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Year 10 Flashcards

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Aphrodite (G)

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Venus (R)

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Ares (G)

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Mars (R)

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Hephaestus (G)

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Vulcan (R)

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Poseidon (G)

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Neptune (R)

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Zeus (G)

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Jupiter (R)

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Hermes (G)

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Mercury (R)

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Hestia (G)

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Vesta (R)

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Apollo (G)

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Apollo (R)

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Hades (G)

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Pluto (R)

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Athena (G)

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Diana (R)

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Hera (G)

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Juno (R)

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What happens in the rape of Persephone?

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Summary:
Persephone gets stolen by Hades.
Demeter finds out it was Hades that took her daughter from Hecate, who heard, and Helios, who saw.
Demeter gets mad that Zeus let it happen.
She goes to live with mortals.
All the crops fail.
Zeus says sorry, and says that Hades should give her back.
Hades does, but first he tempted her to eat 6 seeds of pomegranate.
Now Persephone must stay there for 6/12 months a year.
Demeter calms down.

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13
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Who wrote the ….ic Hymn to Demeter?

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Homer

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14
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Iconography of Zeus?

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Thunderbolt, seated, eagle.

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15
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Iconography of Aphrodite?

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Shell, no clothes, long hair

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Iconography of Ares?

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Helmet, shield, spear

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Iconography of Hephaestus

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Hammer, beard, donkey

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Iconography of Poseidon

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Trident, beard, horse

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Iconography of Hermes

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Winged sandals, winged helmet, caduceus

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Iconography of Hestia

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Veil, Hearth,

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Iconography of Apollo

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Bow and arrow, chariot,

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Iconography of Hades

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Seated, cornucopia, hat/helmet

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Iconography of Athena

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Aegis, Snake imagery,

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Iconography of Hera

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Seated, veiled, next to Zeus

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Iconography of Artemis

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Bow and Arrow, animals, looks active

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Collective term for a group of gods associated with a religion.

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Pantheon

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27
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Hiera

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Greek holy affairs

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28
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Religio

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Roman correct worship

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29
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Epithets

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Titles/phrases associated with a figure e.g Heracles the Lion Hearted

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30
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When was Rome founded?

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753 BC

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31
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Athena’s birth?

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Zeus swallowed Metis, who was pregnant
He then got a headache
Hephaistos hit him with a hammer/axe
Athena jumped out.

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32
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Parthenon?

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Temple dedicated to Athena in Athens

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33
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Eleusinian mysteries?

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Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone

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34
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Cerialia

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Festival held for the goddess Ceres/Demeter

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35
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Phoebus

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One of Apollo’s epithets (dawn)

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36
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Birth of Dionysus

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Zeus impregnated Semele.
She wanted to tell everyone who the father was.
Zeus killed her w/ lightning.
Saved unborn Dionysus.
Sewed him into his thigh.
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37
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Who was Heracles’ biological parents?

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Alcmene and Zeus disguised as Amphitryon.

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38
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Who was Heracles’ stepfather?

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Amphitryon

39
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Who was Heracles’ twin brother?

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Iphicles

40
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Eileithyia

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Hera’s daughter, goddess of childbirth

41
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Hera’s ask of her daughter

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Slow down Hercules’ birth so he would not be king

42
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Who is Megara?

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Heracles’ wife and daughter of King Creon

43
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How do Megara and her children die?

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A mad Heracles kills them

44
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Who gave Heracles the twelve labors?

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King Eurystheus

45
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Labour 1

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Kill the impenetrable-skinned Nemean Lion

Wore its skin as a cloak

46
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Labour 2

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Kill the Lernean hydra

Didn’t count as he got help from Iolaus

47
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Labour 3

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Capture the Ceryneian Hind

very fast golden deer - belongs to Artemis

48
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Labour 4

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Capture the Erymanthian Boar

Eurystheus hid in a pithos jar

49
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Labour 5

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Clean the Augean stables
Rerouted a river through it
Didn’t count as he got paid

50
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Labour 6

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Get rid of the Stymphalian birds

Used a rattle from Hephaistos

51
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Labour 7

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Capture the Cretan bull
Rode it back to Greece
The king hid in the jar again

52
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Labour 8

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Capture the Mares of Diomedes
Ate men
Ate Diomedes

53
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Labour 9

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Steal the belt of Hippolyte
Was offered it freely
Hera said Heracles would kidnap Hippolyte
He ended up killing Hippolyte

54
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Labour 10

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Fetch the cattle of Geryon

Killed Geryon, his dog, and his herdsman

55
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Labour 11

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Get golden apples from the garden of Hesperides

Tricked Atlas into getting them for him

56
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Labour 12

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Get Cerberus

Eurystheus hid in the pithos AGAIN

57
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Hydra

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Many headed monster.

