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Who was the son of Peleus and Thetis?
Achilles
Achilles was the son of what two people?
Peleus and Thetis
Of what kingdom was Peleus the king of?
Phthia
What famous father from Roman mythology was a ruler of Phthia, also known as the father of Achilles?
Peleus
What was Achilles’ original name, before he was turned over to Cheiron?
Ligyron
What famous Roman hero’s original name was Ligyron?
Achilles
In some versions of the story, what goddess, wishing to make her son immortal like herself, anointed the son with ambrosia during the day and laid him in the embers of the fire by night, alarming her husband Peleus?
Thetis
In some versions of the story, with what mythical substance did Thetis anoint Achilles in order to make him immortal?
Ambrosia
In some versions of the story, where did Thetis lay Achilles during the night in order to make him immortal, much to Peleus’ horrification?
The embers of a fire
In some versions of the story, in what river did Thetis dip her son Achilles, making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which Thetis held him?
Styx
In some versions of the story, who was dipped in the waters of the river Styx by his mother, making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him?
Achilles
In some versions of the story, who was anoined with ambrosia during the day and laid in the embers of the fire by night in order to be made immortal by his mother Thetis?
Achilles
With what wise centaur was Achilles placed in the care of?
Chiron
What famous Roman hero was placed in the care of Chiron, who changed his name from Ligyron to his more well-known name?
Achilles
How did Chiron instill courage in Achilles?
Feeding him on the entrails of wild animals
Who was instilled courage by being fed on the entrails of wild animals by the wise centaur Chiron?
Achilles
What Roman hero became so swift that he could overtake a deer, thanks to Chiron?
Achilles
With Chiron’s guidance, Achilles became so fast that he could overtake what animal?
Deer
Where was Achilles living with Chiron?
Mount Pelion
What Roman hero trained at Mount Pelion with Chiron?
Achilles
Who did Achilles train with at Mount Pelion?
Chiron
What Roman hero was placed under the tutelage of Pheonix as a boy by his father, Peleus?
Achilles
What suppliant from Ormenium and king of the Dolopians was Achilles placed under the tutelage of by his father after returning from living with Chiron?
Pheonix
Pheonix was a suppliant from what city, before being the tutor of young Achilles?
Ormenium
Pheonix was made king of what people by Peleus, before also becoming the tutor of young Achilles?
Dolopians
What man made Pheonix king of the Dolopians?
Peleus
What suppliant of Phthia was the father of Patroclus?
Menoetius
Menoetius was the father of what man?
Patroclus
Menoetius, father of Patroclus, was a suppliant of what kingdom, which just so happened to be ruled by Peleus?
Phthia
Who had accidentally kiled a playmate in Opus before becoming a squire to Achilles, and then a lover?
Patroclus
What famous Roman hero was sent to the court of Lycomedes on Scyrus by his mother Thetis, because she knew he was fated to die if he went to Troy?
Achilles
To what king of Scyrus was Achilles sent by Thetis?
Lycomedes
Lycomedes was the king of what Aegean island?
Scyrus
When Achilles was 9 years old, what Greek seer announced that Troy couldn’t be taken without Achilles’ aid?
Calchas
How old was Achilles when Calchas announced Troy couldn’t be taken without his aid?
9 years old
What prophecy did Calchas announce when Achilles was 9 years old?
That Troy couldn’t be taken without Achilles’ aid
Who did Lycomedes dress as a girl named Pyrrha among the rest of his daughters, due to the insistence of his mother Thetis?
Achilles
What fake name was Achilles given by Lycomedes?
Pyrrha
Name the parents of Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus
Achilles and Deidameia
Name the son of Deidameia and Achilles
Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus
Name the daughter of Lycomedes who bore to Achilles his son Pyrrhus
Deidameia
Deidameia was the daughter of what king of Scyrus?
Lycomedes
Who placed various feminine trinkets, a spear, and a shield on the porch of Lycomedes, proceeding to blow a trumpet to make it seem like Scyrus was in danger, thus revealing the disguise of Achilles when he picked up the spear and shield?
Odysseus
Whose disguise did Odysseus discover on the land of Scyrus, at the court of Lycomedes?
Achilles
How did Odysseus discover Achilles’ disguise?
He placed various feminine trinkets along with a sword and shield. Then, he sounded a trumpet in the distance to make it seem like Scyrus was under attack. Thus, the “female” Pyrrha took off her disguise and donned the sword and shield, revealing Achilles.
Despite not having taken the vow to defend Helen’s husband like the rest of Helen’s suitors, what famous Roman hero volunteered eagerly for the Trojan War?
Achilles
At the age of 15, what famous Roman hero was made admiral of the Greek fleet during the Trojan War?
Achilles
How old was Achilles when he was made admiral of the Greek fleet during the Trojan War?
15
What position did Achilles get in relation to the Trojan War at the age of 15?
Admiral of the Greek Fleet
Who was lured to the port of Aulis with a promise of marriage to Achilles, ultimately being sacrificed in order to insure favorable winds for sailing by her father Agamemnon?
Iphigenia
To what port was Iphigenia lured by Agamemnon with a promise of marriage to Achilles?
Aulis
How did Agamemnon lure Iphigenia to the port of Aulis?
By promising her a marriage to Achilles there
Who lured his daughter to the port of Aulis, sacrificing her in order to insure favorable winds for sailing to Troy?
Agamemnon
Why did Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia?
In order to insure favorable winds for sailing to Troy
According to Euripides, what famous Roman hero, unaware of the ruse against Iphigenia, defied the entire Greek army in order to save her life, until Iphigenia ultimately gave herself up for sacrifice?
Achilles
Whose life did Achilles try to save when he learned that she was to be sacrificed in order to insure favorable winds for sailing?
