States Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
What fisherman discovered Danae and Perseus on a beach in Seriphos?
DICTYS
B1: Who was Perseus’ great uncle, the brother of his grandfather, who constantly feuded with Acrisius, and later sent Bellerophon to Iobates to be killed?
PROETUS
B2: Who was Proetus’ wife, who convinced him to send Bellerophon away?
STHENEBOEA
What healing god was raised by Cheiron on Mt.Pelion?
ASCLEPIUS
B1: What daughter of King Phlegyas is usually said to be the mother of Asclepius with
Apollo?
CORONIS
B2: What kind of bird informed on Coronis to Apollo that she was cheating on him?
CROW/RAVEN
What king of Pisa did Pelops challenge to a chariot race so that he could win his daughter’s hand?
OENOMAUS
B1: Who was Oenomaus’ daughter who became Pelops’ bride?
HIPPODAMEIA
B2: What charioteer of Oenomaus did Pelops bribe to throw the race and then kill?
MYRTILUS
According to some authors, what bronze giant who patrolled Crete was the last of the Bronze Race of men?
TALUS
B1: Other authors say the giant was given by Zeus to whom for protection?
EUROPA
B2: Regardless of origins, what witch killed Talus by removing the nail in his ankle that
kept ichor in his veins?
MEDEA
What woman, chased by Pan, turned into reeds which eventually Pan used tomake his panpipes?
SYRINX
B1 VISUAL Which woman is depicted by plant C, one who died before Helios could save her?
LEUCOTHOE
B2 Which woman, the mother of Adonis, is depicted in plant B.
MYRRHA/SMYRNA
Who was snitched on by Ascalaphus, thus leading to her being stuck in the Underworld for part of the year?
PERSEPHONE/PROSERPINA
B1: Into what sort of bird was Ascalaphus changed by Ceres?
OWL
B2: In an alternate version, Ascalaphus was not immediately turned into an owl, but was instead trapped under a large boulder. What hero rescued Ascalaphus by removing the boulder while he was in the Underworld?
HERCULES
According to prophecy, what statue had to be stolen from Troy in order for the city to fall?
PALLADIUM
B1: What two Greeks snuck into the city and stole the statue?
ODYSSEUS and DIOMEDES
B2: In addition to the capture of the Palladium, whose bones had to be brought to Troy in order for the city to fall?
PELOPS’
Who, unlike her 49 sisters, disobeyed her father’s orders and did not murder her husband on their wedding night?
HYPERMNESTRA
B1: Who was Hypermnestra’s father, who ordered this mass murder?
DANAUS
B2: What was the name of Hypermnestra’s husband, who shared his name with the twin brother of Idas?
LYNCEUS
Who was distracted by golden apples while in a footrace for her hand in marriage, causing her to lose
ATALANTA
B1: Give one of the two names of the man who used the golden apples to win the race.
SEE BELOW
B2: Give the other possible name.
HIPPOMENES / MELANION
What son of Cephissus and Leiriope, who was promised a long life as long as “he never know himself”, was courted by many lovers including the nymph Echo?
NARCISSUS
B1: What Theban seer gave this prophecy to Liriope about her son?
TEIRESIAS
B2: What goddess, following a prayer to her from one of Narcissus’s spurned lovers, arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection?
NEMESIS
What sea-god helped the Argonauts when they were trapped in Libya by directing them to the sea?
TRITON
B1: What gift did Triton give to the Argonaut Euphemus?
A CLOD OF DIRT
B2: In some traditions, what creatures, led by Alcyoneus and Porphyrion, did Triton scare by blowing on his conch?
GIANTS
Who was sent to Aulis to “marry Achilles”, even though this was a trick by her father Agamemnon so he could sacrifice her for favorable winds to Troy?
IPHEGENEIA/IPHINASSA
B1: Who was Iphegeneia’s mother, who was reluctant to let her daughter go, thus necessitating the trick by Agamemnon?
CLYTEMNESTRA
B2: Iphegeneia was rescued by Artemis and made a priestess in the land of the Taurians. What brother of hers did she later help when he arrived there?
ORESTES
Who, according to some versions, invented the first sail to escape Crete after being released from his imprisonment by Queen Pasiphae, although in the usual versions he escaped on wings of feathers and wax?
