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1
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Who was the mother of Perseus?

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Danae

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2
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Who was the father of Danae?

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Acrisius

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3
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Who was the grandfather of Persues?

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Acrisius

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Where was Acrisius the king?

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Argos

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What had an oracle told Acrisius?

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That a son of danae would kill him

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6
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How had Zeus visited Danae?

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A shower of gold

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7
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Where did the chest containing zeus and danae float?

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To seriphus

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8
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What fischerman…

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Dictys or glaucus

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8
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What was another name of Perseus?

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Eurymedon

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9
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Who did Polydectes want to marry?

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Danae

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10
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Who did Polydectes announce he would sue for the hand of?

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Hippodameia

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Who was the daughter of Oenomaus, the pisan king?

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Hippodameia

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12
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What did Polydectes require of his subjects to provide so he could win his bride?

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horses

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13
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Who rashly promised a king to bring him…

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Perseus

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14
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Who appeared to Perseus and explained how he could go about killing medusa?

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Athena

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15
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Who traveled to a libyan mountain where atlas stood…

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Perseus

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16
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What gray haired women…

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The graeae

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17
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What did the graeae hare between them?

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one tooth and one eye

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18
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Who were the graeae the sister of?

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The gorgons

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19
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What did Perseus need the graeae to tell him?

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the location of the weapons athena told him he would need

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20
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Who took the eye…

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Perseus

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21
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What lake did Perseus fling the eye of the graeae into?

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Lake Tritonis

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22
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What did the nymphs give Perseus?

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kibisis, winged sandals and the cap of darkness

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23
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Who appeared and gave Perseus the last weapon he needed to fight the gorgons?

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Hermes

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24
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What did Perseus use to see?

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his shield

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25
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Who with hands of brass and wings of gold…

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Gorgons

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26
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What were the names of the gorgons?

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Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa

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27
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Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa

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gorgons

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28
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Who wielded a sword of adamant?

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Perseus

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29
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Where did Perseus stop for a night after killing Medsua?

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the land of the hesperides

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30
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Who ruled the land of the hesperides?

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atlas

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31
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Why did Atlas want Perseus to leave his land?

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Themis had told him that one day a son of zeus would steal his most prized possession, the golden apples

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32
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Who told Atlas that one day a son of zeus would steal his most prized possession, the golden apples?

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Themis

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33
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Themis told whom that one day a son of zeus would steal his most prized possession, the golden apples?

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Atlas

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34
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What was Atlas’s most prized possession?

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the golden apples

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35
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Who did Atlas think was going to take his golden apples?

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perseus

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36
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What did Perseus do to Atlas?

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He held up medusa’s head, turning Atlas into a mountain

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37
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Who was turned into a mountain?

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Atlas

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38
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turned into a mountain…

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Atlas

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39
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On his way home to Seriphos, Perseus flew over egypt and stopped where?

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Chemmis

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40
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What ancestors did Perseus have in Chemmis?

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Danaus and Lynceus

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41
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Who visited the home of his ancestors Danaus and Lynceus?

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Perseus

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42
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Where was the home of Danaus and Lynceus?

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Chemmis

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43
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After stopping at Chemmis, where did Perseus go next?

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Ethiopia

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44
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Who was the king of Ethiopia whom Perseus visited?

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Cepheus

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45
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Who were Perseus and Cepheus both descended from?

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Danaus

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46
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Who was the wife of Cepheus?

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Cassiopeia

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47
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Who was the husband of Cassiopeia?

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Cepheus

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48
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Who was so vain that she boasted of being more beautiful than the nereids?

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Cassiopeia

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49
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Who did the nereids complain to about cassiopeia’s boasting?

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Poseidon or Ammon

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50
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Who sent a sea monster to ravage Ethiopia?

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Ammon

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51
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The oracle of what god told Cepheus that he would have to sacrifice Andromeda?

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Ammon

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52
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What daughter of Cepheus…

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Andromeda

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53
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What daughter of Cassiopeia…

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Andromeda

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54
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Who were the parents of Andromeda?

