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Mythology Underworld and Etc. Flashcards

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Why did king Midas receive Donkey ears?

A

He thought Pan was a better musician than Apollo

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Who defeated Atlanta in a race by using golden apples?

A

Hippomenes

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How did Bellerophon tame the pegasus?

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He used a golden bridle

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Who killed the Chimaera?

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Bellerophon

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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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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?

A

Aurora forgot to ask Zeus for eternal yourth

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Who killed the Calydonian boar?

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Meleager

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How was the son of Oeneus killed?

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Althaea, his mom, burned his life log

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What was the punishment for Ixian in the underworld?

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Spinning wheel of fire

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What was the punishment for Tityus in the underworld?

A

bird ate at his liver dailey

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What was the punishment for Sisyphus in the underworld?

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Rulls 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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Ixian

17
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Who was punished by having a bird eat at his liver daily?

A

Tityus

18
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Who was punished by being forced to roll a boulder up a hill?

A

Sisyphus

19
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Who was punished by eternal hunger and thirst?

A

Tantalus

20
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Who was punished by being force to carry water in leaky buckets?

A

The Danaid sisters

21
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What was the river Styx?

A

The river of hate or the oath of gods

22
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What was the river Lethe?

A

The river of forgetfulness

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What was the river PLEGETHON!!!?

A

The river of fire

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What was the river Cocytus?

A

The river of wailing

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What was the river Acheron

A

The river of pain

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