Apollodorus Mythology Questions Part A Flashcards
Who were the first children of Ouranos and Gaia?
Hecatonchieres
How many hands and heads did the Hecatoncheires have?
100 hands and 50 heads
Who were the second set of children of Ouranos and Gaia?
Cyclopes
Who were the third set of children of Ouranos and Gaia? Name all
Titans (Oceanus, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, Cronus, Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Theia)
Who was the youngest Titan?
Cronus
How were the Furies born?
from the blood of the of the castration of Ouranos
Name the children, in order, of Cronus and Rhea. Where was Zeus born?
Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus. Mt. Dicte
Who were the nymph daughters of Melisseus who reared infant Zeus?
Adrasteia and Ida
Who was the she goat who suckled Zeus?
Amaltheia
Who gave Zeus a drug to make Cronus vomit up his other children?
Metis
Who guarded the Hecatoncheires and Cyclopes? Zeus killed her.
Campe
Who guarded the Titans in Tartarus?
Hecatonchieres
Who was the mother of the Oceanids?
Tethys
Who were the Oceanids?
Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, Metis
Who were the parents of Asteria? Who was her sister?
Coios and Phoebe. Leto
Who were the parents of Helios, Eos, and Selene?
Hyperion and Theia
Who was the mother of Menoitios, Epimetheus, Prometheus, and Atlas?
Iapetus and Asia
What son of Iapetus and Asia did Zeus strike with a thunderbolt (and hurl down to Tartarus) during the battle with the Titans?
Menoitios
Who were the parents of Chiron?
Cronos and Philyra
Who were the parents of the winds and stars?
Dawn and Astraios
Who were the parents of the goddess Hecate?
Perses and Asteria
Who were the parents of Nice, Cratos, Zelos, and Bia?
Pallas and Styx
Name the children of Pontus and Gaia?
Phorcus, Thaumas, Nereus, Eurybia, and Ceto
Who were the parents of Iris?
Thaumas and Electra
Who were the parents of the Harpies?
Thaumas and Electra
Name ALL the children of Thaumas and Electra
Iris and the Harpies
Who were the parents of the Gorgons?
Phorcos and Ceto
Who was the mother of the Nereids?
Doris
Who were the daughters of Zeus and Themis?
Seasons (Eirene, Eunomia, Dice) and Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos)
Name the two sets of children of Zeus and Themis
Seasons and Fates
Who was the mother, by Zeus, of the Graces/Charities? Who was her father?
Eurynome daughter of Oceanus
Who were the Graces?
Aglaie, Euphrosyne, and Thaleia
According to some sources, who, instead of Demeter, is the mother of Persephone?
Styx
Who were the sons of Calliope and Oiagros (really Apollo)?
Linos and Orpheus
Who killed Linus, son of Oiagros (Apollo) and Calliope?
Heracles
Who was the son of Pieros and Clio?
Hyacinthos
Who incurred Aphrodite’s wrath for mocking Aphrodite’s love for Adonis? She was made to fall in love with Pierus, son of Magnes.
Clio
Who was the first man to love other men?
Thamyris
Who were the parents of Thamyris?
Philammon and Argiope
How and why did the muses punish Thamyris?
lost a music contest to the muses who took his eyes and and skill in singing to the lyre
Who were the parents of Rhesus, killed by Diomedes at Troy?
Euterpe and Strymon
Who came to the rescue of Hephaestus when he fell to Lemnos?
Thetis
Near what river was Athena born?
Triton
What daughter of Coios took the form of a quail to avoid Zeus’ embraces?
Asteria
Who were the parents of Pan?
Zeus and Hybris
Who delivered the oracles at Delphi before Apollo?
Themis
Whom did Zeus swallow…?
Metis
Who taught Apollo the art of divination?
Pan
Who were the parents of the giant Tityus?
Zeus and Elare
Whom did Zeus hide beneath the earth for fear of Hera, after making love with her?
Elare
Who killed the giant Tityus for trying to rape his mother?
Apollo
Who was the father of Marsyas?
Olympos
How did Marsyas lose the lyre contest with Apollo?
he could not play the flute upside down
Who were the parents of Orion?
Poseidon and Euryale
Who was the first wife of Orion?
Side
How and why was Side killed?
she was thrown into hades by hera because she claimed to rival her in dess and beauty
Who was Merope’s father?
Oinopion
On what island did Orion seek the hand of Merope?
Chios
What son did Poseidon grant the power to walk across the sea?
Orion
Who blinded Orion?
Oinopion
Who gave Oinopion an underground dwelling to hide from Orion? Who made it?
Poseidon. made by Hephaistos
Whom did Aphrodite cause to always be in love with young men? Why?
Dawn because she had gone to bed with Ares
How did Artemis kill Orion for trying to rape Opis, the Hyberborean virgin?
she shot him
What Hyperborean virgin was almost raped by Orion?
