Apollodorus Mythology Questions Part B Flashcards
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1
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Who gave Hippolyta her zona/zoner (belt/girdle)?
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Ares
2
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What daughter of Eurystheus wanted the girdle of Hippolyta?
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Admete
3
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Name the father of Amphitryon.
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Alcaeus
4
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Who was the founder of the Teleboans?
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Taphios
5
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Who was the daughter of Mestor and Lysidice? Who was Lysidice’s father)?
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Hippothoe
6
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Name the son of Taphios.
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Pterelaus
7
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Who had golden hair?
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Pterelaus
8
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Who was the step-grandfather of Heracles?
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Alcaeus
9
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What son of Perseus was father of Eurystheus?
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Sthenelus
10
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What son of Perseus and Andromeda who was left with Cepheus in Ethiopia?
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Perses
11
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On this island, the sons of Minos killed some of Hercules’ group. Before what labor?
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the island of Peros before the ninth labor
12
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Heracles took these two sons of Androgeus as his captives from Paros
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Alcaeus and Sthenelus (different ones)
13
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Heracles helped this king of Mysia against the Berbycians. Who was the Berbycian king?
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He helped Lycus and fought Mygdon
14
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What brother of Amycus king of the Berbycians did Heracles kill?
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Mygdon
15
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Who ruled Heracleia?
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Lycus
16
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What woman incited the Amazonians to war against Heracles?
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Hera
17
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Who was the daughter of Laomedon?
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Hesione
18
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What did Heracles demand as payment for slaying the Trojan sea monster? Who gave them to whom?
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He demanded the mares that Zeus gave to Tros as compensation for abducting Ganymede
19
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Who sent a plague upon Troy after the king refused to pay him?
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Apollo
20
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What king of Ainos entertained Heracles?
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Poltys
21
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Name the father of Poltys and Sarpedon.
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Poseidon
22
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Heracles killed this brother of Poltys and son of Poseidon on Aions
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Sarpedon
23
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What island populated by Thracians did Heracles subjugate? Whom did he give it to rule?
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He subjugated Thasos and gave it to the sons of Androgeus
24
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What sons of Proteus and grandsons of Poseidon challenged Heracles to a wrestling match, and where?
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Polygonos and Telegonos at Torone
25
Where were the cattle of Geryon?
Erytheia
26
Who was the son of Chrysaor and Calirrhoe?
Geryon
27
Who had the body of three men joined in one at the waist?
Geryon
28
Who owned red cattle?
Geryon
29
Who was the herder of Geryon?
Eurytion
30
What two-headed dog was the son of Echidna and Typhon?
Orthrus
31
Name the two-headed dog who guarded the cattle of Geryon.
Orthrus
32
Where did Heracles erect two pillars?
The boundaries of Europe and Libya
33
Who aimed his bow at the sun?
Heracles
34
Who gave Heracles a goblet which he used to traverse the seas?
The Sun
35
Who pastured the cattle of Hades?
Menoites
36
Who informed Geryon that Heracles was stealing Geryon's cattle?
Menoites
37
What sons of Poseidon tried to rob Heracles of his cattle in Liguria?
Ialebion and Dercynos
38
What son of Poseidon, received the bull that escaped from Rhegium?
Eryx
39
Italy was named after a Geryonian bull broke out from where?
Rhegion
40
Heracles defeated this son of Poseidon in a wrestling match three times. What did he get back?
Eryx. The bull that escaped in Rhegion
41
What did Hera send after the cattle of Geryon when Heracles had them in his possession?
Gadfly
42
What river did Heracles blame for his loss of the cattle of Geryon, making it unnavigable by piling it with rocks?
Strymon
43
How long did it take Heracles to complete his first ten labors?
eight years and a month
44
What prizes were kept in the land of the Hyperboreans, near Mount Atlas?
the golden apples from the hesperides
45
The dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides was an offspring of whom, and how many heads did he have?
a hundred
46
Whom did Eurystheus sacrifice the cattle of Geryon to?
Hera
47
Who gave whom the golden apples of the Hesperides?
Ge gave Zeus the apples at his wedding to Hera
48
Name the Hesperides.
Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, and Arethousa
49
What son of Ares and Pyrene lived on the river Echedorus and challenged Heracles to single combat?
Cycnus
50
What god wanted to avenge his son by challenging Heracles to single combat? Who stopped them and how?