Iphigenia
Where did the Greeks meet a hostile force led by Telephus, king of Teuthrania/Pergamom?
Mysia
What son of Heracles and king of Teuthrania/Pergamom drove the Greeks from Mysia, though being wounded in the thigh by Achilles?
Telephus
Telephus was the king of what region?
Teuthrania / Pergamom
What famous Roman hero wounded Telephus in the thigh with his spear, which would ironically be the vessel in which he would heal Telephus as well?
Achilles
What son of Heracles did Achilles wound in the thigh, and later heal using the very spear that inflicted the wound?
Telephus
Name the father of Telephus
Heracles
Where did Achilles wound Telephus?
In the thigh
Who journeyed to Argos as a suppliant and begged Achilles to heal him, ultimately being healed by the rust from the spear that had wounded him in the thigh?
Telephus
Where did Telephus journey in order to be healed by Achilles?
Argos
Who did Telephus beg to heal him, as he was the inflictor of his wound?
Achilles
How was Telephus’ thigh wound healed?
By using the rust from the spear that had wounded him
Who was healed from the rust of the spear that had wounded him in the first place?
Telephus
What man pointed out to Achilles that the true “inflictor” of Telephus’ wound was the spear, not Achilles himself?
Odysseus
Who guided the Greeks to Troy about ten years after he fought them at Mysia, in thanks for healing his thigh wound after the encounter?
Telephus
To what famous city did Telephus guide the Greeks?
Troy
What did Odysseus point out to Achilles in regards to Telephus’ wound in the thigh?
That the true “inflictor” of the wound wasn’t Achilles, but the spear
What sea-goddess warned her son that he was fated to spend either a long, comfortable life at home in Phthia or a short, glorious one in the Trojan War?
Thetis
Who was warned by his mother that he was fated to spend either a long, comfortable life at home in Phthia or a short, glorious one in the Trojan War?
Achilles
Thetis warned Achilles that he must not kill what king of Tenedos and son of Apollo, though Achilles didn’t listen?
Tenes
Who warned Achilles to not kill Tenes, king of Tenedos?
Thetis
Tenes was king of what island?
Tenedos
Name the deity who was the father of Tenes, king of Tenedos
Apollo
Why did Thetis warn Achilles not to kill Tenes?
For his father, Apollo, would be sure to avenge him
What man was warned not to kill Tenes, king of Tenedos, for Apollo would be sure to avenge the murder?
Achilles
What famous Roman hero killed Tenes, king of Tenedos?
Achilles
Who was the first Greek to be killed at Troy?
Protesilaus
In the opening battle of the Trojan War, what son of Poseidon, and king of Colonae, did Achilles strangle with the thongs of his own helmet, because he was invulnerable to weapons?
Cycnus
Name the deity that fathered Cycnus
Poseidon
How did Achilles kill Cycnus, king of Colonae, since he was invulnerable to weapons?
Achilles strangled Cycnus witht he thongs of Achilles’ own helmet
Cycnus was the king of what region?
Colonae
What former Spartan queen did Achilles wish to see not long after arriving at Troy, though nothing came of it?
Helen
Who wished to see Helen not long after arriving at Troy, which was made to happen despite him being part of the Greek forces by the deities Aphrodite and Thetis?
Achilles
What two deities allowed Achilles to see Helen during the early part of the Trojan War, despite the two being from opposite sides of the war?
Aphrodite and Thetis
Who was king of Troy during the Trojan War?
Priam
Priam was king of what people?
Trojans
What famous Roman hero, in 9 years, reduced Troy’s surrounding towns whose rulers were vassals of Priam?
Achilles
What famous Roman hero sacked 12 cities by sea and 11 more by land during the Trojan War?
Achilles
How many cities did Achilles sack by sea and land respectively during the Trojan War?
12 by sea; 11 by land
What famous Roman hero sacked the cities Lyrnessus and Hypoplacian Thebes?
Achilles
What city ruled by Eetion was sacked by Achilles?
Hypoplacian Thebes
What father-in-law of Hector ruled Hypoplacian Thebes before it was sacked by Achilles?
Eetion
Eetion was the father-in-law of what famous figure in mythology?
Hector
Hector was the commander of what city’s forces during the Trojan War?
Troy’s
What man was killed, along with his seven sons, in one day by Achilles, who proceeded to hold his wife, the queen of Hypoplacian Thebes, for ransom?
Eetion
How long did it take for Achilles to kill Eetion and his seven sons?
1 day
Who killed Eetion and his seven sons in one day?
Achilles
What king of Hypoplacian Thebes did Achilles bury in his armor rather than plunder, out of respect for his prowess?
Eetion
What was special about the way Achilles dealt with the corpse of Eetion after killing him?
Rather than plundering his corpse, Achilles buried Eetion in his armor
What city, ruled by Enyeus, was captured by Achilles during the Trojan War and shares a name with an island of Achilles’ childhood, ruled by Lycomedes?
Scyrus
Who was ruler of the Scyrus that was captured by Achilles, NOT the Scyrus that was ruled by Lycomedes?
Enyeus
What Roman hero drove Aeneas from his home on Mount Ida?
Achilles
Who did Achilles drive from his home on Mount Ida?
Aeneas
From what area did Achilles drive Aeneas?
Mount Ida
Name the four sons of Priam that Achilles killed
Troilus, Lycaon, Isus, Antiphus
Troilus, Lycaon, Isus, and Antiphus were all killed by what Roman hero?
Achilles
Troilus, Lycaon, Isus, and Antiphus were all sons of what king of Troy?
Priam
What son of Priam did Achilles kill while he worked in an orchard?
Lycaon
Where was Lycaon, son of Priam, working when he was killed by Achilles?
