________.
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Laestrygonians
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Before sailing to Troy, the Greek Fleet assembled at _____.
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Aulis
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The epic stories about "homecomings" from the Trojan War are called ___________..
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Nostoi
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Odysseus was rescued on a beach by a Phaeacian princess named __________.
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Nausicaa
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"Leda and the Swan", one of the finest poems in the English language was written by William Butler _______.
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YEats
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The British Artist J.M.W. _______ painted an oil entitled "Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus:
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Turner
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Tied to the mast of his ship, Odysseus was able to hear the singing of the _______.
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Sirens
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The wife of Odysseus was ____________.
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Penelope
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The goddess named ________ threw a golden apple into the midst of the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
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Eris
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The son of Odysseus is named _____________.
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Telegonus
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A point of vulnerability is one's _________ heel.
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Achilles
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Odysseus spent seven years on the island of a beautiful nymph named ________.
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Calypso
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The prophetic Trojan princess ______ was able to foresee her own death.
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Cassandra
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Leda was married to Tyndareus, king of _________.
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Sparta
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The Trojan hero ________ is often referred to as the "tamer of horses"
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Hector
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Odysseus and his men blinded a cyclops named ______.
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Polyphemus
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According to the translation in our textbook, Odysseus initially told the cyclops that his name was _________.
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Nobody
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Atreaus killed the three sons of ______ and served them as a meal to their father.
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Thyestes
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To make favorable winds blow, Agamemnon sacrifices his daugher _________.
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Iphigenia
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Sometimes one must sail a course "between ______ and Charybdis"
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Scylla
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The contest for the golden apple was won by _______.
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Aphrodite
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The ideals of the Legendary Penn state football coach Joe Paterno have been greatly influenced by the Latin poet _________.
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Vergil
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The furies are now known by their kinder, gentler name _________.
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Eumenides
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Hector killed _____, the close companion of Achilles.
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Patroclus
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Achilles was educated by a Centaur named ___________.
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Chiron
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The cotter pins of Oenomaus' chariot wheels were replaced with _______.
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wax
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The rejected suitors of Helen swore an oath to king ________.
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Tyndareus
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The body of Hector was ransomed by his father ______.
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Priam
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