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1
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Where was Theseus a king?

A

Athens

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Where was Aegeus a king?

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Athens

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Where did Aegeus go to ask about his childlessness?

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Delphi

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Where did Aegeus stop after seeing the oracle?

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Troezen

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What kings court did Aegeus stop at on his way home from visiting the delphic oracle?

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Pittheus

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Why did Aegeus stop at the court of Pittheus?

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he didn’t understand what the oracle told him

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7
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What did the oracle tell Aegeus?

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he should not loosen the foot (spout) of the wineskin until he reached Athens

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What did Pittheus do when Aegeus came to his court?

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got him drunk and made him sleep with his (Pittheus’) daughter, Aethra

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9
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What did Aegeus leave under a heavy stone?

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a sword and a pair of sandals

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Where did Aegeus leave a sword and pair of sandals?

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under a heavy stone

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What did Aegeus tell Aethra about the tokens under the stone?

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if she bore a son string enough to lift the rock, he should be sent to Athens with the tokens

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12
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Aegeus went on his way unaware that what god had slept with Aethra the same night?

A

Poseidon

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13
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What hero sometimes considered the son of Poseidon…

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Theseus

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14
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What god is sometimes said to be the father of Theseus?

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Poseidon

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15
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Who was the great grandfather of Theseus?

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Pelops

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16
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What hero was the great grandson of Pelops?

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Theseus

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17
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Who was the maternal grandfather of Theseus?

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Pittheus

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18
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What path should Theseus have taken?

A

The saronic gulf

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19
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What path did Theseus take from Troezen to athens?

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The isthmus of Corinth

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20
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Troezen to Athens

A

Theseus

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21
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Why did Theseus choose the land path?

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so he could be cool like Heracles

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22
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Who are the parents of Periphetes?

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Anticlea and Hephaestus

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23
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What was another name of Periphetes?

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Corynetes

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24
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What does Corynetes mean?

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Club man

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25
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Who was called Corynetes?

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Periphetes

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26
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Who was called club man?

A

Periphetes

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27
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What did Periphetes carry?

A

A club of Bronze

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28
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What did Periphetes do?

A

Hit people in the head with a bronze club

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29
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Who was the first bandit Theseus encountered?

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Periphetes

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30
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Who was the second bandit Theseus met?

A

Sinis

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31
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Who was called pityocamptes?

A

Sinis

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32
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What does Pityocamptes mean?

A

Pine bender

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33
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What is another name for Sinis?

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Pityocamptes

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34
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Who is the daughter of Sinis?

A

Perigune

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35
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Who is the son of Perigune?

A

Melanippus

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36
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Who did Theseus give Perigune to as a bride?

A

Deioneus

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37
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Who are the parents of the Crommyonian Sow?

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Echidna and Typhon

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38
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What is the name of the Crommyonian sow?

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Phaea

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39
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What creature was Phaea?

A

the crommyonian sow

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40
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Who killed Phaea?

A

Theseus

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41
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Who killed the crommyonian sow?

A

Theseus

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42
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What was Theseus’ third labor?

A

the crommyonian sow

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43
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What was Theseus’ fourth task?

A

Sceiron

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44
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What cliffs were named for Sceiron?

A

The Sceironian rocks

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45
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What was the fifth labor of Theseus?

A

King Cercyon

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46
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Where did Theseus meet cercyon?

A

Eleusis

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47
Q

What does Cercyon do to passerbys?

A

he makes them wrestle him

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48
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Who defeated Cercyon?

A

Theseus

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49
Q

Who killed Sceiron?

A

Theseus

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50
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Who did Theseus give the rule of Eleusis to after he killed Cercyon?

A

Hippothoön (granddson of Cercyon)

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51
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What was the sixth and last labor of Theseus?

A

Procrustes

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52
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What was another name of Procrustes?

A

Damastes or Polypemon

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53
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What does Procrustes mean?

A

the stretcher

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54
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What was another name of Damastes?

A

Procrustes of Polypemon

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55
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What was another name of Polypemon?

