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1
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Why did Hercules end his voyage with the argonauts?

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Hylas goes looking for a water source and gets pulled under by water nymphs, and when Hercules can’t find him he doesn’t return back to the argonauts

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Hercules had to wrestle Achelous to prove his worthiness to marry who?

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Delaneira

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What is the name of the centaur who gets drunk at Hercules wedding and steals his bride?

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Nessus

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What does Nessus say to Delaneira when he gifted her his garment before he died from a poisonous arrow shot by Hercules?

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“When Hercules wears this garment he will remain faithful to you”

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What is the last straw for the gods that prompt them to punish Hercules again?

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He kills the father and brothers of Iole, who then commits suicide

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What is Hercules punishment with Omphale

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He has to act and dress like a female to be a servant to the queen

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Why is it said that we sometimes have sleepless nights?

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Hercules caught the Cercopes one night but let them go because they amused him

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How does Hercules die?

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He commits suicide after the agony of the poisonous garment from Nessus melting into his skin and his wife also killing herself

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Who does Hercules marry when he becomes fully immortal?

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Hebe

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How was Theseus born?

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His father King Eigis impregnated one of his friends daughters while he was drunk

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Why does Theseus complete his labors?

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He wants to be deserving of being his fathers successor instead of claiming it hastily

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List the 6 labors of Theseus and where they took place:

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All in the Peloponnesus
#1: killed the club man
#2: killed the “pine bender”
#3: killed man eating pig
#4: killed Sciron who fed people to his man eating turtle
#5: wrestle another toll gatherer
#6: kill Procrustes who “forms” people to his bed

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How does Madea prevent her father and his army from chasing after Jason when he took the Golden Fleece?

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She kills her brother by chopping him into pieces and throwing them into the water

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What does Madea do when Jason demands a divorce so he can rule over Thebes?

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She kills their children and Jason’s future bride out of spite

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What is the name of the bull that Theseus kills?

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Marathonian bull

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Who falls in love with Theseus and helps him kill the Minotaur?

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Ariadne

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What does Ariadne give to help Theseus find the Minotaur?

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A magic ball of thread

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What are Theseus stipulations to take Ariadne with him?

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Her sister must also come

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How do the gods punish Theseus for taking Ariadne with him?

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They let his father believe he is dead and he commits suicide in vain

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Who was Antiope?

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The queen of the Amazon’s that Theseus finds and takes away from battle to marry

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What was the name of the child between Theseus and Antiope?

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Hippolytus after the late Amazon queen Hippolyta who was killed by Hercules

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Why does Phaedra kill herself?

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She falls in love with Hippolytus and once he finds out he leaves in a rage but is eventually killed by Poseidon

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23
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Who was the “sidekick” of Theseus?

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Pirithous

24
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Why do Theseus and Pirithous decide to marry daughters of Zeus and who do they go after?

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They want an immortal wife; Theseus chooses Helen and Pirithous chooses Persephone

25
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How does Hades trick Theseus and Pirithous?

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He has them sit on chairs only for them to realize they are permanently stuck

26
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Who rips Theseus free from his chair in the underworld?

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Hercules

27
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Why does Acrisius lock his daughter Danae away so she can never get pregnant?

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The Delphic oracle told him he would have a grandson that would one day kill him

28
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Who impregnates Danae and how does it happen?

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Zeus transforms himself into droplets of gold that reach Danae

29
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Who finds Danae and Perseus when they wash up on the island?

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Dictys

30
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Why does Perseus offer to kill Medusa?

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He doesn’t want his mother to marry Polydectes

31
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What does Hermes give to Perseus to help him kill Medusa?

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A curved sword

32
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What do the Stygian Nymphs give to Perseus?

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A pouch to hold Medusa’s head, winged sandals, and an invisible helmet

33
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What shoots out of Medusa’s head after Perseus kills her?

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Pegasus

34
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Who did Perseus save from Poseidon’s sea monster in exchange for marriage?

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Andromeda

35
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Who tamed Pegasus and what was used to tame it?

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Bellerophon used a golden bridle from Athena

36
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What was the name of the woman who was raped and then committed suicide to preserve her honor

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Lucretia

37
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Who threatens and rapes Lucretia while everyone else is sleeping?

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Sextus Tarquinius

38
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Who was the man that stuck his right hand in a burning flame to show his courage?

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Scaevola

39
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Who turns Atlas to stone and why?

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Perseus uses medusas head to turn him to stone because he can’t show Xenia to him

40
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What is the story behind Acrisius and the theme of not being able to escape fate?

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Acrisius exiled his own daughter and grandchild, and then went into hiding for the rest of his life because he was scared of being killed by his grandson, only for it to be an accident all along when Perseus finally throws a discobolus and kills him without even realizing it

41
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Who was the king that assumed he was the happiest man alive?

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Croesus

42
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What story does Solon tell Croesus to teach him a lesson?

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The story of Kleobis and Biton, who carried their mother to a temple of Hera themselves because they were poor and didn’t have any other transportation, they died the happiest men alive

43
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When Romulus and Remus were arguing over who should rule, what did they decide to be the deciding factor?

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They ran to the top of a hill and observed the flight patterns of birds, which was supposed to be a good omen, but it didn’t work anyway

44
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Which brother kills which and becomes the ruler of his own city?

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Romulus kills Remus and populates his city with murderers

45
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How does Romulus “fix” the problem of his city being populated only by men?

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He abducts the Sabine women and steals all the single unmarried women and forces them to start families with his people

46
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Why were Romulus and Julias Ceaser murdered by their own people?

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They were too prideful and wanted to have too much power as king, it scared the Roman’s

47
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Who gives a speech that makes the Roman’s reconsider the murder of Julias ceaser and what does he do?

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His brother shows the robe with all the back knife wounds in it and he reads his will out loud, which announces all the people of Rome were given money from Julias

48
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Who were the two sets of triplet brothers that fought against each other for their cities?

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The Horatii and the Curiatii

49
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Why did Horatius kill his own sister after his victory?

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He unknowingly killed the man his sister was supposed to marry, and she can’t look at him so he kills her out of anger that she isn’t celebrating alongside him

50
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How does Brutus show the people of Rome that Rome is always more important than anything else?

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He publicly executed his two sons who were conspiring against him

51
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What’s the name of the Roman girl who planned an escape across the Tiber river and saved 49 other captive girls?

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Cloelia

52
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Why is Coriolanus punished into exile?

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When he delivered Rome he stole some valuables from the enemy to give to his men, which was illegal and considered disrespectful to the Roman Empire

53
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Why couldn’t Coriolanus carry out his plan to destroy Rome in revenge?

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His family claimed that he would have to kill them if he was going to destroy Rome, so he withdrew his army

54
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How did Cincinnatus act selflessly?

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He relinquished his absolute power after he saved Rome instead of becoming a dictator

55
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What group of people scared the Roman’s?

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The Gauls

56
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Why does Dido commit suicide?

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She falls in love with Aeneas who leaves her behind because the gods want him to rebuild Troy

57
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Who do the Roman’s also consider a founding father besides Romulus?

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Aeneas

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