RSG - Mythology Flashcards
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Zeus
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Jupiter, Jove
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hera
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Juno
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Poseidon
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Neptune
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hades
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Pluto, Dis
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Demeter
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Ceres
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hestia
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Vesta
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Ares
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Mars
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hephaestus
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Vulcan
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Apollo
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Apollo
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Artemis
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Diana
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Athena
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Minerva
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Aphrodite
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Venus
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hermes
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Mercury
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Dionysus
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Bacchus
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Persephone
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Proserpina
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Jupiter, Jove
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Zeus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Juno
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Hera
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Neptune
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Poseidon
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Pluto, Dis
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Hades
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Ceres
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Demeter
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Vesta
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Hestia
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Mars
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Ares
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Vulcan
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Hephaestus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Apollo
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Apollo
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Diana
Artemis
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Minerva
Athena
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Venus
Aphrodite
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Mercury
Hermes
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Bacchus
Dionysus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Proserpina
Persephone
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Which god(dess) had the job of King, weather?
Zeus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Queen, marriage?
Hera
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Which god(dess) had the job of Sea, earthquakes, horses?
Poseidon
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Which god(dess) had the job of Underworld, wealth?
Hades
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Which god(dess) had the job of Agriculture?
Demeter
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Which god(dess) had the job of Home fire, hearth?
Hestia
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Which god(dess) had the job of War?
Ares
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Which god(dess) had the job of Blacksmith?
Hephaestus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Sun, prophecy, medicine, music?
Apollo
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Which god(dess) had the job of Hunting, moon?
Artemis
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Which god(dess) had the job of Wisdom, war, handicrafts?
Athena
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Which god(dess) had the job of Love and Beauty?
Aphrodite
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Which god(dess) had the job of Messengers, laughter, thieves?
Hermes
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Which god(dess) had the job of Wine, life giving fluids?
Dionysus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Queen of the Underworld?
Persephone
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What were the job(s) of Zeus?
King, weather
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What were the job(s) of Hera?
Queen, marriage
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What were the job(s) of Poseidon?
Sea, earthquakes, horses
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What were the job(s) of Hades?
Underworld, wealth
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What were the job(s) of Demeter?
Agriculture
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What were the job(s) of Hestia?
Home fire, hearth
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What were the job(s) of Ares?
War
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What were the job(s) of Hephaestus?
Blacksmith
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What were the job(s) of Apollo?
Sun, prophecy, medicine, music
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What were the job(s) of Artemis?
Hunting, moon
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What were the job(s) of Athena?
Wisdom, war, handicrafts
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What were the job(s) of Aphrodite?
Love and Beauty
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What were the job(s) of Hermes?
Messengers, laughter, thieves
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What were the job(s) of Dionysus?
Wine, life giving fluids
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What were the job(s) of Persephone?
Queen of the Underworld
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Whose symbols were the Thunderbolt, eagle?
Zeus
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Whose symbols were the Peacock, Cow?
Hera
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Whose symbols were the Trident, Horse?
Poseidon
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Whose symbols were the Bident, Helmet of Invisibility?
Hades
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Whose symbols were the Stalk of Wheat?
Demeter
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Whose symbols were the Hearth, Fire?
Hestia
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Whose symbols were the Spear, Dog, Vulture?
Ares
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Whose symbols were the Forge, Anvil?
Hephaestus
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Whose symbols were the Sun, Oracle at Delphi, Lyre?
Apollo
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Whose symbols were the Bow/Arrow, Moon?
Artemis
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Whose symbols were the Owl, Olive, Helmet?
Athena
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Whose symbols were the Dove, Rose?
Aphrodite
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Whose symbols were the Caduceus, Winged Sandals?
Hermes
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Whose symbols were the Grape Leaves, Thyrsus (stick with pinecone on top)?
Dionysus
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Whose symbols were the Pomegranate?
Persephone
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What were the symbol(s) of Zeus?
Thunderbolt, eagle
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What were the symbol(s) of Hera?
Peacock, Cow
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What were the symbol(s) of Poseidon?
Trident, Horse
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What were the symbol(s) of Hades?