An orchard
What three sons of Priam were sold for ransom by Achilles before being killed in battle?
Lycaon, Isus, Antiphus
What hero killed Mynes and Epistrophus, the sons of King Evenus, during his attack on Lyrnessus, where he would also obtain a concubine Briseis?
Achilles
Name the sons of King Evenus of Lyrnessus, that were killed by Achilles
Mynes and Epistrophus
King Evenus was the king of what region, which was sacked by Achilles during the Trojan War?
Lyrnessus
What Lyrnessan woman did Achilles take as his concubine?
Briseis
Briseis was from what area?
Lyrnessus
Name the concubine of Agamemnon, who he was forced to give up to save the Greeks from a plague
Chryseis
Chryseis was the concubine of what Greek, who was forced to give her up in order to save the Greeks from a plague?
Agamemnon
Why was Agamemnon forced to give up his concubine Chryseis?
To save the Greeks from a plague
Who did Agamemnon steal from Achilles, in retaliation from being forced to give up his own Chryseis?
Briseis
What Greek stole Briseis from Achilles, because he was forced to give up his own concubine Chryseis?
Agamemnon
What did Achilles do after having Briseis stolen from him by Agamemnon?
He refused to fight any longer and forced his troops to do the same
Who refused to fight for the Greeks after his concubine Briseis was stolen from him by Agamemnon?
Achilles
In order to force the Greeks to get Achilles’ help back, who appealed to Zeus to give the Trojans victory?
Thetis
Who did Thetis appeal to in order to give the Trojans victory, so that the Greeks would seek Achilles’ help?
Zeus
Why did Thetis paradoxically ask Zeus to give the Trojans victory after Achilles refused to fight when he lost Briseis?
So that the Greeks would seek Achilles’ help after losing
What three people were sent to convince Achilles to rejoin the fighting after Achilles refused to fight due to him losing Briseis?
Pheonix, Odyseus, Ajax the Greater
Pheonix, Odysseus, and Ajax the Greater were sent to convnce what hero to rejoin fighting for the Greeks?
Achilles
What did Pheonix, Odysseus, and Ajax the Greater offer Achilles to rejoin the fighting, though Achilles refused?
Briseis and a great deal of treasure
What three people offered Achilles his concubine Briseis and a great deal of treasure in order to get him back to fighting against the Trojans?
Pheonix, Odysseus, Ajax the Greater
Seeing the Trojans threatening to burn the Greek ships, who begged to be allowed to wear Achilles’ armor into battle, though he was then killed by Hector?
Patroclus
Whose armor did Patroclus beg to be allowed to wear into battle?
Achilles
What Trojan killed Patroclus (who was wearing the armor of Achilles)?
Hector
After whose death did Achilles rejoin the fighting against the Trojans?
Patroclus
Who rejoined fighting against the Trojans after his lover Patroclus died?
Achilles
What river-god fought against Achilles when he found his waters choked with Achilles’ victims?
Scamander
Who fought the river Scamander during the Trojan War when his victims chocked up the river’s water?
Achilles
What deity saved Achilles from being drowned by the river-god Scamander?
Hephaestus
What hero did Hephaestus save from being drowned by the river Scamander?
Achilles
How did Hephaestus save Achilles from being drowned by the river Scamander?
Drying up the river
What deity dried up the river Scamander in order to save Achilles from it?
Hephaestus
Who was stripped of his armor, dragged around Troy three times, and killed by Achilles?
Hector
How many times did Achilles drag Hector’s body around the city Troy?
3 times
What deity aided Achilles in the killing of Hector?
Athena
What hero, with the aiding of Athena, killed Hector?
Achilles
Whose corpse did Achilles refuse to give up for burial during the Trojan War?
Hector
On whose pyre did Achilles slaughter 12 Trojan youths and hold elaborate funeral games in his honor?
Patroclus
How many Trojan youths did Achilles slaughter on the pyre of Patroclus?
12
Who came to Achilles alone at night, pleading to be allowed to ransom Hector’s corpse?
Priam
Priam begged what hero to ransom Hector’s corpse?
Achilles
Priam begged Achilles to be allowed to ransom whose corpse?
Hector
Why did Achilles allow Priam to have Hector’s body and ransom it?
He was heeding the advice of Thetis
Whose advice was Achilles heeding when he allowed Priam to leave with Hector’s corpse?
Thetis
What Amazon queen was an ally of Priam during the Trojan War, and was killed by Achilles who had fallen in love with her corpse?
Penthesileia
Who did Thersites taunt because he had fallen in love with the corpse of Penthesilea?
Achilles
Who taunted Achilles for falling in love with the corpse of Penthesilea?
Thersites
Achilles had to sail to Lesbos, sacrifice to Leto, Apollo, and Artemis, and be purified of murder by Odysseus because he had killed what man for taunting him about falling in love with the corpse of Penthesileia?
Thersites
Where did Achilles have to sail in order to atone for the murder of Thersites?
Lesbos
What three deities did Achilles have to sacrifice to in order to atone for the murder of Thersites?
Leto, Apollo, Artemis
Who purified Achilles of the murder of Thersites?
Odysseus
Odysseus purified Achilles of whose murder?
Thersites
What Ethiopan/Assyrian ally of the Trojans was killed by Achillles in one of Achilles’ last single combats?
Memnon
Who killed Memnon in one of his last single combats?
Achilles
Who shot the arrow that killed Achilles?
Paris
What deity guided the arrow that killed Achilles?
Apollo
Apollo guided the arrow shot by Paris, that killed what hero?
Achilles
Why did Apollo guide the arrow that would kill Achilles?
Either:
- Achilles had killed Apollo’s son, Tenes
- Poseidon, father of Cycnus, had requested Apollo to do so
- Apollo was on the Trojan’s side from the very start
Either because of the death of Tenes, Poseidon asking him to do the deed on account of the death of his son Cycnus, or the fact tha this deity was on the side of the Trojan’s from the very start, what deity guided the arrow that killed Achilles?
Apollo
Whose ashes were buried in a golden urn, mixed with those of Patroclus, and had a great barrow raised over them by the sea?
Achilles
Achilles’ ashes were mixed with whose?
Patroclus
What two heroes vied for the armor of Achilles?
Ajax the Greater, Odysseus
What deity had made Achilles’ armor?
Hephaestus
Ajax the Greater and Odysseus vied for whose armor, made by Hephaestus, after his death?
Achilles
Who was awarded the armor of Achilles?
Odysseus
Who killed himself when he didn’t get the armor of Achilles?
Ajax the Greater
What captured Trojan prophet predicted that Troy would fall only if the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus, fought on the side of the Greeks?
Helenus
What did Helenus predict?
Troy would only fall if the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus, fought on the side of the Greeks
Helenus predicted Troy would only fall if what man fought on the side of the Greeks?
Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus
What two people went back to Scyrus to fetch the aid of Neoptolemus?
Odysseus, Pheonix
Odysseus and Pheonix went back to Scyrus to fetch what man to fight for the Greeks, the son of Achilles?
Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus
Who gave Neoptolemus his father’s armor?
Odysseus
Odysseus gave Neoptolemus whose armor?
Achilles
After the fall of Troy, whose ghost appeared to the Greeks to demand that they sacrifice Priam’s daughter Polyxena on his tomb?
Achilles
After the fall of Troy, Achilles demanded that the Greeks sacrifice what daughter of Priam on his tomb?
Polyxena
Achilles demanded the Greeks sacrifice Polyxena, the daughter of what Trojan king, on his tomb?
Priam
Name the brothers of Polyxena who, according to some, were said to have killed Achilles when he came to vy for her hand?
Paris, Deiphobus
Paris and Deiphobus were the brothers of what daughter of Priam, who Achilles had sacrificed on his tomb?
Polyxena
When Odysseus visited the Underworld, whose ghost did he meet an cheer up somehwhat with news of the prowess of his son, Neoptolemus?
Achilles
Who cheered up Achilles’ ghost in the Underworld with news of the prowess of his son?
Odysseus
According to some traditions, what hero lived forever with both Ajaxes, Antilochus, and his lover Patroclus, on the White Island?
Achilles
According to some traditions, where did Achilles live forever with both Ajaxes, Antilochus, and his lover Patroclus?
White Island
According to some traditions, when Achilles was living forever on the White Island who was he married to?
Medea
Living forever on the White Island after the Trojan War according to some, what hero was surprisingly married to Medea there?
Achilles
What son of Zeus and the person Aegina was the first king of the region Aegina?
Aeacus
Aeacus was the first king of what region?
Aegina
What daughter of the river-god Asopus was the mother of Aeacus by Zeus?
Aegina
Name the river-god that was the father of Aegina
Asopus
Who did Zeus carry off to the island Oenone to give birth to Aeacus?
Aegina
To what island lying off the coast of Argolis in the Saronic Gulf was Aegina carried by Zeus to give birth to Aeacus?
Oenone / Oenopia
As a young man, who lived alone on an otherwise uninhabited island, Oenone, that would later be renamed after his mother, Aegina?
Aeacus
Who prayed to his father for companions, causing the ants on the island to be transformed into men and women collectively named the Myrmidons?
Aeacus
What did Aeacus call the ants that became men and women when he prayed to his father Zeus for companions?
Myrmidons
Who made the Myrmidons, ants that had become people to accompany Aeacus?
Zeus
What people are said to either:
- Have appeared only after a plague had decimated the population of Oenone
- Sprang from the earth itself
- Have appeared after Aeacus prayed to Zeus for companions
Myrmidons
What did Aeacus rename the island of Oenone?
Aegina
What king of Aegina gained a widespread reputation for piety and respect for justice?
Aeacus
What Nisus and Sceiron were disputing each other’s claims to the rule of Megara, what king of Aegina was asked to decide between them?
Aeacus
Aeacus was asked to decide between what two men, who were disputng each other’s claims to the rule of Megara?
Nisus and Sceiron
Nisus and Sceiron asked Aeacus to decide who would rule what kingdom?
Megara
What positions did Aeacus give to Nisus and Sceiron in relation the kingdom of Megara?
Nisus: King
Sceiron: Minister of War
Who proclaimed Nisus king of Megara and Sceiron the Minister of War, due to his reputation for piety and respect for justice?
Aeacus
Who gave his daughter Endeis as the wife of Aeacus?
Sceiron
What daughter of Sceiron was given to Aeacus to be his wife?
Endeis
Name the husband of Endeis
Aeacus
What type of disaster may have been caused by the following events in mythology:
- Pelops murdering Sytmphalus
- Aegeus’ treachery toward Androgeus
…and was said to only be mitigated by the prayers of Aeacus?
A drought
Whose prayers were said to be the only way to get rid of the drought that had struck many Greek lands, according to the Oracle at Delphi?
Aeacus
What prophetic source told the envoys of the Greek lands that Aeacus’ prayers were the only way to get rid of the drought affecting them?
Oracle at Delphi
Who did Aeacus pray to in order to get rid of the drought and restore fertility to the earth?
Zeus
What was the only land that still had to deal with the drought despite Aeacus’ praying?
Attica
Only Aegeus’ capitulation to his enemy Minos lifted the plague/drought that affected what region?
Attica
Although the prayers of Aeacus restored fertility to most of the Earth, Attica’s drought was only lifted due to what action?