Opis
Why was Orion killed by Artemis?
he attempted to rape Opis
Who were the children of Poseidon and Amphitrite?
Triton and Rhode
Who was Helios’ wife?
Rhode
This old woman is said to have made Demeter smile at Eleusis.
Iambe
Who was the king of Eleusis when Demeter came to Eleusis?
Celeos
Who was the wife of Celeus, king of Eleusis?
Metaneira
What child of Celeus and Metaneira was killed when Demeter dropped him into the fire?
Demophon
Who was the eldest of Celeus and Metaneira’s children? What did he do?
Triptolemus who sowed over the whole inhabited earth
What son of Acheron and Gorgyra bore witness against Demeter for eating the pomegranate seed?
Ascalaphos
What was Ascalaphus turned into?
owl
Who were the parents of the Giants?
Ge and Ouranous
What giant was immortal long as he fought on Sicily?
Alcyoneus
What giant drove the cattle of the sun from Erytheia?
Alcyoneus
What giant tried to rape Hera during the war of the giants?
Porphyrion
What giant did Dionysus kill with a blow of his thyrsus?
Eurytos
What giant did Hecate kill with her torches?
Clytios
What giant did Hephaistos kill with burning iron missiles?
Mimas
What giant was killed by Athena when she hurled the island of Sicily on him?
Encelados
What giant was flayed by Athena? She used his skin as a cloak.
Pallas
What giants did the Fates kill with bronze cudgels?
Agrios and Thoon
What giant did Poseidon kill by throwing a part of the island Nisyron on him?
Polybotes
What giant was so huge that he rose above the mountains and often touched the stars with his head?
Typhon
What giant monster was human down to his thighs, and had massive viper coils below?
Typhon
Where did the gods fly when pursued by Typhon?
Egypt
Who cut the tendons from Zeus’ hands and feet using Zeus’ own adamantine sickle?
Typhon
Whom did Typhon entrust Zeus’ tendons to?
Delphyne
Who stole Zeus’ tendons (cut out by Typhon) from the she dragon Delphyne?
Hermes and Aigipan
How did Zeus kill Typhon?
he hurled Mt. Etna on him
Where did Hephaistos nail Prometheus?
Mount Caucasos
Who was Prometheus’ son?
Deucalion
Who were the parents of Pyrrha?
Epimetheus and Pandora
Name the children of Deucalion by Pyrrha
Hellen and Amphictyon
Hellen had three sons: Doros, Xouthous, and Aiolos. What nymph was their mother?
Orseis
Who were the sons of Xuthus and Creusa?
Achaios and Ion
What daughter of Erectheus married Xuthus?
Creousa
Who were the parents of Sisyphus, Cretheus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, Perimedes, Alcyone, etc.?
Enarete and Aiolos
Who were the sons of Iphimedia and Aloeus (really Poseidon, masquerading as Enipeus)?
Otos and Ephialtes
Who were the parents of Alcyone?
Enarete and Aiolos
What brothers grew a cubit broader every year and a fathom higher?
Otos and Ephialtes
What two brothers imprisoned Ares, who was freed by Hermes?
Otos and Ephialtes
What god was known as the God of Escape?
Zeus
What goddess tricked Otus and Ephilates into killing themselves?
Artemis
What son of Calyce and Aethlios (or Zeus) was abducted by the moon?
Endymion
What son of Endymion killed Apis, son of Phoroneus?
Aitolos
Who was Marpessa’s father?
Evenos
Who gave Idas son of Aphareus the winged chariot in which he carried off Marpessa?
Poseidon
Who were the parents of the Sirens?
Sterope and Acheloos
Who was the first man to receive a vine plant from Dionysus?
Oineus
Who killed his son Toxeus for jumping over the ditch?
Oineus
Who married Althaia, daughter of Thestius?
Oineus
Who were the parents of Deianeira?
Oineus and Althaia
Who, supposedly, was the real father of Meleager? Who was his mother?
Ares. Althaia.
What goddess sent the Calydonian Boar as punishment for Oineus forgetting to sacrifice to her?
Artemis
Who was Theseus’ father?
Aigeus
Who was Admetus’ father?
Pheres
Who was Jason’s father?
Aison
What sons of Lycurgus fought the Calydonian Boar?
Ancaios and Cepheus
Who was Perithous’ father?
Ixion
Who was Atalanta’s father?
Schoineus
How many days did Oineus entertain his guests before the Calydonian boar hunt?
9 days
What daughter of Idas and Marpessa married Meleager
Cleopatra
Whom did Peleus accidentally kill with his javelin in the Calydonian Boar Hunt?
Eurytion
Who was the second person to hit the Calydonian Boar?
