Locodays 1 Flashcards
What was Persephone’s Roman name?
Proserpina
What was the staff that Bacchus carried?
Thyrsus
What Roman god carried a staff called Caduceus?
Mercury
Who was Diana’s greek equivalent?
Artemis
Who was the roman god that had the symbol of the anvil?
Vulcan
Which Roman god is associated with vultures, dogs, and spears?
Mars
Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?
Vestra
Who was the Roman goddess of wheat and agriculture?
Ceres
Which Roman goddess is associated with a cow?
Juno
What was the name of Dis’s two pronged spear?
bident
Who were the children of the following: Aegeus (Poseidon?) and Aegeus
Theseus
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Danae
Perseus
Who were the children of the following: Amphitryon (Zeus) and Alcmene
Heracles
Who were the children of the following: Peleus and Thetis
Achilles
Who were the children of the following: Anchises and Aphrodite
Aeneas
Who were the children of the following: Atreus and Aerope
Menelaus and Agamemnon
Who were the children of the following: Aeson and Alcimide
Jason
Who were the children of the following: Laertes and Anticlea
Odysseus
Who were the children of the following: Aeneas and Creusa
Ascanius (Iulus)
Who were the children of the following: Cepheus and Cassiopeia
Andromeda
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Semele
Dionysus
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Maia
Hermes
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Leto
Apollo and Artemis
Who were the children of the following: Tyndareus and Leda
Clytemnestra and Castor
Who were the children of the following: Odysseus and Penelope
Telemachus
Who were the children of the following: Priam and Hecuba
Hector, Paris, Cassandra, and Helenus
Who were the children of the following: Aeetes
Medea
Who were the children of the following: Peneius
Daphne
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Europa
Minos, Sharpedon, Rhadamanthys
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Aegina
Aeacus
Who were the children of the following: Zeus and Leda
Helen and Polydeuces
Who were the parents of the following: Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Who were the parents of the following: Ariadne and Phaedra
Minos and Pasiphae
Who were the parents of the following: Astyanax
Hector and Andromache
Why did king Midas receive Donkey ears?
He thought Pan was a better musician than Apollo
Who defeated Atlanta in a race by using golden apples?
Hippomenes
How did Bellerophon tame the pegasus?
He used a golden bridle
Who killed the Chimaera?
Bellerophon
Which two people repopulated the Earth using stones?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
Which two priests became oak and linden trees after being hospital to Zeus and Hermes?
Baucis and Philemon
What couple turned mulberries red with their blood?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Why was Tithonus turned into a grasshopper?
Aurora asked Zeus to make Tithonus immortal, but forgot to ask for eternal youth
Who killed the Calydonian boar?
Meleager
How was the son of Oeneus killed?
Althaea, his mom, burned his live log
What was the punishment for Ixion in the underworld?
Spinning wheel of fire
What was the punishment for Tityus in the underworld?
bird ate at his liver daily
What was the punishment for Sisyphus in the underworld?
Rolls boulder up hill
What was the punishment for Tantalus in the underworld?
eternal hunger and thirst
What was the punishment for the Danaids in the underworld?
carry water in leaky buckets.
Who was punished by being surrounded by a spinning wheel of fire?
Ixion
Who was punished by having a bird eat at his liver daily?
Tityus
Who was punished by being forced to roll a boulder up a hill?
Sisyphus
Who was punished by eternal hunger and thirst?
Tantalus
Who was punished by being force to carry water in leaky buckets?
The Danaid sisters.
What was Heracles’ birth name?
Alcides
Who was Heracles’ twin?
Iphicles
What was the name of the wife that Heracles killed?
Megaera
What was the third labor of Heracles?
He had to capture the golden hind of Artemis
What was the fifth labor of Heracles?
clean the Augean stables
What was the sixth labor of Heracles?
slay the Stymphalian birds
What was the eighth labor of Heracles?
steal the mares of Diomedes
What was the ninth labor of Heracles?
obtain the Girdle of the Amazon Queen
What was the tenth labor of Heracles?
obtain the cattle of Geryon
Who was Heracles’ second wife?
Deianeira
Where was Jason’s father, Aeson, the king?
Iolcus
How did Pelias, Jason’s brother, become king of Iolcus?
He took it over with his army
Who was Jason Carrying across a river when he lost a shoe?