Ares. Zeus stopped them with a lightning bolt
51
Who told Heracles the location of the golden apples of the Hesperides?
Nereus
52
What son of Poseidon was defeated in a wrestling match by Heracles?
Antaeus
53
What son of Gaia (or Poseidon) was defeated by Heracles in a wrestling match though he regained his strength by touching the earth?
Antaeus
54
What daughter of Epaphus was the mother of Busiris?
Lysianassa
55
What ruler of Egypt and son of Poseidon and Lysianassa habitually sacrificed foreigners on the altar of Zeus?
Bousiris
56
What skilled diviner prophesied that Busiris king of Egypt must sacrifice foreigners on an altar of Zeus? What happened to him?
Phrasios and Bousiris killed him as tribute
57
What king, to avert the barrenness.....of his native land Egypt.....?
Bousiris
58
What son of Busiris was killed by Heracles alongside his father?
Amphidamas
59
What son of Augeas vouched for Heracles?
Phyleus
60
Where did Heracles release a bullock from a cart of a drover?
Thermydrai
61
What son of Tithonus did Heracles kill in Arabia?
Emathion
62
Who was the father of the eagle who feasted on Prometheus' liver?
Typhon
63
Who told Heracles how to trick Atlas?
Prometheus
64
She took back the golden apples of the Hesperides from Heracles
Athena
65
What dog had the tail of a dragon?
Cerberus
66
Who purified Heracles of the murder of the Centaurs?
Eumolpus
67
Heracles drew his sword against this phantom in the underworld
Medusa
68
He was one of two phantoms not to run from Heracles in the underworld
Meleager
69
What son of Ceuthonymos challenged Heracles to a wrestling match in the underworld? Who interceded for him on behalf of Heracles?
Menoites. Persephone interceded
70
Near the gates of what river did Heracles capture Cerberus?
Acheron
71
What king of Oichalia offered his daughter to the winner of an archery contest?
Eurytus
72
He offered his daughter to the winner of an archery contest
Eurytus
73
What man, the eldest son of Eurytos, supported giving Iole to Heracles?
Iphitus
74
He stole cattle from Euboea?
Autolycus
75
Who was hurled from the walls of Tiryns by Heracles?
Iphitus
76
Who traded Tiryns for Argos with Perseus?
megapenthes
77
What hero thought it wrong to accept an inheritance which came as the result of his killing action?
Perseus
78
Who refused to purify Heracles of the murder of Iphitus?
Neleus
79
Who purified Heracles of the murder of Iphitus?
Deiphobus
80
Who was the daughter of Iardanos and queen of Lydia?
Omphale
81
Whom did Heracles serve as a slave after he killed Iphitus?
Omphale
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What husband of Omphale left her the kingdom of Lydia?
Tmolos
83
What brigand compelled strangers to dig in his vineyard until he was killed by Heracles? Who was his daughter?
Syleus. Xenodice
84
Who named the island Doliche Icaria after finding Icarus' body there?
Heracles
85
Who found Icarus' body?
Heracles
86
Who made a statue in Pisa of Heracles?
Daedalus
87
Who refused payment to Heracles for the hero’s servitude to Omphale?
Eurytus
88
Heracles captured these two at Ephesus
The Cercopes
89
Whom did Heracles leave to guard his ships while he attacked Troy?
Oicles
90
Who killed Oicles?
Laomedon
91
What hero was the first to enter the walls of Troy, angering Heracles?
Telamon
92
Who built a makeshift statue to Heracles the Noble Victor to appease him after preceding Heracles in entering the walls of Troy?
Telamon
93
To whom did Heracles gave Laomedon's daughter Hesione as a prize?
Telamon
94
What woman chose Podarces as the one person she was allowed to take from Troy?
Hesione
95
Who sent violent storms against Heracles following the sack of Troy, and was suspended from Olympus?
Hera
96
What king of Cos, a son of Poseidon and Asypalaia, was killed by Heracles?
Eurypylos
97
By whom was Heracles wounded at Cos before Zeus snatched Heracles away?
Chalcodon
98
Who employed the Elean generals Eurytus and Cteatus when Heracles attacked him?
Augeias
99
What sons of Molione and Actor were killed by Heracles at an ambush in Cleonai, as punishment for aiding Augeas?
Eurytus and Cteatus
100
Whom did Heracles give the kingdom of Elis following Augeias' death?
Phyleus
101
After what event did Heracles found the Olympic Games?
