Jason and the Argonauts Flashcards
What son of Aeson…
Jason
who was the father of Jason?
Aeson
Who was the mother of Jason?
Polymede
Who was the half brother of Aeson?
Pelias
Who usurped the throne of Iolcus?
Pelias
What kindom’s throne did Pelias usurp?
iolcus
Where was Pelias king?
Iolcus
Who was the father of Aeson?
Cretheus
Who sent his son to Cheiron in fear of Pelias?
Aeson
Who did Aeson send his son to after he was born?
Cheiron
Who raised Jason?
Cheiron
Where was Jason raised?
Mount Pelion
Where did Cheiron live?
Mount Pelion
Who warned Pelias to be warned about the man ith one sandal?
The delphic oracle
Who was the father of Pelias?
Poseidon
Which goddess did Pelias scorn?
Hera
What river did Jason carry the disguised hera across?
The anaurus
Who lost his sandal…
Jason
Where was Jason going when he was crossing the anaurus?
iolcus
Who did Jason carry, disguised, across the river?
Hera
Where did medea live?
Colchis
Who is the broher of Cretheus?
Athamas
In a grove sacred to what God was the golden fleece hanged in?
Ares
Who leaped into his mule-drawn chariot and hurried to the public square where a man with one…
Pelias
What did Pelias ask Jason when he first met him?
asked what he would do if an oracle said that a certain citizen would kill him
Who said, “I would order him to bring back the golden fleece”?
Jason
How did Jason respond to Pelias’s first question?
said he would would order him to bring back the golden fleece
What uncles of Jason…
Amythaon and Pheres
Who were the sons of Amythaon and Pheres (uncles of Jason)?
Melampus and Admetus
Who was pestered for six days before finally hsaring his plans to…
Jason
What did Pelias tell Jason his task was?
To return with the golden fleece and the spirit of Phrixus?
Who built the argo?
Argus
Who aided Argus in the construction of the argo?
Athena
What son of Pelias was on the argo?
Acastus
What did Pelias force Aeson to drink?
bull’s blood
What son of Aeson did Pelias kill?
Promachus
What was unique about the Argo?
the prow was made of a speaking piece of Dodonan oak
Heracles, Orpheus, the dioscuri, zetes and calias…
Argonauts
What two seers of the Argo…
Idmon and Mopsus
Who was politely refused for being a woman…
Atalanta
Who was unanimously chosen to be the…
Heracles
Who was almost the leader of the Argonauts?
Heracles
Who was to be the pilot of the argo?
Tiphys
What son of Hagnias…
Tiphys
Who did the argonauts sacrifice to before leaving?
Apollo
Who predicted from the smoke coils at the altar that the argonauts would return bearing the fleece?
Idmon
What seer was fated to die on the expedition of the Argo?
Idmon
Where did the agronauts first stop?
lemnos
Who, angry at the lemnian women…
Aphrodite
What daughter of Thoas…
Hypsipyle
Who secretely saved their father…
Hypsipyle
What herald of the argonauts was sent to greet Hypsipyle?
Aethalides
Who was the father of Aethalides?
Hermes
What woman was the nurse of Hypsipyle?
Polyxo
Who proposed that the Lemnian women have children with the argonauts?
Polyxo
At lemnos, who stayed on the ship?
probably herky
Who were the children of Jason and Hypsipyle?
Euneus and Nebrophonusor or Deipylus
Who were the parents of Euneus and Nebrophonusor?
Jason and Hypsipyle
Where did the argonauts sail after Lemnos?
Samothrace
Who greeted the Argonauts on bear mountain?
the doliones
Who was king of Bear mountain?
Cyzicus
Where was Cyzicus king?
Bear mountain
What son of Aeneus and Aenete…
Cyzicus
Who did Cyzicus marry?
Cleite
What god protected the doliones?
Poseidon
What was the goal of the argonauts?
To get the Golden Fleece
What throne rightfully belonged to Jason, but Pelias took it instead?
Iolcus
What wily king tricked Jason into getting the Golden Fleece?