Aegeus’ capitulation to his enemy Minos
When Apollo and Poseidon were building the walls of Troy, who did they call on for help?
Aeacus
Aeacus, Apollo, and Poseidon all worked on building the walls of what city?
Troy
What two deities helped Aeacus build the walls of the city Troy?
Apollo, Poseidon
When the walls of Troy were scarcely erected, 3 of what animals attacked Aeacus, Apollo, and Poseidon?
Snakes
What omen did Apollo correctly interpret to mean the descendents of Aeacus would bring destruction on Troy during three generations?
When the 3 snakes attacked Aeacus, Apollo, and Poseidon (who were building the walls of Troy), 2 snakes fell dead, but 1 of them got through the walls and was able to enter Troy
The action of a snake attacking the builders of Troy’s walls and entering the city was correctly interpreted by what deity to mean the descendents of Aeacus would bring destruction on Tory during three generations?
Apollo
When a snake attacked the builders of Troy’s walls and entered the city, what did Apollo interpret this to mean?
The descendents of Aeacus would bring destruction on Troy during three generations
Name the three sons of Aeacus
Peleus, Telamon, Phocus
Peleus, Telamon, and Phocus were all children of what king of Aegina?
Aeacus
Name the woman who mothered Peleus and Telamon by Aeacus
Endeis
Name the nereid who mothered Phocus by Aeacus
Psamathe
Peleus and Telamon killed what brother of them because he grew up to excel in athletic prowess?
Phocus
What two people killed Phocus, who were also his half-brothers?
Peleus and Telamon
What king of Aegina exiled his sons Peleus and Telamon for the killing of his third-son, Phocus?
Aeacus
Why did Aeacus exile Peleus and Telamon, his children?
Because they killed his third child, Phocus
What children of Aeacus were exiled for the killing of Phocus?
Peleus, Telamon
What position did Aeacus hold after his death?
A gatekeeper / judge of Hades
What king of Aegina became either a gatekeeper or judge of Hades after his death?
Aeacus
Who seduced Aegina, possibly in the form of a flame, and carried her off to the island of Oenone/Oenopia, where she bore a son, Aeacus?
Zeus
In what form did Zeus seduce Aegina?
A flame
Who bribed Sisyphus, king of Corinth, to tell him who had stolen his daughter Aegina, pursuing Zeus until he was turned back with thunderbolts?
Asopus
Who did Asopus bribe to tell him who had stolen Aegina?
Sisyphus (king of Corinth)
According to Hyginus, what deity caused the death of Aegina by dropping a snake into Oenone’s water source, poisoning it and by proxy Aegina?
Hera
According to Hyginus, how did Hera cause the death of Aegina?
By dropping a snake into Oenone’s water source, poisoning it
According to Pindar, what woman was the mother of Menoetius by Actor, but more famously Aeacus by Zeus?
Aegina
According to Pindar, name the person who fathered Menoetius by Aegina
Actor
According to Pindar, name the son of Aegina by Actor
Menoetius
After the death of Aeacus, what kingdom took control of the island Aegina?
Argos
What people took over the island Aegina when the Heraclids took Epidarus?
Dorians
What king of Mycenae was the son of Thyestes and Pelopia?
Aegisthus
What daughter of Thyestes did Thyestes commit incest with to have her give birth to Aegisthus?
Pelopia
Name the father of Pelopia who also committed incest with her, leading to the birth of Aegisthus
Thyestes
Who was exposed by his mother and suckled by a goat, from which he took his name, being reared by Atreus, who he killed, and eventually becoming king of Mycenae after Agamemnon?
Aegisthus
Aegisthus took his name from being suckled by what creature, known in Latin as aix, aigos?
Goat
Aegisthus was reared by what husband of Pelopia?
Atreus
Atreus was married to what woman, the daughter of Thyestes and mother of Aegisthus?
Pelopia
Who killed Atreus when he learned his true identity?
Aegisthus
Who did Aegisthus kill, the very same man that reared him, when he learned of his true identity?
Atreus
Name the son of Atreus that would become king of Mycenae, the predecessor to Aegisthus
Agamemnon
Name the father of Agamemnon, who was killed by Agamemnon’s successor Aegisthus
Atreus
Agamemnon and Aegisthus were rulers of what kingdom?
Mycenae
Who ignored a warning from Hermes and seduced Clytemnestra when her husband Agamemnon left for Troy?
Aegisthus
What wife of Agamemnon did Aegisthus seduce, ignoring a warning from Hermes?
Clytemnestra
Aegisthus ignored a warning from what deity when he seduced Clytemnestra?
Hermes
What two lovers killed Agamemnon on his return from Troy, along with Cassandra, one of whom would rule Mycenae after for 7 years?
Aegisthus, Clytemnestra
Who did Aegisthus and Clytemnestra kill, a king of Mycenae?
Agamemnon
Who became the king of Mycenae after killing his predecessor Agamemnon?
Aegisthus
Name the children Aegisthus had with Clytemnestra
Aletes, Erigone
Aletes and Erigone were the children of what two people in mythology?
Aegisthus, Clytemnestra
Name the son of Agamemnon that avenged his father’s death by killing both Aegisthus and his mother Clytemnestra
Orestes
What two people did Orestes kill for the murder of his father Agamemnon?
Aegisthus, Clytemnestra
What Roman hero was the son of Aphrodite and a member of the royal line of Dardania, Anchises?
Aeneas
Name the parents of Aeneas
Anchises, Aphrodite
What member of the royal line of Dardania fathered Aeneas?
Anchises
Who was born on Mount Ida, reared by nymphs and brought to his father Anchises when he was 5 years old?
Aeneas
On what mountain was Aeneas born?
Mount Ida
How old was Aeneas when he was brought to Anchises from Mount Ida?