Bident, Helmet of Invisibility
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What were the symbol(s) of Demeter?
Stalk of Wheat
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What were the symbol(s) of Hestia?
Hearth, Fire
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What were the symbol(s) of Ares?
Spear, Dog, Vulture
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What were the symbol(s) of Hephaestus?
Forge, Anvil
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What were the symbol(s) of Apollo?
Sun, Oracle at Delphi, Lyre
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What were the symbol(s) of Artemis?
Bow/Arrow, Moon
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What were the symbol(s) of Athena?
Owl, Olive, Helmet
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What were the symbol(s) of Aphrodite?
Dove, Rose
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What were the symbol(s) of Hermes?
Caduceus, Winged Sandals
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What were the symbol(s) of Persephone?
Pomegranate
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What were the symbol(s) of Persephone?
Pomegranate
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Who was the mother of Theseus?
Aethra
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Who was the father of Theseus?
Aegeus (Poseidon?)
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Who was the mother of Perseus?
Danae
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Who was the father of Perseus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Heracles?
Alcmene
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Who was the father of Heracles?
Zeus (mortal dad = Amphitryon)
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Who was the mother of Achilles?
Thetis
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Who was the father of Achilles?
Peleus
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Who was the mother of Aeneas?
Aphrodite
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Who was the father of Aeneas?
Anchises
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Who was the mother of Hector?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Hector?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Paris?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Paris?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Cassandra?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Cassandra?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Helenus?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Helenus?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Agamemnon?
Aerope
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Who was the father of Agamemnon?
Atreus
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Who was the mother of Menelaus?
Aerope
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Who was the father of Menelaus?
Atreus
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Who was the mother of Orestes?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Orestes?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Electra?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Electra?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Iphigenia?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Iphigenia?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Jason?
Alcimide
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Who was the father of Jason?
Aeson
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Who was the mother of Odysseus?
Aniclea
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Who was the father of Odysseus?
Laertes
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Who was the father of Medea?
Aeetes
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Who was the father of Daphne?
Peneius
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Who was the mother of Ariadne?
Pasiphae
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Who was the father of Ariadne?
Minos
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Who was the mother of Phaedra?
Pasiphae
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Who was the father of Phaedra?
Minos
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Who was the mother of Astyanax?
Andromache
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Who was the father of Astyanax?
Hector
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Who was the mother of Ascanius (Iulus)?
Creusa
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Who was the father of Ascanius (Iulus)?
Aeneas
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Who was the mother of Andromeda?
Cassiopeia
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Who was the father of Andromeda?
Cepheus
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Who was the mother of Dionysus?
Semele
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Who was the father of Dionysus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Hermes?
Maia
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Who was the father of Hermes?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Apollo?
Leto
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Who was the father of Apollo?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Artemis?
Leto
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Who was the father of Artemis?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Sarpedon?
Europa
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Who was the father of Sarpedon?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Minos?
Europa
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Who was the father of Minos?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Rhadamanthys?
Europa
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Who was the father of Rhadamanthys?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Aeacus?
Aegina
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Who was the father of Aeacus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Helen?
Leda
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Who was the father of Helen?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Polydeuces?
Leda
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Who was the father of Polydeuces?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Castor?
Leda
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Who was the father of Castor?
Tyndareus
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Who was the mother of Clytemnestra?
Leda
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Who was the father of Clytemnestra?
Tyndareus
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Who was the mother of Telemachus?
Penelope
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Who was the father of Telemachus?
Odysseus
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Who does this describe: boasted better weaver than Athena; turned into a spider?
Arachne
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Who does this describe: fastest runner; run faster to marry her; Hippomenes used Golden Apples to beat her; forgot to thank Aphrodite ? turned into lions?
Atalanta
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Who does this describe: golden touch; said Pan was a better musician than Apollo ? donkey ears ? reeds?
Midas
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Who does this describe: flew too close to sun with wings dad (Daedalus) made; Icarian sea?
Icarus
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Who does this describe: tamed Pegasus with a golden bridle; killed Chimaera; tried to fly Pegasus to Olympus?
