Quiz For 11/29 Flashcards

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1
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What was Tantalus sons name

A

Pelops

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2
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Why did Orestes kill clytemnestra

A

She killed his father

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3
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What was tantalus’ crime

A

Tried to feed his son to the gods

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4
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What was niobe’s crime

A

Arrogance against Leto

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5
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Who killed Agamemnon

A

Clytemnestra’s lover, Aegisthus

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6
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Who is Iphigenia

A

Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s daughter

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7
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Who saved Iphigenia from her job as a sacrificial priest?

A

Arestes, pylaces, Poseidon, and Athena

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8
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Who was killed because she buried her brother?

A

Antigone

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9
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Who solved the sphinx riddle?

A

Oedipus

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10
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Why did Theseus attack thebes

A

So the dead left out would be properly buried

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11
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What was Oedipus fate

A

To kill his father and marry his mother

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12
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How did Lais try to avoid his fate

A

Leaving his son to die of the elements on a rock

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13
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Who appealed to Theseus to attack Thebes

A

Adrastas, the deads mother and son

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14
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Who set the law which killed Antigone

A

Creon

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15
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Who disguised himself and challenged the love of his wife

A

Cephalus

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16
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Why did procne and philomela get turned into birds

A

Gods turned them to save them from tereseus

17
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What did Poseidon do after Athena was named protector of Athens

A

He sent a disasterous flood

18
Q

Who went on the quest for the Golden Fleece with Jason

A

Zetes and Calais

19
Q

What did procis give cephalus, which was used to kill her

A

Javelin

20
Q

Who abducted creusa

A

Apollo

21
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Who is responsible for Athena becoming protector of Athens

A

Cecrops