Amphiaraos
Who struck the death blow to the Calydonian Boar?
Meleager
Whose sons took offense that Atalanta was given the fleece of the Calydonian boar?
Thestios
Whom did Oineus marry after Althaia’s death?
Periboia
How was Tydeus born?
in accordance with the will of Zeus Oineus concieved a passion with his own daughter
Why was Tydeus exiled?
he killed either Alcathoos; or the sons of Melas, namely Pheneus, Euryalos, Hyperlaos, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops, Xanthippos, Sthenelaos; or his own brother, Oleinas
What daughter of Adrastus married Tydeus?
Deipyle
Who was the mother of Diomedes?
Deipyle
Who mortally wounded Tydeus?
Melanippos
Whose sons robbed Oineus king of Calydon of his throne?
the sons of Agrios (Thersites, Onchestos, Prothoos, Celeutor, Lycopeus, and Melanippos)
What two men killed all but two of the sons of Agrios, who had robbed Oineus of his throne?
Diomedes and Alcmaion
Whom did Diomedes give the kingdom of Calydon to after avenging Oineus?
Andraimon
Who married Diomedes?
Aigialeia
What two daughters did Adrastus marry off to Polynices and Tydeus?
Argeia to Polyneices and Deipyle to Tydeus
Where did Athamas rule?
Boeotia
Who were the children of Athamas and Nephele?
Phrixos and Nephele
Who were the children of Athamas and Ino?
Learchos and Melicertes
Who weere the parents of Aeetes?
Perseis and Helios
Who were the children of Helios and Perseis?
Circe, Pasiphae, and Aeetes
What daughter of Aeetes did Phrixus marry?
Chalciope
How did Athamas kill his son Learchus?
with an arrow in a fit of madness
When Athamas went mad, what did Ino do?
she threw herself into the sea
What daughter of Hypseus did Athamas marry after being exiled from Boeotia and founding Athamantia?
Themisto
Who was the father of Sisyphus?
Aiolos
Where did Sispyhus found?
Ephyra (now known as Corinth)
Who was the wife of Sisyphus?
Merope
Who was the child of Sisyphus and Merope?
Glaucus
Who were the parents of Bellerophon?
Glaucus and Eurymede
What daughter of Asopus was carried off by Zeus?
Aegina
What spouse of Procris did Dawn carry off?
Cephalos
Who were the sons of Magnes?
Polydectes and Dictys
Where did Polydectes and Dictys colonize? Who was their father?
Seriphos. Magnes
Whom did Zeus strike with a thunderbolt to punish for pretending he was Zeus?
Salmoneus
Who was the daughter of Salmoneus and Alcidice? Who raised her?
Tyro. raised by Cretheus
Who fell in love with the river Enipeus?
Tyro
Whom did Pelias and Neleus kill for abusing their mother?
Sidero
Who invoked Hera’s ire for killing Sidero at her altar?
Pelias
What daughter of Amphion did Neleus marry?
Chloris
What son of Neleus did Poseidon grant the power to change form?
Periclymenus
Who killed Periclymenus?
Heracles
Whom did Nestor son of Neleus marry?
Anaxibia
Who were the parents of Antilochus?
Anaxbia and Nestor
Who founded Iolcus?
Cretheus
Whom did Cretheus marry?
Tyro
Who were the parents of Aeson, Amythaon, and Pheres?
Tyro and Cretheus
Who were the sons of Poseidon and Tyro?
Pelias and Neleus
Who were the sons of Amythaon and Idomene?
Bias and Melampous
What seer attained the gift of Prophecy by getting his ears licked by snakes he had reared?
Melampus
What seer met with Apollo on the banks of the Alpheius?
Melampus
Whose cattle did Neleus demand as a brideprice for his daughter Tyro?
Phylacus
Who wished to marry Pero daughter of Neleus?
Bias
What king wanted his son Iphiclos to be able to have children?
Phylacus
What seer cured Iphiclos son of Phylacos of his impotence?
Melampus
What son did Iphiclos father after being sexually healed by Melampus?
Podarces
What seer cured the women of Argos when Dionysus drove them mad?
Melampus
Who was the son of Bias and Pero?
Talaus
Who were the parents of Adrastus and Eriphyle and Parthenopaeus?
Talaus and Lysimache
What son of Parthenopaeus joined the Epigoni?
Promachus
Who were the parents of Argeia, Deipyle and Aigialeia?
Adrastus and Amphithea
What son of Cretheus fathered Admetus and Lycourgos?
Pheres
Whose marriage chamber was filled with coils as a result of failing to sacrifice to Artemis?
Pelias and Alcestis
According to some accounts, who sent back Alcestis from the underworld?
Kore
Name the parents of Jason.
Aeson and Polymede
What daughter of Autolycus was Jason’s mom?
