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Apollodorus Mythology Questions Part B Flashcards

1
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Who gave Hippolyta her zona/zoner (belt/girdle)?

A

Ares

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What daughter of Eurystheus wanted the girdle of Hippolyta?

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Admete

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Name the father of Amphitryon.

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Alcaeus

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4
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Who was the founder of the Teleboans?

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Taphios

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Who was the daughter of Mestor and Lysidice? Who was Lysidice’s father)?

A

Hippothoe

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6
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Name the son of Taphios.

A

Pterelaus

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7
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Who had golden hair?

A

Pterelaus

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8
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Who was the step-grandfather of Heracles?

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Alcaeus

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9
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What son of Perseus was father of Eurystheus?

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Sthenelus

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10
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What son of Perseus and Andromeda who was left with Cepheus in Ethiopia?

A

Perses

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11
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On this island, the sons of Minos killed some of Hercules’ group. Before what labor?

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the island of Peros before the ninth labor

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12
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Heracles took these two sons of Androgeus as his captives from Paros

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Alcaeus and Sthenelus (different ones)

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13
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Heracles helped this king of Mysia against the Berbycians. Who was the Berbycian king?

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He helped Lycus and fought Mygdon

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14
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What brother of Amycus king of the Berbycians did Heracles kill?

A

Mygdon

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15
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Who ruled Heracleia?

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Lycus

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16
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What woman incited the Amazonians to war against Heracles?

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Hera

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17
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Who was the daughter of Laomedon?

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Hesione

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18
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What did Heracles demand as payment for slaying the Trojan sea monster? Who gave them to whom?

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He demanded the mares that Zeus gave to Tros as compensation for abducting Ganymede

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19
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Who sent a plague upon Troy after the king refused to pay him?

A

Apollo

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20
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What king of Ainos entertained Heracles?

A

Poltys

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21
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Name the father of Poltys and Sarpedon.

A

Poseidon

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22
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Heracles killed this brother of Poltys and son of Poseidon on Aions

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Sarpedon

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23
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What island populated by Thracians did Heracles subjugate? Whom did he give it to rule?

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He subjugated Thasos and gave it to the sons of Androgeus

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24
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What sons of Proteus and grandsons of Poseidon challenged Heracles to a wrestling match, and where?

A

Polygonos and Telegonos at Torone

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25
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Where were the cattle of Geryon?

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Erytheia

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26
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Who was the son of Chrysaor and Calirrhoe?

A

Geryon

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27
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Who had the body of three men joined in one at the waist?

A

Geryon

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28
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Who owned red cattle?

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Geryon

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29
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Who was the herder of Geryon?

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Eurytion

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30
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What two-headed dog was the son of Echidna and Typhon?

A

Orthrus

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31
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Name the two-headed dog who guarded the cattle of Geryon.

A

Orthrus

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32
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Where did Heracles erect two pillars?

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The boundaries of Europe and Libya

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33
Q

Who aimed his bow at the sun?

A

Heracles

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34
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Who gave Heracles a goblet which he used to traverse the seas?

A

The Sun

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35
Q

Who pastured the cattle of Hades?

A

Menoites

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36
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Who informed Geryon that Heracles was stealing Geryon’s cattle?

A

Menoites

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37
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What sons of Poseidon tried to rob Heracles of his cattle in Liguria?

A

Ialebion and Dercynos

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38
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What son of Poseidon, received the bull that escaped from Rhegium?

A

Eryx

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39
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Italy was named after a Geryonian bull broke out from where?

A

Rhegion

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40
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Heracles defeated this son of Poseidon in a wrestling match three times. What did he get back?

A

Eryx. The bull that escaped in Rhegion

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41
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What did Hera send after the cattle of Geryon when Heracles had them in his possession?

A

Gadfly

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42
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What river did Heracles blame for his loss of the cattle of Geryon, making it unnavigable by piling it with rocks?

A

Strymon

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43
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How long did it take Heracles to complete his first ten labors?

A

eight years and a month

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44
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What prizes were kept in the land of the Hyperboreans, near Mount Atlas?

A

the golden apples from the hesperides

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45
Q

The dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides was an offspring of whom, and how many heads did he have?

A

a hundred

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46
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Whom did Eurystheus sacrifice the cattle of Geryon to?

A

Hera

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47
Q

Who gave whom the golden apples of the Hesperides?

A

Ge gave Zeus the apples at his wedding to Hera

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48
Q

Name the Hesperides.

A

Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, and Arethousa

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49
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What son of Ares and Pyrene lived on the river Echedorus and challenged Heracles to single combat?

A

Cycnus

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50
Q

What god wanted to avenge his son by challenging Heracles to single combat? Who stopped them and how?

A

Ares. Zeus stopped them with a lightning bolt

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51
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Who told Heracles the location of the golden apples of the Hesperides?

A

Nereus

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52
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What son of Poseidon was defeated in a wrestling match by Heracles?

A

Antaeus

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53
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What son of Gaia (or Poseidon) was defeated by Heracles in a wrestling match though he regained his strength by touching the earth?

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Antaeus

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54
Q

What daughter of Epaphus was the mother of Busiris?

A

Lysianassa

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55
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What ruler of Egypt and son of Poseidon and Lysianassa habitually sacrificed foreigners on the altar of Zeus?

A

Bousiris

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56
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What skilled diviner prophesied that Busiris king of Egypt must sacrifice foreigners on an altar of Zeus? What happened to him?

A

Phrasios and Bousiris killed him as tribute

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57
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What king, to avert the barrenness…..of his native land Egypt…..?

A

Bousiris

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58
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What son of Busiris was killed by Heracles alongside his father?

