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1
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What was Persephone’s Roman name?

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Proserpina

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What was the staff that Bacchus carried?

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Thyrsus

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What Roman god carried a staff called Caduceus?

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Mercury

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Who was Diana’s greek equivalent?

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Artemis

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Who was the roman god that had the symbol of the anvil?

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Vulcan

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Which Roman god is associated with vultures, dogs, and spears?

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Mars

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Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?

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Vestra

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Who was the Roman goddess of wheat and agriculture?

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Ceres

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Which Roman goddess is associated with a cow?

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Juno

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What was the name of Dis’s two pronged spear?

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bident

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Who were the children of the following: Aegeus (Poseidon?) and Aegeus

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Theseus

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Danae

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Perseus

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Who were the children of the following: Amphitryon (Zeus) and Alcmene

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Heracles

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Who were the children of the following: Peleus and Thetis

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Achilles

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Who were the children of the following: Anchises and Aphrodite

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Aeneas

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Who were the children of the following: Atreus and Aerope

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Menelaus and Agamemnon

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Who were the children of the following: Aeson and Alcimide

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Jason

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Who were the children of the following: Laertes and Anticlea

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Odysseus

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Who were the children of the following: Aeneas and Creusa

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Ascanius (Iulus)

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Who were the children of the following: Cepheus and Cassiopeia

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Andromeda

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Semele

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Dionysus

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Maia

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Hermes

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Leto

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Apollo and Artemis

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Who were the children of the following: Tyndareus and Leda

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Clytemnestra and Castor

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Who were the children of the following: Odysseus and Penelope

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Telemachus

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Who were the children of the following: Priam and Hecuba

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Hector, Paris, Cassandra, and Helenus

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Who were the children of the following: Aeetes

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Medea

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Who were the children of the following: Peneius

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Daphne

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Europa

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Minos, Sharpedon, Rhadamanthys

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Aegina

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Aeacus

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Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Leda

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Helen and Polydeuces

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Who were the parents of the following: Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia

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Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

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Who were the parents of the following: Ariadne and Phaedra

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Minos and Pasiphae

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Who were the parents of the following: Astyanax

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Hector and Andromache

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Why did king Midas receive Donkey ears?

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He thought Pan was a better musician than Apollo

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36
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Who defeated Atlanta in a race by using golden apples?

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Hippomenes

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37
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How did Bellerophon tame the pegasus?

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He used a golden bridle

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38
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Who killed the Chimaera?

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Bellerophon

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39
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Which two people repopulated the Earth using stones?

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Deucalion and Pyrrha

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Which two priests became oak and linden trees after being hospital to Zeus and Hermes?

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Baucis and Philemon

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41
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What couple turned mulberries red with their blood?

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Pyramus and Thisbe

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Why was Tithonus turned into a grasshopper?

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Aurora asked Zeus to make Tithonus immortal, but forgot to ask for eternal youth

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43
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Who killed the Calydonian boar?

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Meleager

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44
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How was the son of Oeneus killed?

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Althaea, his mom, burned his live log

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What was the punishment for Ixion in the underworld?

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Spinning wheel of fire

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What was the punishment for Tityus in the underworld?

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bird ate at his liver daily

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What was the punishment for Sisyphus in the underworld?

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Rolls boulder up hill

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What was the punishment for Tantalus in the underworld?

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eternal hunger and thirst

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What was the punishment for the Danaids in the underworld?

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carry water in leaky buckets.

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Who was punished by being surrounded by a spinning wheel of fire?

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Ixion

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51
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Who was punished by having a bird eat at his liver daily?

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Tityus

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52
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Who was punished by being forced to roll a boulder up a hill?

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Sisyphus

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53
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Who was punished by eternal hunger and thirst?

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Tantalus

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54
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Who was punished by being force to carry water in leaky buckets?

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The Danaid sisters.

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55
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What was Heracles’ birth name?

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Alcides

56
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Who was Heracles’ twin?

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Iphicles

57
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What was the name of the wife that Heracles killed?

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Megaera

58
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What was the third labor of Heracles?

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He had to capture the golden hind of Artemis

59
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What was the fifth labor of Heracles?

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clean the Augean stables

60
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What was the sixth labor of Heracles?

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slay the Stymphalian birds

61
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What was the eighth labor of Heracles?

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steal the mares of Diomedes

62
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What was the ninth labor of Heracles?

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obtain the Girdle of the Amazon Queen

63
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What was the tenth labor of Heracles?

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obtain the cattle of Geryon

64
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Who was Heracles’ second wife?

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Deianeira

65
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Where was Jason’s father, Aeson, the king?

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Iolcus

66
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How did Pelias, Jason’s brother, become king of Iolcus?

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He took it over with his army

67
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Who was Jason Carrying across a river when he lost a shoe?

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Hera

68
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Where did Jason and the Argonauts have to sail to get the golden fleece?

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Colchis

69
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What were the Symplegades that the Argonauts had to sail through?