DAEDALUS
B1: Daedalus was imprisoned for helping Ariadne help Theseus escape the labyrinth. Why was Daedalus exiled to Crete in the first place?
MURDERED HIS NEPHEW (TALUS/PERDIX)
B2: Name any of the inventions that prompted Daedalus to murder Perdix out of jealousy.
SAW/COMPASS/POTTER’S WHEEL
What was unusual about the sheep that Atreus promised to sacrifice to Artemis, the sheep whose wool Psyche had to collect for her second task, and the flying ram that rescued Phrixus and Helle?
THEY HAD GOLD FLEECE
B1: What gave Psyche advice on how to collect the sheep’s wool?
A REED
B2: What was the advice that the reed gave Psyche?
COLLECT WOOL THAT GOT CAUGHT IN BRAMBLES
What name is shared by a son of Priam who was captured twice by Achilles in twelve days and a king of Arcadia who tried to serve human flesh to Zeus?
LYCAON
B1: Into what was Lycaon changed by Zeus?
WOLF
B2: According to Apollodorus Lycaon offered up what son of Zeus as revenge for seducing Lycaon’s daughter Callisto?
ARCAS
While in the Underworld, who was prompted by the ghost of Meleager to marry his sister Deianeira?
HERACLES/HERCULES
B1: What river god did Heracles have to wrestle for Deianeira’s hand in marriage?
ACHELOUS
B2: How did Deianeira cause Heracles’ death?
GAVE HIM A POISONED TUNIC
What ability was shared by the Lapith chieftain Caeneus, the Trojan ally Cycnus, and the Nemean lion?
THEY WERE INVULNERABLE TO WEAPONS
B1: How did Achilles kill Cycnus?
STRANGLED HIM WITH HIS HELMET STRAPS
B2: How did the Centaurs kill Caeneus?
CRUSHED HIM UNDER ROCKS AND TREES
What demigod and mythical thief, who can change the color and form of anything he stole, was eventually caught kidnapping the cattle of the Corinthian king Sisyphus?
AUTOLYCUS
B1: Autolycus was said to be the son of Hermes or what other deity who had also loved his mother Chione?
APOLLO
B2: Proud of her beauty that had reeled in two gods, Chione boasted that she was more beautiful than what goddess who took revenge on the proud mortal and killed her?
ARTEMIS
In Book V of the Aeneid, Nisus trips Salius to ensure that what friend of his wins the footrace before they both ultimately perish in a sneak attack against the Rutulians in Book IX?
EURYALUS
B1: What man, the king of Eryx on Sicily, fired an arrow that burst into flames at the funeral games of Anchises?
ACESTES
B2: Of Sergestus, Cloanthus, Gyas, and Mnestheus, who won the boat race at the funeral games of Anchises?
CLOANTHUS
What Trojan seer told the Greeks what items were needed to take Troy?
HELENUS
B1: Why had Helenus retreated from Troy to Mount Ida, and was willing to impart such useful advice to the Greek cause?
HELENUS WAS SALTY BECAUSE HELEN HAD BEEN AWARDED TO
DEIPHOBUS AFTER PARIS WAS KILLED
B2: What former sister-in-law did Helenus marry after the Trojan War?
ANDROMACHE
Fear and Panic are the representations of what two sons of Ares and Aphrodite who often drove their father’s chariot into battle?
PHOBOS AND DEIMOS
B1: What other child of Ares and Aphrodite is the Greek personification of love?
EROS
B2: What other child of Ares and Aphrodite became the first queen of Thebes?
HARMONIA
What Thracian king and Trojan ally had horses that would render Troy invulnerable if they
were allowed to drink from the Scamander? (switch with prelims?)
RHESUS
B1: What Greeks killed Rhesus before his horses could drink from the Scamander?
DIOMEDES and ODYSSEUS
B2: What Trojan spy, captured by Diomedes and Odysseus revealed the location of Rhesus’ camp?
DOLON
What god, born in Thebes, killed the giant Eurytus with his thyrsus?
DIONYSUS / BACCHUS
B1: What king of Thebes angered Dionysus, and was torn apart by his own mother and
aunts?
PENTHEUS
B2: What aunt of Dionysus was the mother of Pentheus?
AGAVE
During which of his labors did Heracles kill a crab and receive help from Iolaus?
