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Apollo Flashcards

1
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What son of Zeus and Leto…

A

Apollo

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2
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Who was the mother of Apollo?

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Leto

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3
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Where was Apollo born?

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Delos

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4
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Who nourished Apollo as an infant?

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Themis

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5
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What did Apollo kill at delphi?

A

Python

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6
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What cretan king purified Apollo for the murder of Python?

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Carmanor

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7
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Who did the oracle at Delphi originally belong to?

A

Gaea

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8
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Who had the oracle before Apollo?

A

Themis

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9
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What spring did Apollo dry up?

A

Telephusa

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10
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Who did Apollo make the first pythia?

A

Phenomoe

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11
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With Artemis, what giant did they kill for trying to violate leto?

A

Tityus

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12
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Who boasted to be better than Leto?

A

Niobe

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13
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Who shot Niobe’s sons?

A

Apollo

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14
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Who shot down Otus and Ephialtes for violently courting Hera and Artemis?

A

Apollo

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15
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Who is Apollo sometimes said to have learned the art of prophecy from?

A

Pan

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16
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Who made the lyre?

A

Hermes

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17
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What was the lyre made from?

A

a tortoiseshell

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18
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What did Apollo give Hermes in return for the lyre?

A

caduceus

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19
Q

Who invented the lute?

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Apollo

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20
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Who flayed his opponent alive?

A

Apollo

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21
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Who challenged Apollo to a musical contest, flute against lyre?

A

Marsyas

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22
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Who won, Pan or Apollo?

A

Apollo

23
Q

By the muse Thalia, who were sometimes said to be Apollo’s sons?

A

the corybantes

24
Q

Coronis + Apollo?

A

Asclepius

25
Q

Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo with what man?

A

Ischys

26
Q

In honor of Coronis, what transformation occurred?

A

Apollo turned to black the originally white crow that had tattled on her

27
Q

Who tattled on Coronis?

A

a white crow

28
Q

When he raised a man from the dead…

A

Asclepius

29
Q

Why did Apollo kill the Cyclopes?

A

because Zeus hit Asclepius with a thunderbolt for raising a man fro the dead

30
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What did Apollo have to do because he killed the cyclopes?

A

serve admetus for a year

31
Q

Who built the walls of troy?

A

Apollo and Poseidon

32
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what revenge did Apollo get on Laomedon?

A

gave the city a plague

33
Q

Who assisted Alcathoiis in building the walls of Megara?

A

Apollo

34
Q

Who ordered Amphion to construct the outer walls of Thebes?

A

Apollo

35
Q

Which gods courted Hestia?

A

Apollo and Poseidon

36
Q

bribing her with prophetic powers…

A

Apollo / Cassandra

37
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Why did Apollo punish Cassandra?

A

she still refused his advances

38
Q

Who gave Cassandra prophetic powers?

A

Apollo

39
Q

What did Apollo grant the Cumaean Sibyl?

A

as many years as grains of sand

40
Q

Why did Apollo not let the sibyl stay young?

A

she refused his advances

41
Q

What wish did Sinope ask of Apollo?

A

she remain a virgin

42
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Who tricked Apollo into letting her stay a virgin?

A

Sinope

43
Q

What beautiful youth of Amyclae…

A

Hyacinth

44
Q

In Ceus, what boy did Apollo fall in love with?

A

Cyparissus

45
Q

What happened to Cyparissus?

A

He accidentally killed his pet stag and because of his grief Apollo made him a cypress tree

46
Q

(Erichtheus’s daughter) Creusa + Apollo?

A

Ion

47
Q

Apollo + Aethusa?

A

Eleuther

48
Q

Apollo + Cyrene?

A

Aristaeus

49
Q

Apollo + Chione?

A

Philammon

50
Q

Who changed Daedalion into a hawk?

A

Apollo

51
Q

What side of the Trojan war was Apollo on?

A

trojans

52
Q

Apollo + Procleia?

A

Tenes

53
Q

Why did Apollo afflict the greeks with a plague?

A

Agamemnon’s refusal to accept ransom from Chryses

54
Q

Who came to Orestes’ aid, successfully defending him against the accusing Erinyes on the Areopagus?

A

Apollo

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