5 years old
To whom was Aeneas brought to when he was 5 years old?
Anchises
Who was maimed by Zeus for revealing the name of Aeneas’ mother?
Anchises
Who maimed Anchises for revealing the name of Aeneas’ mother?
Zeus
Why did Zeus maim Anchises when Aeneas was still just a toddler?
Because Anchises had revealed the name of Aeneas’ mother
What hero grew up to be the leader of the Dardanian troops, which were under the high command of Hector?
Aeneas
Aeneas was subordinate to what prince of Troy?
Hector
What people did Aeneas lead when he grew up?
Dardanians
What hero fought bravely in defense of Ilium in the Trojan War?
Aeneas
Aeneas fought in the defense of what city during the Trojan War?
Ilium
When he was seriously wounded during the Trojan War, what hero was spirited from the field by Aphrodite and Apollo, and was healed by Artemis and Leto?
Aeneas
When Aeneas was seriously wounded during the Trojan War, what two deities spirited him from the field of battle?
Aphrodite and Apollo
When Aeneas was seriously wounded during the Trojan War, what two deities healed him?
Artemis and Leto
What deity urged Aeneas to challenge Achilles during the Trojan War?
Apollo
Who did Apollo urge Aeneas to challenge during the Trojan War?
Achilles
According to some, what deity permanently removed Aeneas from the Trojan War, explaining to the other gods that Aeneas and his descendents were destined to rule Troy?
Poseidon
Poseidon permanently removed what hero from fighting in the Trojan War, explaining that he and his descendents were destined to rule Troy?
Aeneas
Why did Poseidon remove Aeneas permanently from fighting in the Trojan War?
Aeneas and his descendents were destined to rule Troy
What hero was said, according to different ancient soures, to either:
- Have been captured and given as a slave to Neoptolemus
- Deserted Troy and returned to Mount Ida in fear of the omen of Laocoon’s death
- Fled the burning city of Troy with his father, wife, and son, though his wife would get left behind
Aeneas
According to the Little Iliad, Aeneas was captured and given as a slave to what Greek during the Trojan War?
Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus
According to the Sack of Ilium, Aeneas deserted Troy and returned to Mount Ida in fear of the omen of whose death?
Laocoon’s
According to the Sack of Ilium, when Aeneas saw the death of Laocoon he fled to what place?
Mount Ida
According to the Aeneid, who left the burning city of Troy with the aged Anchises on his back and the household gods of the Trojans, along with Creusa and Iulus?
Aeneas
Name the wife and son of Aeneas who he fled with from Troy
Creusa and Iulus
What wife of Aeneas got seperated from him when he was trying to leave Troy, dying as a result?
Creusa
With the coming of summer, who sailed away from Troy with twenty shiploads of his followers, intending to found a city in Thrace before being warned away by Polydorus?
Aeneas
Where had Aeneas initially wanted to found a city before being warned away from there by Polydorus?
Thrace
What son of Priam had been treacherously murdered at Thrace, hence why he warned Aeneas and his followers not to found a city there?
Polydorus
Name the father of Polydorus
Priam
What king of Delos and old friend of Anchises advised Aeneas and his followers to seek their “ancient mother” in order to found a city?
Anius
Where had Polydorus, son of Priam, been murdered?
Thrace
Anius, the old friend of Anchises, was king of what kingdom?
Delos
Anius was an old friend of what father of Aeneas?
Anchises
What did Anius tell Aeneas when he came to Delos looking for advice on where to found a new city?
To seek Aeneas’ “ancient mother”
What did Anchises incorrectly interpret Anius’ omen to seek the Trojan’s “ancient mother” as?
Crete (which was the home of their ancestor Teucer)
Who incorrectly interpreted Anius’ omen to mean that Aeneas’ fleet would have to found a city in Crete, the home of their ancestor Teucer?
Anchises
Crete was the home of what archer during the Trojan War, and descendent of Aeneas and Anchises?
Teucer
When Aeneas, Anchises, and their fleet reached Crete, what disaster befell the Trojans?
A famine
A famine befell Aeneas and his Trojans when they arrived at what island, mistakenly thinking they were to found a city their based on Anius’ incorrectly-interpreted advice?
Crete
When Aeneas and the Trojans reached Crete, they learned they were to found a city at what place, the homeland of Dardanus?
Italy
Italy was the homeland of what ancestor of Aeneas?
Dardanus
At what place were Aeneas and the Trojans plundered by the Harpies, and warned of many perils to come before they could found their new city in Italy?
Strophades Islands
At the Strophades Islands, whose followers, the Trojans, were plundered by the Harpies?
Aeneas
At the Strophades Islands, what creatures plundered Aeneas and the Trojans?
Harpies
What prophetic son of Priam did Aeneas and the Trojans meet at Buthrotum, who told them how to get to Italy (more specifically Drepana)?
Helenus
Name the father of Helenus
Priam
At what location did Aeneas and the Trojans meet Helenus while they were trying to get to Italy to found a new city?
Buthrotum
Who died when Aeneas’ ships finally reached Drepanum, in Sicily?
Anchises
At what specific city in Sicily did Anchises die?
Drepana
As the Trojans left Sicily to sail northward, what Roman deity commanded Aeolus to destroy the Trojan fleet?
Juno
What keeper of the winds did Juno command to destroy the fleet of Aeneas as they sailed north from Sicily?
Aeolus
What mistress of Zeus was also the ancestor of the Trojans?
Electra
Electra would become the ancestor of what people, who fought against the Greeks after Paris stole Helen from Menelaus?
Trojans
What goddess, partly to spite Venus for winning the golden apple over her, partly to punish the Trojans for their awarding the apple to Aphrodite, and partly to spite Electra, commanded Aeolus to destroy the Trojan fleet of Aeneas as they left Sicily?