Polymede
Who was told to beware the man with one sandal?
Pelias
What river was Jason crossing as he lost his sandal
Anaurus
Who when asked what if he would do if given an oracle about being murdered by a fellow citizen, responded “I would have him get the golden fleece”
Jason
The grove containing the golden fleece was sacred to whom?
Ares
Who fitted a piece of wood to the prow of the Argo? Where did the wood come from?
Athena. Dodona
The wood on the prow of the Argo came from where
Dodona
Who steered at first the Argo?
Tiphys
Who were the sons of Boreas?
Zetes and Calais
Who was the father of Castor and Polydeuces?
Zeus
Who were the parents of Telamon and Peleus?
Aeacus
Who was the father of Amphiaraus?
Oicles
Who was the father of Autolycus?
Hermes
Who was the daughter of Autolycus and the mother of Jason? Who was her husband?
Polymede; Aeson
Who was the father of Atalanta
Schoeneus
Who was the son of Menoetius?
Patroclus
Who was the father of Menoitios?
Actor
What son of Pelias defied his father by sailing with the argonauts?
Acastus
What son of Hermes sailed with the Argonauts?
Autolycus and Eurytus
What son of Oineus sailed with the Argonauts?
Meleager
What son of Poseidon could run over the waves?
Euphemus
What son of Neleus sailed with the argonauts?
Periclymenus
What son of Helios sailed with the argonauts?
Augeas
Phanos and Staphylos, who sailed with the Argonauts, were sons of who?
Dionysos
Who ruled Lemnos when Jason set in there?
Hypsipyle
Who was Hypsipyle’s father?
Thoas
As a result of failing to honor Aphrodite, the women of what island were afflicted with horrible smell?
Lemnos
The women of what island had responded to the slight of their husbands by murdering their husbands and fathers?
Lemnos
Euneos and Nephrobonos were the sons of which two people?
Jason and Hypsipyle
Who ruled the Doliones?
Cyzicus
Owing to a contrary wind, Jason and his men mistakenly attacked and killed which king and his men?
Cyzicus and the Doliones
What two men were abandoned on Mysia by the Argonauts?
Heracles and Polyphemus
What two men were abandoned searching for Hylas, on Mysia?
Heracles and Polyphemos
What son of Theiodamas was beloved by Heracles? He was snatched away by water nymphs
Hylas
According to Pherecydes, who was left behind at Aphetai in Thessaly because the Argo spoke out, saying it was unable to bear his weight?
Pherecydes
According to Dionysus, who was the leader of the Argonauts?
Demaratus
What son of Poseidon ruled the Berbyces?
Amycus
What king of the Berbyces made his guests box with him to death?
Amycus
Who killed Amycus king of the Berbyces?
Polydeuces
Where did Phineus live?
Salmydessus
Who blinded his own children at the urging of their stepmother, and was consequently blinded himself by Boreas aand the Argonauts?
Phineas
Who was blinded by Poseidon for informing the children of Phrixus of the route from Colchis to Greece?
Phineas
Who flew down and snatched away Phineus’ food from his table?
Harpies
What winged sons of Boreas slew the Harpies?
Zetes and Calais
It was fated that the Harpies would die at the hands of the sons of whom?
Boreas
Where did Zetes and Calais pursue the Harpies?
Strophades
What happened to the Harpies?
they were chased away
What was the Greek name for the Clashing Rocks?
Symplegades
It was fated that, once a ship passed through these rocks, they would no longer move.
Symplegades
Who was the king of the Mariandynians?
Lycus
Where did Idmon the diviner meet his death?
the land of the Mariandynians
Who died leaning over the grave of Idmon?
Tiphys
Who took over from Tiphys as helmsman of the Argo?
Ancaeus
What river in Colchis did the Argonauts moor at?
Phasis
Who gave Pelias the bronze footed bulls who breathed fire?
Hephaestus
Who received half of the dragon’s teeth that Cadmus had sowed at Thebes? Who gave them?
Aeetes; Athena
Who was told by Pelias to sow dragon’s teeth
Aeetes
Parents of Medea
Aeetes and Eidyia
What autumn crocus was formed from Prometheus’ tormented blood?
medicine for gaut and Jason used it
Who used a potion made from the Colchicum, an autumn crocus, to help Jason?
Medea
What brother of Medea accompanied her on the Argo?
Apsyrtus
Who murdered Apsyrtus?
Medea
Who named his son’s burial place Tomoi? Who was the son?
Aeetes; Apsyrtus
Who, angered by the murder of Apsyrtus, sent a violent storm against the Argonauts?
Zeus
Where did the Argonauts have to travel to be purified for the murder of Apsyrtus? Who purified them?
Aeaea; Circe
Who sang a song to counter the Sirens’ pull?