Bellerophon
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Who does this describe: asked dad (sun god) to drive chariot of sun; couldn't handle horses, burned earth, etc; lightning bolt?
Phaethon
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Which couple does this describe: repopulated earth with stones thrown over their shoulders?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
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Which couple does this describe: hospitable to Zeus and Hermes dressed as beggars; became priests of Zeus' temple; died together ? became trees (oak and linden)?
Baucis and Philemon
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Which couple does this describe: Romeo and Juliet; talked through crack in wall; met at mulberry bush; he kills himself when he thinks she was eaten by a lion, then she kills herself; mulberries turn red.?
Pyramus and Thisbe
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Which couple does this describe: She is goddess of Dawn, asks Zeus for immortality for hr lover ? forgets to ask for eternal youth ? he is turned into a grasshopper.?
Aurora and Tithonus
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Who does this describe: son of Oeneus and Althaea; kills Calydonian Boar; gives Atalanta trophy; uncles mad ? fight ? he kills uncles; mom kills him by burning the log that had the same life span.?
Meleager
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by being placed on a spinning wheel of fire?
Ixion
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Who was punished in the Undeworld with a bird eating his liver daily?
Tityus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by having to eternally roll a boulder up a hill?
Sisyphus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld with eternal hunger and thirst?
Tantalus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by having to carry leaky buckets?
Danaids
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What was Heracles' birth name?
Alcides
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In what form did Zeus visit Alcmene to father Heracles?
her husband Amphitryon
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Hera always hated Heracles. What did she do to him when he was 8 months old?
sent 2 snakes to kill him (he strangled them)
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Hera always hated Heracles. What did she do to him when was older?
she made him go insane and he killed his wife Megaera and their children
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What did Heracles do after he killed his wife and children?
went to the oracle at Delphi
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What did the oracle instruct Heracles to do?
change his name to Heracles and go to his cousin Eurytheus to do the 12 Labors
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What was the 1st of the Twelve Labors?
Slay the Nemean Lion
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What was the 2nd of the Twelve Labors?
Slay the 9-headed Lernean Hydra
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What was the 3rd of the Twelve Labors?
Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis
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What was the 4th of the Twelve Labors?
Capture the Erymanthian Boar
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What was the 5th of the Twelve Labors?
Clean the Augean stables in a single day
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What was the 6th of the Twelve Labors?
Slay the Stymphalian Birds
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What was the 7th of the Twelve Labors?
Capture the Cretan Bull
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What was the 8th of the Twelve Labors?
Steal the Mares of Diomedes
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What was the 9th of the Twelve Labors?
Obtain the Girdle of the Amazon Queen
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What was the 10th of the Twelve Labors?
Obtain the Cattle of the Monster Geryon
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What was the 11th of the Twelve Labors?
Steal the Apples of the Hesperides
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What was the 12th of the Twelve Labors?
Capture Cerberus
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Who was Heracles' second wife?
Deianeira
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Who was Deineira attacked by?
Nessus the centaur
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What did Nessus give to Deineira?
His blood letting her think it was a love potion; but it was really poison
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What did Deineira use Nessus' "love potion" on?
a cloak for Heracles
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What happened to Heracles when he put on the cloak?
He caught on fire
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Who did Heracles ask to build his funeral pyre?
Philoctetes
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Once deified, who did Heracles marry?
Hebe (goddess of youth and daughter of Hera
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Who was Jason's father?
Aeson
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Where was Aeson king?
Iolcus
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Who took Iolcus from Aeson?
Aeson's brother Pelias
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Where did Aeson send Jason to be raised?
the centaur Chiron
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What oracle did Pelias hear?
that he should beware the man with one shoe
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When returning to Iolcus after being old enough, how does Jason lose his shoe?
helping an old lady cross a river
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Who was the old lady who Jason helps cross a river?
Hera in disguise
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What does Pelias suggest Jason do when Jason arrives in Iolcus?
that he should get the Golden Fleece
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What is the name of the ship that Jason and his crew sail in?
the Argo
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What is the collective name for Jason and his crew?
the Argonauts
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Where do the Argonauts go to get the Golden Fleece?