Hera / Juno
What was Juno’s favorite city, which she knew was destined to be destroyed one day by the Romans?
Carthage
What deity’s favorite city was Carthage, which she knew was destined one day to be destroyed by the Romans?
Juno
Juno knew that her favorite city, Carthage, was destined to be destroyed one day by what people?
Romans
What deity foiled Hera/Aeolus’ plan to destroy Aeneas’ fleet by calming the sea?
Neptune
Whose plan was foiled by Neptune when he calmed the seas that would otherwise have drowned Aeneas and his fleet sailing from Sicily?
Hera / Aeolus’
Who sent her son, disguised as Aeneas’ son Ascanius, to cause Dido to fall in love with Aeneas?
Venus
Who caused Dido to fall in love with Aeneas when he disguised himself as Ascanius?
Eros
Name the deity who mothered Eros
Venus
Eros, disguised as Ascanius, caused what Carthaginian queen to fall in love with Aeneas?
Dido
Eros, disguised as Ascanius, caused Dido to fall in love with what Trojan?
Aeneas
Dido was queen of what city in Africa, modern-day Tunisia?
Carthage
Name the husband of Dido who had been murdered by her brother Pygmalion at Tyre
Sychaeus
Sychaeus was the husband of what native of Tyre and Carthaginian queen?
Dido
Name the brother of Dido who killed her husband Sychaeus
Pygmalion
Pygmalion was the brother of what native of Tyre and Carthaginian queen?
Dido
Where did Pygmalion murder Sychaeus?
Tyre
Dido was a native from what city before moving to Carthage?
Tyre
What Trojan hero forgot his destiny in Italy, having to be twice reminded of it by Mercury?
Aeneas
What Roman deity reminded Aeneas of his destiny in Italy while he was in Carthage with Dido?
Mercury
Anna was the sister of what native of Tyre and Carthaginian queen?
Dido
What kinsman of the Trojans entertained them while they came back to Sicily to hold Anchises’ funeral games?
Acestes
Who was the sister of Dido?
Anna
Acestes was a kinsman of what Trojan?
Aeneas
Whose funeral games were held in Sicily, by his son Aeneas?
Anchises
Who held funeral games at Sicily in his father, Anchises’, honor?
Aeneas
In what region of Sicily did Acestes live?
Eryx
What kinsman of Aeneas lived in Eryx, whose hospitality led to many of Aeneas’ crew staying with him rather than going to Italy?
Acestes
The Trojan mothers, instigated by Juno and wearied by seven years of voyaging, burned some of Aeneas’ ships in the hope that they might remain in the friendly land of Eryx with what kinsman?
Acestes
What deity instigated Trojan mothers to burn some of Aeneas’ ships, so that they might stay with Acestes in Eryx?
Juno
Aeneas allowed what type of members in his company to stay with Acestes and later found the city Acesta?
The oldest and most discouraged
The oldest and most discouraged members of Aeneas’ company in Sicily were allowed to stay there with Acestes and found what city in Eryx?
Acesta
Upon reaching what city near Naples did Aeneas visit its prophetic Sibyl, for the ghost of Anchises had asked Aeneas to go to the Underworld to consult him?
Cumae
What seer did Aeneas ask to guide him to the Underworld in order to consult Anchises?
Cumaean Sibyl
Whose ghost commanded Aeneas to consult with him in the Underworld?
Anchises
Where did the ghost of Anchises order Aeneas to travel in order to consult with him on his journey?
The Underworld
What hero was commanded by his father to seek him and consult with him in the Underworld, thus asking the Cumaean Sibyl to guide him there?
Aeneas
Only after Aeneas had plucked what object in a nearby wood did the Cumaean Siblyl consent to guide Aeneas to the Underworld?
A golden bough
Only when Aeneas had plucked a golden bough from a nearby wood did this seer consent to guide him to the Underworld
Cumaean Sibyl
Who, upon seeing the golden bough, ferried Aeneas and the Sibyl across the river Styx?
Charon
Charon ferried people across what river in the Underworld?
River Styx
What soul in Hades did not recognize Aeneas in the Underworld, for she was reunited with the soul of her husband Sychaeus?
Dido
In what area of the Underworld was Anchises when Aeneas came to consult with him?
Elysian Fields
What soul in the Underworld showed Aeneas various souls waiting to be reborn at some future time in the Elysian Fields, and predicted the founding of Rome by Aeneas’ descendents?
Anchises
In the Underworld, Anchises predicted the founding of what city by Aeneas’ descendents?
Rome
In what region of Italy did Aeneas and his Trojans anchor in when the finally arrived at Italy?
Latium
What son of Faunus and direct descendent of Saturn was the king of Latium when Aeneas arrived there?
Latinus
Latinus was the son of what deity?
Faunus
Latinus was the king of what region of Italy?
Latium
What people were ruled by Turnus?
Rutulians
What descendent of Danae ruled the Rutulians and was long rejected by Lavinia?
Turnus
Turnus was descendent from what Argive princess, who was also the mother of Perseus?
Danae
What city did the Argive princess Danae found, that would eventually be run by the Rutulians and Turnus?
Ardea
Who founded the city of Ardea?
Danae
Turnus had long courted what daughter of Latinus?
Lavinia
Name the father of Lavinia
Latinus
Name the mother of Lavinia
Amata
What daughter of Amata eventually married Aeneas?
Lavinia
Who knew from oracles that his daughter must marry a foreigner, therefore rejecting Turnus’ ask to marry her?
Latinus
Who hinted that Aeneas was to become his son-in-law becaus oracles had told him his daughter must marry a foreigner?
Latinus
What deity fetched the fury Alecto from Hades to make both Amata and Turnus fight against the Trojans in a needless war?
