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Apollodorus Mythology Questions Part C Flashcards

1
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According to the Odyssey, who was killed at Naxos by Dionysus at the urging of Artemis?

A

Ariadne

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Parents of Thoas, Staphylos, Oinopion, Peparethos

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Dionysus and Ariadne

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Brother of Aigeus, he and his sons disputed Aigeus’ succession, alleging that Aigeus was not a true son of Pandion

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Pallas

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4
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Who killed the sons of Pallas?

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Theseus (the Jerk)

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Mother of Icaros, she was a slave of Minos

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Naucrate

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He took a spiral shell around the islands, proclaiming he would give a big reward to anyone who could get a string through it

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Cocalus

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He attached a string to an ant, thus allowing it to go through the spiral shell

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Daidalus

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8
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His daughters killed Minos

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Cocals

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9
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What queen of the Amazons did Theseus abduct?

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Antiope

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10
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Son of Minos, he was successor of Minos at Crete

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Deucalion

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Daughter of Minos, she was given to Theseus as a gift

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Phaedra

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12
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Sons of Theseus and Phaedra

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Acamus and Demophon

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13
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Son of Theseus and Antiope/Hippolyta/Melanippe

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Hippolytus

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He was dragged to death when Poseidon sent a bull to break his chariot along the sea-shore, as prayed for by his father

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Hippolytus

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15
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He tried to rape Hera, and got a cloud instead

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Ixion

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16
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How is Ixion punished?

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spinning wheel of fire

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17
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Son of Ixion and Nephele

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Centauros

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18
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Perithous was wedding her when the Cenaturs came to his wedding and got rowdy

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Hippodameia

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19
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A woman, she asked to be changed into a man and made invulnerable after sleeping with Poseidon

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Caeneus

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20
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He mated with the mares on Mount Pelion

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Centauros

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21
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Zeus purified him after he murdered his father-in-law and welcomed him into heaven

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Ixion

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22
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Centaurs hounded him and hammered him with fig trees into the earth after he valiantly killed a lot of Centaurs at the wedding of Perithous

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Caeneus

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23
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These two friends agreed they would both marry daughters of Zeus

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Theseus and Pirithous

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24
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He tried to abduct the twelve year old Helen

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Theseus

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25
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Gods incited the centaurs against him for his violence and presuming to want to be called a god

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Caeneus

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26
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Wanting to win Persephone as a bride…

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Pirithous

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27
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They captured Aithra

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Dioscuri

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28
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This great-great grandson of Erecththeus led the Athenians in the Trojan War

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Menestheus

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29
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He threw Theseus into an abyss and killed him

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Lycomedes

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30
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He was held down by coils of snakes in the chair of forgetfulness

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Pirithous

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31
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He was placed on the throne of Athens by the Dioscuri, and drove Theseus from Athens

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Menestheus

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32
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According to some, he was punished in Tartarus for trying to share ambrosia with his friends

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Tantalus

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33
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Hunter son of Tantalus, went mad and threw himself into a fire after failing to honor Artemis

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Broteus

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34
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He became the lover of Poseidon, who gave him a winged chariot that could go over the seas without wetting its axle

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Pelops

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35
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He inserted axle-pins of wax….

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Pelops

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36
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Who had given Oenomaus of Pisa his arms and horses?

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Ares

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37
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Who chased chariot racers up the Isthmus of Corinth?

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Oenomaus

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38
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He cut off his daughters’ suitors’ heads and nailed them to his house

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Oenomaus

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39
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Son of Cresphontes and Merope

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Aipytos

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40
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Sons of Aristomachus

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Aristodemos, Cresphontes, Temenus

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41
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He was struck dead by lightning at Naupactos; who were his twin sons by Aristeia?

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Eurysthenes and Procles

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42
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He was defeated by Tisamenus king of the Pelopponesians

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Aristomachos

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43
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He killed Eurystheus

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Hyllos

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44
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He killed Polyphontes

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Tydeus ?