Pelias
Where was Jason suppose to bring the Golden Fleece?
Thessaly
Who did the Golden Fleece belong to?
The ram
What capitol of Colchis did the ram fly Phrixus to?
Aea
In a grove sacred to what god did Phrixus nail the fleece to a tree?
Ares
Guarded by an unsleeping dragon….?
Golden Fleece
What king of Colchis didn’t allow the Golden Fleece to be taken?
Aeetes
Who heard from an oracle that he would rule as long as the fleece remained in the grove?
Aeetes
What oracle did Jason go to get advice from for the journey to the fleece?
Delphic
What son of Argeia and Arestor was an expert boat builder?
Argus
What goddess gave advice to Argus to help build the Argos and gave him the Dodonian oak?
Athena
Who sent out heralds to announce his intentions to all of Greece?
Jason
Heracles, Orpheus, the Dioscuri, zetes and Calais, Telamon, Peleus, Idas and Lynceus, admetus, Periclymenus, Augeias, Argus, and Tiphys….?
Argonauts
Who are the three most notable argonauts?
Meleager and Idmon and mopsus
Who was refused for the Argonauts because of her gender?
Atalanta
Who refused to take Atalanta as an argonaut?
Jason
Who refused the role of leader as the Argonauts?
Heracles
Who was the father of Tiphys?
Hagnias
Who drove the ship of the Argonauts?
Tiphys
What two men joined the Argonauts at the last moments?
Acastus and Argus
What son of Pelias defied his father and joined the Argonauts?
Acastus
Reading the future in the coils of smoke rising from the altar….?
Idmon
What god did the Argonauts sacrifice to before their journey?
Apollo
Who predicted that the Argonauts would reach home again beating the fleece?
Idmon
Slipping out of the Gulf of Pagasae and rounding the Magnesian peninsula…?
Argonauts
Seeing mount Ossa and then mount Olympus on their left and going for the island of Lemnos..?
Argonauts
What island, inhabited entirely by women?
Lemnos
What goddess was mad at the Lemnian women for neglecting to honor her?
Aphrodite
How did Aphrodite punish the Lemnian women?
She caused an unpleasant smell that caused all their husbands to seek other companionship?
To avoid retribution what people had to kill their fathers and sons because they killed their cheating husbands?
Lemnian women
Who wearing the armor of her father, was the queen of the Lemnians?
Hypsipyle
Who was the father of Hypsipyle?
Thoas
Who, secretly saved by Hypsipyle…?
Thoas
What herold of the argonauts negotiated a meeting with the Lemnians?
Aethalides
Who was the father of Aethalides?
Hermes
What shrewd old nurse told the Lemnians to keep the Argonauts on the island?
Polyxo
What men waited on board the ship while Jason and the crew went to meet Hypsipyle?
Heracles and Hylas
Tall, handsome, and dressed in a cloak given to hik by Athena?
Jason
What women did Lemnians kill because they dishonored their husbands?
Thracian women
Promising Jason the throne of Lemnos…?
Hypsipyle
How long were the Argonauts on Lemnos?
A few days
Who were the sons of Jason and Hypsipyle?
Euneus and Nebrophonus/Deipylus
Who did Thoas tell Hypsipyle to send to Aeson?
Euneus and Nebrophones
What was the fate of Hypsipyle?
She was sold into slavery for saving Thoas
Whose advice did the Argonauts follow to go to Samothrace instead of Hellespont after leaving Lemnos?
Orpheus
Hoping they would get additional protection if they initiated into the Samothracian mysteries..?
Argonauts
What harbor on the hilly island of bear island..?
Fair
What tribe greeted the Argonauts on bear mountain?
Doliones
Who was the king of the Doliones who was just as young as Jason?
Cyzicus
What son of Aeneus and Aenete…,
Cyzicus
Who was the daughter of Eusorus?
Aenete
Who was the wife of Cyzicus?
Cleite
Who was the father of Cleite?
Merops
Where was Merops king of?
Rhindacus
Learning from an oracle to provide hospitality to the Argonauts?