A

Amphidamas

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59
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What son of Augeas vouched for Heracles?

A

Phyleus

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60
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Where did Heracles release a bullock from a cart of a drover?

A

Thermydrai

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61
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What son of Tithonus did Heracles kill in Arabia?

A

Emathion

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62
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Who was the father of the eagle who feasted on Prometheus’ liver?

A

Typhon

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63
Q

Who told Heracles how to trick Atlas?

A

Prometheus

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64
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She took back the golden apples of the Hesperides from Heracles

A

Athena

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65
Q

What dog had the tail of a dragon?

A

Cerberus

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66
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Who purified Heracles of the murder of the Centaurs?

A

Eumolpus

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67
Q

Heracles drew his sword against this phantom in the underworld

A

Medusa

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68
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He was one of two phantoms not to run from Heracles in the underworld

A

Meleager

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69
Q

What son of Ceuthonymos challenged Heracles to a wrestling match in the underworld? Who interceded for him on behalf of Heracles?

A

Menoites. Persephone interceded

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70
Q

Near the gates of what river did Heracles capture Cerberus?

A

Acheron

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71
Q

What king of Oichalia offered his daughter to the winner of an archery contest?

A

Eurytus

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72
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He offered his daughter to the winner of an archery contest

A

Eurytus

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73
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What man, the eldest son of Eurytos, supported giving Iole to Heracles?

A

Iphitus

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74
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He stole cattle from Euboea?

A

Autolycus

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75
Q

Who was hurled from the walls of Tiryns by Heracles?

A

Iphitus

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76
Q

Who traded Tiryns for Argos with Perseus?

A

megapenthes

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77
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What hero thought it wrong to accept an inheritance which came as the result of his killing action?

A

Perseus

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78
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Who refused to purify Heracles of the murder of Iphitus?

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Neleus

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79
Q

Who purified Heracles of the murder of Iphitus?

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Deiphobus

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80
Q

Who was the daughter of Iardanos and queen of Lydia?

A

Omphale

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81
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Whom did Heracles serve as a slave after he killed Iphitus?

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Omphale

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82
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What husband of Omphale left her the kingdom of Lydia?

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Tmolos

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83
Q

What brigand compelled strangers to dig in his vineyard until he was killed by Heracles? Who was his daughter?

A

Syleus. Xenodice

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84
Q

Who named the island Doliche Icaria after finding Icarus’ body there?

A

Heracles

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85
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Who found Icarus’ body?

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Heracles

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86
Q

Who made a statue in Pisa of Heracles?

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Daedalus

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87
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Who refused payment to Heracles for the hero’s servitude to Omphale?

A

Eurytus

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88
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Heracles captured these two at Ephesus

A

The Cercopes

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89
Q

Whom did Heracles leave to guard his ships while he attacked Troy?

A

Oicles

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90
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Who killed Oicles?

A

Laomedon

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91
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What hero was the first to enter the walls of Troy, angering Heracles?

A

Telamon

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92
Q

Who built a makeshift statue to Heracles the Noble Victor to appease him after preceding Heracles in entering the walls of Troy?

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Telamon

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93
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To whom did Heracles gave Laomedon’s daughter Hesione as a prize?

A

Telamon

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94
Q

What woman chose Podarces as the one person she was allowed to take from Troy?

A

Hesione

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95
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Who sent violent storms against Heracles following the sack of Troy, and was suspended from Olympus?

A

Hera

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96
Q

What king of Cos, a son of Poseidon and Asypalaia, was killed by Heracles?

A

Eurypylos

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97
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By whom was Heracles wounded at Cos before Zeus snatched Heracles away?

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Chalcodon

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98
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Who employed the Elean generals Eurytus and Cteatus when Heracles attacked him?

A

Augeias

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99
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What sons of Molione and Actor were killed by Heracles at an ambush in Cleonai, as punishment for aiding Augeas?

A

Eurytus and Cteatus

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100
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Whom did Heracles give the kingdom of Elis following Augeias’ death?

A

Phyleus

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101
Q

After what event did Heracles found the Olympic Games?

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After sacking the city of Elis

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102
Q

Who was the bravest of Neleus’ sons, and the only one able to change shapes?

A

Periclymenus

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103
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What god came to Neleus’ aid when Heracles attacked Pylos?

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Hades

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104
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Whose sons was Heracles attacking when he attacked Laicedaimon?

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Hippocoon’s

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105
Q

Whose sons killed the son of Licymnius after he was mauled by a Molossian hound?

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Hippocoon’s

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106
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What did Athena give Heracles? (vague, but think)

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She gave Heracles Cepheus’ willing to join the battle against the Lacedaimonians

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107
Q

Who am I? I received a lock of Medusa’s hair in a bronze jar from Heracles. Who was my father?

A

Sterope. Cepheus

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108
Q

Because he feared the Argives would attack Tegea if he left it, who refused to help Heracles fight against the sons of Hippocoon?

A

Cepheus

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109
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Whom did Heracles give the city of Hippocoon to after he killed Hippocoon and his sons?

A

Tyndareus

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110
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Whom did Heracles rape at Tegea?

A

Auge

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111
Q

Who was the daughter of King Aleus?

A

Auge

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112
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Name the woman who hid her baby in the sanctuary of Athena, but her father discovered it when there was a plague.

A

Auge

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113
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What king exposed his daughter’s baby on Mount Parthenion?

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Aleus

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114
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Whom did Aleos give Auge to in order to sell?

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Nauplius

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115
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King Nauplius, son of Poseidon, gave Auge to what king to marry?