A

Procrustes or Damastes

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56
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Who gave Theseus a warm welcome after he fought Procsrustes?

A

Phytalus

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57
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At whose shrine was Theseus purified for the killings he committed on his journey?

A

the shrine of Zeus Meillichius

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58
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Where did Aegeus’ palace stand?

A

the acropolis

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59
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Who untied two oxen hitched to a cart and flung them higher than a roof?

A

Theseus

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60
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Who rode in a chariot drawn with winged dragons?

A

Medea

61
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Who reminded Aegeus that during his stay in Corinth he had promised her a refuge in exchange for giving him children?

A

Medea

62
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Who was the son of Aegeus and Medea?

A

Medus

63
Q

Who are the parents of Medus?

A

Medea and Aegeus

64
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Why did Medea hate Theseus?

A

she didn’t want him to take the throne away from her son

65
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Who was the brother of Aegeus?

A

Pallas

66
Q

Why was Aegeus nervous about his guest (Theseus)?

A

his throne was constantly under threat by his brother Pallas and his fifty sons

67
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How many sons did Aegeus’ brother Pallas have?

A

50

68
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How did Aegeus dispose of his enemy, Andogeus?

A

He sent him to kill the marathonian bull

69
Q

Who brought the Marathonian bull to Crete?

A

Heracles

70
Q

How did Aegeus try to get rid of his guest?

A

sent Theseus to kill the marathonian bull

71
Q

What did Theseus do with the bull?

A

Brought it back to Aegeus for him to sacrifice

72
Q

How did Medea try to get rid of Theseus?

A

mixed aconite into wine and induced Aegeus to offer it to Theseus

73
Q

Who tried to poison Theseus?

A

Medea

74
Q

How did Aegeus finally recognize his son?

A

he saw the sword on his belt

75
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Who broke into a rebellion after Aegeus recognized Theseus as his son?

A

Pallas (Aegeus’ brother) and his 50 sons

76
Q

Who did Theseus’ learn Pallas’ plans from?

A

Leos

77
Q

Not long before Theseus’ birth, who had atacked Athens?

A

Minos, king of Crete

78
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What did Aegeus’ people do about Minos?

A

Took the advise of the delphic oracle and sent him seven boys and seven girls to be sent to Crete once every nine years as food for the minotaur

79
Q

Who volunteer to be one of the fourteen…

A

Theseus

80
Q

What color were the sails supposed to be if Theseus returned alive?

A

white

81
Q

What color were the sail supposed to be if Theseus died?

A

black

82
Q

What daughter of Alcathous….

A

Periboea or Eerioboea

83
Q

What girl did Theseus protect from Minos’ advances?

A

Periboea or Eeriboea

84
Q

To prove to Theseus that his father is Zeus, Minos prayed and was answered with what?

A

Zeus caused thunder and lightning

85
Q

What did Minos do to get Theseus to prove that his father is Poseidon?

A

He took off his ring and threw it into the sea

86
Q

Who dived into water to collect a ring Minos had threw in?

A

Theseus

87
Q

Who threw a ring into water to make Theseus prove his father is poseidon?

A

Minos

88
Q

A swarm of what animal took Theses to the home of the Nereids in the depths of the sea?

A

dolphins

89
Q

Who gave Theseus a jeweled crown?

A

Thetis

90
Q

Who gave Thetis the jeweled crown that she later gave to Theseus?

A

Aphrodtie

91
Q

What daughter of Minos fell in love with Theseus?

A

Ariadne

92
Q

Who designed the labyrinth?

A

Daedalus

93
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Who gave Ariadne the string?

A

Daedalus

94
Q

Who was the mother of the Minotaur?

A

Pasiphae

95
Q

Who was the father of the minotaur?

A

the cretan bull

96
Q

What is another name for Naxos?

A

Dia

97
Q

What is another name for Dia?

A

Naxos

98
Q

Who are the children of Ariadne?

A

Oenopion and Staphylus

99
Q

Who did Ariadne marry?

A

Dionysus

100
Q

What man killed himself after seeing black sails?

