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Past Certamen deck Flashcards

1
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Who was the mother of Ariadne?

A

Pasiphae

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2
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Who was Pasiphae’s husband?

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Minos

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3
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Who was Ariadne’s sister?

A

Phaedra

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4
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Who transformed into a laurel tree?

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Daphne

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5
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What old couple were turned into an oak and linden?

A

Baucis and Philemon

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6
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What type of trees were the Heliades, the sisters of Phaethon, turned into?

A

Weeping willows

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7
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What was the river of woe called?

A

Acheron

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8
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What was the river of fire?

A

Phlegethon

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9
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What was the river of forgetfulness called?

A

Lethe

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10
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Who dressed like a girl and held out in the court of Lycomedes to escape the Trojan War?

A

Achilles

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11
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Who was dressed like a woman by his Aunt Ino to protect him from Hera?

A

Dionyssus

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12
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Which couple repopulated the world after a flood?

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Deucalion and Pyrrha

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13
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Which couple spoke through a crack in the walls in their house?

A

Pyramus and Thisbe

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14
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What nymph held Odysseus for 7 years?

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Calypso

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15
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What was the name of Calypso’s island?

A

Ogygia

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16
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What was the name of Circe’s island?

A

Aiaia

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17
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Which Greek king was told to beware a man with one shoe?

A

Pelias

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18
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What man was to be bewared only wearing one sandal?

A

Jason

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19
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What goddess caused Jason to lose his shoe?

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Hera

20
Q

What bandit had a man-eating turtle?

A

Sciron

21
Q

Who had man-eating mares?

A

Diomedes

22
Q

What man ate his own son, served up by his wife and sister-in-law

A

Tereus

23
Q

What Trojan was named from the Greek word which means “to ransom”?

A

Priam

24
Q

Who was the sister of Priam’s that ransomed him?

A

Hesione

25
Q

Which child of Priam and his wife Hecuba was prophesized to burn down the city of Troy?

A

Paris

26
Q

What was the name of the fisherman of Seriphus who found and sheltered Danae and baby Perseus?

A

Dictys

27
Q

Dictys was the brother of what cruel king of. Seriphus?

A

Polydectes

28
Q

Dictys and Polydectes were both sons of what type of freshwater nymph?

A

naiad

29
Q

What king was the foster father of infant Heracles?

A

Amphitryon

30
Q

Before the birth of Heracles, Amphitryon had to rid the region of Teumessus of a vixen. To do this, he used his friend Cephalus’ dog. What was the name of this dog?

A

Laelaps

31
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Who had sent the vixen to ravish the countryside of Teumessus?

A

Hera or Dionysus

32
Q

Who was responsible for the freak seer Teiresias’ blinding?

A

Hera

33
Q

Teiresias once joined in the rites of Dionysus, after vainly warning which son of Cadmus not to oppose him?

A

Pentheus

34
Q

During the Argive invasion of Thebes, whom did Tiresias tell to sacrifice his son Menoeceus in
order to save Thebes?

A

Creon

35
Q

Which two mythological brothers were killed by Heracles because they had convinced Jason to sail on while he searched for Hvlas?

A

Zetes and Calais

36
Q

Zetes and Calais were the sons of which wind god?

A

Boreas

37
Q

On the journey of the Argonauts, Zetes and Calais pursued and would have killed the Harpies it not for the intervention of what messenger deity?

A

Iris

38
Q

Which two Greek goddesses had to go to Zeus to mediate their dispute over the lovely youth Adonis?

A

Aphrodite and Persephone

39
Q

According to one version. it was not Zeus who mediated the disoute. but one of the Muses.
Aphrodite, enraged that she had not been given Adonis on a full-time basis, caused the death of that Muse’s son, Orpheus. Which Muse?

A

Calliope

40
Q

Which of the wind gods, often represented with snake tails instead of feet, claimed his residence in Thrace?

A

Boreas

41
Q

What Athenian princess was courted by Boreas along the Ilissus river?

A

Oreithyia

42
Q

What titan was Chiron’s father?

A

Cronos

43
Q

What sons of Ares and Aphrodite often follow Ares in battle?

A

Phobos and Deimos

44
Q

What sons of Ares and Aphrodite followed Ares in battle?

A

Phobos and Demos

45
Q

What sons of Ares and Aphrodite followed Ares in battle?

A

Phobos and Demos

46
Q

What daughter of Ares and Aphrodite became the first queen of Thebes?

A

Harmonia

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