Week 9, Chpt 19, 20 Flashcards
What did Oedipus and Jocasta do when they discovered that they are mother and son?
Jocasta killed herself and Oedipus poked his eyes out with pins from Jocasta’s robes.
Oedipus was a tragic
hero.
Anagnorisis
Recognition. Oedipus realizes what he’s done.
Peripateä
Downfall, Oedipus falls when he realizes what he’s done.
Who created “7 Against Thebes”?
Aeschylus
Who got told to “yoke” his daughters?
Adrastus
Why does Eriphylê marry Amphiaraus?
So that she will always take her brother’s (Adrastus) side in arguments, therefore the attack on Thebes will continue despite the prediction that all will die except Adrastus.
Who tells Eteocles and Polynices to get away from Oedipus and his bones?
Theseus
__ commanders for each gate at the battle of Thebes
7
Why did Athena decide against giving Tydeus an immortality potion?
He ate the brains of his enemy.
Why was Antigonê buried alive in a cave?
She threw dust on her brother’s body, against the will of Creon.
Argonautica is by
Apollonius of Rhodes
Medea by
Euripides
Who guards the golden fleece?
A dragon born from the blood of Typhoeus.
Why was Jason sent by Pelias to get the golden fleece, an impossible task?
Pelias heard from an oracle that a man with one sandal would kill him.
Who did Jason marry?
Medea and then Glaucê
Who gives Jason a magic ointment for protection and drugs the dragon guarding the fleece?
Medea
What did Medea do to her brother to distract her father?
She chopped her brother up and scattered the pieces in the ocean. Her father had to find the pieces so he could properly bury his son.
Why were Jason and Medea thrown out of Thebes?
They tricked Pelias’s daughters into killing him. They killed the king.
Why was Tantalus punished in the underworld with never eating or drinking?
He fed the gods his son.
Who accidentally ate Pelops?
Demeter
Why did Oenomaüs enforce a chariot race for his daughters hand in marriage?
He was in love with his daughter.
How does Pelops win the chariot race?
He bribes the charioteer to sabotage Oenomaüs with the first night with Hippodamia. He later throws the charioteer off of a cliff so he doesn’t have to fulfill his end of the deal.
How does Atreus get revenge on Thyestus for sleeping with his wife?
He feeds Thyestus his sons.
