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Athena Flashcards

1
Q

What daughter of Zeus and Metis?

A

Athena

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2
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While Metis was pregnant, who warned…

A

Gaea and Uranus

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3
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What did Zeus do to Metis?

A

swallowed her

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4
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Who split open Zeus’s head with an axe?

A

Hephaestus

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5
Q

Who was born wearing armor?

A

Athena

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6
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Near what river was Athena born?

A

Tritonis

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7
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Who raised Athena?

A

triton

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8
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Who turned Medusa into a gorgon?

A

Athena

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9
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Why did Athena turn Medusa into a gorgon?

A

She slept with Poseidon in Athena’s shrine

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10
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Who, listening to the weird dirge of Medusa’s Gorgon sisters, made it into a flute tune?

A

Athena

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11
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Who did Athena give some of Medusa’s blood to?

A

Erichthonius and Asclepius

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12
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Who gave Bellerophon the golden bridle?

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Athena

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13
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Who taught Eurynome to be as wise as the gods?

A

Athena

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14
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Under what name did Cadmus worship Athena?

A

Onca

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15
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Who told Cadmus to sow the teeth from the dragon he had slain?

A

Athena

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16
Q

Who did Athena give the other half of the dragon’s teeth to besides Cadmus?

A

Aeetes

17
Q

Which side of the Trojan war was Athena on?

A

Greeks

18
Q

Which god helped Epius build the Trojan horse?

A

Athena

19
Q

Who changed Perdix into a partridge?

A

Athena

20
Q

Which god helped the argonauts make it through the clashing rocks?

A

Athena

21
Q

What instrument did Athena invent?

A

The double flute

22
Q

Who invented the double flute?

A

Athena

23
Q

Why did Athena throw her flute away?

A

She was ridiculed by Aphrodite and Hera because playing the instrument distorted her face

24
Q

How did Athena win Athens?

A

She made an olive tree grow

25
Q

Who presided over the trial of Orestes on the Areopagus?

A

Athena

26
Q

Who saved Orestes and his sister Iphigeneia from death at the hands of the barbaric Taurians?

A

Athena

27
Q

Who killed the Giant Pallas, flayed him, and used his skin as a shield?

A

Athena

28
Q

Who flung Sicily on top of Enceladus?

A

Athena

29
Q

What two giants did Athena kill?

A

Enceladus and Pallas

30
Q

Who as a young girl killed her playmate?

A

Athena

31
Q

What son of Chariclo…

A

Teiresias

32
Q

Who blinded Teiresias and gave him the gift of Prophecy?

A

Athena

33
Q

After what event did Athena turn against the greeks?

A

Ajax the lesser raped Cassandra at her shrine

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