A

Teuthras

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116
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What daughter of Oineus was sought by Achelous?

A

Deianeira

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117
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Whose horn did Acheloos offer Heracles in exchange for his own?

A

Amaltheia

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118
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What city was ruled by Phylas

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Ephyra

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119
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What daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra, did Heracles have sex with?

A

Astyoche

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120
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Who was the son of Heracles and Astyoche, daughter of Phylas?

A

Tlepolemus

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121
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What son of Architeles did Heracles kill at the dinner table?

A

Eunomus

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122
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Who departed to Ceyx in Trachis after killing the son of Architeles by mistake?

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Heracles

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123
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Who ferried travellers along the River Evenus?

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The Centaur Nessus

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124
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Whom did Heracles shoot in the heart when he tried to rape Deianeira?

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Nessus

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125
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Who was the son of Theiodamas?

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Hylas

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126
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Heracles defeated the Dryopes after being entertained by what king?

A

Ceux

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127
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What Dorian king, assisted by Heracles, fought the Lapiths? Lapith commander?

A

Agimius. Coronus

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128
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What king of the Dryopes, an ally did Heracles kill with his children as he was feasting in the sanctuary of Apollo?

A

Laogoras

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129
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What son of Ares and Pelopia challenged Heracles to single combat as he was passing by Itonos?

A

Cycnus

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130
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What king of Ormenion would not allow Heracles to pass through?

A

Amyntor

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131
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What king of Oichalia did Heracles assemble an army against and kill?

A

Eurytus

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132
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Who told Deianeira that Heracles was in love with Iole?

A

Lichas

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133
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Who killed Heracles by rubbing his tunic with poisonous blood?

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Deianeira

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134
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Whom did Heracles hurl into the Euboean sea

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Lichas

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135
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What eldest son of his and Deianeira’s did Heracles instruct to marry Iole

A

Hyllus

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136
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Where did Heracles build a pyre and climb onto it?

A

Mount Oeta

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137
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Who, passing by in search of his flocks, set alight the pyre of Heracles and got Heracles’ bow and arrows in return?

A

Poias

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138
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Who were the parents of Alexiares and Anicetos?

A

Heracles and Hebe

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139
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Who persecuted the Heraclids following Heracles’ death?

A

Eurystheus

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140
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Whom did the Heraclids first take refuge with when Eurystheus persecuted them?

A

Ceux

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141
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What city got into a war with Eurystheus when he demanded they hand over the Heraclids?

A

Athens

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142
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Who killed Eurystheus?

A

Hyllus

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143
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Who gouged out the eyes of Eurystheus with pins?

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Hyllus

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144
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What area was gripped by a plague since the Heraclids attacked it before their time? Where did the Heraclids relocate?

A

The Peloponnese. Marathon

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145
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What Heraclid went into exile at Rhodes for accidentally killing Licymnious?

A

Tlepolemus

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146
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Who was the father of Penelope?

A

Icarius

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147
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What son of Ocrisia and Vulcan was a Roman king?

A

Servius Tullius

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148
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What descendant of Heracles, upon consulting the Delphic oracle, was told that he should wait for the third harvest before returning to the Pelopponese?

A

Hyllus

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149
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What son of Orestes was king of the Pelopponese when Hyllus and the Heraclids attacked him?

A

Tisamenus

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150
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Who found out that Hyllus had misinterpreted the oracle about returning to the Pelopponese?

A

the sons or Aristomachus

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151
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Who was the last Pelopid?

A

Tisamenus

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152
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What king of Tegea defeated Hyllus in single combat?

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Ehemus

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153
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Which Heraclid was struck by a thunderbolt?

A

Aristodemus

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154
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What son of Phylas hurled a javelin at a diviner at Naupactos?

A

Hippotes

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155
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Who lead the force that killed Tisamenus?

A

Temenus

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156
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What “Three-eyed One” did Temenus ask to serve as the Heraclids’ guide?

A

Oxylus

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157
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Name the son of Andraimon who was seated on a one-eyed horse and had fled to Elis when Temenos searched him out.

A

Oxylus

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158
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Who threw a clod of earth into a jug?

A

Cresphontes

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159
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He relied on his daughter Hyrneto and her husband, spurning his sons, and so was killed in a plot by them husband of Hyrneto, daughter of Temenus, he acquired Argos

A

Temenus

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160
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He acquired Argos in the drawing of the Heraclids

A

Temenus

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161
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He acquired Messene in the drawing of the Heraclids

A

Cresphontes

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162
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They acquired Laicedaimon in the Heraclid drawing

A

The sons of Aristodemus

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163
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Who was banished from the Heraclid camp for killing a diviner with a javelin at Naupactos?

A

Hippotes

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164
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He succeeded Cresphontes as king of Messene and forced Cresphontes’ wife to marry him. Who was his daughter?

A

Polyphontes. Merope

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165
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What son of Merope and Cresphontes, raised by Merope’s father, returned to Messene to kill Polyphontes?

A

Aipytus

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166
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Who were the sons of Poseidon and Libya?

A

Belus and Agenor

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167
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What here went to Phlegra….

A

Heracles

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168
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As he was sailing up the Nile, what son of Tithonus attacked Heracles without provocation?

A

Emathion

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169
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sons of Androgeus

A

Alcaeus and Sthenelus

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170
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whose children sat down at the altar of Pity at Athens?

A

Heracles’

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171
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where did the Heraclids settle after leaving the Pelopponese?

A

Marathon

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172
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who accidentally killed Licymnius…

A

Tlepolemus

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173
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father of Temenus

A

Aristomachus

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174
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Who defeated Hyllus?