After sacking the city of Elis
102
Who was the bravest of Neleus' sons, and the only one able to change shapes?
Periclymenus
103
What god came to Neleus' aid when Heracles attacked Pylos?
Hades
104
Whose sons was Heracles attacking when he attacked Laicedaimon?
Hippocoon's
105
Whose sons killed the son of Licymnius after he was mauled by a Molossian hound?
Hippocoon's
106
What did Athena give Heracles? (vague, but think)
She gave Heracles Cepheus' willing to join the battle against the Lacedaimonians
107
Who am I? I received a lock of Medusa's hair in a bronze jar from Heracles. Who was my father?
Sterope. Cepheus
108
Because he feared the Argives would attack Tegea if he left it, who refused to help Heracles fight against the sons of Hippocoon?
Cepheus
109
Whom did Heracles give the city of Hippocoon to after he killed Hippocoon and his sons?
Tyndareus
110
Whom did Heracles rape at Tegea?
Auge
111
Who was the daughter of King Aleus?
Auge
112
Name the woman who hid her baby in the sanctuary of Athena, but her father discovered it when there was a plague.
Auge
113
What king exposed his daughter's baby on Mount Parthenion?
Aleus
114
Whom did Aleos give Auge to in order to sell?
Nauplius
115
King Nauplius, son of Poseidon, gave Auge to what king to marry?
Teuthras
116
What daughter of Oineus was sought by Achelous?
Deianeira
117
Whose horn did Acheloos offer Heracles in exchange for his own?
Amaltheia
118
What city was ruled by Phylas
Ephyra
119
What daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra, did Heracles have sex with?
Astyoche
120
Who was the son of Heracles and Astyoche, daughter of Phylas?
Tlepolemus
121
What son of Architeles did Heracles kill at the dinner table?
Eunomus
122
Who departed to Ceyx in Trachis after killing the son of Architeles by mistake?
Heracles
123
Who ferried travellers along the River Evenus?
The Centaur Nessus
124
Whom did Heracles shoot in the heart when he tried to rape Deianeira?
Nessus
125
Who was the son of Theiodamas?
Hylas
126
Heracles defeated the Dryopes after being entertained by what king?
Ceux
127
What Dorian king, assisted by Heracles, fought the Lapiths? Lapith commander?
Agimius. Coronus
128
What king of the Dryopes, an ally did Heracles kill with his children as he was feasting in the sanctuary of Apollo?
Laogoras
129
What son of Ares and Pelopia challenged Heracles to single combat as he was passing by Itonos?
Cycnus
130
What king of Ormenion would not allow Heracles to pass through?
Amyntor
131
What king of Oichalia did Heracles assemble an army against and kill?
Eurytus
132
Who told Deianeira that Heracles was in love with Iole?
Lichas
133
Who killed Heracles by rubbing his tunic with poisonous blood?
Deianeira
134
Whom did Heracles hurl into the Euboean sea
Lichas
135
What eldest son of his and Deianeira's did Heracles instruct to marry Iole
Hyllus
136
Where did Heracles build a pyre and climb onto it?
Mount Oeta
137
Who, passing by in search of his flocks, set alight the pyre of Heracles and got Heracles' bow and arrows in return?
Poias
138
Who were the parents of Alexiares and Anicetos?
Heracles and Hebe
139
Who persecuted the Heraclids following Heracles' death?
Eurystheus
140
Whom did the Heraclids first take refuge with when Eurystheus persecuted them?
Ceux
141
What city got into a war with Eurystheus when he demanded they hand over the Heraclids?
Athens
142
Who killed Eurystheus?
Hyllus
143
Who gouged out the eyes of Eurystheus with pins?
Hyllus
144
What area was gripped by a plague since the Heraclids attacked it before their time? Where did the Heraclids relocate?
The Peloponnese. Marathon
145
What Heraclid went into exile at Rhodes for accidentally killing Licymnious?
Tlepolemus
146
Who was the father of Penelope?
Icarius
147
What son of Ocrisia and Vulcan was a Roman king?
Servius Tullius
148
What descendant of Heracles, upon consulting the Delphic oracle, was told that he should wait for the third harvest before returning to the Pelopponese?
Hyllus
149
What son of Orestes was king of the Pelopponese when Hyllus and the Heraclids attacked him?
Tisamenus
150
Who found out that Hyllus had misinterpreted the oracle about returning to the Pelopponese?
the sons or Aristomachus
151
Who was the last Pelopid?