KILLING THE HYDRA
B1: During which of his labors did Heracles coerce the assistance of the Alpheius and Peneius rivers?
AUGEIAN STABLES
B2: What river did Heracles fight for the hand of Deianeira?
ACHELOUS
What daughter of Idmon was changed by Minerva into a spider?
ARACHNE
B1: What builder of the Trojan Horse was aided by Athena in his task?
EPEIUS
B2: What builder of the Argo was also aided by Athena?
ARGUS
Who was king of the Phaeacians when Odysseus washed up on theirshores?
ALCINOUS
B1: Who was Alcinous’ wife and closest adviser?
ARETE
B2: What name was given to the island on which the Phaecians lived?
SCHERIE/DREPANE
Leontopholus, Ptoliporthes, Telegonus, and Telemachus were all children of what Ithacan king?
ODYSSEUS
B1:What sea goddess rescued Odysseus off the coast of Scherie by giving him her veil which served as a life preserver?
LEUCOTHEA
B2: What had Leucothea’s name been when she was a mortal woman?
INO
Who was envisioned by his mother in a dream as a hundred headed monster or a torch setting fire to the city of Troy?
PARIS / ALEXANDER
B1: Who was Paris’ mother, who had this dream?
HECUBA
B2: Who interpreted this nightmare, leading to Paris’ exposure on Mount Ida
CASSANDRA / AESACUS / HEROPHILE
Stheno and Euryale were the immortal sisters of what monster, the mother of Chrysaor?
MEDUSA
B1: What was unusual about Chrysaor?
HE HAD A GOLDEN SWORD
B2: What three-bodied monster who ruled in Spain was the son of Chrysaor?
GERYON
What monster is said to be the child of either Hera or Gaia, depending on the author, and was the father of Ladon, the Sphinx, Orthus, and the Chimaera, among other monsters?
TYPHOEUS/TYPHON/TYPHAON
B1: According to the versions in which Hera is Typhon’s mother, what monstrous snake from Delphi raised Typhon?
PYTHON
B2: What snake woman was the mother of the monsters Typhon fathered?
ECHIDNA
Whatsea god was the father of Ladon, Echidna, the Graeae, and the Gorgons?
PHORCYS
B1: What sea-god, the husband of Doris, and refered to by Homer as the Old Man, was Phorcys’ brother?
NEREUS
B2: Phorcys and Nereus were sons of Gaia and what personification of the sea, the brother of Ouranos?
PONTUS
Who was the father of Phrixus and Helle, who was tricked into sacrificing them?
ATHAMAS
B1: Which of the two siblings did not make it to Colchis because they fell off the ram into the sea?
HELLE
B2: What cloud woman was Phrixus and Helle’s mother?
NEPHELE
Which of the Argonauts killed the king of the Bebryces in a boxing match?
POLLUX/POLYDEUCES
B1: Which of the Argonauts, one of the crew’s two seers, was killed by a boar?
IDMON
B2: What sort of animal killed Mopsus, the other member of the Argonauts with
prophetic powers, in North Africa?
SNAKE/ASP
What sort of creatures were Caerus, Xanthus, Balius, Arion, and Pegasus?
HORSES
B1: Arion was responsible for saving which of the Seven Against Thebes, the only member to survive?
ADRASTUS
B2: What two divinities were the parents of Arion?
POSEIDON and DEMETER
Who gave Jason his name as he trained him on Mt. Pelion?
CHEIRON
B1: What Titan was Cheiron’s father, thus explaining why in some versions a horse was able to pass for Poseidon when he was eaten?
CRONOS
B2: Who did Cheiron make a statue of in order to comfort the man’s grieving dogs, who had unwittingly torn their master apart thinking he was a deer?
ACTAEON
What Greek goddess installed a talking wooden beam in the Argo, helped Epeius construct the Trojan Horse, and changed Arachne into a spider?
ATHENA
B1: What magic item did Athena give Bellerophon to aid him in his adventures?
A (GOLDEN) BRIDLE
B2: What mythical man did Athena advise to sow half of the teeth of the dragon he had slain?
CADMUS
What king and queen of Trachis were changed into kingfishers to spare the queen from grief after her husband’s death at sea?
