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The Overview Flashcards

1
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What island was the Golden Fleece held on?

A

Colchis

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What island did the Argo stop at that happened to be chock full of women?

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Lemnos

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3
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Who was Priam’s most famous wife?

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Hecuba

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4
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Who was Priam’s nymph lover?

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Alexirhoe

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5
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What was Priam’s original name, and what did it mean?

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Podarces; swift-footed

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6
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When was the name Priam given to Podarces?

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After the first sacking of Troy by Heracles

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7
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What was Paris’ original name?

A

Alexander

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8
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What herdsman did Priam give Paris to with orders to kill the boy?

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Agelaus

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9
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On what mountain did Agelaus spare Paris?

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Mount Ida

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10
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What mountain nymph did Paris love on Mount Ida?

A

Oenone

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11
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Who was not invited to the marriage of Thetis and Peleus?

A

Eris, goddess of discord

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12
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Who was the son of Thetis and Peleus?

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Achilles

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13
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What did Eris throw into the party to incite drama?

A

A golden apple with inscriptions reading, “To the fairest”

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14
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What did Hera offer Paris to choose her as the fairest?

A

Royal power

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15
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What did Athena offer Paris to choose her as the fairest?

A

Victory in war

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16
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What did Aphrodite offer Paris to choose her as the fairest?

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The most beautiful woman in the land

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17
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Who is Helen’s mom?

A

Leda

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18
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Who is Helen’s biological father, and who was her mortal father?

A

Zeus; Tyndareus

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19
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Who was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus?

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Atreus

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20
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Who was the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus?

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Aerope

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21
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Who was the father of Aerope and the grandfather of Agamemnon and Menelaus?

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Catreus, king of Crete.

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22
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Where was Menelaus when Helen got kidnapped?

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When Menelaus was out to go to Catreus’ funeral, Helen was left in charge; this made her vulnerable and she was kidnapped.

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23
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What man prophesized that if Odysseus left, he’d return 20 years later?

A

Halitherses

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24
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Who was Odysseus’ wife?

A

Penelope

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25
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What was the name of Odysseus’ son?

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Telemachus

26
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How did Odysseus pretend to have gone mad?

A

He plowed his land with salt instead of seeds; yoked a donkey and bull

27
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Who exposed Odysseus as sane, and what land was he the king of?

A

Palamedes, king of Euboea

28
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What did the king of Euboea do to prove that Odysseus was sane?

A

He put Odysseus’ son, Telemachus, in front of the plow

29
Q

What is Palamedes credited with inventing?

A

mathematics, the dice, and writing

30
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What did Achilles do to hide from being brought into the Trojan war?

A

Disguised as a woman and hid

31
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Where did Achilles hide as a woman?

A

Court of Lycomedes of Skyros

32
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What name did Achilles pretend to have?

A

Pyrhha

33
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What was the name of Achilles’ son with Deidameia?

A

Neoptolmus

34
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Who did Agamemnon send as ambassadors to Troy?

A

Odysseus, Palamedes, Menelaus

35
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Who was the father of Penelope?

A

Icarius

36
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Who was Priam’s sister?

A

Hesione

37
Q

Why did Artemis stop the wind from blowing for the Greeks during the beginning of the Trojan war?

A

Agamemnon killed one of her sacred deer and mocked her for it

38
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What did Agamemnon have to do to get Artemis to grant them with wind?

A

Sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia

39
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What sea port were the Greeks stuck at due to the lack of wind?

A

Aulis

40
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What prophet saw Artemis’ message to the Greeks during the Trojan war?

A

Calchis

41
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Where did Artemis take Iphigenia and why?

A

the Taurians, to become a priestess

42
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What sign does Calchis see regarding snakes?

A

He sees a blood red snake eating a nest of sparrowlings along with the mother. From this, he takes that the sons of Priam will go down one by one, but it would take 10 long years.

43
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What happened to Philoctetes during the Trojan war, and what was he carrying?

A

He was bit by a snake and subsequently abandoned on the island of Lemnos, carrying Hercules’ bow and poisoned arrows

44
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Who was the first Greek to step foot on land in Troy, therefore dying first?

A

Protestilaus

45
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Who was the father of Protestilaus?

A

Iphiclus

46
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Who killed Protestilaus?

A

Hector of Troy

47
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Who was the first challenge Achilles faced on the Trojan battlefield?

A

Cycnus, a demigod son of Poseidon

48
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How did Achilles kill Cycnus, and what did Cycnus morph into after death?

A

Strangulation; a swan

49
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What group did Achilles lead during the Trojan War?

A

Myrmidons, ants from Aegina transformed into men

50
Q

Who did Cycnus receive his breastplate from?

A

Hephaestus

51
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Who built the Trojan walls?

A

Apollo and Poseidon

52
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Who was the father of Deucalion?

A

Prometheus

53
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Who were the parents of Pyrrha, partner of Deucalion?

A

Epimetheus and Pandora

54
Q

How did Deucalion and Pyrrha save the human populus?

A

They took rocks and put them on their shoulders. When they dropped them afterwards, the rocks sprouted into humans.

55
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What goddess helped Deucalion and Pyrrha?

A

Themis

56
Q

Who was Meleager’s mother?

A

Althaea

57
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Who was Meleager’s father?

A

Oeneus

58
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What famous wife of Hercules was Meleager’s sister?

A

Deianira

59
Q

Why did Artemis send the Calydonian boar?

A

Calydon’s king, Oeneus, remembered to mention every other god but her!

60
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Who was the Calydonian boat said to be the offspring of?

A

The Crommyonian sow

61
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Who was envisioned by his mother to burn down Troy?

A

Paris/Alexander

62
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Who interpreted Hecuba’s nightmare about Paris?

A

Cassandra

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