A

Ehemus

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175
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who prepared his army at Naupactos and gave it its name?

A

Temenus

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176
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this Heraclid, father of Eurysthenes and Procles by Argeia, was struck dead by a thunderbolt at Naupactos

A

Aristodemus

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177
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what son of Phylas hurled a javelin at a diviner who came to Temenos?

A

Hippotes

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178
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son of Andraimon, he was a “three eyed one”

A

Oxylus

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179
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Whom did the Delphic Oracle tell to take the “three eyed one” as his guide?

A

Hippotes

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180
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He wanted to be allotted Messene, so he threw a clot of earth into a water jug

A

Cresphontes

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181
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Heraclid who acquired Argos

A

Temenus

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182
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Heraclid brothers who acquired Laicedaimon

A

Sons of Aristodemus

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183
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His sons murdered him when he spurned them, since he went to his daughter Hyrneto and her husband Deiphontes for advice rather than his sons.

A

Temenus

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184
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Widow of Cresphontes, king of Messene

A

Merope

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185
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Who usurped Cresphontes’ rule in Messene?

A

Polyphontes

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186
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Son of Cresphontes and Merope, he returned and killed Polyphontes

A

Aipytus

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187
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He forced Cresphontes’….wife to marry him

A

Polyphontes

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188
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What son of Libya and Poseidon, became king of Egypt?

A

Belus

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189
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Who was the wife of Agenor?

A

Telephassa

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190
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Daughter of Agenor and Telephassa

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Europa

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191
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Father of Phoenix and Cilix, as well as two other children

A

Agenor

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192
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He took the form of a bull whose breath smelled like roses

A

Zeus

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193
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Sons of Zeus and Europa

A

Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon

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194
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According to Homer, who was the mother of Sarpedon?

A

Laodameia

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195
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Mother of Cadmus

A

Telephassa

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196
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Brother of Phoenix and Cilix

A

Cadmus

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197
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He married Europa and raised her children by Zeus

A

Asterios

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198
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He was the boy whom Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys quarrelled over. Who were his parents?

A

Miletos

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199
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Daughter of Cleochos, she was mother of Miletos by Apollo

A

Areia

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200
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Sarpedon joined this king

A

Cilix

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201
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He fled to Caria after Minos got mad, and named a city after himself

A

Miletos

202
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He preferred Sarpedon

A

Miletos

203
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Zeus gave him the privilege of living for three generations

A

Sarpedon

204
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Who married Alcmene after Amphitryon’s death?

A

Rhadamanthys

205
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Daughters of Helios and Perseis

A

Circe, Pasiphae

206
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The nymph Pareia bore the sons of what king?

A

Minos

207
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Following this man’s death, Minos tried to become king of Crete

A

Asterius

208
Q

He was sent a magnificent bull from Poseidon

A

Minos

209
Q

She enlisted the help of Daidalos

A

Pasiphaë

210
Q

He built a wooden cow

A

Daidalos

211
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She used a wooden cow to sleep with a bull

A

Pasiphaë

212
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He was called the Minotaur (i.e. what was the Minotaur’s real name?)

A

Asterion

213
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Father of Catreus

A

Minos

214
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Daughters of Catreus

A

Aerope, Clymene, Apemosyne

215
Q

He tried to keep the oracle saying he would die at the hands of a child secret

A

Catreus

216
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He sailed away from Crete to Rhodes when he found out about an oracle that he might murder his father

A

Althaimenes

217
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Sister of Althaimenes, she accompanied him from Crete to Rhodes

A

Apemosyne

218
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She was raped by Hermes when he spread freshly skinned animal hides on her path and tripped her

A

Apemosyne

219
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He kicked his sister when she told him she had been raped by Hermes, and killed her thereby

A

Althaimenes

220
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He came to Rhodes and named part of it Cretinia

A

Catreus

221
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He gave his daughters to Nauplios. Who were his daughters?

A

Aerope and Clymene

222
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She was given to Atreus to marry

A

Aerope

223
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She married Nauplius

A

Clymene

224
Q

Mother of Oeax and Palamedes

A

Clymene

225
Q

Cowherds in Rhodes could not hear him because of barking dogs, leading to him being killed by a javelin

A

Catreus

226
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He prayed to be swallowed up by a chasm when he accidentally killed his father

A

Althaimenes

227
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Son of Deucalion, he succeeded Catreus as king of Crete

A

Idomeneus

228
Q

He led the Cretans in the Trojan War

A

Idomeneus

229
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He usurped the throne of Idomeneus of Crete

A

Leucus

230
Q

He fell into a jar of honey and drowned while searching for a mouse

A

Glaucus

231
Q

They told him to find a three colored cow in his herd, and whoever could divine about it…

A

Polyidus

232
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Father of Glaucus, he enlisted Polyeides

A

Minos

233
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This descendant of Melampus was associated with Corinth

A

Polyidus

234
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He was shut in with Glaucus’ dead body

A

Polyidus

235
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He killed a snake, only to see another snake use a magic herb to revive its buddy

A

Polyidus

236
Q

Son of Coiranos

A

Polyidus

237
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He spit into the mouth of someone else (?), losing his ability to divine

A

Glaucus

238
Q

He taught Glaucus divination under compulsion

A

Polyidus

239
Q

His herds had the cow which Cadmus sought

A

Pelagon

240
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Which goddess did Cadmus want to sacrifice the cow to?

A

Athene

241
Q

Following the advice of Athena, he sowed….

A

dragon’s teeth

242
Q

Name the Spartoi who survived Cadmus’s stones

A

Cthonious, Hyperenor, Oudaios, Pelorus, Echion

243
Q

Who gave Harmonia to Cadmus?