CEYX and ALCYONE
B1: According to Apollodorus, Ceyx and Alcyone were transformed into kingfishers as a punishment for what crime against the gods?
THEY CALLED THEMSELVES “ZEUS” AND “HERA”
B2: Ceyx was said to be the son of the morning star, who was known by what name?
EOSPHOROS
Who, while running from the Calydonain Boar, used his spear to vault into a tree?
NESTOR
B1: Who killed the Calydonian Boar?
MELEAGER
B2: What two uncles did Meleager kill, thus ultimately sealing his own death at the hands of his mother, Althea?
TOXEUS & PLEXIPPUS
What daughter of Oedipus was sentenced to death for defying the Theban government and burying her brother Polyneices?
ANTIGONE
B1: What son of Creon was Antigone’s betrothed and committed suicide after finding that she had hanged herself?
HAEMON
B2: Who was Haemon’s mother and the wife of Creon, who killed herself in turn after learning that her son had committed suicide?
EURYDICE
Atropos, Lachesis, and Clotho all belong to what mythological group that defined the course of each human life?
THE FATES / MOIRAI (do not accept “PARCAE”)
B1: What name was given to this group’s Roman equivalent, which had Nona, Decima, and Morta as its members?
FATA / PARCAE
B2: The Fates came to Zeus’ aid on Mt. Nysa when they convinced what monster to consume human food, knowing it would weaken him?
TYPHON / TYPHOEUS / TYPHAON
What beautiful boy from Amyclae perished when Apollo accidentally sent a discus flying at his head?
HYACINTH(US)
B1: Which malicious god of the west wind is sometimes said to have changed the course of Apollo’s discus to hit Hyacinthus because he was jealous of their love affair?
ZEPHYR(US)
B2: We all know Apollo was not very lucky in love. When his beloved Marpessa was asked to choose between the god and the mortal Idas, what reason did she have for picking Idas?
APOLLO WOULD NOT LOVE HER / WOULD LEAVE WHEN SHE GREW OLD
What hero sailed past Anthemoëssa tied to his own mast so he could gain wisdom from the song of the Sirens?
ODYSSEUS
B1: How did Circe advise Odysseus to protect his crewmen from the Sirens’ song?
PLUG THEIR EARS WITH WAX
B2: What horrific duo did Odysseus and his crew run into immediately after passing safely by the Sirens?
SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS
What Greek hero spent the night at the hut of a man named Molorchus before setting out to slay the Nemean lion for his first labor?
HERACLES
B1: What beast did Heracles best by trapping it deep in the snow?
ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
B2: When Heracles returned to Eurystheus with a live boar in tow, how did Eurystheus respond to the sight of this formidable creature?
HE HID IN A (BRONZE) JAR
Who abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos on his way back to Athens?
THESEUS
B1: What Greek deity found Ariadne there and married her?
DIONYSUS
B2: What sister of Ariadne later married Theseus and fell in love with her step-son Hippolytus?
PHAEDRA
What man carried both the Trojan penates and his elderly father to safety as the city of Troy burned around him?
AENEAS
B1: Who was Aeneas’ wife, whom he was forced to abandon at Troy?
CREUSA
B2: By what two names was the son of Aeneas and Creusa known?
IULUS and ASCANIUS
A son of Zeus and Pluto, what Lydian king permanently lost his invitation to dine with the gods when he attempted to serve his son in a stew?
TANTALUS
B1&2: For five points each, what are two other alternative crimes which may have led to Tantalus’ everlasting punishment in Tartarus?
STEALING NECTAR AND AMROSIA; REVEALING GODS’ SECRETS TO MORTALS
Which of the wind gods, often represented with snake tails in place of feet, claimed his residence in Thrace, a region which lay to the north of Greece?
BOREAS
B1: What Athenian princess was courted by Boreas along the Ilissus River?
OREITHYIA
B2: Identify the two winged sons of Boreas and Oreithyia.
ZETES & CALAIS
What collective name was given to the mythological brothers, one a horse tamer and the other a boxer, whose skills distinguished them among the Argonauts and the hunters of the Calydonian boar?
DIOSCURI
B1: Which of their sisters did the Dioscuri rescue after Theseus had carried her off to be his bride?
HELEN
B2: To further enact their revenge, which rival of Theseus did the Dioscuri place on the Athenian throne?
