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From what island did Daedalus and Icarus escape on wings of wax and feathers?

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Crete

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Which Titan was called “Sol” by the Romans?

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Helios

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What son of Metaneira did Demeter place nightly in a fire in order to immortalize him?

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Demophoon

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What form did Zeus take when he persued Leda, the mother of Helen?

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swan

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Name the blind seer of Thebes who made prophesies about Narcissus and for Odysseus.

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Teiresias

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Who was the god of sun, music, medicine, and prophecy?

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Apollo

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The sea goddess, Doris, was the mother of which group with 50 daughters?

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Nereids

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Name the mother of Telemachus and the wife of Odysseus.

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Penelope

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Which swampy river was sometimes considered the boundary of the Underworld, instead of Styx?

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Acheron

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10
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What instrument did Marsyas play?

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flute

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This kings daughter, Medea helped Jason to steal his prized Golden Fleece.

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Aeetes

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12
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What did the Furies punish?

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murder of family

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Which son of Zeus and Europe ruled over Elysium in the Underworld?

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Rhadamanthys

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What people, created by Zeus form ants, did Achilles lead into battle?

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Myrmidons

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15
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Which Greek warrior at Troy withdrew from fighting when Agammemnon demanded his concubine, Briseis?

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Achilles

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What son of Nauplius and Clymene was clever enough to see through Odysseus’ ruse of insanity?

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Palamedes

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17
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What city was purchased by a queen asking only for what land she could encompass in a bull’s hide?

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Carthage

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18
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Who was punished with insatiable hunger by Demeter after he cut down an oak belonging to a dryad?

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Erysichthon

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Whose stables did Heracles manage to clean in a day by diverting two rivers?

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Augeias’

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What female monsters were known as “the hounds of Zeus” and may have been personifications of storm wind?

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Harpies

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While the crow is usually Apollo’s bird, which goddess originally had it as hers until she rejected it for the owl?

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Athena

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Which of the following was NOT a monster captured or killed by Heracles during his Labors? A.Ladon B. Erymanthian boar C. Mares of Diomedes D. Python

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Python

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23
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What daughter of the river Peneius and Creusa was turned into a laurel tree while fleeing Apollo?

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Daphne

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24
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What was the principal city of the Amazons (though the movie Wonder Woman depicts it as an island)?

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Themiscyra

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What northern Aegean island was Hephaestus’ chief cult center since he landed there after falling from Olympus?

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Lemnos

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26
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Whose men so infuriated Helios by eating his cattle that he threatened to shine in Hades unless they be punished?

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Odysseus

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27
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Which of the following Trojans was also called Scamandrius?

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Astyanax

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28
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Which of the Seven Against Thebes, the son of Atalanta and Ares, was exposed to protect his mother’s virginity?

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Parthenopaeus

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29
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What Greek god of sleep was called “Somnus” by the Romans?

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Hypnos

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30
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Name the gentle west wind.

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Zephyr

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31
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What constellation of a sea monster or whale may represent the beast sent by Poseidon and killed by Perseus?

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Cetus

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32
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What god was also called Orcus, Dis, and Zeus Katachthonios?

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Hades

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33
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Who purified Jason and Medea of murder?

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Circe

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According to one version of Helen’s parentage, who was her mother who tried escaping Zeus in the goose-form?

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Nemesis

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35
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Name the son of Labdacus, king of Thebes, whose lost son killed him fulfilling the Delphic oracle’s prophecy.

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Laius

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36
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Who, dressed as a maenad, climbed a pine tree to spy on the revelers, and was torn apart by his own mother?

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Pentheus

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37
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For which deity are the following epithets?: Agyies, Smintheius, Loxias, and Lyceius?

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Apollo

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38
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In what city of Eperius, famous for oracles interpreted from rustling of oaks, were Zeus and Dione worshiped?

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Dodona

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39
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Who lit a signal fire in Lycreia after escaping the fate of his forty-nine brothers to let his wife know he was safe?

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Lynceus

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40
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What deity in his various stories was transformed into a kid, once rode two asses, and turned sailors into dolphins?

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Dionysus

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41
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Where did Aeneas find the golden bough that allowed him to enter the underworld?

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Cumae

42
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What child, granted to Hyrieus for his hospitality to three gods, grew up to be as good a hunter as Artemis?

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Orion

43
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What son of Apollo and Coronis was rescued from his mother’s funeral pyre and given to Cheiron to raise

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Asclepius

44
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Which daughter of Cecrops did NOT spy on Erichthonius like her sisters?

A

Pandrosus

45
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Who warned that Paris’ trip to Sparta would be a disaster and quarreled with Deiphobus about marrying Helen?

A

Helenus

46
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What elderly, satyr-like companion of Dionysus was captured and entertained by Midas?

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Seilenus

47
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Who was warned by the seer Telemus that he would be blinded by a man named Odysseus?

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Polyphemus

48
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What king of Sicily was killed by Heracles in a boxing match?

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Eryx

49
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Which river of Troy would have flooded and drowned Achilles had Hephaestus not dried it up with a flame?

A

Scamander

50
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What deity gave Euphemus a clod of earth about which the runner had a dream?

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Triton

51
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What daughters of Nyx and sisters of Moros were fanged and taloned death spirits?

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Keres

52
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Who was the wife of Orion who sent to the underworld for boasting she was more beautiful than Hera?