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45
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Son of Pelops and Hippodameia, a brother of Atreus and Thyestes

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Pittheus

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46
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Son of Hermes, charioteer of Oenomaus

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Myrtilus

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47
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Son of Pelops and the nymph Axiope

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Chrysippus

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48
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Son of Minos and Pasiphae, he sold his daughters into slavery

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Catreus

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49
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Daughters of Catreus

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Apemosyne, Aerope, and Clymene

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50
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Wisest man in Lycia, he told Bellerophon how to capture the Chimaira

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Iobates ?

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51
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Father of Marpessa. Who was Marpessa’s grandfather?

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Evenus; Ares

52
Q

Aglaos, Callileon, and Orchomenos sat down at the altar of what god?

A

Zeus

53
Q

Agamemnon and Menelaus were taken by their nurse to whom? He sent them to whom?

A

Polypheides; Oineus

54
Q

These brothers extracted an oath from their uncle that he would settle in Cythera as he clutched to the altar of what god?

A

Hera

55
Q

First husband of Clytemnestra, he was killed by Agamemnon

A

Tantalus

56
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Three daughters of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

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Electra, Iphigenia, Chrysothemis

57
Q

Who built the ship Paris used to sail to Sparta, and whom did Aphrodite tell to sail with Paris?

A

Phereclus; Aeneas

58
Q

Menelaus went to whose funeral when Helen was abducted?

A

Catreus

59
Q

What daughter did Helen abandon in Sparta?

A

Hermione

60
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Hera sent a violent storm against Paris and Helen’s ship, forcing them to put in where, where they might have captured?

A

Sidon

61
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Who stole Helen from Paris according to the will of Zeus, and whom did he give her to?

A

Hermes; Proteus

62
Q

Son of Nauplius, showed Odysseus was sane

A

Palamedes

63
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Who discovered the letter Odysseus wrote “to” Palamedes?

A

Agamemnon

64
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Odysseus wrote a letter “from” what king to Palamedes?

A

Priam

65
Q

Three men who went to convince Cinyras to join the expedition against Troy

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Menelaus, Odysseus, Talthybios

66
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Cinyras ruled where?

A

Cyprus

67
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He presented a breastplate to Agamemnon and promised to send fifty ships to Troy, but all but one of the ships he sent were made of clay.

A

Cinyras

68
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The single actual ship Cinyras sent to Troy was commanded by whose son?

A

Mygdalion

69
Q

He kept his daughters with him at Delos

A

Anios

70
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Dionysus granted them the power to draw, oil, corn, and wine from the earth

A

Daughters of Anios

71
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Son of Heracles and Astyoche

A

Tleopomos

72
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Father of Astyoche; where did he rule?

A

Erichthonios

73
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Son of Polyneices, he bribed Eriphyle with a robe

A

Thersander

74
Q

Who took command of the Greek fleet at Aulis?

A

Agamemnon

75
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Where did Calchas prophesy ten years of fighting for the Trojan War?

A

Aulis

76
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What place did the Greeks sack believing it was Troy?

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Mysia

77
Q

Father of Auge (king where?) and son of Auge

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Aleus and Arcadia and Telephos

78
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Through the anger of Dionysus (mad because he hadn’t done his cult) he became entangled in a vine branch and was thus injured

A

Telephos

79
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King of the Mysians

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Telephos

80
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Son of Polyneices killed at Mycenae

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Thersander

81
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He showed the Greeks the route to Troy while they were stuck at Argos

A

Telephos

82
Q

These two men went to Clytemnestra, lying that Iphigenia would be married to Achilles

A

Odysseus and Talthybios

83
Q

Son of Cycnos and Procleia, or Apollo

A

Tenes

84
Q

On the orders of Agamemnon, what island did Odysseus abandon Philoctetes?

A

Tenedos

85
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Who accused Tenes of trying to seduce her?