Orpheus
Which Argonaut swam off to the Sirens? Who resettled him, and where?
Boutes; Aphrodite settled him at Lilybaeum
Who guided the Argonauts through the wandering rocks, with the help of Nereids? Who had asked her to do this?
Thetis; Hera
Where were the cattle of the sun pastured?
Thrinacia
What island did the Phaeacians rule? Who ruled them?
Corcyra; Alcinoos
Who married Medea to Jason?
Arete
Who agreed to hand over Jason and the Argonauts if Medea were a virgin, and had not slept with Jason?
Alcinoos
What island appeared to the Argonauts after Apollo shot a shaft of light into the stormy sea?
Anaphe
Where did the Argonauts raise a sacrifice to Radiant Apollo?
Anaphe
Where is it custom for servant girls to laugh, since Medea had twelve servant girls there, given to her as a gift from Arete?
Anaphe
What bronze giant had been given by Hephaistos to Minos?
Talos
Who gave Talaos, and to whom?
Hephaestus gave it to Minos
Who prevented the Argonauts from coming ashore on Crete?
Talos
What bronze man or bull had a single vein running from his neck to ankles, with a bronze nail driven into its end?
Talos
Who tricked Talaos and caused his death, by pulling out the bronze nail and letting his ichor pour out?
Medea
What flowed through Talaos’ vein?
Ichor
Who kept watch by running around Crete three times a day?
Talos
Who shot Talaos in the ankle?
Poias
Where did the Argonauts go after Crete?
Aegina
How long did the entire journey of the Argo take?
4 months
What infant son was left after Jason’s mother killed herself following Aison’s death?
Promachus
Who asked to take his own life, drinking bull’s blood?
Aeson
Who cut up a ram and changed it into a lamb by boiling it?
Medea
Who banished Jason and Medea from Iolcus after burying his father Aietes?
Acastus
Where did Jason and Medea live after being banished from Iolcus?
Corinth
Who was the king of Corinth? What daughter did he offer to Jason?
Creon; Glauce
Who was consumed by a raging fire after putting on a robe seeped in poison? father?
Glauce; Creon
Who were Jason and Medea’s children?
Mermeros and Pheres
Who gave Medea a chariot drawn by winged dragons?
Helios
Whom did Medea marry after fleeing from Jason? Who was their child?
Aegeus; Medos.
Who was driven into exile from Athens with her son Medes for plotting against Theseus?
Medea
Who killed her uncle Perses?
Medea
What brother of his had usurped the throne of Colchis from Aietes?
Perses
Who were the parents of Inachos?
Oceanus and Tethys
Who was the son of Oceanus and Tethys and father of Phoroneus and Aigialeus?
Inachos
Who was the father of Apis and Niobe by the nymph Teledice?
Phoroneus
Name the brutal tyrant who died as a result of a plot by Thelxion and Telchis. He named an area in the Pelopponese after himself.
Apis
Who was the first mortal to sleep with Zeus?
Niobe
Who was the son of Zeus and Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus)?
Argos
According to Hesiod, how was Pelasgos born?
from the earth
What son of Agenor was all-seeing?
Argos
Who killed the Arcadian bull and clothed himself in its hide?
Argos
Who killed a Satyr that was ill-treating the Arcadians?
Argos
What son of Agenor had eyes all over his body?
Argos
What son of Agenor waited until Echidna was asleep, and then killed her?
Argos
Who were the parents of Echidna?
Tartarus and Ge
Who avenged the death of his Apis?
Argos
He was worshipped in Egypt as the god Sarapis
Apis
Who was the father of Io?
Iasus or Inachus
What priest of Hera did Zeus seduce?
Io
Whom did Hera turn into a white cow?
Io
Who guarded Io?
Argus Panoptes
Who is called Argeiphontes?
Hermes
After Hermes killed Argos Panoptes, what did Hera send after Io?
a gadfly
The Ionian Gulf is named for whom?
Io
For whom is the Bosporus named?
Io
Where did Io recover her original form?
Egypt
Who was the son of Io and Zeus? Where did she give birth to him?
Epaphus by the banks of the Nile river
Whom did Hera ask to steal Epaphus, the son of Io and Zeus?
the Curetes
Io was identified with which Greek goddess?
Demeter
What do the Egyptians call Demeter?
Isis
What is another name for Io?
Isis
Who set up a statue of Demeter in Egypt, thereby gaining herself the name of Isis (Demeter’s Egyptian name)?
Io
After giving birth to Epaphus, whom did Io marry?
Telegonus
What daughter of the Nile did Epaphus, son of Io and Zeus, marry?
Memphis
Who was the daughter of Epaphus and Memphis?
Libya
Who were the sons of Poseidon and Libya?
Agenor and Belos
Who were the parents of Aegyptus and Danaus?
