House of Atreus Flashcards
1
Q
Who was the father of Pelops?
A
- Tantalus
- He cut up his son for the gods.
- Punished in the underworld with eternal hunger.
2
Q
Who was the wife of Pelops?
A
- Hippodamia
3
Q
Who did Pelops race for his wife?
A
- Oenomaus
4
Q
Who was the charioteer Pelops bribed?
A
- Myrtilus
- Killed by Pelops for attempted rape of Hippodamia. (Thrown off of cliff)
- Son of Hermes
5
Q
Who were the sons of Pelops?
A
- Atreus
- Thyestes
- Atreidea
6
Q
Who was the father of Tantalus?
A
- Zeus
7
Q
Who eat the shoulder of Pelops?
A
- Demeter
8
Q
Who did the Atreidea murder?
A
- Chrysippus
- Banished to Mycenae
- Hippodamia hung herself
9
Q
What did Atreus discover in his flock?
A
- Golden Lamb
- Given to wife Aerope
- To hide from Artimis
10
Q
How did Thyestes get the golden lamb?
A
- Sleeping with Aerope
2. Banished then tricked into eating his son.
11
Q
Who was the wife of Agamemnon?
A
- Clytemnestra
12
Q
Who was the wife of Menelaus?
A
- Helen
13
Q
How did Agamemnon anger Artimis?
A
- Killed a sacred deer.
- Chalchas said to sacrifice Iphigenia
- Story: She would marry Achilles
- Artimis safes her by taking her to Tauris
14
Q
Who are the children of Agamemnon?
A
- Iphigenia
- Orestes
- Electra
15
Q
Who killed Agamemnon?
A
- Clytemnestra & Aegisthus
- Stabbed after blinded with bathrobe
- Approved by apollo