A

Aegeus

101
Q

Who re instituted the Isthmian games?

A

Theseus

102
Q

What hero, sometimes said to be the son of Poseidon…

A

Theseus

103
Q

Who accompanied Heracles on his campaign against the amazons?

A

Theseus

104
Q

What Amazonian queen fell in love with Theseus?

A

Antiope

105
Q

What sister of Antiope…

A

Hippolyte

106
Q

Who was the son of Theseus by Antiope?

A

Hippolytus

107
Q

Who are the parents of Hippolytus?

A

Theseus and Antiope

108
Q

Who did Theseus marry after Antiope?

A

Phaedra

109
Q

What brother of Phaedra arranged her marriage with Theseus?

A

Deucalion

110
Q

Theseus sent Hippolytus to Troezen to suceed what king?

A

Pittheus

111
Q

Name the two sons of Phaedra and Theseus

A

Demophon and Acamas

112
Q

Who are the parents of Demophon and Acamas?

A

Theseus and Phaedra

113
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What goddess was Hippolytus devoted to?

A

Artemis

114
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What woman fell in love with Hippolytus?

A

Phaedra

115
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Who did Phaedra build a shrine to?

A

Aphrodite

116
Q

Who told Hippolytus of Phaedra’s feelings?

A

Phaedra’s nurse

117
Q

Who did Phaedra claim had raped her in her suicide note?

A

Hippolytus

118
Q

Who had promised Theseus three wishes?

A

Poseidon

119
Q

What did Theseus use his first wish on?

A

That Poseidon would kill his son

120
Q

How did Hippolytus die?

A

he was riding his chariot when a bull came out of the sea and frightened the horses and dragged him into the sea

121
Q

Who died by riding his chariot when a bull came out of the sea and frightened his horses and dragged him into the sea?

A

Hippolytus

122
Q

Who was the best friend of Theseus?

A

Peirithous

123
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Who was the best friend of Peirithous?

A

Theseus

124
Q

Who was the father of Peirithous?

A

Ixion

125
Q

What cattle did Peirithous steal?

A

the cattle of Marathon

126
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Who confronted Peirithous for stealing the cattle of Marathon?

A

Theseus

127
Q

Who is the bestfriend of Theseus?

A

Peirithous

128
Q

Who is the bestfriend of Peirithous?

A

Theseus

129
Q

Who did Theseus and Peirithous kidnap?

A

Helen

130
Q

Theseus and Pierithous vowed to marry daughters of who?

A

Zeus

131
Q

How old was Helen when Pierithous and Theseus kidnapped her?

A

10 or 12

132
Q

Who did Theseus leave Helen with while he went to the underworld?

A

Aethra

133
Q

What town did Theseus leave Helen in with Aethra?

A

Aphidnae

134
Q

Who took Helen back from Aethra and sacked Athens?

A

The Dioscuri

135
Q

The Dioscuri took Aethra and made her what?

A

Helen’s nurse

136
Q

Who was Helen’s nurse?

A

Aethra

137
Q

What entrance to the underworld did Theseus and Peirithous use?

A

Taenarum

138
Q

Who saved Theseus from the chair of forgetfullness?

A

Heracles

139
Q

Why was Heracles in the underworld when he saved Theseus?

A

He was fetching cerberus

140
Q

Who does Heracles save in the underworld?

A

Theseus

141
Q

What happened when Heracles tried to save Peirithous?

A

The earth quaked

142
Q

Who took over Athens while Theseus was gone?

A

Menestheus

143
Q

Who did Theseus send his sons Acamas and Demophon to?

A

Elephenor

144
Q

Who is the father of Aegeus?

A

Scyrius

145
Q

Where did Theseus go after he found Menestheus the new Athenian ruler?

A

Scyrus

146
Q

Who was the king of Scyrus that Theseus visited?

A

Lycomedes

147
Q

How did Theseus die?

A

He fell off a cliff

148
Q

Who may have pushed Theseus off a cliff?

A

Lycomedes

149
Q

What hero died by falling off a cliff?

A

Theseus

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