Belus and Anchinoe
Whose land did Aegyptus conquer and rename Egypt?
the land of the Melampodes
Who was the first man to construct a ship?
Danaus
Who constructed a ship with Athena’s help and put his fifty daughters on board, fleeing his brother Aegyptus?
Danaus
What king of Argos surrendered the throne to Danaus?
Gelanor
Which daughter of Danaus was almost raped by a Satyr whom she mistakenly threw a javelin at?
Amymone
To whom did Poseidon reveal the springs of Lerna?
Amymone
Who testified that Argos belonged to Hera instead of Poseidon, causing the land’s springs to go dry?
Inachus
Which Danaid refused to kill her husband, because he allowed her to keep her virginity? Who was the husband?
Hypermnestra
Whom did Danaus imprison for refusing to follow his orders?
Hypermnestra
Who purified the Danaids, and on whose orders?
Athena and Hermes
Who was the son of Poseidon and Amymone?
Nauplius
Whom did Nauplius marry? Who was her father?
Clymene and Catreus
Who were the children of Nauplius and Clymene, daughter of Catres?
Palamedes, Oiax, Nausimedon
Who was the son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra?
Abas
Who were the sons of Abas and Aglaia?
Acrisius and Proetus
What two sons quarrelled even when in their mother’s womb?
Acrisius and Proetus
Which twins became the first inventors of shields in their war with each other?
Acrisius and Proetus
For whom did the Cyclopes fortify Argos?
Proetus
What daughter of Iobates did Proitos marry?
Stheneboea
Who restored Proitos to possession of Argos, driving out Acrisios?
Iobates
According to the division of the Argolid, where did Proitos and Acrisios respectively rule?
Tiryns and Argos
Why did the daughters of Proitos go mad?
they refused the rights of Dionysus
Who was the daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice?
Danae
Who was the first man to discover illnesses could be cured through drugs and purification?
Melampus
Who agreed to cure the daughters of Proitos of their madness if given a third of the kingdom?
Melampus
Which daughter of Proitos met her death during Melampus’ pursuit of her? She was the eldest
Iphinoe
Who was the father of Megapenthes?
Proetus
Who was the grandson of Sisyphus?
Bellerophon
Name the son of Glaucus and Eurymede.
Bellerophon
Why was Bellerophon exiled?
he accidentally killed his brother
Who fell in love with Bellerophon?
Stheneboea
Whose court did Bellerophon come to in order to be purified of murder
Iobates
Proitos gave Bellerophon a message to be delivered to whom?
Iobates
Describe the Chimera.
kinda nasty. had a foreparts of a lion, a dragon tail, and a third head of a goat
Who raised the Chimera?
Amisodarus
Who were the parents of the Chimera?
Typhon and Echidna
Name the parents of Pegasus.
Poseidon and Medusa
What enemy did Iobates order Bellerophon to fight after he bested the Chimaira
Solymoi
After defeating the Chaimaira and the Solymoi, Bellerophon was ordered by Iobates to conquer what group?
Amazons
What king of Lycia gave Bellerophon his tasks?
Iobates
To whom did Iobates give his daughter? Who was the daughter?
Bellerophon and Philinoe
Who was told by an oracle that his daughter would give birth to a son that would kill him?
Acrisius
Where did Acrisius keep Danae?
a bronze chamber beneath his castle
Who was the father of Perseus? alt story
Zeus
Where did the chest with Danae end up?
Seriphos
What kindly fisherman took in Danae and Perseus, and raised Perseus?
Dictys
What king of Seriphos fell in love with Danae
Polydectes
Whom did Polydectes claim to marry in order to get rid of Perseus
Hippodameia
Who were the Graiai’s parents?
Phorcys and Ceto
Name the Graiai.
Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo
Which three women had only a single eye and a single tooth between them?
Graiai
Name the tools of Perseus given to him by Nymphs
winged sandals and kihisis (a wallet)
Who gave Perseus an adamantine sickle?
Hermes
Name the Gorgons.
Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa
Who was the only mortal Gorgon?
Medusa
Describe the Gorgons.
heads with scaly serpents coiled around them, and large tusks like those of swine, and hands of bronze, and wings of gold
Who was the father of Geryon?
Chrysaor
Who was the brother of Pegasus and son of Medusa?
Chrysaor
Who ruled Ethiopia when Perseus arrived there?
Cepheus
Name the daughter of Cepheus and Casseiopeia.
Andromeda
Who claimed to rival the Nereids in beauty?
Cassiopeia
Who sent a water monster against Ethiopia, the kingdom of Cepheus and Casseiopeia?
Poseidon
Which brother of Cepheus had been betrothed to Andromeda?
Phineus
What brother of Cepheus did Perseus turn to stone?