MENESTHEUS
Which of Zeus’ lovers was immortalized among the stars as the constellation Ursa Major?
CALLISTO
B1&2: The constellation Taurus commemorates Zeus’ courtship of two mortal women. For five points each, identify both.
EUROPA & IO
What nymph, the daughter of the river god Cebren, allowed her husband Paris to die after her rejected her in favor of Helen?
OENONE
B1: Where did Paris live with Oenone before he was approached by Zeus to judge the contest that would seal not only his own fate, but the fate of Troy itself?
MT. IDA
B2: Just before she bore Paris, what vision appeared to Hecuba in a dream that foreshadowed Troy’s destruction?
HECUBA DREAMT THAT GAVE BIRTH TO A
TORCH / FIREBRAND THAT BURNED THE CITY
Who traveled to Delphi only to be told that he should kill his father’s murderers and therefore journeyed to Argos where he killed Aegisthus and Clytemnestra?
ORESTES
B1: What loyal friend accompanied Orestes to Argos?
PYLADES
B2: What man, the father of Clytemnestra, brought Orestes to trial for his crimes?
TYNDAREUS
The Meliae, Giants, and Furies were all born from the earth following whose violent, early mythological misfortune?
URANUS
B1: By what other name were the Furies known?
ERINYES / EUMENIDES / SEMNAI THEAI
B2: Over what did the Meliae preside?
ASH TREES
Which of the following Greek heroes was NOT reared by Chiron: Achilles, Perseus, Actaeon, Jason
PERSEUS
B1: Which young Greek god was also raised by the Centaur and instructed in the art of healing?
ASCLEPIUS
B2: Which of the Titans was the father of the Chiron?
CRONUS
The epithets “Ergane,” “Promachus,” and “Parthenos” are all attributed to what Greek goddess?
ATHENA
B1&2: For five points each, identify the two epithets attributed to Aphrodite based on the two islands upon whose shores she arrived after her birth in the sea?
CYPRIS & CYTHEREA
What goddess left Olympus and dwelt on the earth as an old woman named Doso after learning that her daughter had been abducted by the lord of the underworld?
DEMETER / CERES
B1: At what city near Athens did Demeter cease her wanderings?
ELEUSIS
B2: What queen welcomed the disguised Demeter into her home, but cast her out when she erroneously believed that the goddess was trying to burn her child in a fire?
METENEIRA
After rescuing and raising the offspring of a snake, what young boy developed the ability to understand the language of birds and animals and went on to become one of the greatest Greek seers?
MELAMPUS
B1: How specifically did Melampus acquire this ability?
THE SNAKES LICKED HIS EARS
B2: While imprisoned in Thessaly, how did this special ability come in handy for Melampus?
HE OVERHEARD WOODWORMS/TERMITES SAYING THE ROOF WOULD COLLAPSE
When Heracles allowed himself to be sold into slavery, what woman purchased him and allegedly embarrassed the hero by forcing him to wear dresses and spin like a woman?
OMPHALE
B1: How long was Heracles’ servitude under Omphale?
3 YEARS
B2: What thievish brothers was Heracles tasked with capturing during his service to Omphale?
CERCOPES / PASSAULS & ACMON
According to a prophesy, what son of Deidamia and Achilles, had to fight at Troy in order for the Greeks to capture the city?
NEOPTOLEMUS / PYRRHUS
B1: Who predicted that Pyrrhus must fight with the Greeks?
HELENUS
B2: What two men travelled to Skyrus in order to persuade Pyrrhus to fight at Troy?
ODYSSEUS & PHOENIX
What young man from Abydos, following a beacon of light across the Hellespont, swam to his lover each night?
LEANDER
B1: Who was Leander’s lover, a priestess of Sestos?
HERO
B2: Of which goddess was Hero a priestess?
APHRODITE
Although this young woman was exposed at birth by her father Iasus, she was nursed by a she-bear and became both athletic and a great huntress because of her upbringing in the forests of Greece. Eventually reunited with her parents she refused to marry any except the man who could defeat her
in a foot race. Name her.
Answer: ATALANTA
B1. Name the young man who finally won a foot race with Atalanta.
