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Theseus Flashcards

1
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Who is the queen of Athens and wife of Aegeus when Theseus first reaches Athens?

A

Medea

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2
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Theseus travels to Themiscyra to vanquish what tribe?

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Amazons

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What daughter of Zeus does Theseus want to marry since he thinks it would be cool to be brothers with the Dioscuri?

A

Helen

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4
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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus would bend pine trees to fling or tear apart passersby?

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Sinis/Pityocamptes

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5
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Upon what god doesTheseus call to send a bull from the sea to startle Hippolytus’s horses and kill him?

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Poseidon

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6
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While Theseus was in the Underworld, who became king of Athens and the world’s first demagogue?

A

Menestheus

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7
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What alternate name is given to the Crommyonian sow?

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Phaea

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8
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At Eleusis, with what king did Theseus wrestle to the death?

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Cercyon

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9
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Where did the bronze-club-wielding bandit Periphetes live?

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Epidaurus

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10
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Who is the father of Minos?

A

Zeus

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11
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What does the Oracle of Delphi tell Aegeus?

A

Do not loosen the foot of the wineskin until you reach Athens

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12
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When Theseus dives into the ocean to fetch the ring, who appears and gives him both the ring and a cool crown?

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Amphitrite

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13
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What son of Medea and Aegeus does Medea try to place on the throne of Athens?

A

Medus

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14
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Where did Theseus wreslte Cercyon to the death?

A

Eleusis

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15
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What city led by the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) attacked Athens to rescue Helen?

A

Sparta

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16
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In what city did Theseus grow up?

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Troezen

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17
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Who volunteered himself to be one of the 14 tributes sent to Crete to prove his heroism?

A

Theseus

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18
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Who is cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytus?

A

Phaedra

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19
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Which Amazon does Theseus take as his wife?

A

Antiope (or Hippolyta)

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20
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How did Theseus die?

A

Kicked off a cliff by Lycomedes

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21
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What king of Athens travels to Delphi to ask about his childlessness?

A

Aegeus

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22
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What god might be the father of Theseus?

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Poseidon

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23
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What king of Scyros grew jealous over Theseus’s popularity and kicked him off of a cliff?

A

Lycomedes

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24
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Where is the home of the Amazons?

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Themiscyra

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25
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To what city does Aegeus go to ask the oracle about his childlessness?

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Delphi

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26
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What brother of Aegeus tries to overthrow him as king of Athens with his 50 sons?

A

Pallas

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27
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Who rescues Theseus from the Underworld while he is fetching Cerberus?

A

Heracles

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28
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Where did Theseus defeat Sinis?

A

Isthmus of Corinth

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29
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What king of Troezen does Aegeus ask for help interpreting the Oracle of Delphi?

A

Pittheus

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30
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Who is the inventor and architect of the Labyrinth?

31
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What did Aegeus instruct Theseus to do if he returned alive from Crete?

A

Put up the white sails

32
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What monster lives in the Labyrinth?

33
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What other hero did Theseus idolize and emulate on his journey from Troezen to Athens?

34
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What type of animal does Theseus defeat at Crommyon?

35
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What sister of Ariadne does Theseus marry after Antiope?

36
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What king of Crete is the father of Androgeus and demanded tribute from Athens for his son’s death?

37
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When a couple of Athenians made fun of his feminine-looking attire, what did Theseus do to assert his masculinity?

A

Threw two oxen over a building

38
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With what Lapith king does Theseus become best friends?

A

P(e)irithous

39
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How does Hades trick Theseus and Pirithous in the Underworld?

A

Has them sit in the Chair of Forgetfulness

40
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How did Theseus kill Sciron?

A

Kicked him off a cliff into the mouth of a man-eating turtle

41
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How did Theseus kill Periphetes/Corynetes?

A

WIth his bronze club

42
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What does Aegeus see which causes him to recognize the true identity of his son Theseus?

43
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What promise do Theseus and Pirithous make to each other?

A

That they’ll each marry a daughter of Zeus?

44
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Whom does Theseus abandon on Naxos after promising to take her from Crete?

45
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How did Theseus defeat Cercyon?

46
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Who is the daughter of Pittheus with whom Aegeus spends the night in Troezen?

47
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Who solves the mystery of the foot of the wineskin for Aegeus?

48
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What Cretan princess immediately falls in love with Theseus asks Daedalus how to help him survive the Labyrinth?

49
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How did Theseus kill Sinis/Pityocamptes?

A

Flinging him to his death with a pine tree

50
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Who is the wife of Minos & queen of Crete?

51
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What daugher of Minos gives the ball of golden yarn to Theseus to traverse the Labyrinth?

52
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After he was exiled by Menestheus, to what island did Theseus eventually end up?

53
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What daughter of Zeus does Pirithous want to marry?

A

Persephone

54
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Who was forced to remain in the Chair of Forgetfulness since Heracles could only save Theseus?

A

P(e)irithous

55
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Who are the parents of the Minotaur?

A

Pasiphae & the Cretan/Marathonian Bull

56
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What son of Minos did Aegeus send to kill the Marathonian Bull?

57
Q

Where does Theseus defeat a giant sow named Phaea?

58
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Who curses Phaedra to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytus?

59
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Who fled from Corinth to Athens in a chariot drawn by dragons and promised the king a child should he give her safe refuge?

60
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Why must Athens pay tribute of 7 boys & 7 girls to Crete every year?

A

Aegeus sent Androgeus to his death against the Marathonian Bull

61
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Still wary over the potential threat of losing his kingdom to a stranger, Medea and Aegeus send Theseus to kill what animal?

A

Marathonian Bull

62
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Who is the son of Theseus and Antiope?

A

Hippolytus

63
Q

What innkeeper would either stretch or cut the legs of his residents?

A

Procrustes/Damastes/Polypemon

64
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What god rescues Ariadne from Naxos and marries her?

65
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Who sees the black sail of his son’s ship and throws himself off of the Athenian Acropolis into the sea?

66
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Under whose care does Theseus put Helen while he goes down into the Underworld with Pirithous?

67
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To what island must Athens send 7 boys & 7 girls every year as tribute?

68
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What sea gets its name from the Athenian king who fell into it?

A

Aegean Sea

69
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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus would force passersby to wash his feet on the side of a cliff then kick them off into the jaws of a man-eating turtle?

70
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What man swears himself to the worship of Artemis and scorns all love and women?

A

Hippolytus

71
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What does Aegeus hide underneath a giant rock at Troezen before he heads back for Athens?

A

A sword & sandals

72
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With what poison does Medea try to kill Theseus after he returns from killing the Marathonian Bull?

73
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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus fought with a bronze club?

A

Periphetes/Corynetes

74
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After defeating her father with a pine tree, whom does Theseus spot lying in a bed of asparagus and have a child with named Melannipus?

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