A

Zeus

244
Q

Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite?

A

Harmonia

245
Q

Site of the Theban citadel

A

Cadmeia

246
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Where was Cadmus and Harmonia’s wedding feast?

A

Cadmeia

247
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Who gave Cadmus the necklace he gave to Harmonia? who gave it to that person? who gave it to that person?

A

Hephaistus; Europa; Zeus

248
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Son of Cadmus and Harmonia

A

Polydorus

249
Q

Four daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia

A

Autonoe, Agave, Ino, Semele

250
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Nurse of Semele whose form Hera assumed

A

Beroe

251
Q

How old was Dionysus when Semele died and Zeus snatched him up?

A

six months

252
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Whose sisters spread the tale that she had slept with a mortal but falsely claimed to have slept with Zeus, and thus was struck down with a thunderbolt?

A

Semele’s sisters

253
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Whom did Zeus hand Dionysus to?

A

Hermes

254
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Whom did Hermes give Dionysus to ? What was peculiar about how he instructed them to raise Dionysus?

A

Ino and Athamas; raise him as a girl

255
Q

What son did Athamas believe was a deer and shoot with an arrow?

A

Actaeon

256
Q

Ino jumped into the sea with what child?

A

Melicertes

257
Q

Known as Palaimon

A

Melicertes

258
Q

Known as Leucothea

A

Ino

259
Q

Who founded the Isthmian Games, and in honor of whom?

A

Sisyphus in Melicertes’ honor

260
Q

These nymphs raised Dionysus. Where did they live?

A

Nysa in Asia

261
Q

Seven stars in the constellation Taurus

A

Hyades

262
Q

Zeus made them a constellation with the face of a bull for safely delivering Dionysus to Ino

A

Hyades

263
Q

Son of Autonoe and Aristaeus

A

Actaeon

264
Q

Where was Actaeon devoured by his own hounds?

A

Cithairon

265
Q

He brought up Actaeon

A

Chiron

266
Q

What hunter fell asleep by a spring….

A

Actaeon

267
Q

How many dogs did Actaeon have?

A

fifty

268
Q

Who discovered the vine, and who drove him mad?

A

Dionysus; Hera

269
Q

King of Egyptians, he welcomed Dionysus

A

Proteus

270
Q

Great mother-goddess of Phrygia

A

Cybele

271
Q

She purified Dionysus and taught him the rites of initiation, and came to be identified with Cybele

A

Rhea

272
Q

He conquered India

A

Dionysus

273
Q

Son of Dryas, he insulted Dionysus. where did he rule?

A

Lycurgus; Macedonia

274
Q

The Edonians live by what river?

A

Strymon

275
Q

He believed he was pruning a vine branch….when he killed his son. Who was his son?

A

Lycurgus; Dryas

276
Q

She gave Dionysus refuge after Lycourgos expelled him

A

Thetis

277
Q

He cut off his son’s limbs

A

Lycurgus

278
Q

He was killed by horses when taken to Mount Pangaion by the Edonians

A

Lycurgus

279
Q

He set up pillars marking the eastern border of the inhabited world

A

Dionysus

280
Q

He set up pillars marking the western border of the inhabited world

A

Heracles

281
Q

What Mountain in the thebes was the sight of Bacchic frenzy?

A

Cithairon

282
Q

Parents of Pentheus

A

Agave and Echion

283
Q

He inherited the Theban throne from Cadmus

A

Pentheus

284
Q

She tore up her son, thinking he was a wild beast

A

Agave

285
Q

He charted a voyage on a Tyrrhenian pirate ship to Naxos from Icarios

A

Dionysus

286
Q

She was brought up from Hades and named Thyone by her son

A

Semele

287
Q

They took Cadmus and Harmonia as their leaders as per an oracle

A

Encheleans

288
Q

He became son of the Illyrians and had a son, Illyrios

A

Cadmus

289
Q

Encheleans were fighting whom?

A

Illyrians

290
Q

Second king of Thebes

A

Pentheus

291
Q

Son of Cadmus

A

Polydorus

292
Q

Third king of Thebes

A

Polydorus

293
Q

Wife of Polydorus

A

Nycteis

294
Q

Who sent Cadmus and Harmonia to the Illyrian Fields?

A

Zeus

295
Q

Son of Polydorus king of Thebes

A

Nycteus

296
Q

When Labdacus ascended the Theban throne as a boy, who were his guardians (give both first and second)?

A

Nycteus and Lycus

297
Q

Fourth king of Thebes

A

Labdacus

298
Q

Brother of Nycteus

A

Lycus

299
Q

He was the guardian of Laius following Labdacus’ death

A

Nycteus

300
Q

He seized power from the young Laius, initially being his guardian

A

Nycteus

301
Q

They fled from Euboea to Thebes because they had killed Phlegyas

A

Nycteus and Lycus

302
Q

Son of Ares and Dotis

A

Phlegyas

303
Q

These brothers became Theban citizens as a result of friendship with Pentheus

A

Nycteus and Lycus

304
Q

Daughter of Nycteus, Zeus had sex with her

A

Antiope

305
Q

Son of Canace daughter of Aeolus, he became king of Sicyon when the previous king died without offspring

A

Epopeus

306
Q

He married Antiope daughter of Nycteus

A

Lycus

307
Q

He killed himself when his daughter ran away to Sicyon

A

Nycteus

308
Q

He killed Epopeus of Sicyon and took Antiope prisoner

A

Lycus

309
Q

Son of Antiope, he devoted himself to cattle rearing

A

Zethus

310
Q

Lyre-playing son of Antiope

A

Amphion

311
Q

Wife of Lycus of Thebes

A

Dirce

312
Q

She mistreated Antiope daughter of Nycteus

A

Dirce

313
Q

Her bonds untied themselves of their own accord, and she went to her sons

A

Antiope

314
Q

They bound their step-mom to a bull

A

Amphion and Zethus

315
Q

She has a spring named for her, being torn apart by a bull

A

Dirce

316
Q

He took in Laius when Laius was expelled from Troy

A

Pelops

317
Q

Bastard son of Pelops, he was abducted, BY WHOM?