Answer: HIPPOMENES/MILANION
B2. Atalanta and Hippomenes are eventually turned into lions for sleeping together in the temple of Cybele, but it was Aphrodite who caused them to lose their self control there. Why did Aphrodite do this?
Answer: HIPPOMENES DID NOT SHOW PROPER THANKS FOR
THE GOLDEN APPLES SHE GAVE TO HIM.
This important Greek god is said to have first been born at Thebes when his mother demanded to see Zeus in his godly form. Name this god.
Answer: DIONYSUS
B1. Dionysus was said to have been born twice. How was he born the second time?
Answer: FROM ZEUS’ THIGH
B2. Who was Dionysus’ mother?
Answer: SEMELE
What young woman falls in love with Jason at first sight?
Answer: MEDEA
B1. Medea’s father had set a task for Jason that would kill him. What does Medea do for Jason
to save him?
Answer: CREATES AN OINTMENT/POTION THAT MAKES JASON
INVULNERABLE/INVINCIBLE
B2. Spell Medea’s father’s name
Answer: A-E-E-T-E-S (A-I-E-T-E-S)
Sons and mothers in myth! Sometimes they love one another dearly. The pair I have in mind, however, ended up with the son killing the mother. Name the matricidal son of Agamemnon and his parricidal mother.
Answer: ORESTES/CLYTEMNESTRA
B1. Which of the gods ordered Orestes to kill his mother?
Answer: APOLLO
B2. What goddesses pursue Orestes and make him insane for killing his mother?
Answer: FURIES/ERINYES (Eumenides)
What king of Thebes refused to honor Dionysus and paid with his life?
Answer: PENTHEUS
B1. Pentheus’ mother, driven to bacchic frenzy by Dionysus, kills her own son and carries his
head into the city as a trophy. What did she think she was holding?
Answer: A LION’S HEAD
B2. Name the unfortunate mother who killed her own son.
Answer: AGAVE
Name the Athenian princess who marries King Tereus of Thrace.
Answer: PROCNE
B1. Name Procne’s sister who was abducted by Tereus.
Answer: PHILOMELA
B2. Procne ends up killing her own son to avenge her sister. What was his name?
Answer: ITYS
First named Alcaeus after his grandfather, this hero later performed many labors to expiate a crime he had committed. Name this famous hero of Greek and Roman myth.
Answer: HERACLES/HERCULES
B1. How many labors did Heracles finally perform?
Answer: 12
B2. Heracles’ third labor involved a year of running after the Cerynitian hind. To which goddess was this deer sacred?
Answer: ARTEMIS/DIANA
What prophetess foretells her own death and that of Agamemnon only to be disbelieved by the old men of Argos?
Answer: CASSANDRA
B1. Clytemnestra kills both Cassandra and Agamemnon, but what lover of hers helps her?
Answer: AEGISTHUS
B2. Who was Aegisthus’ father?
Answer: THYESTES
Name the wise centaur who was a trainer of heroes.
Answer: CHEIRON/CHIRON
B1. Who accidentally wounded Chiron with an incurable wound?
Answer: HERCULES/HERACLES
B2. Where did Chiron live?
Answer: (IN A CAVE) ON MT. PELION
What Greek deity had the town of Dodona for his oracle, a place where the rustling of the oak leaves were interpreted to give oracles, fitting since the oak was this god’s tree.
Answer: ZEUS
B1. As Homer says, Zeus is “father of gods and men” and some of his earliest offspring are the
Seasons. Which consort of Zeus is mother to the Seasons?
Answer: THEMIS
B2. Name two of the three Seasons that Zeus fathered.
Answer: EUNOMIA/DIKE/EIRENE (ORDER, JUSTICE, PEACE)
Name the ruler of Seriphos who fell in love with Danaë and sent Perseus on the quest for Medusa’s head.
Answer: POLYDECTES
B1. Which deity gave a sword to Perseus?
Answer: HERMES/MERCURY
B2. Which deity gave a shield to Perseus?
Answer: ATHENA/MINERVA
While out hunting, this prince of Thebes stumbles on a maiden bathing and dies for it?
Answer: ACTAEON
B1. Who is the maiden that Actaeon finds bathing?
Answer: ARTEMIS/DIANA
B2. How does Actaeon die?
Answer: CHANGED INTO A DEER HE IS HUNTED DOWN AND
KILLED BY HIS OWN DOGS.