Colchis
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What was the name of the clashing rocks Jason had to pass through to get to Colchis?
Symplegades
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Who was the King of Colchis when Jason sought the Golden Fleece?
Aeetes
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What three tasks does King Aeetes demand of Jason before he hands over the fleece?
sow the ground with fire breathing bulls, plant teeth of a dragon and fight the men who grow from these teeth.
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Who is the daughter of Aeetes who helps Jason with the tasks her father demands?
Medea
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Who was the brother of Medea who she kills in order to escape with Jason?
Absyrtus
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How does Medea have Pelias killed?
She tricks Pelias' daughters into killing him
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After Pelias is killed, where do Jason and Medea sail?
Corinth, where they live there with their sons for 10 years
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Who does Jason fall in love with in Corinth?
the princess of Corinth, Glauce
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When Jason divorces Medea for Glauce, what does Medea do?
She kills Glauce as well as Medea's own sons
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How does Jason die?
a piece of the Argo fall on him
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Who was the mother of Theseus and where was she from?
Aethra, princess of Troezen
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Who was the father of Theseus and where was he from?
Aegeus, king of Athens
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Who is sometimes claimed to be the father of Theseus?
Poseidon
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What does Aegeus leave for Theseus for when Theseus is older?
a sword and a pair of sandals
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Where did Aegeus place a pair of sandals and a sword?
under a boulder
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When it was time for Theseus to visit Athens, which path does he choose to take and why?
he chose to go by land because it was harder
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Who is the first bandit Theseus faced?
Periphetes
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What was significant about the way Periphetes killed people?
beats people with golden club
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Who is the second bandit Theseus faced?
Sinis, the pine-bender
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What was significant about the way Sinis killed people?
tied people to two trees (ripped them apart)
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Who is the third bandit Theseus faced?
Sciron
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What was significant about the way Sciron killed people?
makes people wash his feet, and then would push themm off a cliff to a man-eating turtle
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Who is the fourth bandit Theseus faced?
Procrustes, the stretcher
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What was significant about the way Procrustes killed people?
he was an innkeeper who stretched people to fit a specific bed
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Before Theseus had arrived in Athens, who had been killed by the Marathonian Bull?
Androgeos
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Who was Androgeos the son of?
Minos
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Where was Minos king?
Crete
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What did Minos demand from Athens?
7 youths and 7 maidens be sent to him from Athens every 7 years to feed the Minotaur
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Where was the Minotaur housed?
in the Labyrinth on the island of Crete
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Who designed the Labyrinth, and was afterwards trapped inside by Minos?
Daedalus
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Who was Daedalus' son?
Icarus
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Who helped Theseus through the Labyrinth?
Ariadne
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Who was Ariadne the daughter of?
Minos
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How did Ariadne help Theseus?
told Theseus to use yarn to find his way out of the Labyrinth
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Who slayed the Minotaur?
Theseus
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Where did Theseus and Ariadne stop on their way back to Athens?
Naxos
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Why did Theseus leave Ariadne of Naxos?
Dionysus came to Theseus in a dream and asked him to leave Ariadne on the island
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What happened to Ariadne after she was left on Naxos?
she met Dionysus and married him
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What did Aegeus ask of Theseus before Theseus went to Crete, and what did Theseus do?
Aegeus had asked Theseus to put up a white sail if he was successful against the Minotaur. In his excitement, Theseus forgot to take down the black sails.
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What did Aegeus do when he saw the black sails?
jumped into the sea from a cliff (thus naming the sea ?Aegean.?)
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Why did Acrisius put his daughter in a bronze tower?
he heard from an oracle that any of her children would kill him.
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Who was the daughter of Acrisius?
Danae
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In what form did Zeus visit Danae to father Perseus?
a shower of gold
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What did Acrisius do to Danae and Perseus?
put Danae and Perseus in a box and set it out to sea
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Where did Danae and Perseus wash ashore?
island of Seriphos
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Who found Danae and Perseus in the box?
Dictys
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Who was Dictys' brother?
King Polydectes
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When he grew up, Perseus had no money for a present for King Polydectes, so what did he promised to bring him?
the head of Medusa
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What was significant about the head of Medusa?
it could turn men to stone
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What group was Medusa a member?