Juno
Juno had what fury make both Amata and Turnus fight against the Trojans in a needless war?
Alecto
Juno had Alecto make what two people fight against Aeneas and the Trojans in a needless war? One was the mother of Lavinia, the other a king of the Rutulians who sought Lavinia’s hand in vain
Amata, Turnus
What king of Latium abdicated from the throne when he saw his people start to needlessly fight the Trojans and Aeneas, leading Juno herself to open the gates of the temple of Janus, a signal of war?
Latinus
What deity opened the gates of the temple of Janus herself when Latinus abdicated from the throne, signalling a war between the Trojans and Latins?
Juno
Juno opened the gates of what temple to signal the needless war between the Trojans and Latins?
Temple of Juno
Juno herself opening the gates of Janus when Latinus abdicated signalled the start of a war between what two peoples?
Trojans vs. Latins
What son of Heracles allied with Turnus against the Trojans?
Aventinus
Name the father of Aventinus
Heracles
What Amazon-like leader of the Volscians allied with Turnus against the Trojans?
Camilla
Camilla was the leader of what people in ancient Italy?
Volscians
What exiled Etruscan king allied with Turnus against the Trojans?
Mezentius
Mezentius was an exiled king of what people?
Etruscans
Aventinus, Camilla, and Mezentius all allied with what Rutulian leader against Aeneas and the Trojans?
Turnus
What Greek did Turnus ask to help him fight against Aeneas and the Trojans, but refused because he was dealing with his recently-founded city Argyripa?
Diomedes
Who asked Diomedes to help him fight against Aeneas, but in vain?
Turnus
Why didn’t Diomedes help Turnus fight against Aeneas and the Trojans?
Because Diomedes was busy in his recently-founded city Argyripa
What city in Apulia was founded by the Greek Diomedes?
Argyripa
What Greek founded the city in Apulia, Argyripa?
Diomedes
What Arcadian and ruler of Pallanteum, though too old for war himself, sent his son Pallas to help Aeneas fight against Turnus and the Latins?
Evander
Evander ruled what kingdom?
Pallanteum
Evander and his son Pallas were of what ethnicity?
Arcadian
What son of Evander helped Aeneas fight against Turnus and the Latins, leading the Arcadian troops?
Pallas
Pallanteum was on the site of what later city?
Rome
What city was originially on the site of Rome, being ruled by Evander?
Pallanteum
What people sided with Aeneas against the Latins, though their king Mezentius was on Turnus’ side?
Etruscans
The Etruscans, Evander, and Pallas all sided with what Trojan leader during the war between the Trojans and Latins?
Aeneas
Whose men fired Aeneas’ ships, only to see them change into sea-nymphs and swim away – a miracle caused by the Phrygian goddess Cybele?
Turnus
What miracle caused by Cybele happened when Turnus tried to fire at Aeneas’ ships?
They changed into sea-nymphs and swam away
What Phrygian goddess changed Aeneas’ ships into sea-nymphs to escape Turnus’ firing at them?
Cybele
Whose ships changed into sea-nymphs to escape Turnus’ firing at them, a miracle caused by Cybele?
Aeneas
Who killed Pallas and wore his belt as a prize of war?
Turnus
What man was killed by Turnus, whose belt Turnus would wear as a prize of war?
Pallas
What posession of Pallas’ would Turnus wear as a prize of war?
His belt
What Trojan killed Mezentius and his son Lausus?
Aeneas
What exiled king of the Etruscans was killed by Aeneas?
Mezentius
What son of Mezentius was killed by Aeneas?
Lausus
Whose allies turned against him during a truce, but rallied to the cause again when the Trojans an Aeneas attacked?
Turnus
What queen of the Volscians was killed in battle against the Trojans?
Camilla
Eventually, what two people agreed to settle the outcome of the war between the Trojans and Latins by single combat, though this pact was broken by the Latins at the instigation of Juno?
Aeneas and Turnus
What deity instigated the Latins to break the pact that said the victor of the war would be decided by a single-combat brawl between Aeneas and Trojans?
Juno
What queen of Latium, thinking Turnus dead, killed herself?
Amata
Why did Amata kill herself when the Trojans again beseiged the Latins’ city?
She thought Turnus was dead
Who did Aeneas finally fight again in single-combat and kill?
Turnus
Turnus was killed by what Trojan in single-combat?
Aeneas
About to grant Turnus’ request to be carried to his father Daunus to die, what Trojan caught sight of Pallas’ belt on Turnus’ armor, thus deciding to kill him right there?
Aeneas
What request of Turnus’ did Aeneas refuse when he saw Pallas’ belt on Turnus’ armor?
To be carried to his father Daunus to die
What son of Daunus did Aeneas finally kill when he saw Pallas’ belt on his armor?
Turnus
What posession on Turnus’ armor led Aeneas to kill him instead of allowing Turnus to die before his father Daunus?
The belt of Pallas
After making peace with the Latins, who married Lavinia?
Aeneas
What princess of Latium did Aeneas marry?
Lavinia
Name the son of Aeneas and Lavinia
Silvius
Silvius was the son of what two people, one a Trojan and the other a Latin princess?
Aeneas and Lavinia
What son of Aeneas would found the city of Alba Longa?
Silvius
What city was founded by Silvius, the son of Aeneas and Lavinia?
Alba Longa
What city was the capital of the Latins until Aeneas’ descendent Romulus founded Rome, which was itself founded by a son of Aeneas, Silvius?
Alba Longa
Alba Longa was the capital of what people?
Latins
What son of Aeneas would give his name to the gens Iulii in Roman history?
Iulus / Ascanius
What gens would be started by Aeneas’ son Iulus?
Gens Iulii