Tisamenus
152
What king of Tegea defeated Hyllus in single combat?
Ehemus
153
Which Heraclid was struck by a thunderbolt?
Aristodemus
154
What son of Phylas hurled a javelin at a diviner at Naupactos?
Hippotes
155
Who lead the force that killed Tisamenus?
Temenus
156
What "Three-eyed One" did Temenus ask to serve as the Heraclids' guide?
Oxylus
157
Name the son of Andraimon who was seated on a one-eyed horse and had fled to Elis when Temenos searched him out.
Oxylus
158
Who threw a clod of earth into a jug?
Cresphontes
159
He relied on his daughter Hyrneto and her husband, spurning his sons, and so was killed in a plot by them husband of Hyrneto, daughter of Temenus, he acquired Argos
Temenus
160
He acquired Argos in the drawing of the Heraclids
Temenus
161
He acquired Messene in the drawing of the Heraclids
Cresphontes
162
They acquired Laicedaimon in the Heraclid drawing
The sons of Aristodemus
163
Who was banished from the Heraclid camp for killing a diviner with a javelin at Naupactos?
Hippotes
164
He succeeded Cresphontes as king of Messene and forced Cresphontes' wife to marry him. Who was his daughter?
Polyphontes. Merope
165
What son of Merope and Cresphontes, raised by Merope's father, returned to Messene to kill Polyphontes?
Aipytus
166
Who were the sons of Poseidon and Libya?
Belus and Agenor
167
What here went to Phlegra....
Heracles
168
As he was sailing up the Nile, what son of Tithonus attacked Heracles without provocation?
Emathion
169
sons of Androgeus
Alcaeus and Sthenelus
170
whose children sat down at the altar of Pity at Athens?
Heracles'
171
where did the Heraclids settle after leaving the Pelopponese?
Marathon
172
who accidentally killed Licymnius...
Tlepolemus
173
father of Temenus
Aristomachus
174
Who defeated Hyllus?
Ehemus
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who prepared his army at Naupactos and gave it its name?
Temenus
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this Heraclid, father of Eurysthenes and Procles by Argeia, was struck dead by a thunderbolt at Naupactos
Aristodemus
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what son of Phylas hurled a javelin at a diviner who came to Temenos?
Hippotes
178
son of Andraimon, he was a "three eyed one"
Oxylus
179
Whom did the Delphic Oracle tell to take the "three eyed one" as his guide?
Hippotes
180
He wanted to be allotted Messene, so he threw a clot of earth into a water jug
Cresphontes
181
Heraclid who acquired Argos
Temenus
182
Heraclid brothers who acquired Laicedaimon
Sons of Aristodemus
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His sons murdered him when he spurned them, since he went to his daughter Hyrneto and her husband Deiphontes for advice rather than his sons.
Temenus
184
Widow of Cresphontes, king of Messene
Merope
185
Who usurped Cresphontes' rule in Messene?
Polyphontes
186
Son of Cresphontes and Merope, he returned and killed Polyphontes
Aipytus
187
He forced Cresphontes'....wife to marry him
Polyphontes
188
What son of Libya and Poseidon, became king of Egypt?
Belus
189
Who was the wife of Agenor?
Telephassa
190
Daughter of Agenor and Telephassa
Europa
191
Father of Phoenix and Cilix, as well as two other children
Agenor
192
He took the form of a bull whose breath smelled like roses
Zeus
193
Sons of Zeus and Europa
Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon
194
According to Homer, who was the mother of Sarpedon?
Laodameia
195
Mother of Cadmus
Telephassa
196
Brother of Phoenix and Cilix
Cadmus
197
He married Europa and raised her children by Zeus
Asterios
198
He was the boy whom Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys quarrelled over. Who were his parents?
Miletos
199
Daughter of Cleochos, she was mother of Miletos by Apollo
Areia
200
Sarpedon joined this king
Cilix
201
He fled to Caria after Minos got mad, and named a city after himself
Miletos
202
He preferred Sarpedon
Miletos
203
Zeus gave him the privilege of living for three generations
Sarpedon
204
Who married Alcmene after Amphitryon's death?
Rhadamanthys
205
Daughters of Helios and Perseis
Circe, Pasiphae
206
The nymph Pareia bore the sons of what king?
