Greece

Question 1

Heracles

Answer 1

death by textile; monster slayer and rapist, he killed his wife and children in a fit of rage; performed 12 labors in penance; Spartans liked him because they respected hard work; superhuman strength and courage; ranked among the gods after death; patron of the gymnasium

Question 2

Niobe

Answer 2

of Phrygia, daughter of Tantalus; Leto sent Artemis and Apollo to kill all of her children

Question 3

Theseus

Answer 3

favorite hero of Athens - this hero, unlike Heracles, did no work, which the gentlemanly Athenians liked; son of Poseidon; husband of Phaedra; slew the Cretan Minotaur

Question 4

Phrygia

Answer 4

Turkey

Question 5

Nessos

Answer 5

Centaur, his blood or semen is poisonous and was used to dip the robe into that killed Heracles

Question 6

Deianeira

Answer 6

Heracles’ last wife; she dips a robe into the blood or semen of the Centaur Nessos and sends the robe to Heracles who has been cheating on her - the robe kills him and dying an agonizing death, he jumps on the funeral pyre; Deianeira kills herself.

Question 7

Acheron

Answer 7

River in Hades

Question 8

gynaeconomi

Answer 8

women’s police

Question 9

hierophantēs

Answer 9

Most exalted of all Athenian priests, an Eumolpid and held office for life. chief priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries; interpreter of sacred mysteries

Question 10

Lysistrata

Answer 10

Aristophanes; an Athenian woman who is sick of war