Herodotus

Question 1

Arion

Answer 1

Musician that sailed around in a Corinthian vessel, crew attempted to kill him, rides dolphin to Taenarum

Question 2

Croesus

Answer 2

King of Lydia until Cyrus the Great defeated him, was arrogant and greedy

Question 3

Solon

Answer 3

Athenian maker of code of laws, told Croesus of the happiest of men

Question 4

Gyges

Answer 4

Candaules’s bodyguard, saw wife, overthrew him & became king

Question 5

Delphi

Answer 5

Oracle that predicted fall of Croesus to Cyrus

Question 6

Sardis

Answer 6

Ancient Greek city where Candaules was king, now in modern Turkey

Question 7

Atys

Answer 7

Son of Croesus that the king dreamt would be killed, killed by Adrastus while hunting

Question 8

Adrastus

Answer 8

Phrygian, accidentally killed brother and then killed Atys while on a hunt for a boar

Question 9

Cyrus

Answer 9

King that conquered everything, conquered Croesus of Lydia

Question 10

Thales

Answer 10

of Miletus, fixed date of when daylight turned to darkness, split the Halys river

Question 11

Massagatae

Answer 11

Last place that Cyrus wanted to conquer, country is eastward, home of warlike people

Question 12

Tomyris

Answer 12

Queen of the Massagatae, killer of Croesus

Question 13

Candaules

Answer 13

King of Sardis, last of the Heraclids, killed by Gyges

Question 14

Cleobis & Biton

Answer 14

brothers from Argos that were the second happiest people according to Solon, comfortable life and died in sleep after bringing mother to temple

Question 15

Nomos

Answer 15

custom, law

Question 16

Tisis

Answer 16

revenge

Question 17

Kosmos

Answer 17

the universe, as order

Question 18

Nemesis

Answer 18

wrath, anger (divine)

Question 19

Hubris

Answer 19

arrogance, pride

Question 20

“Count no may happy until he is dead”

Answer 20

Saying by Solon about why Croesus couldn’t be the happiest of men

Question 21

“Human life is like a revolving wheel and never allows the same people to remain long in prosperity”

Answer 21

Saying by Croesus

Question 22

The Lord whose oracle is in Delphi neither declares nor conceals, but gives a sign”

Answer 22

Saying by Heraclitus