Pre-State Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
As you may know, Poseidon vied with Athena for patronage of Athens, but what goddess did he compete with for patronage of Argos?
HERA
B1 What god, the father of Circe and Phaethon, competed with Poseidon for patronage of Corinth?
HELIOS
B2 Of what Aegean island, famous for its massive statue, was Helios also the patron god?
RHODES
What was the collective name for Gyges, Cottus, and Briareus?
HECATONCHEIRES
B1 What was the collective name for Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa?
GORGONS
B2 What was the collective name of Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo?
GRAIAI
Who killed the hero Meleager?
ALTHAEA (HIS MOTHER)
B1: What had prompted Althaea to kill Meleager?
HE HAD KILLED HIS UNCLES/HER BROTHERS
B2: How did Althaea kill Meleager?
THREW THE LOG THAT WAS HIS LIFESPAN INTO A FIRE
According to some sources, what god was married to Aglaea, the youngest of the Graces, although he is generally said to be the husband of Aphrodite?
HEPHAESTUS
B1: What sea nymph took care of Hephaestus after he was thrown out of heaven, to whom he later gave a fantastic set of armor for her son Achilles?
THETIS
B2: What sister of Thetis was also said to have nursed Hephaestus back to health?
EURYNOME
Who rescued a Trojan princess from a sea monster, on the condition that they received some of Laomedon’s horses?
HERACLES
B1 Who was the Trojan princess Heracles rescued?
HESIONE
B2 Why had Zeus given Laomedon the horses that Heracles wanted?
PAYMENT FOR GANYMEDE
Who tried to get out of service in the Trojan War by pretending to be crazy?
ODYSSEUS
B1 Who saw through Odysseus’ ruse and made him reveal his sanity?
PALAMEDES
B2 According to some versions, Odysseus and what son of Tydeus murdered Palamedes while he was fishing?
DIOMEDES
Odysseus traveled to the Underworld to get advice from what Theban seer?
TEIRESIAS
B1 Who blinded Teiresias as punishment for siding with Zeus in an argument she and Zeus were having?
HERA
B2 According to another tradition, Teiresias was blinded because he saw what goddess bathing?
ATHENA
Hephaestus’ wife Aphrodite was born when Ouranos’ blood fell into the Ocean. What specific type of nymphs were born when Ouranos’ blood fell on the Earth?
(MANNA) ASH NYMPHS/ MELIAE
B1: A melia was the mother of what woman, who was kept under the watchful eye of Argus and later became the goddess Isis?
IO
B2: Who killed Io’s uncles, the giants Agrius and Thoas, with bronze clubs?
THE FATES
Who was sometimes known as Kore although her name was chamged after she was taken to the Underworld by her uncle, Hades?
PERSEPHONE
B1: According to some sources what musical beings were originally Persephone’s attendants, and were given wings and feathers to help look for her?
THE SIRENS
B2: What king of the Lapiths tried to kidnap Persephone and what was his punishment?
PEIRITHOUS, SIT IN THE CHAIR OF FORGETFULLNESS
What king of Iolcus was murdered by his half-brother Pelias while the king’s son Jason was questing for the Golden Fleece?
AESON
B1: What king of Ithaca killed Eupeithes, father of Antinous, upon the return of his son, Odysseus, to Ithaca?
LAERTES
B2: What king of Thebes spent time as an exile in the court of Pelops before marrying Jocasta and being killed by his son, Oedipus?
LAIUS
Who killed Cercyon, Phaea, Pityocamptes, and Sciron on his journey from Troezen to Athens?
THESEUS
B1 What king of Skyros killed Theseus by pushing him off a cliff?
LYCOMEDES
B2 What later Greek hero was hidden at Lycomedes’ court by his mother, Thetis, so that he might avoid dying at Troy?
ACHILLES
The bones of Pelops, the bow of Heracles, the Palladium, and the son of Achilles were all requirements for what event?
THE FALL OF TROY
B1 Philoctetes possessed the bow of Heracles at the time of the Trojan War. On what island had the Greeks abandoned him due to a festering snakebite?
LEMNOS
B2 Who cure Philoctetes when he arrived at Troy?
MACHAON or PODALEIRIUS
In Book V of the Iliad, what Greek at Troy was able to wound two deities with the aid of Athena?
DIOMEDES
B1: What two deities was Diomedes able to wound?
ARES AND APHRODITE
B2: With what Trojan did Diomedes exchange armor because of a prior connection their grandfathers had made?
GLAUCUS
What Muse was the mother of Linus and Orpheus?
CALLIOPE
B1 What Muse of history was the mother of Hyacinthus?
CLIO
B2 Who was the Muse of comedy?
THALLIA
Who was turned to stone by Perseus after he tried to claim Andromeda as his bride?
PHINEUS
B1 What Titan did Perseus turn to stone as he was traveling in North Africa
ATLAS
B2 What king of Tiryns, the brother of Acrisius and husband of Stheneboeia, did Perseus turn to stone, according to Ovid?
PROETUS
