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Mythology Heros Flashcards

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What was Heracles’ birth name?

A

Alcides

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Who was Heracles’ twin?

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Iphicles

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What was the name of the wife that Heracles killed?

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Megaera

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What was the third labor of Heracles?

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He had to capture the golden hind of Artemis

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What was the fifth labor of Heracles?

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clean the augean stables

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What was the sixth labor of Heracles?

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slay the sympalian boar

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What was the eighth labor of Heracles?

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steal the mares of Diomedes

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What was the ninth labor of Heracles?

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obtail the Girdle of the amazon queen

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What was the tenth labor of Heracles?

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obtain the cattle of Geryon

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10
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Who was Heracles’ second wife?

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Deianira

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

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Iolcus

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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

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

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Hera

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

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Colchis

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What were the sympleglades that the argonauts had to sail threw?

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Clashing Rocks

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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

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17
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What grew from the dragon teeth that Jason planted?

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soliders

18
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Who was Aeetes’ daughter?

A

Medea

19
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Who was the princess of Corinth that Jason wished to marry?

A

Glauce

20
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Who was the relative that Medea killed?

A

Absyrtus, her brother

21
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What did Aegeus leave Theseus under a boulder?

A

A sword and pair of sandals

22
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Which way did Theseus take to get to Athens?

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He traveled by land

23
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Who did Theseus encounter that beat people with a golden club?

A

Periphites

24
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Who did Theseus encounter that tied people to trees and ripped them apart?

A

Sinis

25
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Who did Theseus encounter that made people wash his feel and then pushed them off a cliff?

A

Sciron

26
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Who did Theseus encounter that stretched people to fit beds?

A

Procrustes

27
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What son of Minos was killed by the Marathonian Bull?

A

Androgeos

28
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Who told Theseus to use string in the Labyrinth?

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Ariadne, daughter of Minos

29
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What island did Theseus leave Ariadne?

A

Naxos

30
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Why did Aegeus kill himself?

A

Theseus forgot to take down his black sails.

31
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Who did Acrisius put in in a bronze tower?

A

Danae

32
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How did Zeus visit Danae?

A

In a shower of Gold

33
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To whom did Perseus promise to bring the head of Medusa?

A

Polydectes

34
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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

35
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Who helped Perseus find Medusa?

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Hermes, Athena, the Graiae and the Stygian Nymphs

36
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What two creatures sprung from Medusa’s neck?

A

Pegasus and Chrysaor

37
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Why was Andromeda being sacrificed to Ceto?

A

Cassiopeia said Andromeda was prettier than Thetis

38
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How did Perseus kill Acrisius, his grandfather?

A

He slipped and hit him with a discus

39
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To whom did Perseus give Medusa’s head?

A

Athena

40
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Who did Perseus turn to stone?

A

Phineus and Polydectes

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