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Jason & The Argonauts Flashcards

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What island was the Argonauts’ first stop on their way to Colchis?

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Lemnos

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Because his children would not be Greek citizens, who leaves Medea and marries Creusa, a Corinthian princess?

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Jason

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Which of the Argonauts took a break from his 12 labors to join Jason on his quest?

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Heracles

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What king of the Doliones does Jason befriend then kill in a case of mistaken identity?

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Cyzicus

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Phineus gave the Argonauts advice about what pair of “clashing rocks”?

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Symplegades

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What two of the Argonauts convince the rest of the crew to leave behind Heracles (& Polyphemus) on Mysia?

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Zetes & Calais

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What tribe was ruled by the boxer-king Amycus until his death by Pollux?

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Bebryces

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What does Jason lose as he carries an old woman across the Anaurus River?

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A sandal/shoe

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What king of Corinth welcomes Jason and Medea into his city?

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Creon

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What name is given to the sailors of the Argo?

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Argonauts

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Who are the parents of Mermerus and Pheres?

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Jason & Medea

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Of what people was Cyzicus the king?

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Doliones

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Creusa, Creon, Mermerus, and Pheres are all killed by what woman whose anger was caused by the infidelity of Jason?

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Medea

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What happened once Jason sows the field with dragon’s teeth?

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Armed men (Spartoi) rose up

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What daughter of Athamas and Nephele falls from the back of the golden ram into the water bellow?

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Helle

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What is Jason’s first task on Colchis?

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Yoke two fire breathing bulls

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How do the Argonauts safely sail through the Symplegades?

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Euphemus sends a dove through it first

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What fastest woman alive was rejected from the Argonauts by Jason on account of her gender?

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Atalanta

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What squire of Heracles was abducted by water nymphs in Mysia at the Pegae spring?

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Hylas

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What king of Iolcus is overthrown by his brother Pelias?

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Aeson

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21
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What shipbuilder does Jason recruit for his expedition?

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Argus

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Which of the Argonauts were the sons of Boreas, the North Wind, and could fly around with their purple wings?

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Zetes & Calais

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Promachus and Aeson both meet their end at the hands of what man, the usurping king of Iolcus?

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Pelias

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Even after Jason & Medea completed the tasks set out for them, what king of Colchis still did not give up the golden fleece.

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Aeetes

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Which of the Argonauts started off as the herald until he dies from a sickness?

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Tiphys

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Who apparently learns how to breathe underwater upon his marriage to an underwater nymph after he was abducted from the Pegae spring in Mysia?

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Hylas

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27
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To what kingdom across the Black Sea does Phrixus fly with the golden ram before sacrificing it?

A

Colchis

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Who screams out Hylas’s name all throughout Mysia until Zetes & Calais convince the Argonauts to abandon him there?

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Heracles

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What king of the Bebryces would force any passerby to a boxing match until Pollux killed him?

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Amycus

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30
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What king sends Jason to fetch the golden fleece?

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Pelias

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At what Mysian spring was Hylas abducted by water nymphs?

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Pegae

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After killing her children and Corinthian royalty, Medea flees to what city and marries the king Aegeus?

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Athens

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33
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What monstrous bird women live on Anthemoessa and lure sailors to their doom with their alluring voices?

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Sirens

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34
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How does Medea kill Talos?

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Stabbing him in the ankle

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What aunt of Medea and daughter of Helios also possesses magical power?

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Circe

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36
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Who are the sons of Jason & Medea?

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Mermerus & Pheres

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On what island do the Sirens live?

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Anthemoessa

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What son of Athamas and Nephele flies to Colchis on the back of a golden ram?

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Phrixus

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Hypsipyle did not have it in her to kill what man, her father and former king of Lemnos?

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Thoas

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Aphrodite cursed the women of what island with incredibly bad odor, causing the men to leave and find new wives elsewhere?

A

Lemnos

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41
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What daughter of Aeetes is a powerful sorceress?

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Medea

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After Jason drops off an old woman across the Anaurus River, what goddess does she turn out to be?

A

Hera

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What Titan, the grandfather of Medea, gives her a dragon-pulled chariot to help her escape from Corinth?

44
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Which two of the Argonauts were seers?

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Mopsus & Idmon

45
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Why did the Lemnian men leave to find new wives, leading to their deaths at the hands of the old ones?

A

Aphrodite made the women smell bad

46
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After Tiphys’s death, who replaces him as helmsman of the Argo?

47
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What king of Colchis would be powerful as long as he has the golden fleece in his kingdom?

48
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Who rejuvenates a goat and convinces the daughters of Pelias to do the same to their father, leading to his death?

49
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What god is the father of Euphemus?

50
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Who are the parents of Euneus and Nebrophenus?

A

Jason & Hypsipyle

51
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What goddess did the Lemnian women reject and made stinky as a result?