Minos
207
Following this man’s death, Minos tried to become king of Crete
Asterius
208
He was sent a magnificent bull from Poseidon
Minos
209
She enlisted the help of Daidalos
Pasiphaë
210
He built a wooden cow
Daidalos
211
She used a wooden cow to sleep with a bull
Pasiphaë
212
He was called the Minotaur (i.e. what was the Minotaur’s real name?)
Asterion
213
Father of Catreus
Minos
214
Daughters of Catreus
Aerope, Clymene, Apemosyne
215
He tried to keep the oracle saying he would die at the hands of a child secret
Catreus
216
He sailed away from Crete to Rhodes when he found out about an oracle that he might murder his father
Althaimenes
217
Sister of Althaimenes, she accompanied him from Crete to Rhodes
Apemosyne
218
She was raped by Hermes when he spread freshly skinned animal hides on her path and tripped her
Apemosyne
219
He kicked his sister when she told him she had been raped by Hermes, and killed her thereby
Althaimenes
220
He came to Rhodes and named part of it Cretinia
Catreus
221
He gave his daughters to Nauplios. Who were his daughters?
Aerope and Clymene
222
She was given to Atreus to marry
Aerope
223
She married Nauplius
Clymene
224
Mother of Oeax and Palamedes
Clymene
225
Cowherds in Rhodes could not hear him because of barking dogs, leading to him being killed by a javelin
Catreus
226
He prayed to be swallowed up by a chasm when he accidentally killed his father
Althaimenes
227
Son of Deucalion, he succeeded Catreus as king of Crete
Idomeneus
228
He led the Cretans in the Trojan War
Idomeneus
229
He usurped the throne of Idomeneus of Crete
Leucus
230
He fell into a jar of honey and drowned while searching for a mouse
Glaucus
231
They told him to find a three colored cow in his herd, and whoever could divine about it...
Polyidus
232
Father of Glaucus, he enlisted Polyeides
Minos
233
This descendant of Melampus was associated with Corinth
Polyidus
234
He was shut in with Glaucus' dead body
Polyidus
235
He killed a snake, only to see another snake use a magic herb to revive its buddy
Polyidus
236
Son of Coiranos
Polyidus
237
He spit into the mouth of someone else (?), losing his ability to divine
Glaucus
238
He taught Glaucus divination under compulsion
Polyidus
239
His herds had the cow which Cadmus sought
Pelagon
240
Which goddess did Cadmus want to sacrifice the cow to?
Athene
241
Following the advice of Athena, he sowed....
dragon's teeth
242
Name the Spartoi who survived Cadmus's stones
Cthonious, Hyperenor, Oudaios, Pelorus, Echion
243
Who gave Harmonia to Cadmus?
Zeus
244
Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite?
Harmonia
245
Site of the Theban citadel
Cadmeia
246
Where was Cadmus and Harmonia's wedding feast?
Cadmeia
247
Who gave Cadmus the necklace he gave to Harmonia? who gave it to that person? who gave it to that person?
Hephaistus; Europa; Zeus
248
Son of Cadmus and Harmonia
Polydorus
249
Four daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia
Autonoe, Agave, Ino, Semele
250
Nurse of Semele whose form Hera assumed
Beroe
251
How old was Dionysus when Semele died and Zeus snatched him up?
six months
252
Whose sisters spread the tale that she had slept with a mortal but falsely claimed to have slept with Zeus, and thus was struck down with a thunderbolt?
Semele's sisters
253
Whom did Zeus hand Dionysus to?
Hermes
254
Whom did Hermes give Dionysus to ? What was peculiar about how he instructed them to raise Dionysus?
Ino and Athamas; raise him as a girl
255
What son did Athamas believe was a deer and shoot with an arrow?
Actaeon
256
Ino jumped into the sea with what child?
Melicertes
257
Known as Palaimon
Melicertes
258
Known as Leucothea
Ino
259
Who founded the Isthmian Games, and in honor of whom?
Sisyphus in Melicertes' honor
260
These nymphs raised Dionysus. Where did they live?
Nysa in Asia
261
Seven stars in the constellation Taurus
Hyades
262
Zeus made them a constellation with the face of a bull for safely delivering Dionysus to Ino
Hyades
263
Son of Autonoe and Aristaeus
Actaeon
264
Where was Actaeon devoured by his own hounds?
Cithairon
265
He brought up Actaeon
Chiron
266
What hunter fell asleep by a spring....
Actaeon
267
How many dogs did Actaeon have?
fifty
268
Who discovered the vine, and who drove him mad?