58
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Hind

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Female deer.

59
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Pithos

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Storage jar (large).

60
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Linchpin/Lynchpin

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Important part of an operation.

61
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Pediment

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Triangular part on top of a temple.

62
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Metope

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Short relief carving.

63
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Tiber

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An island in the Mediterranean.

64
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Pallas

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A giant/Titan.

65
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Pyre

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A pile of sticks you burn someone or something on.

66
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Cacus?

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Hercules was returning with Geryon’s cattle.
Passed a village.
Said village had a fire-breathing giant called Cacus, who was also the son of Vulcan.
Cacus ate people.
He stole some cows from Hercules by pulling them backwards to his cave.
Heracles heard where they were by the reply to a moo from one of his cattle.
Cacus blocked the cave with a huge stone.
He took the top off the mountain to get to Cacus.
Cacus breathed fire at him.
Hercules jumped in the cave and squeezed Cacus’ throat so tightly his eyes popped

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Sanctuary (Greece)

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= Holy area of a city

68
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How big is the Parthenon

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69m long x 30m wide

69
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Parthenon surrounded by?

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Colonnade (all the pillars) - two layers on the front

70
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What is the flat sculpture around the top of the inner layer all around the Parthenon?

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Ionic frieze =Pheidias chose to depict the Great Panathenaia, the greatest festival of the city in honor of the Goddess Athena. … This procession unfolds over the 160 meters of continuous sculptural decoration

71
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What is the flat sculpture on the front row of columns on the Parthenon?

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Metopes -The metopes on each of the four sides of the Parthenon depict a different mythical battle or war. The south side is perhaps the best preserved. It depicts a battle between the civilized Lapiths and the brutish half -human, half-horse centaurs, where the legendary Athenian king Theseus fought on the Lapiths’ side.

72
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Who is the Parthenon dedicated to?

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Athena

73
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What is on the pediments of the Parthenon

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East - birth of Athena

West - naming of Athens

74
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What is inside the Parthenon?

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Mahoosive statue of Athena (gold and ivory)

75
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Who is the temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis) dedicated to?

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Nobody knows.

76
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Where is the temple of Portunus?

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Rome

77
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is the temple of Portunus well preserved

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yes - even though it is made of cheap tufa stone and plaster

78
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sanctuary

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area of holy land in a city

79
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pollution

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something impure in the eyes of the gods

80
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colonnade

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the area of columns around a temple

81
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cella (R) / naos (G)

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room that contained the cult statue in a temple

82
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opisthodomos

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room that contained a city’s treasures

83
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Ionic vs Doric freize

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Ionic = continuous
Doric = split into metopes and triglyphs
84
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rotunda

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round roman building

85
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Theseus’ first task

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Periphetes
bandit who hit people with a club
Theseus took the club
used in all future tasks
not on kylix
86
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Theseus’ second task

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Sinis
pine-bender
tied people to pines
let go
people were flung into the sea or torn apart
T tied him to a pine and flung him
(minotaur scene right way up) by left handle

87
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Theseus’ third task

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Crommyonian Sow
witch or pig
ate people
T beat it up
(minotaur scene right way up) above left handle
88
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Theseus’ fourth task

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Sciron
kicked people off a cliff while they washed his feet
they got eaten by a turtle
T threw him off a cliff
(minotaur scene right way up) below right handle

89
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Theseus’ fifth task

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Cercyon
wrestled people
killed them if they lost
T won
killed him
(minotaur scene right way up) at top
90
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Theseus’ sixth task

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Procrustes
claimed to have a magic bed that would fit anyone
he cut off their feet or head if they were too tall
he stretched them if they were too short
T got him to lie on his own bed
cut off his head
(minotaur scene right way up) above right handle

91
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Theseus’ seventh task

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the Bull of Marathon
fathered the minotaur
originally the Cretan bull
Hercules brought it to Athens and then left it there
T paraded it through Athens then sacrificed it

92
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What did theseus bring to the area of Athens?

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unity and democracy

93
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What did Theseus set up?

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the Panathenaic games

94
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story of Aeneas to Romulus and Remus

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Aeneas flees Troy with the public Penates
Has Anchises with Lavinia and builds Lavinium
Anchises builds Alba Longa
Anchises has romulus and remus
R+R build Rome

Classical Civilisation 1 (1 decks)

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