A

Laius

318
Q

City of Thebes derives its name from his wife

A

Zethus

319
Q

She married Zethus

A

Thebe

320
Q

Daughter of Tantalus, she married Amphion

A

Niobe

321
Q

She boasted she was blessed with better children than Leto

A

Niobe

322
Q

What hill were Niobe’s children hunting on when they were shot down by Apollo?

A

Cithairon

323
Q

Eldest daughter of Niobe

A

Chloris

324
Q

Wife of Neleus

A

Chloris

325
Q

She went to stay with her father Tantalus after her children were shot down, turning into a weeping stone

A

Niobe

326
Q

She prayed to Zeus to be turned into a weeping stone

A

Niobe

327
Q

He took over the kingdom of Thebes following Amphion’s death

A

Laius

328
Q

After the death of his children, he killed himself or stormed the temple of Apollo, provoking the god to shoot him

A

Amphion

329
Q

Daughter of Menoiceus, she married a Theban king

A

Jocasta/Epicasta

330
Q

What was Homer’s name for Laius’ wife?

A

Epicasta

331
Q

He was exposed on Mount Cithairon

A

Oedipus

332
Q

They raised Oedipus

A

Polybus and Merope

333
Q

Foster son of Polybus and Merope of Corinth

A

Oedipus

334
Q

She gave Oedipus his name

A

Merope

335
Q

Oedipus was raised here

A

Corinth

336
Q

Herald of Laius, he was killed by Oedipus

A

Polyphontes

337
Q

He succeeded Laius to the throne of Thebes

A

Oedipus

338
Q

Sister of Creon

A

Jocasta

339
Q

Parents of Sphinx

A

Echidna and Typhon

340
Q

Sent the Sphinx to Thebes

A

Hera

341
Q

Where did the Sphinx perch?

A

Phicion

342
Q

Who taught the riddle of the Sphinx to the Sphinx?

A

Muses

343
Q

He was killed by the Sphinx and was a son of Creon

A

Haemon

344
Q

All the children of Oedipus and Jocasta

A

Polyneices, Eteocles, Ismene, Antigone

345
Q

According to some, she bore Oedipus his children, not Jocasta

A

Euryganeia

346
Q

they gave him the haunch, a less honorable portion than the shoulder

A

Polyneices and Eteocles

347
Q

She hanged herself (come up with as many women in classical mythology who hanged themselves as possible)

A

Jocasta

348
Q

They put the golden goblet and silver table of Cadmus before him

A

Polyneices and Eteocles

349
Q

He buried Laius

A

Damasistratos

350
Q

Sophocles’ birthplace

A

Colonos

351
Q

The ‘man of many quarrels’ according to Aeschylus

A

Polynieces

352
Q

Grandson of Bias and son of Talaos

A

Andrastus

353
Q

Seer was a descendant of Melampus

A

Amphiaraus

354
Q

He brought the necklace and robe of Harmonia to Argos

A

Polyneices

355
Q

He was expelled from Calydon

A

Tydeus

356
Q

She threw her child by Poseidon into the sea

A

Chione

357
Q

She married Tydeus

A

Deipyle

358
Q

He married Argeia

A

Polyneices

359
Q

Son of Oicles, he was a seer

A

Amphiaraus

360
Q

An argive king descended from Proitos, he was a son of Alector. Polyneices came to him to ask how to get Amphiaraus to march against Thebes.

A

Adrastus

361
Q

They swore to let Eriphyle mediate future conflicts

A

Adrastus and Amphiaraus

362
Q

He told his sons to kill their mother when they got of age

A

Amphiaraus

363
Q

According to some, this son of Alector was the mother of Eriphyle

A

Adrastus

364
Q

Name the son of Everes and the nymph Chariclo. From which of the Spartoi was he descended?

A

Tiresias; Oudaios

365
Q

His mother was a close friend of Athena, but Athena blinded him when he saw her naked

A

Tiresias

366
Q

He saw snakes coupling on Mount Cyllene

A

Tiresias

367
Q

Tiresias said the Thebans would be successful against Polyneices if this guy sacrificed himself. to what God?

A

Ares

368
Q

Son of Poseidon, he killed Parthenopaeus in the seven against Thebes

A

Periclymenos

369
Q

Last of the sons of Astacus, he wounded Tydeus

A

Melanippus

370
Q

Who chased Amphiaraus along the River Ismenus?

A

Periclymenos

371
Q

Charioteer of Adrastus

A

Baton (or Elaton)

372
Q

She got the title Fury after Poseidon raped her

A

Demeter

373
Q

Offspring of Poseidon and Demeter mating in horse form

A

Arion

374
Q

Son of Eteocles, he became king of Thebes

A

Laodamus

375
Q

He went to the Altar of Pity and asked Theseus to bury his dead

A

Adrastus

376
Q

Father of Evadne

A

Iphis

377
Q

She threw herself onto her husband’s pyre

A

Evadne

378
Q

The ‘afterborn’

A

Epigoni

379
Q

The god foretold victory for the Epigoni if he was their leader

A

Alcmaion

380
Q

Son of Polyneices, he bribed Eriphyle. How?

