Jason & The Argonauts Flashcards
What island was the Argonauts’ first stop on their way to Colchis?
Lemnos
Because his children would not be Greek citizens, who leaves Medea and marries Creusa, a Corinthian princess?
Jason
Which of the Argonauts took a break from his 12 labors to join Jason on his quest?
Heracles
What king of the Doliones does Jason befriend then kill in a case of mistaken identity?
Cyzicus
Phineus gave the Argonauts advice about what pair of “clashing rocks”?
Symplegades
What two of the Argonauts convince the rest of the crew to leave behind Heracles (& Polyphemus) on Mysia?
Zetes & Calais
What tribe was ruled by the boxer-king Amycus until his death by Pollux?
Bebryces
What does Jason lose as he carries an old woman across the Anaurus River?
A sandal/shoe
What king of Corinth welcomes Jason and Medea into his city?
Creon
What name is given to the sailors of the Argo?
Argonauts
Who are the parents of Mermerus and Pheres?
Jason & Medea
Of what people was Cyzicus the king?
Doliones
Creusa, Creon, Mermerus, and Pheres are all killed by what woman whose anger was caused by the infidelity of Jason?
Medea
What happened once Jason sows the field with dragon’s teeth?
Armed men (Spartoi) rose up
What daughter of Athamas and Nephele falls from the back of the golden ram into the water bellow?
Helle
What is Jason’s first task on Colchis?
Yoke two fire breathing bulls
How do the Argonauts safely sail through the Symplegades?
Euphemus sends a dove through it first
What fastest woman alive was rejected from the Argonauts by Jason on account of her gender?
Atalanta
What squire of Heracles was abducted by water nymphs in Mysia at the Pegae spring?
Hylas
What king of Iolcus is overthrown by his brother Pelias?
Aeson
What shipbuilder does Jason recruit for his expedition?
Argus
Which of the Argonauts were the sons of Boreas, the North Wind, and could fly around with their purple wings?
Zetes & Calais
Promachus and Aeson both meet their end at the hands of what man, the usurping king of Iolcus?
Pelias
Even after Jason & Medea completed the tasks set out for them, what king of Colchis still did not give up the golden fleece.
Aeetes
Which of the Argonauts started off as the herald until he dies from a sickness?
Tiphys
Who apparently learns how to breathe underwater upon his marriage to an underwater nymph after he was abducted from the Pegae spring in Mysia?
Hylas
To what kingdom across the Black Sea does Phrixus fly with the golden ram before sacrificing it?
Colchis
Who screams out Hylas’s name all throughout Mysia until Zetes & Calais convince the Argonauts to abandon him there?
Heracles
What king of the Bebryces would force any passerby to a boxing match until Pollux killed him?
Amycus
What king sends Jason to fetch the golden fleece?
Pelias
At what Mysian spring was Hylas abducted by water nymphs?
Pegae
After killing her children and Corinthian royalty, Medea flees to what city and marries the king Aegeus?
Athens
What monstrous bird women live on Anthemoessa and lure sailors to their doom with their alluring voices?
Sirens
How does Medea kill Talos?
Stabbing him in the ankle
What aunt of Medea and daughter of Helios also possesses magical power?
Circe
Who are the sons of Jason & Medea?
Mermerus & Pheres
On what island do the Sirens live?
Anthemoessa
What son of Athamas and Nephele flies to Colchis on the back of a golden ram?
Phrixus
Hypsipyle did not have it in her to kill what man, her father and former king of Lemnos?
Thoas
Aphrodite cursed the women of what island with incredibly bad odor, causing the men to leave and find new wives elsewhere?
Lemnos
What daughter of Aeetes is a powerful sorceress?
Medea
After Jason drops off an old woman across the Anaurus River, what goddess does she turn out to be?
Hera