Dionysus; Hera
269
King of Egyptians, he welcomed Dionysus
Proteus
270
Great mother-goddess of Phrygia
Cybele
271
She purified Dionysus and taught him the rites of initiation, and came to be identified with Cybele
Rhea
272
He conquered India
Dionysus
273
Son of Dryas, he insulted Dionysus. where did he rule?
Lycurgus; Macedonia
274
The Edonians live by what river?
Strymon
275
He believed he was pruning a vine branch....when he killed his son. Who was his son?
Lycurgus; Dryas
276
She gave Dionysus refuge after Lycourgos expelled him
Thetis
277
He cut off his son's limbs
Lycurgus
278
He was killed by horses when taken to Mount Pangaion by the Edonians
Lycurgus
279
He set up pillars marking the eastern border of the inhabited world
Dionysus
280
He set up pillars marking the western border of the inhabited world
Heracles
281
What Mountain in the thebes was the sight of Bacchic frenzy?
Cithairon
282
Parents of Pentheus
Agave and Echion
283
He inherited the Theban throne from Cadmus
Pentheus
284
She tore up her son, thinking he was a wild beast
Agave
285
He charted a voyage on a Tyrrhenian pirate ship to Naxos from Icarios
Dionysus
286
She was brought up from Hades and named Thyone by her son
Semele
287
They took Cadmus and Harmonia as their leaders as per an oracle
Encheleans
288
He became son of the Illyrians and had a son, Illyrios
Cadmus
289
Encheleans were fighting whom?
Illyrians
290
Second king of Thebes
Pentheus
291
Son of Cadmus
Polydorus
292
Third king of Thebes
Polydorus
293
Wife of Polydorus
Nycteis
294
Who sent Cadmus and Harmonia to the Illyrian Fields?
Zeus
295
Son of Polydorus king of Thebes
Nycteus
296
When Labdacus ascended the Theban throne as a boy, who were his guardians (give both first and second)?
Nycteus and Lycus
297
Fourth king of Thebes
Labdacus
298
Brother of Nycteus
Lycus
299
He was the guardian of Laius following Labdacus' death
Nycteus
300
He seized power from the young Laius, initially being his guardian
Nycteus
301
They fled from Euboea to Thebes because they had killed Phlegyas
Nycteus and Lycus
302
Son of Ares and Dotis
Phlegyas
303
These brothers became Theban citizens as a result of friendship with Pentheus
Nycteus and Lycus
304
Daughter of Nycteus, Zeus had sex with her
Antiope
305
Son of Canace daughter of Aeolus, he became king of Sicyon when the previous king died without offspring
Epopeus
306
He married Antiope daughter of Nycteus
Lycus
307
He killed himself when his daughter ran away to Sicyon
Nycteus
308
He killed Epopeus of Sicyon and took Antiope prisoner
Lycus
309
Son of Antiope, he devoted himself to cattle rearing
Zethus
310
Lyre-playing son of Antiope
Amphion
311
Wife of Lycus of Thebes
Dirce
312
She mistreated Antiope daughter of Nycteus
Dirce
313
Her bonds untied themselves of their own accord, and she went to her sons
Antiope
314
They bound their step-mom to a bull
Amphion and Zethus
315
She has a spring named for her, being torn apart by a bull
Dirce
316
He took in Laius when Laius was expelled from Troy
Pelops
317
Bastard son of Pelops, he was abducted, BY WHOM?
Laius
318
City of Thebes derives its name from his wife
Zethus
319
She married Zethus
Thebe
320
Daughter of Tantalus, she married Amphion
Niobe
321
She boasted she was blessed with better children than Leto
Niobe
322
What hill were Niobe's children hunting on when they were shot down by Apollo?
Cithairon
323
Eldest daughter of Niobe
Chloris
324
Wife of Neleus
Chloris
325
She went to stay with her father Tantalus after her children were shot down, turning into a weeping stone
Niobe
326
She prayed to Zeus to be turned into a weeping stone
Niobe
327
He took over the kingdom of Thebes following Amphion's death
Laius
328
After the death of his children, he killed himself or stormed the temple of Apollo, provoking the god to shoot him
Amphion
329
Daughter of Menoiceus, she married a Theban king
Jocasta/Epicasta
330
What was Homer's name for Laius' wife?