A

Thersander; robe of Harmonia

381
Q

Sons of Amphiaraus

A

Alcmaion and Amphilocus

382
Q

Son of Adrastus, he was killed when marching with the Epigoni. How?

A

Aigialeus; killed by Laodamus

383
Q

Who killed Laodamas son of Eteocles?

A

Alcmaion

384
Q

He drank from a spring called Tilphoussa, his life coming to an end

A

Tiresias

385
Q

They founded a city in Thessaly called Hestaia

A

Thebans/Epigoni

386
Q

Daughter of Tiresias, she was sent to Apollo at Delphi following the Epigoni

A

Manto

387
Q

He first went to Oicles in Arcadia after murdering his mom

A

Alcmaion

388
Q

He purified Alcmaeon

A

Phegeus

389
Q

He was told to go to Achelous and receive from him a land not yet seen by the sun

A

Alcmaion

390
Q

He married Arsinoe. Who was Arsinoe’s father?

A

Arsinoe

391
Q

Daughter of Phegeus, she married Alcmaeon

A

Arsinoe

392
Q

She told Alcmaeon she would no longer live with him unless he got the necklace and robe of Harmonia

A

Arsinoe

393
Q

They killed Alcmaeon after their father found out that he had been unfaithful

A

sons of Phegeus

394
Q

Who rebuked her brothers, and was packed up in a chest as a result? To whom was she given to as a slave?

A

Arsinoe

395
Q

Lover of Zeus, she asked him to let her sons become fully grown instantly

A

Arsinoe

396
Q

Sons of Alcmaeon and Callirhoe

A

Amphoteros and Acarnan

397
Q

Sons of Phegeus, they were killed by Amphoterus and Acharnan

A

Pronous and Agenor

398
Q

They killed Phegeus and his wife

A

Amphoteros and Acarnan

399
Q

His sons founded Acarnania

A

Alcmaion

400
Q

Parents of Amphilochus and Tisiphone

A

Manto and Alcmaion

401
Q

He gave his babies Amphilochus and Tisiphone to whom?

A

Creon

402
Q

She was jealous of Tisiphone, and sold her into slavery

A

Creon’s Unnamed Wife

403
Q

He purchased his own daughter as a slave unknowingly after she was sold into slavery by Creon’s jealous wife

A

Alcmaion

404
Q

Son of Amyntor

A

Phoenix

405
Q

Mother of Patroclus

A

Philomela

406
Q

Who killed Cleitonymus

A

Phoenix

407
Q

Son of Hermes and Herse

A

Cephalus

408
Q

King of Athens with body of man and serpent joined into one

A

Cecrops

409
Q

First and second names of Athens (at least according to Apollodorus)

A

Acte and Cecropia

410
Q

King during the battle of Poseidon and Athena for Athens

A

Cecrops

411
Q

According to Pausanias, first king of Attica

A

Actaios

412
Q

Whom did Cecrops marry?

A

Agraulos

413
Q

Children of Cecrops

A

Agraulos, Herse, Pandrosus

414
Q

Whom did Aglauros daughter of Cecrops have sex with? Who was their daughter?

A

Ares; Alcippe

415
Q

Son of Poseidon and the nymph Euryte, he tried to rape Alcippe. What happened to him?

A

Halirrhotius; killed by Ares

416
Q

First defendant before the Areopagus (what was the Areopagus?)

A

Ares; giant court rock

417
Q

Parents of Tithonus

A

Cephalus and Eos

418
Q

Son of Sandocus and Pharnace

A

Astynoos

419
Q

His daughters slept with foreigners and finished their lives in Egypt due to Aphrodite’s wrath

A

Pygmalion

420
Q

He founded Paphos

A

Cinyras

421
Q

Wife of Cinyras

A

Metharme

422
Q

Cinyras was king where? two versions

A

King of Assyrians or Cyprus

423
Q

She prayed to the gods to be made invisible

A

Smyrna

424
Q

Successor to Cecrops, he was the second (or third) king of Athens

A

Cranaos

425
Q

It was during his reign that Deucalion’s flood took place (Athenian king)

A

Cranaos

426
Q

He named the country Attica after his daughter, whom he fathered on Pedias daughter of Mynes

A

Cranaos

427
Q

Daughter of Icarios and her pet dog

A

Erigone and Maira

428
Q

He drove out Amphictyon

A

Erichthonios

429
Q

Father of Cranaos

A

Deucalion

430
Q

Who drove out Cranaos?

A

Amphictyon

431
Q

Her sisters opened the box with Erichthonius

A

Pandrosus

432
Q

He married Praxithea, a Naiad Nymph. Who was their son?

A

Erichthonios; Pandion

433
Q

Pandion I asked Tereus king of Thrace (or…) to help him against whom?

A

Labdacos

434
Q

He married his mother’s sister Zeuxippe

A

Pandion I

435
Q

Children of Pandion I and Zeuxippe

A

Procne and Philomela

436
Q

Son of Procne

A

Itys

437
Q

Tereus was king where? (two places are possibilites)

A

Thrace

438
Q

Procne, Philomela, and Tereus became what respectively?

A

nightingale, swallow, hoopoe

439
Q

He received the kingdom of Athens from his father Pandion I.

A

Erechtheus

440
Q

When his father Pandion I died, he received the priesthood of Athena and Poseidon Erectheus

A

Bootes

441
Q

Daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, she married Xuthus

A

Creusa

442
Q

Daughter of Erectheus and Praxithea, she was carried off by a wind god

A

Orithyia

443
Q

Daughter of Erectheus and Praxithea, she was given a golden crown to commit adultery

A

Procris

444
Q

What king discharged harmful beasts into his paramour’s genitals because his wife had put a spell on him?

