Bellerophon Flashcards
What son of Glaucus…
Bellerophon
What king of Ephyra…
Glaucus
What son of Glaucus and Eurynome..
Bellerophon
Who were the parents of Bellerophon?
Glaucus and Euryome
Why was Bellerophon exiled from Ephyra?
he killed his brother
What was bellerophon’s original name?
Hipponous
What does Bellerophon mean?
Bellerus killer
Who purified Bellerophon for killing his brother?
Proetus
Where was proetus king?
Tiryns
Who was the wife of Proetus?
Sthenaboea
Who was the husband of Sthenaboea?
proetus
Who tried to seduce Bellerophon?
Sthenaboea
Where did Proetus send Bellerophon?
To lycia
Who did proetus send bellerophon to?
Iobates
Who was the father of Sthenaboea?
Iobates
On what day did King Iobates read the letter?
the tenth
How many days did Iobates entertain Bellerophon before reading the letter?
nine days
Who asked Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera?
King Iobates
Who were the parents of pegasus?
Posiedon and medusa
Who did bellerophon go to for help in the capture of pegasus?
Polyeidus
Where did Bellerophon spend the night after talk to the seer polyeidus?
athena’s altar
Who gave Bellerophon a magical golden bridle?
Athena
After sacrificing to Athena and poseidon, where did Bellerophon go?
the spring of Peirene
Where did Bellerophon tame Pegasus?
The spring Peirene
Who did Bellerophon sacrifice to?
Athena and Poseidon
Who did Bellerophon fight after killing the chimaera?
The solymi
After fighting the solymi, who did Bellerophon fight next?
the amazons
Who offered half of his kingdom to Bellerophon and his daughter?
Iobates
Who was the daughter of Iobates?
Philonoe
Who did Iobates offer Bellerophon?
Philonoe
Who were the children of Bellerophon and Philonoe?
Isander, Hippolochus, Laodameia, and Deidameia
What did Zeus send to Bellerophon?
a gadfly
What man killed either his brother or a Corinthian named Bellerus…
Bellerophon
To the court of what King of Tiryns…
Proetus
Who came to the court of Troezen to ask…
Bellerophon
Known by Homer as Anteia…
Sthenaboea
Who, because of his scruples against killing a guest…
Proetus
What Lycian king…
Iobates
Who, escorted by the gods to Lycia…
bellerophon
Who was warmly entertained by Iobates…
Bellerophon
Who, upon reading a letter, was faced by the same problem as the sender…
Iobates
What monster had been ravaging the Lycian countryside…
Chimaera
As a youth in Ephyra, Bellerophon had yearned…
Pegasus
What creature, which roamed the sky and land and would let no man near…
Pegasus
Who spent the night on Athena’s altar…
Bellerophon
Who, after sacrificing to Athena and Poseidon, rushed to the spring Peirene…
Bellerophon
Soon after bridling Pegasus, Bellerophon rode his…
Aethra / Pittheus
What long-time enemy of the Lycians…
Solymi
Who, desperate, sent the pick of his Lycian…
Iobates
The finest farmland in the Lycian region…
Bellerophon
Who, according to Hyginus, killed herself from chagrin over learning…
Stheneboea
Not content with merely mortal honors…
Bellerophon
Who envied the gods that had so befriended him…
Bellerophon
Alive but lame, who wandered across the earth alone…
Bellerophon
