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Exam 3 Flashcards

1
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Not morally superior, an ordinary human that lives an extraordinary life.

A

Hero

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2
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Every human follows a path that is pre-determined

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Fate

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3
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God that gave people hope

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Prometheus

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4
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King of Lydia, richest person in the world, invented money.

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Croesus

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5
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A world traveler. Didn’t think that Croesus was not the happiest person in the world. “Call no man happy, until they are dead.

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Solon

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6
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His son’s fate was to die by a man-made weapon

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Croesus

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7
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Killed Croesus’s son. Who and how?

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Adrastus, boar charged Croesus’s son and Adrastus tried to protect him but killed him instead.

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8
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Means glory of Hera

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Heracles

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9
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Heracles’s mother.

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Alcmena

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10
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Sent the goddess of childbirth to clutch her knees in front of Alcmena’s house to try to prevent her from giving birth to Heracles

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Hera

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11
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Heracle’s first task when he was 16

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Slay a lion

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12
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Hera drove him crazy which led him to kill his own children

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Heracles

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13
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How did Heracles skin the Lion of Nemeo

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with its own claw

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14
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A dragon thats when its head was cut off he grew two more.

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Hydra

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15
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What did Hera send to harass Heracles while fighting the Hydra, what happened when he killed it?

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a giant crab, it became the constalation Cancer

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16
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Had 30,000 cattle, made Heracles clean the stable

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King of Augeus

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17
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location of the Golden Apples

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Hesperides

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18
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Heracles ran into this God on his way to Hesperides and tricked him back into doing the task the God assigned to him.

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Atlas

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19
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Watch dog of the world of the dead.

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Cerberus

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20
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Heracles’s second wife

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Deianira

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21
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a Centaur that tried to rape Deianira

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Nessus

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22
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convinced Deianira to take some of his blood because it was a love potion

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Nessus

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23
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When Heracles was coming back from an adventure he tried to bring back a …. which made Deianira jealous.

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Concubine

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24
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Put poision blood on Heracles’s robe thinking it was a love potion.

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Deianira

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25
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King of Ioclus

A

Pelias

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26
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Pelias’s nephew

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Jason

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27
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Who actually raised Jason

A

Chiron

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28
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Who is the only hero that Hera helps

A

Jason

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29
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Who is the old woman that Jason helps across a stream?

A

Hera

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30
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Warned about a man with one shoe. Who was warned and who was the man?

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Pelias was awarned and the man was Jason

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31
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What did Pelias ask Jason to get in order for him to have the thrown?

A

The Golden Fleece

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32
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A big ship for 50 men

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Argo

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33
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Name of Jason’s men on the Argo

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Argonauts

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34
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Who was distracted by Nymphs when the Argonauts stopped for water

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Hylas and Heracles

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35
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Blind man that Jason helped on his way. Could see the future.

A

Phineus

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36
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What was Phineus harassed by?

A

Harpies

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37
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Where did Phineus advise that Jason should let a dove pass through before the Argo went through?

A

The Clashing Rocks

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38
Q

Where were Jason and the Argonauts going?

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Colchis

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39
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What did jason have to do with fire breathing bulls?

A

put a plow on it

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40
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King of Colchis’s daughter

A

Medea

41
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Who made Medea fall in love with Jason?

A

Aphrodite

42
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Who showed Jason where the Golden Fleece was

A

Medea

43
Q

What family member of Medea’s did Jason and the Argonauts take

A

her brother

44
Q

Giant that Jason ran into in Crete on his journey back

A

Talos

45
Q

substance flowing through Talos

A

Ichor

46
Q

who brought Jason’s dad back to life?

A

Medea

47
Q

Who killed Pelias’s dad and how?

A

Pelias, Medea tricked him by giving him wrong ingredients

48
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Who lifted Jason’s guilt for killing his own blood?

A

a king in Corinth

49
Q

Who killed the king of Corinth’s daughter

A

Medea

50
Q

Who was suppposed to marry the King of Corinths daughter and become king?