Phineus
Whom did Perseus make king of Seriphos
Dictys
Whom did Athena transform into a monster after she slept with Poseidon in Athena’s sanctuary?
Medusa
Which king of Larissa held an athletic contest at which Perseus mistakenly killed his father Acrisius?
Teutamides
Where did Perseus mistakenly strike his grandfather Acrisius
on the foot
Who was the son of Proitos?
Megapenthes
Which son of Proitos exchanged the kingdom of Tiryns for Perseus’ kingdom of Argos?
Megapenthes
What were the three great centers of the Argolid?
Mycenae, Tiryns, and Argos
Who is commonly seen as the founder of Myceneae?
Perseus
What son of Perseus and Andromeda did Perseus leave behind with Cepheus, king of Ethiopia?
Perses
From whom are the Persian kings descended?
Perses
Which daughter of Perseus became the wife of Perieres
Gorgophone
Name the father of Amphitryon.
Alcaeus
Who was the grandfather of Heracles?
Alcaeus
What son of Alcaeus and Astydameia, daughter of Pelops, was the foster-father of Heracles?
Amphitryon
Who accidentally killed his father in law by throwing a club at a cow, which rebounded and flew into his father in law’s head?
Amphitryon
What daughter of Electryon refused to bed Amphitryon until he avenged the death of her brothers at the hands of the sons of Pteralaus?
Alcmene
Who was the only son of Electryon to survive the battle with the sons of Pteralaus?
Licymnios
What brother of Alcmene was married to Perimede, the sister of Amphitryon?
Licymnios
Who agreed to help Amphitryon if he dealt with the Teumessian Vixen?
Creon
Who sent the Teumessian Vixen to Thebes?
Dionysus
Whom did Amphitryon get Laelaps, the hound fated to catch whatever it caught, from?
Cephalus
Who gave Procris Laelaps the dog?
Minos
Who used Amphitryon’s accidental murder of Electryon as a pretext to banish him from Argos?
Sthenelus
What son of Poseidon and Hippothoe founded the Teleboans and colonized Taphos?
Taphius
What son of Taphius did Poseidon make immortal by placing a golden thread in his hair?
Pterelaus
Who was Alcmene’s mom?
Anaxo
Who was the only son of Pterelaus to survive the confrontation with the sons of Electryon, since he was guarding the ship?
Everes
Whose sons came to Mycenae demanding back the kingdom of their maternal grandfather Mestor?
Pterelaus’
Name the son of Taphius.
Pterelaus
Name the son of Sthenelus and Nicippe.
Eurystheus
It was fated that no one could catch her.
Teumessian fox
Against what people did Amphitryon make war?
Teleboans
Who was the daughter of Pterelaus?
Comaitho
Who fell in love with Amphitryon and so betrayed her father Pterelaus, picking the golden hair from his head?
Comaitho
Who told Amphitryon that Zeus had slept with his wife Alcmene?
Teiresias
Name the son of Amphitryon and Alcmene
Iphicles
According to Pherecydes, who sent snakes against Heracles and Iphicles to figure out which son was his own?
Amphitryon
Who taught Heracles chariot driving?
Amphitryon
Who taught Heracles wrestling?
Autolycus
Who taught Heracles archery?
Eurytus
Who taught Heracles fencing?
Castor
Who taught Heracles lyre-playing, until Heracles killed him?
Linus
Whose body measured four cubits?
Heracles
What beast did Heracles kill when he was eighteen?
the lion of Cithairon
What king entertained Heracles for fifty days, giving him a different daughter to sleep with every night?
Thespius
Whose flocks was the lion of Cithairon destroying?
Amphitryon’s and Thespius’
How many children did Heracles have with the daughters of Thestius?
fifty
What king of the Minyans was imposing tribute on the Thebans?
Erginos
What son of Clymenus, king of the Minyans, vowed to avenge his father’s death by attacking the Thebans?
Erginos
Who was struck by a stone in the temple of Poseidon at Onchestos, the stone thrown by Perieres, a charioteer of Menoiceus
Clymenus
Who taught Heracles archery (two possibilities)?
Eurytus or Apollo
Who gave Heracles arms to fight Erginus and the Minyans?
Athena
Amphitryon died fighting against what enemy?
the Minyans
Who gave Heracles his eldest daughter Megara as a prize for valor?
Creon
Who were the parents of Therimachos, Creontiades, and Deicoon?
Heracles and Megara
Who married Alcmene after the death of Amphitryon?
Rhadamanthys
Who purified Heracles for the murders of Megara, his and Megara’s children, and Iphicles’ children?
Thespius
What was Heracles called before Heracles?
Alceides
Who first called Alceides Heracles?
Pythia (oracle at Delphi)
Who told Heracles to settle in Tiryns and serve Eurystheus? Why?
the oracle at Delphi because once he finish serving eurystheus he would come to be immortal
Who was the father of Nemean Lion?
