Lesson 24

Question 1

skilled spear thrower; killed Calydonian Boar

Answer 1

Meleager

Question 2

fastest runner in Greece; won the great Calydonian Boar hunt

Answer 2

Atalanta

Question 3

cleverly won Atalanta with apples of love

Answer 3

Melanion

Question 4

married to Thetis; father of Achilles

Answer 4

Peleus

Question 5

a Nereid; mother of Achilles

Answer 5

Thetis

Question 6

judge of beauty contest

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

Queen of Sparta; most beautiful woman on earth

Answer 7

Helen of Sparta (Troy)

Question 8

apples used by Minion to win Atlanta

Answer 8

apples of love

Question 9

apple thrown by Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Answer 9

apple of discord

Question 10

spirit of strife; goddess of discord

Answer 10

Eris

Question 11

trap involving a noose

Answer 11

snare

Question 12

to surrender, give up

Answer 12

forfeit

Question 13

tension due to lack of agreement

Answer 13

discord

Question 14

What was Achilles’ vulnerable body part, and why was it vulnerable?

Answer 14

Achilles’ heel was vulnerable because his mother held him by the heel over the sacred fire of immortality as a child. Because his heel was never exposed to the fire, it was vulnerable and could cause him mortal death.

Question 15

List the ways Medea helped Jason.

Answer 15

Medea gave Jason the magic salve to beat the fire-breathing bulls without fear. She tricked her brother so Jason could kill him and the king would have to stop the pursuit. She also disguised herself as an ugly withch and sold magic herbs to the king’s daughter as a plot to kill him so Json could take the throne.

Question 16

Identify the location.

Answer 16

Black Sea

Question 18

destined to kill his father and marry his mother

Answer 18

Oedipus

Question 19

Queen of Thebes; Oedipus’ mother

Answer 19

Jocasta

Question 20

monster with a woman’s head and a lion’s body

Answer 20

Sphinx

Question 21

first queen of Thebes; had necklace of youth and beauty

Answer 21

Harmonia

Question 22

Oedipus’ daughter

Answer 22

Antigone

Question 23

the very same, identical

Answer 23

selfsame

Question 24

How did Etocles and Polynices dishonor their father after his departure from Thebes?

Answer 24

Oedipus’ two sons cared nothing about the sufferings of their father. They fought each other over the throne, finally killing each other in single combat.

Question 25

young hero from Troezan; defeated the Cretan Minotaur

Answer 25

Theseus

Question 26

Queen of Crete; daughter of Helios

Answer 26

Pasiphaë

Question 27

creature that is half-man, half-bull

Answer 27

Minotaur

Question 28

famous architect; built palace of Cnossus

Answer 28

Daedalus

Question 29

King Minos’ daughter; wife of Dionysus

Answer 29

Ariadne

Question 30

son of Daedalus

Answer 30

Icarus

Question 31

Theseus’ best friend; King of the Lapith people

Answer 31

Pirithoüs

Question 32

to announce officially, publicly

Answer 32

proclaim

Question 33

loud and exuberant, rowdy

Answer 33

boisterous

Question 34

disrespect, lack of respect or devotion

Answer 34

irreverence

Question 35

Identify the location.

Answer 35

Athens

Question 36

Why was Daedalus in prison, how did he escape, and what happened to him and his son?

Answer 36

King Minos believed that only Daedalus could have helped Theseus solve the labyrinth. Daedalus made two pairs of wings out of wax for himself and his son, Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melted his wings, and drowned after plunging into the sea. Daedalus flew to the island of Sicily where he was warmly welcomed by the king.