A

Jason

51
Q

Play that Jason and Medea’s relationship is about?

A

Euripedes

52
Q

King of Athens

A

Aegeus

53
Q

Slept with the king of a different kingdoms daughter and got her pregnant

A

Aegeus

54
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Aegeus’s son

A

Theseus

55
Q

Had to lift a rock outside of his city and get a sword before he could go back to Athens

A

Theseus

56
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Theseus tied this pine bender to a tree and killed him

A

Sinis

57
Q

Invited people into his house to stay in his bed but people had to fit in bed exactly. Theseus cut him.

A

Procrustes

58
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Theseus’s wife

A

Medea

59
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Who tried to poison Theseus

A

Medea

60
Q

Where did a ship with black sails come from

A

Crete

61
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Who was the king of Crete

A

Minos

62
Q

Wanted to sacrifice a perfect bull to Posideon but instead sacrificed not a great one

A

Minos

63
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Who made Minos’s wife fall in love with a bull?

A

Posideon

64
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Minos’s wife

A

Pasiphae

65
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made a hollow cow so Minos’s wife could mate with the bull.

A

Daedalus

66
Q

Offspring of Pasiphae and the bull

A

Minotaur

67
Q

Who made the Labyrinth

A

Daedalus

68
Q

Tried to fly away with wings made of feathers and bee wax

A

Daedalus

69
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Daedalus’s son that fell becasue flew to close to the sun

A

Icarus

70
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Volunteered to replace one of the 7 boys to kill the minotaur

A

Theseus

71
Q

Gave Theseus a navigational aid

A

Ariadne

72
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Minos’s daughter

A

Ariadne

73
Q

Who did Theseus accidentally leave on an island on his way back Athens?

A

Ariadne

74
Q

What else did Theseus forget to change on his way back to Athens?

A

To change the sails to white

75
Q

Sea named after Aegeus

A

Aegean Sea

76
Q

Perseus’s Grandfather who trapped his daughter in a cell because Oracle said his grandson would kill him

A

Acrisius

77
Q

Acrisius’s daughter/ Perseus’s mom

A

Danae

78
Q

Who dripped through Danae’s cell

A

Zeus

79
Q

Who did Acrisius ship off

A

Danae and Perseus

80
Q

What did a king ask for Perseus to get

A

a Gorgon’s head

81
Q

Gorgon that Perseus killed

A

Madusa

82
Q

Who came to help Perseus

A

Hermes gave him a sword and Athenahelped

83
Q

Gorgon’s sisters had one eye and one tooth

A

Graeae

84
Q

3 instruments that Perseus used to fight gorgon

A
  • cap of invisibility
  • winged sandals
  • bag to hold her head
85
Q

Who held her shield so Perseus could look at Madusa

A

Athena

86
Q

what was the offspring of Madusa and Posideon

A

Pegasus

87
Q

Perseus’s wife. Found her on his way back chained to a cliff by her own father.

A

Andromeda

88
Q

Rude to Perseus so he turned this god to stone.

A

Atlas

89
Q

Who has the head of Madusa in the middle of their breast plate?

A

Athena

90
Q

Who died from Perseus throwing a discuss at them?

A

Acrisius

91
Q

King of Thebes. Cursed by another king for raping their daughter. Killed by his own son as told by a prophecy.

A

Laius

92
Q

Laius’s wife. Married her own son after Laius died.

A

Jocasta

93
Q

Son of Laius and Jocasta. Thought he was adopted. destined to kill his dad and marry his mom. Was left in exposure as a child after having his feet stabbed.

A

Oedipus

94
Q

Where did Oedipus think he was from?

A

Corinth

95
Q

A riddler that Oedipus killed.

A

The sphinx

96
Q

Oedipus’s daughter that hlped him through exile

A

Antigone

97
Q

Oedipus’s two sons that switched off being king every year. Caused a civil war and both died.

A

Eteocles and Polynices

98
Q

The final family member to be kin god Oedipus. Had Antigone trapped in a cave. His son fell on his own sword.

A

Creon

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