A

Side

53
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What son of Lycaon was spared Zeus’ wrath when the god destroyed all Lycaon’s children

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Nyctimus

54
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Who was banished for killing the eight sons of Melas, though they plotted against their uncle Oeneus, his father?

A

Tydeus

55
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What son of Poseidon and Alope was exposed twice and fed by mares both times?

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Hippothoon

56
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Which of the following river gods did NOT judge the contest between Hera and Poseidon over Argos? A.Inachus B.Eridanus C.Asterion D.Cephisus

A

Eridanus

57
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What type of tree did Leto cling to on Delos when she gave birth to Artemis and Apollo?

A

palm

58
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Whom did Venus curse because this woman’s loveliness caused people to stop worshiping the goddess?

A

Psyche

59
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What Cretan is said to have married Oenarus, the priest of Dionysus, or to have married the god himself?

A

Ariadne

60
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Into what were Ceyx and Alcyone turned on account of their grief?

A

kingfishers

61
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Dionysus taught which man the culture of the vine for welcoming the god?

A

Icarius

62
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Who gave his daughter, Sterope, a lock of Medusa’s hair in order to defend the walls of Tegea?

A

Cepheus

63
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Which king of Megara killed his son Callipolis for interrupting a sacrifice to Apollo?

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Alcathous

64
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What Cretan usurper drove Idomeneus from his island upon the king’s return from Troy?

A

Leucus

65
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What town on the road to Chalcis was the home of a fox that ravaged Thebes?

A

Teumessus

66
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What daughter of Ligdus was dressed as a boy by her mother Telethusa since her father threatened to kill her?

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Thelpusa

67
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What island was the home of different cattle pastured by Helios and Geryon?

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Thrinacia

68
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From what warlike and greedy neighbors did Griffins guard their stores of gold?

A

Arimaspians

69
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According to Pausanius, who ruled Argos when Danaus claimed his birthright like a wolf attacking the lead bull?

A

Gelanor

70
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According to Hyginus, who gave Procris an infallible spear, the hunting dog, Laelaps, and marital advice?

A

Artemis

71
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What Arcadian emigrant and king of Pallanteum plays a critical role in Book in Book VIII of the Aeneid?

A

Evander

72
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What king of Athens was the father of Procne, Philomela, Erectheus, and Butes?

A

Pandion

73
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What epithet was given to the Cretan goddess Britomartis?

A

Dictynna

74
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What Phrygian divinities were worshiped on the island of Samothrace, Lemnos, and Imbros?

A

Cabeiri

75
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What city, a center of worship of Eros and the Muses, was saved by the self-sacrifice of Menestratus?

A

Thespiae

76
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What son of Polybus was the most favored of Penelope’s suitors?

A

Eurymachus

77
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According to the Aeneid, what city did Diomedes found in Italy?

A

Argyripa

78
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Metabus, the father of the Volscian warrior Camilla, was driven out of what Italian town?

A

Privernum

79
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Which of the Seven Against Thebes was carried into battle by the swift-footed Arion?

A

Adrastus

80
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According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who was transformed into a lizard for mocking Ceres?

A

Ascalabus

81
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What son of Aeolus and Enarete was the founder and first king of Iolcus?

A

Cretheus

82
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What son of Panopeus was the ingenious artisan who built the Trojan Horse?

A

Epeius

83
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According to the Odyssey, who gave Odysseus the famous bow that hung in his house?

A

Iphitus

84
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Who, the son of Poeciles, was left on Calliste to colonize the land for the Phoenicians?

A

Theras

85
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What daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia, ashamed at her liaison with Poseidon, threw their son into the sea?

A

Chione

86
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What son of Apollo was birthed with help from the Fates but was left in a thicket to be fed honey by snakes?

A

Iamus

87
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Which of the Giants did Dionysus kill with his Thyrsus?

A

Eurytus

88
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What attendant of Alcmene tricked Eileithyia into allowing Heracles’ birth, and was turned into a weasel?

A

Galanthis

89
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Because she laughed at her infatuation with Adonis, which of the Muses did Aphrodite punish with love for Pierus, to whom she then bore Hyacinthus?

A

Melpomene

90
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What charioteer drove the immortal horses Xanthos and Balios into battle when Hector killed Patroclus?

A

Automedon

91
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Which of the following was NOT an entrance to the Underworld? A.Trapezus B.Alcyonian Lake C.Lake Avernus D. Taenarum

A

Trapezus

92
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Which of the brigands who fought against Theseus was called Damastes?

A

Procrustes

93
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Which of the following is the location on Sicily at which the Rape of Persephone occurred?

A

Henna

94
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Which epithet of Zeus means “He of the Storeroom”?

A

Ktesios

95
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What Arcadian hero was honored in the town of Alipherus for chasing away flies?

A

Myagro

96
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What king of Elis met the Heraclids at Naupactus and served as their good through the Peloponnesus?

A

Echetus

97
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Who is credited with carving the oldest image of Cybele, but incurred the wrath of Artemis, who drove him mad, causing him to think himself immune from flames so that he threw himself on a fire and subsequently died?

A

Broteas

98
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What man, a son of Zeus and a Sithnid nymph, swam toward the cries of cranes to escape the Great Flood?

A

Megarus

99
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According to the Arcadians, who lead a small group of giants against the gods despite protecting Rhea when she birthed Zeus?

A

Hopladamus

100
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What daughter of Orion was the mother of Hylas?

A

Menodice

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