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Practice Test 2 Flashcards

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Palladium

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Temple of Athena at Troy

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Helen

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Woman whose abduction launched the Trojan war

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Labyrinth

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The maze of the Minotaur

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Jason

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Hero who went to get the Golden Fleece

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Chiron

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Centaur who raised Jason

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Argo

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Jason’s ship

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Castor and Pollux

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Twins who sailed with Jason

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Medea

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Fell in love with Jason and helped him

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Atlas

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Demigod who held up the sky

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Priam

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King of Troy in the Trojan war

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Paris

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Appointed by Zeus to decide which of the 3 goddesses was the most beautiful

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae and leader of Greeks in the Trojan war

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Iphigenia

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Daughter of Agamemnon who was will to sacrifice herself for Greece

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Calchas

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Agamemnon’s soothsayer

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta in Trojan war

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Achilles

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Bravest warrior of the Greeks at Troy

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Thetis

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Mother of Achilles

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Patroclus

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Friend of Achilles who wore his armor

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Hector

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Son of the king of Troy and Trojan champion

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Hercules

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Mortal son of Zeus who became a god

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Andromache

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Wife of Hector

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Cecrops

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Founder of Athens

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Minotaur

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Monster of the labyrinth

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Theseus

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Killed the Minotaur

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Minos

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King of Crete and keeper of the monster

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Orpheus

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Greatest mythical musician

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Odysseus

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Greek warrior who found the missing Achilles

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Sirens

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Beautiful women who lured sailors to their deaths

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Soothsayer

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One who predicts events

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Stag

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Adult male deer

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Girdle

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Belt or sash

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Centaur

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Mythological creature; half man half horsep

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Prow

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Front part of a ship

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Discord

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Strife; dissension

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Harrow

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To break up the earth for farming

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Fleece

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Sheeps coat of wool

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“Beware the man who wears but one sandal”

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Oracle of Apollo

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“If my death will help the Greeks I am ready to die”

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Iphigenia

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Describe 3 of Hercules labors and how he accomplished them

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Kill the Nemean lion, choked it and skinned it
Bring the stag with golden horns sacred to Artmemis; he chased it for a year
Bring the bull of Crete, he conquered it and rode it across the sea and carried it on his shoulders

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How was Jason able to take the Golden Fleece

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The kings daughter Medea fell in love with Jason and helped him.she gave him ointment to protect him from the bulls, and told him how to kill the warriors grown from the dragons teeth, and gave the dragon who was protecting the fleece a sleeping potion

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How did Athens get it’s name

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Athena and Poseidon argued who would be god of Cecrops new city. Poseidon wanted it to be a great sea power. Athena wanted it to be a center of learning. Zeus had a contest and picked Athena’s olive trees because it would help the city so it was named for Athena

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How did the Trojan war start

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Helen was married tho the king of Sparta and was most beautiful woman in the world. Paris stole her. Menelaus had the help of 30 other kings to prepare for war and take back Helen

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What is the story behind the phrase Achilles heel

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Thetis wanted to make Achilles immortal so she dipped him in the river Styx so he could not be killed. Only his heel could not be dipped because that is where she held him. It was his only vulnerable spot

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus

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Cyclops

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Race of one eyed giants

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AEolus

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God of the winds

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Eurylochus

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Odysseus’ captain

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Circe

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Sorceress turned men into animals

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Scylla and Charybdis

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Monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool

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Calypso

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Sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for 7 years

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Nausicaa

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Island princess, rescued Odysseus

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus

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Lotus

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Fruit of a small tree

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Cavern

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Large cave

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Lowed

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To moo

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Squall

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A sudden brief violent windstorm

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Stately

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Majestic dignified

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Shroud

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A burial cloth

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Haughtily

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Scornful pride

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Odyssey

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Long adventurous journey

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