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Danaus Flashcards

1
Q

What twin sons of Belus?

A

Danaus and Aegyptus

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2
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Who was the brother of Danaus?

A

Aegyptus

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3
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Who was the brother of Aegyptus?

A

Danaus

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4
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Who was the father of Danaus and Aegyptus?

A

Belus

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5
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Who did Danaus marry?

A

Libya

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6
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Who did Aegyptus marry?

A

Arabia

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7
Q

Who was Egypt named after?

A

Aegyptus

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8
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What did Danaus think Aegyptus wanted to do by asking to marry their children together?

A

Aegyptus wanted to kill him so he could have all of Belus’s land to himself

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9
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With whose aid did Danaus build a ship?

A

Athena’s

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10
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Where did Danaus sail with his daughters?

A

Argos

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11
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Argos was the homeland of what ancestor of Danaus?

A

Io

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12
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Where did Danaus dedicate a statue of Athena in gratitude for her help?

A

Lindos

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13
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When Danaus arrived at Argos, who was the king?

A

Gelanor

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14
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What occurred the night before Danaus and Gelanor were to be judged as king?

A

a wolf killed the lead bull of the herds

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15
Q

How did the Argives interpret the wolf eating the lead bull?

A

Danaus might take similar vengeance if frustrated

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16
Q

Who did the Argives choose as king, Danaus or Gelanor?

A

Danaus

17
Q

Who vied for the throne of Agros with Danaus?

A

Gelanor

18
Q

What did Danaus order of his daughters?

A

to kill their husbands

19
Q

Who disobeyed Danaus?

A

Hypermnestra

20
Q

Why didn’t Hypermnestra kill Lynceus?

A

he had spared her virginity

21
Q

Who was the eldest of Danaus’s daughters?

A

Hypermnestra

22
Q

Which of Aegyptus’s sons was spared?

A

Lynceus

23
Q

Where did Hypermnestra help Lynceus to escape to?

A

Lyrceia

24
Q

What was the Argive Citadel?

A

Larisa

25
Q

How did Lynceus tell Hypermnestra he was still alive?

A

he lit a fire

26
Q

How did Danaus get the Argive men to marry his daughters after?

A

he held a footrace

27
Q

What was the Danaids’ punishment?

A

they had to refill leaky buckets endlessly

28
Q

Who did Danaus dedicate a temple to?

A

Apollo Lynceius

29
Q

Which danaid helped gain Poseidon’s favor?

A

Amymone

30
Q

Which danaid did Poseidon show the springs at Lerna?

A

Amymone

31
Q

Who succeeded Danaus?

A

Lynceus

32
Q

Where was Danaus king?

A

Argos

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