Hera
Where did Jason and the Argonauts have to sail to get the golden fleece?
Colchis
What were the Symplegades that the Argonauts had to sail through?
Clashing Rocks
What was the first task Aeetes had Jason do?
Sow the ground with a fire breathing bull
What grew from the dragon teeth that Jason planted?
soliders
Who was Aeetes’ daughter?
Medea
Who was the princess of Corinth that Jason wished to marry?
Glauce
Who was Medea?s brother that she killed?
Absyrtus
What did Aegeus leave Theseus under a boulder?
A sword and pair of sandals
Which way did Theseus take to get to Athens?
He traveled by land
Who did Theseus encounter that beat people with a golden club?
Periphites
Who did Theseus encounter that tied people to trees and ripped them apart?
Sinis
Who did Theseus encounter that made people wash his feel and then pushed them off a cliff?
Sciron
Who did Theseus encounter that stretched people to fit beds?
Procrustes
What son of Minos was killed by the Marathonian Bull?
Androgeos
Who told Theseus to use string in the Labyrinth?
Ariadne, daughter of Minos
What island did Theseus leave Ariadne?
Naxos
Why did Aegeus kill himself?
Theseus forgot to take down his black sails.
Who did Acrisius put in in a bronze tower?
Danae
How did Zeus visit Danae?
In a shower of Gold
To whom did Perseus promise to bring the head of Medusa?
Polydectes
What did Perseus bring with him to slay Medusa?
A curved sword, invisible helment, winged sandals, and a magic bag
Who helped Perseus find Medusa?
Hermes, Athena, the Graiae, and the Stygian Nymphs
What two creatures sprung from Medusa’s neck?
Pegasus and Chrysaor
Why was Andromeda being sacrificed to Ceto?
Cassiopeia said Andromeda was prettier than Thetis
How did Perseus kill Acrisius, his grandfather?
He slipped and hit him with a discus
To whom did Perseus give Medusa’s head?
Athena
Who did Perseus turn to stone?
Phineus and Polydectes
Who was Calliope?
The muse of Epic Poetry
Who was Clio?
The muse of History
Who was Erato?
The muse of Love Poetry
Who was Euterpe?
The muse of Music
Who was Melponmene?
The muse of Tragedy
Who was Polyhymnia?
The muse of Hymns
Who was Terpsichore?
The muse of Dance
Who was Urania?
The muse of Astronomy
Who was Thalia?
The muse of Comedy or the Grace of Good Cheer (Two different people)
Who was Aglaia?
The Grace of Beauty
Who was Euphrosyne?
The Grace of Mirth
Who was Clotho?
The fate that spun
Who was Lachesis?
The fate that allotted
Who was Atropos?
The fate that cut the thread (inevitable)
Who was Alecto?
A fury
Who was Megaera?
A fury
Who was Tisiphone?
A fury
What was the river Styx?
The river of hate or the oath of gods
What was the river Lethe?
The river of forgetfulness
What was the river Phlegethon?
The river of fire
What was the river Cocytus?
The river of wailing
What was the river Acheron
The river of pain
What monster was a whirlpool?
Charybdis
What monster was part lion, goat, and snake?
Chimera
What monster was a dog with three heads?
Cerberus
What monster had a horses’s body, and a man’s torso, head, and arms?
Centaur
What monster was half nymph, half snake, and the mother of all monsters?
Echidna
What monster was a dog with two heads?
Orthus or Orthrus
What monster was part goat, part man?
Satyr
What monster had six heads?
Scylla
What monster was a cyclops with one eye?
Polyphemus
What hero encountered Polyphemus, Charybdis, and Scylla?
Odysseus
Who was the husband of Helen and the king of Sparta?
Menelaus
Who was the husband of Clytemnestra and the of Mycenae?
Agamemnon
Who was the son of Pelias and Thetis?
Achilles
Who was the father of Telemachus and husband of Penelope?
Odysseus
Who was orginally named Podarces, nicknamed the “ransomed one,” and was the king of troy??
Priam
Who was the wife of Priam, mother of Cassandra, Helenus, Paris, and Hector?
Hecuba
Who was the Trojan?s best fighter?
Hector
Who used an arrow to kill Achilles?
Paris
Who helped Paris kill Achilles?
Apollo
Who was known as the Greek’s second greatest fighter?
Ajax the greater