Gorgons
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Name 4 people who helped Perseus in his quest
Hermes, Athena, the Graiae, and the Nymphs of the North (Stygian Nymphs or Hyperboreans)
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What was significant about the Graiae?
sisters of the Gorgons, they shared 1 eye and 1 tooth among the 3 of them
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Name the 4 gifts Perseus received from the people who helped him.
curved sword, invisible helmet, winged sandals, and a bag that could be any size
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How did Perseus kill Medusa and escape?
Perseus used the shiny part of his shield to ?see? Medusa by her reflection. He killed her with the sword. Perseus put her head in the bag. He wore the helmet of invisibility to escape Medusa?s 2 sister Gorgons and flew off with the winged sandals.
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Who sprangs from the severed head of Medusa?
Pegasus and Chrysaor
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Who were the 2 sister Gorgons of Medusa?
Euryale and Stheno
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On the way back to Seriphos, where did Perseus pass?
Ethiopia
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Who ruled Ethiopa when Perseus was there?
King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia
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What did Cassiopeia boast about?
Cassiopeia had boasted that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids
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What did Poseidon send to Ethiopia after Cassiopeia boasted?
the sea monster Cetus
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Who was sacrificed to Cetus in order that it not demolish the whole city?
Andromeda
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Who slew Cetus to save Andromeda?
Perseus
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Who was Andromeda's fiance?
Phineus
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What happened to Phineus of Ethiopia after Perseus claimed Andromeda in marriage?
Phineus was upset by this and soon turned to stone by the head of Medusa
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On returning to Seriphos, what did Perseus do to King Polydectes?
turned him to stone
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What did Perseus do with the head of Medusa after turning Polydectes to stone?
gave it to Athena to put on her shield
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Before settling down, where did Perseus and Andromeda to for an athletic event?
Larissa
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What happened when Perseus threw a discus at the athletic event in Larissa?
he slipped and hit an old man in the crowd by mistake. This man was Acrisius, his grandfather, and so, the oracle that a son of Danae would kill Acrisius, came true.
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List the 9 Muses and their jobs.
1. Calliope (Epic Poetry)2. Clio (History)3. Erato (Love Poetry)4. Euterpe (Music)5. Melpomene (Tragedy)6. Polyhymnia (Hymns)7. Terpsichore (Dance)8. Thaleia (Comedy)9. Urania (Astronomy)
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What is another name for the Graces?
Charities
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List the 3 Graces and their jobs.
1. Aglaia (Beauty)2. Euphrosyne (Mirth)3. Thalia (Good Cheer)
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Give two other names for the Fates.
Moirae/Parcae
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List the 3 Fates and their jobs.
1. Clotho (spinner)2. Lachesis (allotter)3. Atropos (cutter of the thread/inevitable)
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Give two other names for the Furies.
Erinyes/Eumenides
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List the 3 Furies.
1. Alecto2. Megaera3. Tisiphone
288
List the 5 river of the Underworld and their traits.
1. Styx (hate/ oaths of gods)2. Lethe (forgetfulness)3. Plegethon (fire)4. Cocytus (wailing)5. Acheron (pain)
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What monster is described here: whirpool
Charybdis
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What monster is described here: part lion, goat, snake
Chimera
291
What monster is described here: 3 headed dog
Cerberus
292
What monster is described here: Horse's body/man's torso, head, arms
Centaur
293
What monster is described here: mother of all monsters ? half nymph, half snake
Echidna
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What monster is described here: 2 headed dog
Orthus
295
What monster is described here: part goat, part man
Satyr
296
What monster is described here: six-headed monster
Scylla
297
During the Torjan War, who was King of Sparta, husband of Helen
Menelaus
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During the Torjan War, who was King of Mycenae/king of the Greeks; husband of Clytemnestra
Agamemnon
299
During the Torjan War, who was the Best fighter of Greeks; son of Pelias and Thetis
Achilles
300
During the Torjan War, who was the 2nd greatest fighter of Greeks, vied with Odysseus for Achilles' armor (lost)
Ajax the Greater