Typhon and Echidna
Who reared the Nemean Lion?
Hera
According to some accounts, who shook the Nemean Lion down to earth?
the Moon. yes. the Moon. can’t even lie. you’re welcome.
What beast was either the son of Orthrus or Typhon and Echidna (parents of Orthrus)?
the Nemean lion
What laborer did Heracles stay with at Cleonai, on his way to the Nemean Lion? He was told to sacrifice to Heracles if he didn’t show up in days (or else to Zeus the Savior).
Molorchos
How many entrances to the cave of the Nemean Lion?
two
What animal, impervious to arrows, was strangled by Heracles
the Nemean lion
What herald of Eurystheus was the son of Pelops the Elean, and fled to Mycenae to be purified by Eurystheus because he had killed Iphitos?
Copreus
After what labor did Eurystheus hide himself in a big black jar?
the first one.
What creature grew up in the swamp of Lerna and make incursions to the countryside, killing cattle?
the LERNEAN hydra
How many heads did the Lernaean Hydra have? How many were immortal?
as many as you can imagine (9). and not as many as you can imagine (8)
Who was the son of Heracles’ half-brother Iphicles?
Iolaus
What beast did Heracles force from its lair by throwing flaming brands at it?
Lernean hydra
Heracles used the blood of what monster as poison for his arrow tips?
the hydra that was pretty good at Lernean.
What monster was assisted by a huge crab?
the not-so-crabby Lernean hydra
What monster lived on a hill by the springs of Amymone?
you wanna Lern something? go ask the hydra
What was the third labor of Heracles?
to bring the Cerynitian hind alive to eurystheus
What deer, sacred to Artemis, had golden horns?
the Cerynitian hind
Who tried to take away the Cerynitian Hind from Heracles?
Artemis
Name the foourth labor of Heracles
the Erymanthian Booar
What beast was causing havoc in Psophis?
the not-so-copied copy of the Erymantian boar (the exact same boar)
What son of Seilenos and a Melian nymph entertained Heracles on his way to the Erymantheian boar?
the centaur Pholos
Whom did Heracles mortally wound?
the centaur Cheiron
What Centaur was killed instantly when a poisonous arrow he had picked from a corpse dropped onto his foot?
the horse-brained Pholos
What beast did Heracles trap in a noose in deep snow?
the manly EryMANthian boar
Name the fifth labor of Heracles
to remove the supreme poopy of the cattle of Augeias
What son of Helios (or Phorbas or Poseidon) was king of Elis?
Augeias
Who agreed to give Heracles a tenth of his cattle…
Augeias
What son of Augeas testified that Heracles had made a deal with Augeas?
Phyleus
What rivers did Heracles use to clean the stables of Augeias?
Alpheus and Peneus
Who banished his son Phyleus?
Augeias
Who was about to give his daughter Mnesimache under compulsion to the centaur Eurytion?
Dexamenus
Who killed the centaur Eurytion to prevent him from forcibly taking Mnesimache, daughter of Dexamenos?
Heracles
Name the sixth labor of Heracles
to drive away the Stymphalian birds
Where was the city of Stymphalos, in what region of Greece
Arcadia
Against what enemies did Heracles use bronze castanets?
the Stymphalian birds
Who gave Heracles the bronze castanets?
Athena
Name the seventh labor of Heracles
to fetch the Cretan bull
Who refused to sacrifice, as he promised, a bull that Poseidon sent him?
Minos
Where did the Cretan Bull wander after Heracles set it free?
it wandered to Sparta and throughout Arcadia, and crossing the Isthmus, it arrived at Marathon in Attica
After Heracles requested assistance, who replied that he should capture the Cretan Bull by himself?
Minos
Who killed the Cretan Bull, and where?
Theseus killed it at Marathon
Name the eighth labor of Heracles.
to bring the mares of Diomedes the Thracian to Mycenae
What son of Ares and Cyrene ruled in Thrace?
Diomedes
What son of Ares and Cyrene was king of the Bistones?
Diomedes
What son of Hermes and beloved of Heracles was torn up and killed by the mares of Diomedes?
Abderos
Who died when Heracles gave him the Mares of Diomedes to guard?
Abderos
What city did Heracles found after the Mares of Diomedes labor?
Abdera
Where did the mares of Diomedes wander after Heracles killed them?
to the mountain called Olympus
Name the ninth labor of Heracles.
to fetch the belt of Hippolyte
What group lived by the River Thermodon?
Amazons
Who was the queen of the Amazons when Heracles came there?
Hippolyte
What group of women pressed down their right breasts….
Amazons
What sister of Hippolyta did Heracles use to ransom the girdle of Hippolyta?
Melanippe
