Theseus and the Minotaur Flashcards

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Q

Was not able to have a child, went to the Oracle of Delphi, was seduced by friend’s daughter and had a child

A

King Aegeus

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What did the Oracle at Delphi tell King Aegeus?

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Do not Drink Wine

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daughter of King Pittheus, seduced King Aeugues, mother of theseus

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Princes Aethra

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When was Theseus born?

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around 1220BC, later part of the Mycenean Era/Bronze Age

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What did King Aegeus place under a boulder for his son to return to him once old enough to retrieve?

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A sword and sandals

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At what age did Theseus move the boulder to get the sword and sandals?

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16

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What route did Theseus chose to take to get to Athens?

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The overland travel route instead of sea, Heros always chose the route of pain

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The many challenges and enemies Theseus encountered on his way to Athens

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The Six Labors

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What was one of the Six Labors Theseus encountered?

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defeating the bandit murderer Periphetes and taking his infamous bronze club as a trophy

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10
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Sorceress, married to King Aegeus, betrayed lover of the hero Jason, Theseus’s stepmother

A

Medea

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Who cheated on Medea and makes her go crazy killing people

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Jason

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Island of nightmares

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Crete

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What does Medea try to do to Theseus?

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tries to poison him through wine, sees him as a treat since he is Aegeus’s son, wants her children with him to be the heir to the throne.

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who stops theseus from drinking the poisoned wine?

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King Aegeus, because of what the Oracle said. made medea vanish

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What did Poseidon do because he was angry?

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sent white bull to Crete.

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what happened when the white bull was sent to Crete?

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King Minnos’s wife Pasiphae fell in love with it

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King Mino’s wife, fell in love with a white bull and had a child from it

18
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half bull, half man

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Minotaur, terrorized everyone in Crete, was put into a labyrinth, maze

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Minos’s son with Pasiphase, great athlete, went to Athens and was murdered

20
Q

Waged war with Athens because his son was killed, asked Zeus for justice, sent plauges to Athens

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What deal did Minos make with athens?

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give him 14 virgins, 7 young men, and 7 young women, as an annual food sacrifice to the Minotaur

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Who volunteered to be one of the 14 so he could kill the Minotaur?

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Theseus, plans to use the sword his father gave him

23
Q

Princess of Crete, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, fell in love with Theseus and agreed to help him kill the Minotaur.

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What did Ariadne give Theseus to help him kill the Minotaur?

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Ball and string to help get back out of the maze.

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What happened when Theseus and the Minotaur fought?
Theseus killed Asterion the Minotaur with his sword then led the others out following the ball and string.
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Asterion the Minotaur
ruler of the stars
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What is theseus's superpower
not being afraid to die, fearless
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god who came to theseus in a dream telling him to abandon Ariadne, loves her and wishes to make her a goddess, wine and intoxication
Dionysus
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How does Theseus feel about Ariadne?
Does not love her as much as she loves him
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where did Theseus leave ariadne
the island of Naxos
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what is the feminists view of theseus and ariadne?
without ariadnes help he would not have gotten out of the labyrinth, the ball and string was her idea.
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what did theseu's father tell him to do when he was sailing back home to tell him he was ok
change the sails from black to white
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did theseus change the sails?
no, left them black which mean mourning
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what happened when theseus did not change the sails?
his father killed himself by jumping off a cliff into the Aegean sea, making theseus king
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what did theseus help Pirithous do
abduct Hades's wife persephone form the underworld
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What happens to theseus and pirithous in the underworld?
hades knows what they are up to, seats them on stones that they can not get up from and are tortured by furies
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who saves Theseus but not Pirithous?
cousin Heracles
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who murdered Theseus
lycomedes in Skyros, pushes him off a cliff