Name the satyr who dared to challenge Apollo to a music contest and lost.
Answer: MARSYAS
B1. Marsyas was playing the flute. Who had invented this instrument and discarded it?
Answer: ATHENA/MINERVA
B2. What victory prize did Apollo take from Marsyas?
Answer: FLAYED HIM ALIVE
What nymph was the first love of Apollo but rejected his advances and ran from him?
Answer: DAPHNE
B1. Daphne knew she would be unable to escape from Apollo and prayed to her father for help. Who was Daphne’s father?
Answer: PENEUS
B2. What does Peneus do to help Daphne?
Answer: CHANGES HER INTO A LAUREL TREE
According to some modern writers, the goddess Leucothea was “unimportant,” but it is doubtful that this Greek hero found Leucothea unimportant when she gave him a life-preserving garment that kept him afloat when he was shipwrecked at sea. Name this hero.
Answer: ODYSSEUS
B1. The goddess Leucothea had once been a mortal woman. What had her name been before?
Answer: INO
B2. Where had Odysseus just come from when he was shipwrecked?
Answer: (ISLAND OF ) CALYPSO/OGYGIA
Who was the father of the ill-fated Oedipus?
Answer: LAIUS
B1. Laius has Oedipus exposed. Name the people who adopt Oedipus?
Answer: POLYBUS AND MEROPE
B2. Oedipus goes into exile and dies. Where does he die?
Answer: COLONUS
Which nymph wandered though the world until she reached the Nile, was restored to human form and gave birth to Epaphus, the son of Zeus?
Answer: IO
B1. What immortal, who foretells that Io will return to human form in Egypt, does Io find in the
Caucausus mountains.
Answer: PROMETHEUS
B2. Who was Io’s father?
Answer: INACHUS
Who devised the plan to build a huge wodden horse and hide Greek soldiers inside in order to capture Troy?
ODYSSEUS
B1: What Trojan priest threw a spear into the side of the horse and warned the Trojans against bringing it into the city?
LAOCOON
B2: According to Vergil, which of the following Greeks was NOT in the Trojan Horse: Achilles,
Agamemnon, Odysseus, Diomedes, Nestor?
ACHILLES
Who appeared to Althea after the birth of her son and presented her with a log which was tied to his life?
THE FATES
B1: Who was Althea’s son?
MELEAGER
B2: Althea threw log into the fire after Meleager killed Toxeus and Plexippus. What was Althea’s relationship with them?
THEY WERE HER BROTHERS
What Cypriot man created a statue called Galatea and then fell in love with it?
PYGMALION
B1: According to Ovid, what goddess brought Pygmalion’s statue to life?
VENUS
B2: Who was the son of Pygmalion and Galatea?
PAPHOS
Complete this mythological analogy: Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Nestor ________.
PYLOS
B1: …Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Tyndareus :
SPARTA
B2: …Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Telephus :
TEUTHRANIA
What daughter of Evenus chose the mortal Idas over the god Apollo?
MARPESSA
B1: Why did Marpessa chose Idas over Apollo?
SHE THOUGHT APOLLO WOULD LEAVE HER WHEN SHE GREW OLD
B2: What god, Idas’ father, provided him with a chariot so that he could compete with Apollo?
POSEIDON
What river god wrestled with Heracles for the hand of Deineira?
ACHELOUS
B1: How did Heracles injure Achelous in the fight?
BROKE OFF ONE OF HIS HORNS
B2: What constellation did this horn become?
CORNUCOPIA
What son of Cephisus and Liriope fell in love with his own reflection?
NARCISSUS
B1: What nymph loved Narcissus?
ECHO
B2: What prophet told Liriope that her son would live a long life provided that he never know
himself?
TEIRISIAS
Which Greek god was the father of Amphion, Sarpedon, Arcas, and Helen?
ZEUS
B1: Which Greek god was the father of Parthenopeus & Harmonia?
ARES
B2: Which Greek god was the father of Pelias, Neleus, and Bellerophon?
POSEIDON
What lover of Zeus was worshipped as the Egyptian goddess Isis?
IO
B1: What child of Zeus and Io was worshipped as the Egyptian bull god Apis?
EPAPHUS
B2: What Titan told Io of her wanderings and predicted that they would end in Egypt?