A

Minos :-)

445
Q

She gave Minos a Circaean root to be able to sleep with him safely

A

Procris

446
Q

Why did Procris want to sleep with Minos?

A

she wanted a dog and a javelin

447
Q

A skilled huntress, she was killed by an errant javelin

A

Procris

448
Q

She was playing by the river Ilissus when she was abducted

A

Orithyia

449
Q

Daughters of Boreas and Orethyia

A

Cleopatra and Chione

450
Q

They persuaded the Argonauts not to return for Heracles, and so they were killed by Heracles

A

Zetes and Calais

451
Q

He blinded his sons because their stepmother accused them of trying to seduce her

A

Phineus

452
Q

She accused her stepsons of trying to seduce her a) first and second wives of Phineus b) sons of Phineus

A

Cleopatra; Idaia; Plexippos and Pandion

453
Q

She had intercourse with Poseidon, becoming the mother of Eumolpus

A

Chione

454
Q

He was thrown into the sea by his mother, but was rescued by his father Poseidon and entrusted to a woman. WHAT woman?

A

Benthesicyme

455
Q

Son of Poseidon, he tried to rape his wife’s sister, and was thus banished from the land

A

Eumolpus

456
Q

Son of Eumolpus

A

Ismarus

457
Q

What king did Eumolpus take refuge with when expelled for trying to rape his wife’s sister?

A

Tegyrios

458
Q

He plotted against Tegyrios and so fled to the Eleusinians, but Tegyrios recalled him to Thrace and made him king

A

Eumolpus

459
Q

He consulted an oracle which said he must sacrifice his youngest daughter to win against the Eleusinians; all his daughters killed themselves in consequence

A

Erechtheus

460
Q

He offered his daughter in marriage to Eumolpus’ son

A

Tegyrios

461
Q

He was killed by Erectheus in battle

A

Eumolpus

462
Q

He destroyed the house of Erectheus; why?

A

Poseidon; Eumolpus was his son

463
Q

His daughters swore a pact to die together

A

Erechtheus

464
Q

He married Metiadousa and fathered Pandion

A

Cecrops

465
Q

She married Boutes son of Pandion I

A

Chthonia

466
Q

He was expelled by the sons of Metion in a revolt, fleeing Athens

A

Pandion II

467
Q

Whose court did Pandion fly to once expelled by the sons of Metion from Athens? Whom did he marry?

A

Pylas in Megara; Pylia

468
Q

He killed his father’s brother Bias, transferring his kingdom to Pandion?

A

Pylas

469
Q

His sons marched on Athens and drove out the sons of Metion, dividing the kingdom between themselves

A

Pandion II

470
Q

Name the first and second wives of Aigeus.

A

Meta; Chalchiope

471
Q

He went to Delphi and was told about a wineskin

A

Aigeus

472
Q

King of Troezen, he got Aigeus drunk

A

Pittheus

473
Q

Pittheus king of Troezen was the son of whom?

A

Pelops

474
Q

To prove to Minos he was the son of Poseidon, he jumped into the sea to recover a golden ring

A

Theseus

475
Q

These two men slept with Aithra on the same night

A

Poseidon and Aigeus

476
Q

He defeated all others at the games of the Panathenaia in Athens

A

Androgeus

477
Q

He was sacrificing to the Graces in Paros, but threw down his garland and flute when he heard of his son’s death

A

Minos

478
Q

Former name of Megara (city)

A

Nisa

479
Q

King of Megara

A

Nisos

480
Q

He killed Scylla after she killed her father for him

A

Minos

481
Q

The Athenians sacrificed this man’s daughters in order to get rid of the plague Minos prayed down upon them

A

Hyacinthos

482
Q

Son of Eupalamos

A

Daidalus

483
Q

He invented the saw using a snake’s jawbone

A

Daidalus

484
Q

He was tried in the Areopagus after killing the son of his sister Perdix

A

Daidalus

485
Q

Son of Hephaestus and Anticleia, he was the first brigand Theseus killed. What was he called?

A

Periphetes

486
Q

Second brigand killed by Theseus, son of Polypemon and Silea

A

Sinis

487
Q

Brigand who lived on the Isthmus of Corinth, referred to as Pityocamptes

A

Sinis

488
Q

Name of the Crommyonian Sow, named after the woman who reared it

A

Phaia

489
Q

Brigand who was the son of Pelops or Poseidon, Theseus killed him

A

Sciron

490
Q

He kicked people off a cliff as they washed their feet

A

Sciron

491
Q

son of Branchos and the nymph Argiope, he was the fifth brigand/beast Theseus killed

A

Cercyon

492
Q

Theseus killed Cercyon how?

A

threw him up and slammed him down slammed him down welcome to the space SLAM featuring Theseus

493
Q

What brigand did Theseus kill in Eleusis?

A

Cercyon

494
Q

Brigand with lame feet who Theseus killed

A

Damastes

495
Q

Sixth brigand killed by Theseus, he was also known as Damastes and Polypemon

A

Procrustes

496
Q

He tied people to beds and cut off their legs, or stretch them

A

Procrustes

497
Q

He sent his son against the Marathonian Bull

A

Aigeus

498
Q

Son of Scyrios, Pandion passed him off as his own son

A

Aigeus

499
Q

He sheltered Daedalus, killing Minos

A

Cocalus

500
Q

How did Theseus kill the minotaur?

A

Ariadne helped him out and then killed him after a round of fisticuffs

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