Cyzicus
Cyzicus told the Argonauts to row a little father until they reached what harbor?
Bay of Chytus
What mountain did the argonauts climb on bear island?
Mount Dindymus
Failing to mention the earth born giant, six armed monsters who inhabited beat mountain…?
Cyzicus
What god protected the Doliones from these 6 armed monsters on bear mountain?
Poseidon
Who defended the argonauts from the 6 armed monsters?
Heracles
Being pushed back to the island they had just left…?
Argonauts
What squire if Heracles did he lose on a village on the Cius river?
Hylas
Thinking they were being attacked by Pelasgian raiders, what tribe attacked the argonauts?
Doliones
Who was the first among the Doliones’ bodies found?
Cyzicus
Who killed Cyzicus?
Jason
Who hung herself after her husband Cyzicus died?
Cleite
What spring is formed by the tests of the wood nymphs who mourned for the namesakes death?
Cleite
Interpreting the cries of a kingfisher
Mopsus
What did the cries mean that the argonauts had to do?
Propitiate Cybele, the mother of the gods
Dancing in full armor and clashing shields and spears to drown out the Doliones’ mourning…?
Argonauts
Breaking his oar while rowing upon the Mysian coast..?
Heracles
What sea god arose from the water to tell the Argonauts of about Heracles and Hylas?
Glaucus
Who was Hylas’ father who Heracles killed because he was infatuated with his son?
Theiodamas
Drawing water from the spring of Pegae..?
Hylas
What old argonauts heard Hylas’ but couldn’t find him when he searched?
Polyphemus
What members of the Argonauts convinced them to leave Heracles on Cius?
Zetes and Calais
Forcing the Mysians to search for his lost love every year…?
Heracles
Who founded the city of Cius?
Polyphemus
Where did Heracles settle the Mysian hostages he took?
Trachis
While coming for the funeral games of Pelias…?
Zetes and Calais
What fierce tribe was led by Amycus and attacked the argonauts?
Bebryces
What son of Poseidon and Melia..?
Amycus
Who was the leader of the Bebryces?
Amycus
What ash tree nymph was the mother of Amycus?
Melia
What Argonaut was the best boxer and fought with Amycus?
Polydeuces
What son of Zeus and Leda was the best boxer on the argonauts?
Polydeuces
What brother of Polydeuces and friend bounded the gloves to his hands?
Castor and Talaus respectively
Delivering a crushing blow behind the Bebrycian’s ear..?
Polydeuces
Who were the two argonauts wounded in the fight between them and the Bebrycians?
Talaus and Iphitus
What enemy tribe to the Bebryces took their cattle when the Argonauts defeated them?
Mariandyni
Where did the Argonauts land after the Bebryces?
Salmydessus, capitol of Thynia
Who ruled Salmydessus when the Argonauts landed there?
Phineus
Who was the first wife of Phineus?
Cleopatra
Who was the father of Cleopatra?
Boreas
Who was the second wife of Phineus?
Idaea
Who was the father of Idaea?
Dardanus
Allowing his wife to blind his two sons because they had violated her…?
Phineus
Being blinded by the harpies for revealing to much of the human race…?
Phineus
Sweeping food off of Phineus’ table so he couldn’t eat and blinding him were the acts of what group?
Harpies
His skin caked with grime, hardly having the strength to move, and being blind describes what man?
Phineus
Who gave Phineus the art of prophecy?
Apollo
Bearing wings on both their back and ankles…?
Zetes and Calais
What goddess did Phineus say the Argonauts should rely on to help?
Aphrodite
What messenger goddess saved the harpies?
Iris
“The hounds of Zeus” describes what group..?
Harpies
Sweating by the river styx that the harpies won’t harm Phineus again?
Iris
Falling into the strophades and the river Tigris….?
Harpies
What river was renamed for the Harpies because one of them fell in it?
Tigres/ Harpys
What old friend of Phineus took care of him when the Argonauts left?
Paraebius
Fated with perpetual happiness in the underworld..?
Phineus
What Argonaut could run across the water without getting his feet wet?