Epicasta
331
He was exposed on Mount Cithairon
Oedipus
332
They raised Oedipus
Polybus and Merope
333
Foster son of Polybus and Merope of Corinth
Oedipus
334
She gave Oedipus his name
Merope
335
Oedipus was raised here
Corinth
336
Herald of Laius, he was killed by Oedipus
Polyphontes
337
He succeeded Laius to the throne of Thebes
Oedipus
338
Sister of Creon
Jocasta
339
Parents of Sphinx
Echidna and Typhon
340
Sent the Sphinx to Thebes
Hera
341
Where did the Sphinx perch?
Phicion
342
Who taught the riddle of the Sphinx to the Sphinx?
Muses
343
He was killed by the Sphinx and was a son of Creon
Haemon
344
All the children of Oedipus and Jocasta
Polyneices, Eteocles, Ismene, Antigone
345
According to some, she bore Oedipus his children, not Jocasta
Euryganeia
346
they gave him the haunch, a less honorable portion than the shoulder
Polyneices and Eteocles
347
She hanged herself (come up with as many women in classical mythology who hanged themselves as possible)
Jocasta
348
They put the golden goblet and silver table of Cadmus before him
Polyneices and Eteocles
349
He buried Laius
Damasistratos
350
Sophocles' birthplace
Colonos
351
The 'man of many quarrels' according to Aeschylus
Polynieces
352
Grandson of Bias and son of Talaos
Andrastus
353
Seer was a descendant of Melampus
Amphiaraus
354
He brought the necklace and robe of Harmonia to Argos
Polyneices
355
He was expelled from Calydon
Tydeus
356
She threw her child by Poseidon into the sea
Chione
357
She married Tydeus
Deipyle
358
He married Argeia
Polyneices
359
Son of Oicles, he was a seer
Amphiaraus
360
An argive king descended from Proitos, he was a son of Alector. Polyneices came to him to ask how to get Amphiaraus to march against Thebes.
Adrastus
361
They swore to let Eriphyle mediate future conflicts
Adrastus and Amphiaraus
362
He told his sons to kill their mother when they got of age
Amphiaraus
363
According to some, this son of Alector was the mother of Eriphyle
Adrastus
364
Name the son of Everes and the nymph Chariclo. From which of the Spartoi was he descended?
Tiresias; Oudaios
365
His mother was a close friend of Athena, but Athena blinded him when he saw her naked
Tiresias
366
He saw snakes coupling on Mount Cyllene
Tiresias
367
Tiresias said the Thebans would be successful against Polyneices if this guy sacrificed himself. to what God?
Ares
368
Son of Poseidon, he killed Parthenopaeus in the seven against Thebes
Periclymenos
369
Last of the sons of Astacus, he wounded Tydeus
Melanippus
370
Who chased Amphiaraus along the River Ismenus?
Periclymenos
371
Charioteer of Adrastus
Baton (or Elaton)
372
She got the title Fury after Poseidon raped her
Demeter
373
Offspring of Poseidon and Demeter mating in horse form
Arion
374
Son of Eteocles, he became king of Thebes
Laodamus
375
He went to the Altar of Pity and asked Theseus to bury his dead
Adrastus
376
Father of Evadne
Iphis
377
She threw herself onto her husband's pyre
Evadne
378
The 'afterborn'
Epigoni
379
The god foretold victory for the Epigoni if he was their leader
Alcmaion
380
Son of Polyneices, he bribed Eriphyle. How?
Thersander; robe of Harmonia
381
Sons of Amphiaraus
Alcmaion and Amphilocus
382
Son of Adrastus, he was killed when marching with the Epigoni. How?
Aigialeus; killed by Laodamus
383
Who killed Laodamas son of Eteocles?
Alcmaion
384
He drank from a spring called Tilphoussa, his life coming to an end
Tiresias
385
They founded a city in Thessaly called Hestaia
Thebans/Epigoni
386
Daughter of Tiresias, she was sent to Apollo at Delphi following the Epigoni
Manto
387
He first went to Oicles in Arcadia after murdering his mom
Alcmaion
388
He purified Alcmaeon
Phegeus
389
He was told to go to Achelous and receive from him a land not yet seen by the sun
Alcmaion
390
He married Arsinoe. Who was Arsinoe's father?
Arsinoe
391
Daughter of Phegeus, she married Alcmaeon
Arsinoe
392
She told Alcmaeon she would no longer live with him unless he got the necklace and robe of Harmonia
Arsinoe
393
They killed Alcmaeon after their father found out that he had been unfaithful
sons of Phegeus
394
Who rebuked her brothers, and was packed up in a chest as a result? To whom was she given to as a slave?