52
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What river does Jason help an old woman (who turned out to really be Hera) cross?

53
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Which of the Argonauts kills Amycus with a swift blow to the elbow (or back of the ear)?

54
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What Corinthian princess does Jason marry after leaving Medea?

55
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What king of Corinth convinces Jason to marry his daughter Creusa?

56
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What Titan is the father of Aeetes?

57
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Who usurps the throne of Iolcus from his brother Aeson?

58
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Who kills Talos, a giant bronze automaton on Crete, by stabbing him in the ankle?

59
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What substance does Talos have as blood?

60
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What tribe was threatened by the Gegenes (earthborn giants) until the Argonauts cleared them out?

61
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Who is able to drown out the alluring voices of the Sirens with his lyre?

62
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Who is killed by his daughters, who thought they were really rejuvenating him?

63
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What giant bronze automaton does Medea kill on Crete by stabbing him in the ankle?

64
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When rumors circulate about the Argo approaching with the golden fleece, Pelias forces what man, his brother, to drink bull’s blood?

65
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What king of Salmydessus was punished with blindness and hunger by Zeus after he revealed too much about the future of men?

66
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Who fires an arrow to make Medea fall in love with Jason?

67
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What is the name of the ship on which Jason and his crew sail to Colchis?

68
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After celebrating victories against the Gegenes, the Argonauts depart but are brought right back to what tribe, against whom they then fight in a night battle?

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How did Jason deal with the Spartoi who rose up from the dragon’s teeth?

A

Throws a rock in the middle of them and they fight themselves

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What sister of the Harpies and goddess of the rainbow called for Zetes & Calais to spare the Harpies?

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Which of the Argonauts sends a dove through the Symplegades, ensuring safe passage for the Argo as the rocks open up again?

72
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What goddess helps Argus build the Argo and installs a talking oak beam into it?

73
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Despite the magic of Orpheus’s lyre, which of the Argonauts still tries to swim towards the Sirens on Anthemoessa until he’s rescued by Aphrodite?

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What daughter of Thoas was made queen of Lemnos after they killed all the men?

75
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Which of the Argonauts was the squire of Heracles?

76
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Which of the Argonauts was a son of Poseidon who could run on water?

77
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How does Medea help Jason yoke the fire breathing bulls?

A

Gives him a fire-resistant ointment

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Which of the Argonauts had such great eyesight that he could see below the ground?

79
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On what island does Talos, the giant bronze automaton, live?

80
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What cloud goddess was the first wife of Athamas?

81
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In order to surreptitiously steal the golden fleece, Medea helped Jason bypass what kind of monster guarding the sacred oak tree?

82
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Which of the Argonauts was elected leader but deferred to Jason as it wasn’t truly his quest?

83
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Which two of the Argonauts used their purple wings to chase the Harpies away from Phineus until Iris intervened?

A

Zetes & Calais

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What Phaeacian queen officially marries Jason & Medea so that she would not have to give them up to the Colchians?

85
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Which two of the Argonauts (one of whom was an accomplished horse tamer, the other a boxer) were twin sons of Leda?

A

Castor & Pollux

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Which of the Argonauts, a son of Hermes, served as the herald?

A

Aethalides

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What brother does Medea kill, dismember, and scatter across the sea to delay the pursuing Colchians?

88
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After she indirectly killed Pelias, Medea and Jason flee Iolcus until they reach what city ruled by Creon?

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Which helmsman of the Argo dies of a sickness and is replaced by Ancaeus?

90
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Jason learns how to be a hero from what Centaur?

91
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What Theban princess marries Athamas and devises a plan to kill Phrixus?

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After the Argonauts leave Heracles on Mysia, what sea god appears to them to assuage their fears by claiming Heracles’s departure is the will of Zeus?

93
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What Aeaean sorceress purifies both Medea and Jason for their murder of Absyrtus?

94
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When the Argonauts finally reach Colchis, who is king?

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What seer is killed by a boar while journeying with the Argonauts?

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What monstrous bird women tormented Phineus by swooping down and eating his food?

97
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What kingdom across the Black Sea is the ultimate destination of the Argonauts and the home of the golden fleece?

98
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What name is given to the body of water into which Helle falls from the Golden Ram?

A

Hellespont

99
Q

How does Jason die?

A

A beam of the Argo falls onto his head

100
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Which of the Argonauts knew he would die on the expedition, but went anyway?

101
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What rivals of the Bebryces warmly welcomes the Argonauts since they had earlier killed Amycus?

A

Mariandyni

102
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Which of the Argonauts was the son of Pelias and disobeyed his father?

103
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Who kills Absyrtus, her brother, and scatters pieces of his body across the Black Sea to delay the pursuant Colchians?

104
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Which of the Argonauts was a gifted musician who could makes stones move with his lyre?

105
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What personification of the North Wind is the father of Zetes and Calais?

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