Polyeidus Flashcards
What argive seer…
Polyeidus
What son of Coeranus…
Polyeidus
What seer’s advice helped Bellerophon to tame pegasus…
Polyeidus
What boy, who disappeared while chasing a mouse…
Glaucus
Learning that a calf had recently been born which was changing daily from white to red to black and that the man who could find the aptest simile for it would also find Glaucus…
Minos / Polyeidus
Comparing this phenomenon to the stages of the ripening mulberry…
Polyeidus
Seeing an owl (gluux) sitting on a wine cellar, pestered by bees…
Polyeidus
According to Hyginus, Polyeidus used what type of fruit to explain Minos’ color-changing calf…
mulberries
After interpreting the prodigy of Minos’ color-changing cow, Polyeidus saw what sort of animal being
pestered by bees, giving him the knowledge required to find Minos’ lost son?
Owl
Surprised to see a second snake appear with a herb with which it restored its mate to life…
Polyeidus
Polyeidus was ordered to teach Glaucus, the son of Minos, the art of prophesy. However, as
his ship was departing, how did Polyeidus force Glaucus to forget what he had learned?
made Glaucus spit into his mouth
Polyeidus travelled to Megara, where he purified what man for the murder of his son, Callipolis?
Alcathous
What seer predicted that his own son would either die of illness at home or
die at Troy on the battlefield?
Polyeidus
Polyeidus predicted that what son of his would either die of illness at home or die at Troy on the battlefield?
Polyeidus