PROMETHEUS
What youth, loved by Apollo, was accidentally killed by the god with a discus?
HYACINTH(US)
B1: Which of the Muses was the mother of Hyacinth?
CLIO
B2: Whose jealousy caused Apollo’s discus to strike Hyacinth?
ZEPHYR(US)’S
What princess did Pelops win the right to marry in a chariot race?
HIPPODAMEIA
B1: Who was Hippodameia’s father who was defeated and killed in this race?
OENOMAUS
B2: What charioteer of Oenomaus cursed the descendants of Pelops after Pelops refused to
pay him for sabotaging Oenomaus’ chariot?
MYRTILUS
On what island did Jason meet a queen named Hypsipyle?
LEMNOS
B1: Why did Odysseus and Neoptolemus visit Lemnos?
TO RETREIVE PHILOCTETES / THE BOW OF HERACLES
B2: How was Philoctetes convinced to return to Troy with them?
HERACLES APPEARED AND ORDERED HIM TO GO
Which of the daughers of Cadmus and Harmonia raised Dionysus as a girl after the death of Semele?
INO
B1: Which of Ino’s sisters was the mother of Acteon?
AUTONOE
B2: What happened to Ino after she leaped into the sea with her son Melicertes?
SHE BECAME A GODDESS (LEUCOTHEA)
According to Book II of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, whose sisters were transformed into poplar trees after they mourned for his death near the Eridanus river?
PHAETHON’S
B1: The Heliades, Phaethon’s sister, cried tears made of what substance?
AMBER
B2: Which of Phaethon’s friends was transformed into a swan?
CYCNUS
To whom did Eetion, the king of Hypoplacian Thebes, marry his daughter Andromache?
HECTOR
B1: Who killed Eetion and all of his seven sons on one day?
ACHILLES
B2: Which Greek took Andromache captive after the war?
NEOPTOLEMUS / PYRRHUS
Which sea god was loved by Circe?
GLAUCUS
B1: Glaucus rejected Circe because of his love for what beautiful maiden?
SCYLLA
B2: Which son of Saturn was turned into a woodpecker for rejecting Circe?
PICUS
Who asked Zeus to allow him to share his immortality with his brother, Castor?
POLYDEUCES / POLLUX
B1: For what skill was Polydeuces known?
BOXING
B2: What king of the Bebryces did Polydeuces kill with one blow?
AMYCUS
Which Trojan seer revealed to the Greeks the conditions under which Troy would fall?
HELENUS
B1: What two Greeks captured Helenus?
ODYSSEUS & DIOMEDES
B2: What king’s bones did Helenus say must be brought to Troy?
PELOPS’
What twins were born after Iphimedeia poured seawater into her lap?
OTUS & EPHIALTES
B1: By what collective name, derived from their mortal father, were Otus & Ephialtes known?
ALOADAE
B2: Which goddess were Otus and Ephialtes pursuing when they accidentily killed each other?
ARTEMIS
Which of the bandits encountered by Thesus was also called “Pityocamptes”?
SINIS
B1: Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus was also called “Corynetes”?
PERIPHETES
B2: Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus was also called “Damastes”?
PROCRUSTES
Which of the Seven Against Thebes proudly boasted that not even Zeus himself could prevent him from scaling the walls of Thebes?
CAPANEUS
B1: What happened to Capaneus?
ZEUS KILLED HIM WITH A THUNDERBOLT
B2: What wife of Capaneus threw herself upon his burning funeral pyre in her grief?
EVADNE
Which of the Argonauts had such keen eyesight that he could see into the depths of the earth?
LYNCEUS
B1: Which of the Argonauts was so fast that he could run over water?
EUPHEMUS
B2: Which of the Argonauts could change his shape?
PERICLYMENUS
Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Taygete, Electra, Merope, and Maia were collectively known by what name in mythology?
PLEIADES / PLEIADS
B1: Which of the Pleiades was the mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus?
TAYGETE
B2: Which of the Pleiades was the mother of Lycus?
CELAENO
What man, ignoring the desperate cries of a dryad, cut down a tree in a grove sacred to Demeter?
ERYSICHTHON
B1: How did Demeter punish Erysichthon?
WITH HUNGER
B2: How did Erysichthon die?
HE ATE HIMSELF