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Cepheus and Cassiopeia

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55
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Who was chained naked to a rocky cliff as an offering?

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Andromeda

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56
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What was Perseus promised in exchange for saving Andromeda?

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Andromeda’s hand in marrige and a kingdom

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57
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Who had Cepheus already promised Andromeda’s hand to before Perseus?

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Phineus

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58
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What brother of Cepheus…

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Phineus

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59
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What brother of Phineus..

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Cepheus

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60
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Who did Perseus turn to stone in ethiopia?

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Phineus

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61
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What child did Andromeda bore to Perseus?

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Perses

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62
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Who was left to inherit the throne after Cepheus?

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Perses

63
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Who does Herodotus claim the Persians got their name from?

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Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)

64
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Who is said to spend most of the year lying on her back with her feet in the air?

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Cassiopeia

65
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Who pursued Danae?

A

Polydectes

66
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Who did Perseus leave Andromeda with once he returned to Seriphos?

A

Danae and dictys

67
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Who did Perseus turn to stone on Seriphos?

A

Polydectes

68
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Polydectes, Atlas, and Phineus all shared what fate?

A

turned to stone by Perseus

69
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Who did Perseus give his weapons to after his quest?

A

Hermes

70
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After Perseus gave him the weapons, who returned them to the nymphs?

A

Hermes

71
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Who did Perseus give Medusa’s head to?

A

Athena

72
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What was on Aegis?

A

medusa’s head

73
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Who did Perseus leave on the throne of Seriphus?

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Dictys

74
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Where did Acrisius flee to, to escape perseus?

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Larissa

75
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Where did Acrisius die?

A

Larissa

76
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What king was holding funeral games at Larissa?

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King Teutamides

77
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Where did Perseus bury Acrisius?

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The Sanctuary of Athena

78
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Whose temple was Perseus said to have been raised in?

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Athena’s

79
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What hero was raised in the temple of Athena?

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Perseus

80
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Who traded the throne of Argos for Tiryns?

A

Perseus

81
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Who traded Tiryns with Perseus for Argos?

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Megapenthes

82
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Who did Megapenthes trade Tiryns with for Argos?

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Perseus

83
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Name the daughter of Perseus and Andromeda

A

Gorgophone

84
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Name the six sons of Perseus and Andromeda

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Perses, Alcaeus, mestor, electryon, sthenelus, and heleius

85
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Who did Perseus fight from the Aegean islands who came to argos with dionysus?

A

The women of the sea

86
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Where did Dionysus bury Ariadne?

A

Argos

87
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Who came to Argos with Dionysus and fought Perseus?

A

The women of the sea

88
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Who went with the women of the sea to argos?

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Dionysus

89
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What man, born in a brazen cell…

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Perseus

90
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Zeus saw to it that a chest containing…

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Perseus and Danae

91
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What man, raised by the name of Eurymedon…

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Perseus

92
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What lustful brother of Dictys…

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Polydectes

93
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What man, because he did not dare oppose Perseus…

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Polydectes

94
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What daughter of the Pisan king Oenomaus…

A

Hippodameia

95
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Who falsely announced his intention to sue for the hand…

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Polydectes

96
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What man, who required all his subjects to contribute horses…

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Polydectes

97
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What man, because he had no horses, rashly promised…

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Perseus

98
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Who, following the directions of Athena, traveled the Libyan mountain on which…

A

Perseus

99
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Who, traveling to the Libyan mountain on which Atlas stood, found the…

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Perseus

100
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What two hags, who had been grey-haired since birth…

A

Graeae

101
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Knowing that, as sisters of the Gorgons, they would not willingly aid him…

A

Perseus / Graeae

102
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What Lake, which Perseus may have flung the eye of the Graeae into…

A

Tritonis

103
Q

A large wallet, a pair of winged sandals, and a cap of darkness…

A

probably Perseus / Athena

104
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A sword, sickle, or adamant, were the possible versions of the gift…

A

Hermes / Perseus

105
Q

Because Hermes found the youth attractive…

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Perseus

106
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What hideous monsters, with hands of brass and wings of gold…

