idk random stuff Flashcards

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dWhat queen of Mycane killed her husband on his return from Troy

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Clytemnestra

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What poet sings in the court of Alcinous

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Demodocus

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3
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What form did zeus take when he seduced europa

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Bull

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4
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Who was the mother of Aphrodite according to Homers Illiad

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Dione

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What poison did Aegeus nearly use to kill Theseus before recognizing who he was

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aconite

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6
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Which Argonaut had the gift of extraordinary sight

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Lynceus

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7
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Where did Theseus die

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Scyros

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8
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Who was the son of Zeus and Aegina who was a judge in the underworld

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Aeacus

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9
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What form did zeus assume when he seduced alcmene

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Amphytrion

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10
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Who were the Harpies

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Aello, Ocypete, and Celaeno

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11
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Which tree was sacred to Aphrodite

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The Myrtle Tree

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12
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Who reveladed to Aeneas that his ultimate destination was Italy

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The Penates

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13
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Zeus seduced Leda the queen of Sparta in the form of a

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Swan

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14
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Why did Clytemnestra murder her husband Aggamemnon

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Because he brought home a concubine from the Trojan War and to avenge her daughter Iphigenias death

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15
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Who killed Paris

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Philoctetes

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16
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Which greek god was the father of pan

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Hermes

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17
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Which greek god was the father of asceplius

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Apollo

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18
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Who killed Castor with a spear

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Idas

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19
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Who tamed pegasus

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Bellerophon

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20
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Who was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite that led the survivors of the Trojan war

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Aeneas

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21
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Which divinity’s homeric epithet is Cloud gatherer

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Zeus

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22
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Why did Pollux kill Lynceus

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In retaliation in his role of Castors death

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23
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What water nymphs did the Romans later identify with the Greek Muses

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The Camenae

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24
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Which divinity’s homeric epither is earth shaker

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Poseidon

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Who was given donkey ears by Apollo as a punishment for choosing a satyr over a god in a musical contest
King Midas
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Agamemnon sent Odysseus, Phoenix, and ----- to convince Achilles to return to the battlefield
Telemonian Ajax
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Who were the offspring of Zeus and Europa
Rhadamanthys, Minos, Sarpedon
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Two places where Aeneas and his crew attempted to find settlement
Thrace or Crete
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Who tricked Eileithyia into "allowing" Alcmene to give birth
Galanthis
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After killing his brother where did Bellerephon flee
Argos
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Why did Medea try and get Theseus killed
He feared that Theseus would jeopardize her power and her son's future inheritance
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Which Greek convinced the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into the city
Sinon
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Which Harpy was the mother of Achilles' horses?
Podarge
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Which divinity's homeric epithet is wind footed
iris
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Who killed his father and married his mother?
Oedipus
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Which of the murderers encountered by Theseus was given the nickname "Procrustes"
Damastes
37
Who was Leda's husband
King Tyndareus
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Which of the Daniads did not kill her husband
Hypermnestra
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What happened after Irus the beggar challeneged Odysseus to fight
Odyssesus beat Irus with one soft but winning blow
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Who were sisters of the gorgons
Graiae
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Who was born at the same time as the Giants
The Furies
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Who were the household gods of Romans
The Penates
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Who were Aeneas's parents
Anchises and Venus
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Deianira gave Heracles a robe dipped in blood because he ad fallen in love with
Iole
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With which helpers did Neptune save Trojan ships from being completely destroyed in Book 1 of the Aeneid
Cymothoe and Triton
46
Heracles goes which oracle after killing his wife and children
Delphia
47
According to Ovid, who desired an ivory maiden for his wife
Pygmalion
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Which gods visited Baucis and Philemon disguised as beggars
Zeus and Hermes
49
The monster Echidna was a combination of
Nymph and snake
50
Who are the parca/moirai/fata
The fates
51
How many muses are there
9
52
How many Olympian Gods are there
12
53
After Apollo gives Midas donkey's ears, his secret is eventually revealed by
reeds whispering what happened into the wind
54
Who tames Pegasus
Bellerophon
55
What daughter of Priam was sacrificed on the tomb of Achilles
Polyxena
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What Age is NOT part of Ovid's Ages of Man
Heroes
57
When old age completely overtook Tithonus he turned into a
grasshopper
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Who were the cupbearers of the Gods
Hebe and Ganymede
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To which city did Acrisius travel for the athletic event
Larissa
60
In the Iliad which two soldiers traded armor instead of fighting
Glaucus and Diomedes
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Son of Crius and Eurybia who was the father of the Anemoi
Astraeus
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What mythological crime was engrved on the swordbelt of Pallas
The Danaids
63
The doctor who tried to heal Aeneas' wound in Book 12 of the Aeneid was named
Iapyx
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Anchises, Aeneas’s father, died in which Sicilian city?
Drepanum
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Which youth, beloved of Apollo, became unconsolably sad when he accidentally killed his own pet stag?
Cyparissus
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Who grew jealous of Triptolemus and killed one of the snakes that pulled his winged chariot.
Carnabon
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Who were the furies
Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone