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1
Q

Aegeus (father) and Aethra (mother)

A

Theseus’ parents

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2
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Thesus and Pirithous abduct _____?

A

Helen

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3
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______ claims Ariadne for himself

A

Dionysus

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4
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Who is Minotaur’s mother?

A

Pasiphae

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5
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Who first strikes the Calydonian boar?

A

Atalanta

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6
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who performs to distract the sailors form Sirens

A

Orpheus

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7
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Jason’s parents?

A

Aeson (father) and Polymede

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8
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Where is the Golden fleece located

A

in Colchis

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9
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name of island where women stink so their husbands cheat so they kill all the men on the island

A

Island of Lemons

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10
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who is invincible because of a lock of purple hair?

A

King Nisos of Megara

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11
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What is the name of Herakles’ parents

A

Zues (dad) and Alcmene (mom)

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12
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Who is Herakles’ first wife?

A

Megara

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13
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Who tries to kill the baby Herakles?

A

Hera (with a serpent)

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14
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who is Herakles sentenced to serve

A

Eurystheus of Tiryns for twelve years and to perform ten labors for him.

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15
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what are Herakles labors?

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1st labor: the Nemean lion

2nd labor: the hydra of Lerna

3rd labor: capturing the Cerynitian deer

4th labor: Capturing the Eryanthian boar

5th labor: cleaning the stables of Augeans

6th labor: the Stymphalean birds

7th labor: the Cretan bull

8th labor: capture mares of Diomedes

9th labor: the war belt of Hippolyta

10th labor: the cattle of Geryon

11th labor: get an apple from garden of Hesperides

12th labor: retrieving Cerberus from Hades

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16
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Who gives Herakles’ wifen (Deianeira) a poisoned shirt?

A

Nessus (Herakles later dies from this shirt when she gives it to him in jealousy for marrying new woman)

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17
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Who is Herakles’ wife

A

Deianeira

18
Q

Whose children are the 12 Titans?

A

Earth (Gaia) and Sky (heaven/Uranus)
-also had Cyclopes and hundred armed giants

19
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Whom does Kronos castrate?

A

Sky (heaven/Uranus)

20
Q

Where do the Nereids dwell?

A

the sea

21
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who are the childern of Kronos and Rhea

A

Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus

22
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who invents the trick of animal sacrifice (wrapping up the bones in delicious fat as the gods’ portion),

A

Prometheus

23
Q

the home of Night and Day; Hades and Cerberus; Atlas; the river Styx

A

the underworld

24
Q

Persephone’s (Kore) mother?

A

Demeter (ceres)

25
Q

Which god does Hesiod say that Hera gave birth to without a father?

A

Hephaestus

26
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who does Eos, the goddess of the dawn, falls in love with and begs Zeus for eternal life for him but forgets to ask for eternal youth so he just keeps getting older

A

Tithonus

27
Q

An authoritative story about the world, accepted within a given community as true

A

myth

28
Q

what is religion made of

A

Religion = myth + ritual

29
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Aeradine gets stuck here and diynois comes and gets her

A

Naxos

30
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mythical women who lure sailors with their singing?

A

The Sirens

31
Q

Who was the first Greek to step off the ships at Troy?

A

Protesilaus

32
Q

Who seeks advice from Protesilaus at his tomb?

A

altheats

33
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What kind of person does Protesilaus especially dislike?

A

adultures

34
Q

lesson: Life is brief, and full of suffering.
We’re like flowers that fade.

A

Solon and Croesusle

35
Q

Where is the Golden Fleece located?

A

Colchis

36
Q

Which of the following is a chthonic deity

A

hades/pluto

37
Q

In which city does Jason intend to marry the king’s daughter?

A

Corinth

38
Q

A pair of giant rocks which would clash together, preventing anything from passing them

A

The Symplegades

39
Q

Where were apollo and artemis are born

A

delos

40
Q

Metis
Themis:
Eurynome
Demeter:
Mnemosyne
Leto:
Hera:

A

zues’ wives

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