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Clashing Rocks

70
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What was the first task Aeetes had Jason do?

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Sow the ground with a fire breathing bull

71
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What grew from the dragon teeth that Jason planted?

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soliders

72
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Who was Aeetes’ daughter?

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Medea

73
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Who was the princess of Corinth that Jason wished to marry?

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Glauce

74
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Who was Medea?s brother that she killed?

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Absyrtus

75
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What did Aegeus leave Theseus under a boulder?

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A sword and pair of sandals

76
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Which way did Theseus take to get to Athens?

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He traveled by land

77
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Who did Theseus encounter that beat people with a golden club?

A

Periphites

78
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Who did Theseus encounter that tied people to trees and ripped them apart?

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Sinis

79
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Who did Theseus encounter that made people wash his feel and then pushed them off a cliff?

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Sciron

80
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Who did Theseus encounter that stretched people to fit beds?

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Procrustes

81
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What son of Minos was killed by the Marathonian Bull?

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Androgeos

82
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Who told Theseus to use string in the Labyrinth?

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Ariadne, daughter of Minos

83
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What island did Theseus leave Ariadne?

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Naxos

84
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Why did Aegeus kill himself?

A

Theseus forgot to take down his black sails.

85
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Who did Acrisius put in in a bronze tower?

A

Danae

86
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How did Zeus visit Danae?

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In a shower of Gold

87
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To whom did Perseus promise to bring the head of Medusa?

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Polydectes

88
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What did Perseus bring with him to slay Medusa?

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A curved sword, invisible helment, winged sandals, and a magic bag

89
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Who helped Perseus find Medusa?

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Hermes, Athena, the Graiae, and the Stygian Nymphs

90
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What two creatures sprung from Medusa’s neck?

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Pegasus and Chrysaor

91
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Why was Andromeda being sacrificed to Ceto?

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Cassiopeia said Andromeda was prettier than Thetis

92
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How did Perseus kill Acrisius, his grandfather?

A

He slipped and hit him with a discus

93
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To whom did Perseus give Medusa’s head?

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Athena

94
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Who did Perseus turn to stone?

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Phineus and Polydectes

95
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Who was Calliope?

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The muse of Epic Poetry

96
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Who was Clio?

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The muse of History

97
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Who was Erato?

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The muse of Love Poetry

98
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Who was Euterpe?

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The muse of Music

99
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Who was Melponmene?

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The muse of Tragedy

100
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Who was Polyhymnia?

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The muse of Hymns

101
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Who was Terpsichore?

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The muse of Dance

102
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Who was Urania?

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The muse of Astronomy

103
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Who was Thalia?

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The muse of Comedy or the Grace of Good Cheer (Two different people)

104
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Who was Aglaia?

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The Grace of Beauty

105
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Who was Euphrosyne?

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The Grace of Mirth

106
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Who was Clotho?

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The fate that spun

107
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Who was Lachesis?

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The fate that allotted

108
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Who was Atropos?

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The fate that cut the thread (inevitable)

109
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Who was Alecto?

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A fury

110
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Who was Megaera?

A

A fury

111
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Who was Tisiphone?

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A fury

112
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What was the river Styx?

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The river of hate or the oath of gods

113
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What was the river Lethe?

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The river of forgetfulness

114
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What was the river Phlegethon?

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The river of fire

115
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What was the river Cocytus?

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The river of wailing

116
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What was the river Acheron

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The river of pain

117
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What monster was a whirlpool?

A

Charybdis

118
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What monster was part lion, goat, and snake?

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Chimera

119
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What monster was a dog with three heads?

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Cerberus

120
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What monster had a horses’s body, and a man’s torso, head, and arms?

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Centaur

121
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What monster was half nymph, half snake, and the mother of all monsters?

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Echidna

122
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What monster was a dog with two heads?

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Orthus or Orthrus

123
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What monster was part goat, part man?

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Satyr

124
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What monster had six heads?

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Scylla

125
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What monster was a cyclops with one eye?

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Polyphemus

126
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What hero encountered Polyphemus, Charybdis, and Scylla?

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Odysseus

127
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Who was the husband of Helen and the king of Sparta?

A

Menelaus

128
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Who was the husband of Clytemnestra and the of Mycenae?

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Agamemnon

129
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Who was the son of Pelias and Thetis?

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Achilles

130
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Who was the father of Telemachus and husband of Penelope?

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Odysseus

131
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Who was orginally named Podarces, nicknamed the “ransomed one,” and was the king of troy??

A

Priam

132
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Who was the wife of Priam, mother of Cassandra, Helenus, Paris, and Hector?

A

Hecuba

133
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Who was the Trojan?s best fighter?

A

Hector

134
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Who used an arrow to kill Achilles?

A

Paris

135
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Who helped Paris kill Achilles?

A

Apollo

136
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Who was known as the Greek’s second greatest fighter?

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Ajax the greater

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