National Myth Prep Flashcards
Where was Peleus king?
Phthia
Who were the parents of Achilles?
Peleus and Thetis
Who was the first child of Peleus and Thetis?
Ligyron
What centaur did Peleus give Ligyron to to rear?
Cheiron
What is the new name given to Ligyron by Cheiron?
Achilles
What food did Cheiron give to Achilles?
Entrails if wild animals
Where did Cheiron and Achilles live?
Mount Pelion
Who taught Achilles when he was still young?
Phoenix
Where was Phoenix from?
Ormenium
What people did Phoenix become the king of by Peleus?
Dolopians
Who was the father of Patroclus?
Menoetius
What squire to Achilles…?
Patroclus
Who told Thetis that the Greeks would only win at Troy with Achilles?
Calchas
Who dressed Achilles as a girl so that he wouldn’t be taken to Troy?
Lycomedes
What name did Lycomedes give to Achilles?
Pyrrha
What daughter of Lycomedes bore Achilles a son?
Deidameia
Who was the son of Achilles and Deidameia?
Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus
Who was the first to find Achilles in disguise?
Odysseus
What did Odysseus place on the porch of Lycomedes home?
Sword, shield, and then feminine trinkets
At what age was Achilles made admiral of the Greeks?
15
What port did Agamemnon lite and kill Iphigenia for favorable winds?
Aulis
Whose troops were the Greeks met with when landing in Mysia?
Telephus
Where was Telephus king?
Teuthrania/Pergamum
Who was the father of Telephus?
Heracles
Who did the oracle say could heal Telephus’s wound?
The dealer of the blow
What was the true dealer of Telephus’s wound?
Achilles’s spear
What son of Apollo did Achilles kill?
Tenes
Who was the first Greek to be killed?
Protesilaus
Who was the son of Poseidon that Achilles killed who was invulnerable to weapons?
Cycnus
Where was Cycnus king?
Colonae
Who arranged for Achilles to meet Helen?
Thetis and Aphrodite
Lyrnessus and Hypoplacian Thebes… were sacked by what man?
Achilles
Where was Eetion king?
Hypoplacian Thebes
How was Eetion related to Hector?
Father in law
Who was king of Scyrus when Achilles sacked it?
Enyeus
While working on an orchard?
Lycaon
Who did Achilles capture and sell, ans later kill in battle?
Lycaon, Isus, and Antiphus
Who was king of Lyrnessus when Achilles sacked it?
Evenus
Where was Briseis from before Achilles carried her off?
Lyrnessus
What concubine of Agammenon did he have to give up to save the Greeks from a plague?
Chryseis
Who did Agammenon send to Achilles to convince him to come back?
Odysseus, Phoenix, and Ajax
What river did Achilles fight?
Scamander
What god dried up the Scamander and saved Achilles?
Hephaestus
Who aided Achilles to kill Hector?
Athena
What Amazon Queen did Achilles kill but then fall in love with?
Penthesileia
Who taunted Achilles for falling in love with Penthesileia?
Thersites
Who purified Achilles of his kidder of Thersites?
Odysseus
What Ethiopian king did Achilles kill?
Memnon
Who killed Achilles?
Paris
Who guided Paris’s arrow that killed Achilles?
Apollo
Who carried Achilles body off while Odysseus defended the rear?
Ajax the greater
Who made Achilles armor?
Hephaestus
Who was awarded Achilles armor after his death?
Odysseus
Which of Priams daughter did Achilles want the Greeks to sacrifice to on his tomb?
Polyxena
Who do some say Achilles was married to on the White Island?
Medea
Who is the wife of Cinyras?
Metharme
Who is the father of Metharme?
Pygmalion
Who are the most common parents of Adonis?
Cinyras/Theias and Myrrha/Smyrna
What goddess cursed Myrrha with love for her father because of an honor less sacrifice to her?
Aphrodite
What tree was Myrrha transformed into?
Myrrh tree
Who first saw Adonis when he was born?
Aphrodite
What did Zeus decide for the fate of Adonis?
Should spend 1/3 year with Aphrodite, 1/3 with Persephone, and 1/3 he chooses
What muse is said to have decided Adonis’s fate?
Calliope
What son of Calliope did Aphrodite kill because Adonis didn’t spend the whole year with her?
Orpheus
What animal killed Adonis?
A boar
What was Adonis’s blood turn into when he died?
A red anemone
Who is Adonis sometimes identified with?
Tammuz or Dumuzi
What Tyrrhenian sailor..?
Acoetes
Who did Acoetes fellow sailors kidnap?
Dionysus
What was Acoetes crew turned into?
Dolphins
What man tried to imprison Acoetes?
Pentheus
Where was Agammenon king of?
Mycenae
The son of Atreus are Agammenon and Menelaus are sometimes said to be sons of what other son if Atreus?
Pleisthenes
Who killed Atreus?
Aegisthus
Whose vengeance against Aegisthus saved the Atreidae?
Thyestes
What king of Sparta helped the Atreidae to overthrow Thyestes?
Tyndareus
What was Agammenons first act as king?
To kill Tantalus
Who were the parents of Tantalus?
Thyestes and Clytemnestra
Who are the four kids of Agammenon and Clytemnestra?
Chrysothemis, Electra, Iphigenia, and Orestes
Who is the sister of Clytemnestra?
Helen
Who did Agammenon compare his skill at hunting to?
Artemis
What two messengers did Agammenon send to fetch Iphigenia from Clytemnestra?
Odysseus and Diomedes
What animal did Artemis substitute for sacrifice instead of Iphigenia?
Stag
What god warned Aegisthus not to seduce Clytemnestra?
Hermes
Who was the father of Palamedes?
Nauplius
Who was the brother of Palamedes?
Oeax
Who told Clytemnestra that Agammenon was bringing home Cassandra as a concubine?
Oeax
Beacons of fires in mountaintops from the Trojan Ida to Mycenae kept watch on what man?
Agammenon
Trapped in a net and killed with an ax….
Agammenon
Who were Cassandra ans Agammenons two kids?
Pelops and Teledamus
Who sent away Orestes to be saved?
Electra
What kings court did Orestes go to and was reared there?
Strophius in Phocis
What virgin huntress…..?
Atalanta
Who were the parents of Atalanta?
Iasus and Clymene
Where was Iasus king?
Tegea or Maenalus
Who was the Schoeneus’s daughter?
Clymene
Who was suckled by bears?
Atalanta
Why did Atalanta want to remain a virgin?
So she could enjoy the sport of hunting
What centaurs attempted to rape Atalanta?
Rhoecus and Hylaeus
Who did Jason deny a spot on the Argo because she was a women?
Atalanta