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Gorgons

107
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Huge tongues lolled from their mouths between swine’s tusks…

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Gorgons

108
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Who, unable to pursue an invisible attacker, returned to their lair to mourn…

A

Gorgons

109
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According to Ovid, who stopped for a night in the land of the Hesperides, ruled…

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Perseus

110
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Who, wanted that a son of Zeus would one day steal his most precious possession…

A

Atlas

111
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Who, angered at the rudeness of Atlas, but no match for the giant’s strength…

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Perseus

112
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Who, transformed into a mountain which grew until its peak was lost in the clouds…

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Atlas

113
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The people of Chemmis were, in Herodotus’s day…

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Perseus

114
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Who, stopping in Chemis to visit the home of his ancestors…

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Perseus

115
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Whose land, which may have been an Ethiopian colony at Joppa…

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Cepheus

116
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Who, like Perseus himself, was descended from Danaus’s father…

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Cepheus

117
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What woman, so vain that she had boasted of being more beautiful than the Nereids…

A

Cassiopeia

118
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What horned Libyan god, who sent…

A

Ammon

119
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What group, who once complained either to Poseidon or the horned…

A

Nerieds

120
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What man, who learned from Ammon’s famous oracle…

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Cepheus

121
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Who, glimpsing the tiny figure of his future wife far below…

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Perseus

122
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Who, pausing only long enough to strike a bargain with Cepheus…

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Perseus

123
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The people of Joppa claim that a spring runs red…

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Perseus

124
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Who, in his haste to save his daughter, failed to mention that he had already promised…

A

Cepheus

125
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Who slipped out the door at the arrival of his brother Phineus…

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Cepheus

126
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Who, shouting to his allies to shield their eyes…

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Perseus

127
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What girl, who loyally resisted her parents’ efforts to persuade her to stay with them, returned to Seriphos…

A

Andromeda

128
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Who, leaving his wife and mother with the fisherman who…

A

Perseus

129
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Who, announcing to an unbelieving company that he had brought the promised…

A

Perseus

130
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What man, from whom Herodotus claims the Persians derive their name…

A

Perses

131
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What woman, who lays on her back with her feet in the air…

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Cassiopeia

132
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What woman, who took shelter at the altars of the gods along with Dictys…

A

Danae

133
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Leaving the man who had raised him on the throne of Seriphos…

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Perseus

134
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Who, in spite of the cruel treatment he and Danae had received from Acrisius…

A

Perseus

135
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Who, hearing of Perseus’s exploits…

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Acrisius

136
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Who, fleeing to the town of Larisa…

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Acrisius

137
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What king, holding funeral games for his father at Larisa…

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Teutamides

138
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Who, proud of his skill at discus-throwing…

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Perseus

139
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What man, sometimes said to have invented the sport of discus-throwing…

A

Perseus

140
Q

A blow to either the head or the foot…

A

Acrisius

141
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What man, buried either in the sanctuary of Athena at Argos or outside…

A

Acrisius

142
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What man, who Ovid claims was driven from his capital by his brother…

A

Proetus

143
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What man, who Perseus may have turned to stone for driving his brother…

A

Proetus

144
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Who avenged his father, Proetus…

A

Megapenthes

145
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What son of Proetus…

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Megapenthes

146
Q

What women, often depicted as riding on the backs of Hippocampi…

A

Haliae

147
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What man, who, according to Hyginus, was a benevolent king who married Danae…

A

Polydectes

148
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Who, ashamed to inherit the throne from the man whom he had killed…

A

Perseus

149
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Who traded kingdoms…

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Megapenthes / Perseus

150
Q

What ruler of Tiryns, who established the city of Mycenae and fortified Midea…

A

Perseus

151
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Heleius, Mestor, Alcaeus…

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Perseus

152
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What strange band from the Aegean Islands…

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Haliae

153
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What group of women, who Perseus once fought against…

A

Haliae

154
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The Argives claim that Dionysus once buried what…

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Ariadne

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