Euphemus
What man took a dove to the Argos prow
Euphemus
What dove did Euphemus take with him to the prow of the Argo?
Dove
What son of Europa and Poseidon..?
Euphemus
What was the
What daughter of Tityus?
Europa
Warning the Argonauts that if the dove failed to pass through the clashing rocks it would be useless for them?
Phineus
Holding one of the clashing rocks with her left hand and pushing the Argo with her right…?
Athena
Once a ship passed through what objects would they hit no more?
The clashing rocks
What desert island did the Argonauts land in after the clashing rocks?
Thynias
Seeing a vision of what god passing through the sky on his way from Lycia to the land of the Hyperboreans…?
Apollo
What man led the argonauts in hymn when they were offering sacrifices to Apollo?
Orpheus
What king of the Mariandyni greeted the Argonauts?
Lycus
Who was hailed as a god by the Mariandyni?
Polydeuces
What father of Lycia was aided by Heracles when conquering Tye Mysians, Phrygians, Bithynians, and Paphlagonians?
Dascylus
What son of Lycus joined the Argonauts?
Dascylus
Who was the first Argonaut to die?
Idmon
How did Idmon die?
Killed by a wild boar
Who was the second Argonaut to die?
Tiphys
How did Tiphys die?
Sickness
Who took the place of Tiphys as helmsman?
Ancaeus
What son of Poseidon and Astypalaea?
Ancaeus
Where did the Argonauts stop after the Mariandyni?
The Assyrian port of Sinope
What sons of Deimachus got left behind by Heracles at Sinope and later joined the Argonauts?
Deileon, Autolycus, Phlogius
Where did the Argonauts stop after Sinope?
Themiscyra
What queen of the Amazon’s was preparing for battle with the Argonauts if they landed on the shore of Themiscyra?
Hippolyte
What god sent favorable north winds to save the Argonauts from the amazons?
Zeus
Passing by the lands of the Chalybes, Tibareni, and Mossynoeci…?
Argonauts
Promising to stop at the lonely shore and a boon would come to them…?
Phineus
What gods island was there tons of birds with arrow like feathers?
Ares
Who was the first Argonauts hit with the arrow like feather?
Oileus
What son of Eurytus killed a bird with his arrows but realized there was too many?
Clytius
What man, remembering what Heracles had done to defeat the Stymphalian birds…?
Amphidamas
Making a tremendous din by shouting and beating their swords on their shields…?
Argonauts/(Heracles maybe)
Shipwrecked on their way tk Orchomenus to fulfill their father’s deathbed wish…?
Argus, Cytissorus, Phrontis, and Melas
What four men approached the Argonauts, just like Phineus had predicted they would?
Argus, Cytissorus, Phrontis, and Melas
Who was the father of the 4 shipwrecked men, Argus…?
Phrixus
What daughter if his did Aeetes give to Phrixus as a bride
Chalciope
What uncle of Phrixus and grandfather of Jason and Admetus..?
Cretheus
Where did Argus convince the Argonauts to go instead of straight to Colchis?
Aea
What goddess made Jason travel to Colchis?
Hera
Asking Aphrodite to help make Medea fall in love with Jason…?
Hera and Athena
Who gave Eros a lovely golden ball to convince Medea to fall in love with Jason?
Aphrodite
What three men accompanied the brother sons of Phrixus to the palace of Aea?
Jason, Telamon, and Augeias
Enveloping the countryside in most so Jason could reach the palace of Aea?
Hera
Who constructed Aeetes’ palace?
Hephaestus
Who was the first Colchis to see the Jason?
Medea
What sister of Medea was delighted to see her sons again aboard the Argo?
Chalciope
Who was the wife of Aeetes?
Eidyia
Who was the youngest daughter of Oceanus and Tethys?
Eidyia
Not believing a word of Argus’ story..?
Aeetes
What task did Aeetes give to Jason, which if completed, would allow him to obtain the Golden Fleece?
Yoke fire breathing bulls to a plow, plow a field with them and sow it with dragons teeth, the kill the men that sprawled from the teeth