A

Philonome

86
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Whom did Philonome use as a witness to say that Tenes had tried to seduce her, and what did he do for a living?

A

Eumolpus flute player

87
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Mother of Tenes and Hemithea

A

Procleia

88
Q

He put his son and daughter into a chest when his son was accused by his wife

A

Cycnos

89
Q

Name the envoys to Trojans at beginning of Trojan war who demanded back the treasures

A

Menelaus and Odysseus

90
Q

Who killed Protesilaus?

A

Hector

91
Q

She made an image of her husband after he died at Troy

A

Laodameia

92
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He was said to be invulnerable except in the head; who killed him by pelting him with a stone in the head?

A

Cycnos

93
Q

Achilles laid a trap for him in the sanctuary of Thymbrian Apollo; there was a tradition that Troy could not be taken while he lived

A

Troilus

94
Q

Who went to Mount Ida to rustle the cattle of Aeneas?

A

Achilles

95
Q

What son of Priam did Achilles kill before driving away Aeneas’ cattle on Mount Ida?

A

Troilus

96
Q

He was captured by Achilles and sold to Lemnos, where he was ransomed by Priam, only to be killed the twelfth day following his return

A

Troilus

97
Q

Sons of Antenor and Theano, they came with Aeneas to Troy

A

Acamus and Achilocus

98
Q

What Lycian captain in the Trojan war was a son of Hippolochus?

A

Glaucus

99
Q

He broke the truce by shooting an arrow at Menelaos

A

Pandarus

100
Q

Homer said that Zeus must have deprived him of his wits, because….

A

no he blamed ate yeah ate

101
Q

Son of Eumelos, died in the Trojan war

A

Dolon

102
Q

He was chosen by lot to duel Hector in the Iliad

A

Diomedes

103
Q

Envoys to Achilles

A

Phoenix, Odysseus, Ajax of Telemon

104
Q

She arrived at the marriage of Phaedra and Theseus with an army

A

Probably Antiope

105
Q

Two alternate names for Hippolyta

A

Antiope,

106
Q

Who wounded Patroclus prior to Hector killing him?

A

Euphorbos

107
Q

Son of Pelagon, son of the River Axios. killed by Achilles

A

Asteropaios

108
Q

He pushed back the river Scamander with a massive flame

A

Hephaestus

109
Q

Who won the chariot race in the honor of Patroclus

A

Diomedes

110
Q

Won the boxing race in the games in honor of Patroclus

A

Epeios

111
Q

They won the wrestling match in the games in honor of Patroclus

A

Aias and Odysseus

112
Q

Daughter of Otrere and Ares

A

Penthesileia

113
Q

Whom had Penthesilea accidentally killed, and who purified her

A

Hippolyte. Priam

114
Q

Son of Eos and Tithonus

A

MEEEEEMNNOOOOOOON

115
Q

Who judged whether Odysseus or Ajax deserved the armor of Achilles?

A

the greek chiefs?

116
Q

Who drove Ajax out of his wits?

A

Odysseus?

117
Q

He alone of all men at Troy was not burned, but lies in a casket

A

Podaleirius and Machaon

118
Q

Who cured Philoctetes?

A

Podalerius

119
Q

He married Helen after Paris’ death

A

Polites? is this right?

120
Q

Assisted Odysseus in stealing the Palladium

A

Diomedes

121
Q

Who killed Astyanax? (Two possibilities)

A

Neoptolemus or Odysseus

122
Q

After the fall of Troy, according to Euripides, who turned into a bitch and was buried by Helenus?

A

Hecuba

123
Q

Wife of Orestes

A

Hermione

124
Q

Name the king of the Laestrygonians.

A

Antiphates

125
Q

Who was the only man in Odysseus’ exploratory party not turned to swine?

A

Eurylocus

126
Q

How many ships did Odysseus have when he came to Circe?

A

one

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