Arsinoe
395
Lover of Zeus, she asked him to let her sons become fully grown instantly
Arsinoe
396
Sons of Alcmaeon and Callirhoe
Amphoteros and Acarnan
397
Sons of Phegeus, they were killed by Amphoterus and Acharnan
Pronous and Agenor
398
They killed Phegeus and his wife
Amphoteros and Acarnan
399
His sons founded Acarnania
Alcmaion
400
Parents of Amphilochus and Tisiphone
Manto and Alcmaion
401
He gave his babies Amphilochus and Tisiphone to whom?
Creon
402
She was jealous of Tisiphone, and sold her into slavery
Creon's Unnamed Wife
403
He purchased his own daughter as a slave unknowingly after she was sold into slavery by Creon's jealous wife
Alcmaion
404
Son of Amyntor
Phoenix
405
Mother of Patroclus
Philomela
406
Who killed Cleitonymus
Phoenix
407
Son of Hermes and Herse
Cephalus
408
King of Athens with body of man and serpent joined into one
Cecrops
409
First and second names of Athens (at least according to Apollodorus)
Acte and Cecropia
410
King during the battle of Poseidon and Athena for Athens
Cecrops
411
According to Pausanias, first king of Attica
Actaios
412
Whom did Cecrops marry?
Agraulos
413
Children of Cecrops
Agraulos, Herse, Pandrosus
414
Whom did Aglauros daughter of Cecrops have sex with? Who was their daughter?
Ares; Alcippe
415
Son of Poseidon and the nymph Euryte, he tried to rape Alcippe. What happened to him?
Halirrhotius; killed by Ares
416
First defendant before the Areopagus (what was the Areopagus?)
Ares; giant court rock
417
Parents of Tithonus
Cephalus and Eos
418
Son of Sandocus and Pharnace
Astynoos
419
His daughters slept with foreigners and finished their lives in Egypt due to Aphrodite's wrath
Pygmalion
420
He founded Paphos
Cinyras
421
Wife of Cinyras
Metharme
422
Cinyras was king where? two versions
King of Assyrians or Cyprus
423
She prayed to the gods to be made invisible
Smyrna
424
Successor to Cecrops, he was the second (or third) king of Athens
Cranaos
425
It was during his reign that Deucalion's flood took place (Athenian king)
Cranaos
426
He named the country Attica after his daughter, whom he fathered on Pedias daughter of Mynes
Cranaos
427
Daughter of Icarios and her pet dog
Erigone and Maira
428
He drove out Amphictyon
Erichthonios
429
Father of Cranaos
Deucalion
430
Who drove out Cranaos?
Amphictyon
431
Her sisters opened the box with Erichthonius
Pandrosus
432
He married Praxithea, a Naiad Nymph. Who was their son?
Erichthonios; Pandion
433
Pandion I asked Tereus king of Thrace (or...) to help him against whom?
Labdacos
434
He married his mother's sister Zeuxippe
Pandion I
435
Children of Pandion I and Zeuxippe
Procne and Philomela
436
Son of Procne
Itys
437
Tereus was king where? (two places are possibilites)
Thrace
438
Procne, Philomela, and Tereus became what respectively?
nightingale, swallow, hoopoe
439
He received the kingdom of Athens from his father Pandion I.
Erechtheus
440
When his father Pandion I died, he received the priesthood of Athena and Poseidon Erectheus
Bootes
441
Daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, she married Xuthus
Creusa
442
Daughter of Erectheus and Praxithea, she was carried off by a wind god
Orithyia
443
Daughter of Erectheus and Praxithea, she was given a golden crown to commit adultery
Procris
444
What king discharged harmful beasts into his paramour’s genitals because his wife had put a spell on him?
Minos :-)
445
She gave Minos a Circaean root to be able to sleep with him safely
Procris
446
Why did Procris want to sleep with Minos?
she wanted a dog and a javelin
447
A skilled huntress, she was killed by an errant javelin
Procris
448
She was playing by the river Ilissus when she was abducted
Orithyia
449
Daughters of Boreas and Orethyia
Cleopatra and Chione
450
They persuaded the Argonauts not to return for Heracles, and so they were killed by Heracles
Zetes and Calais
451
He blinded his sons because their stepmother accused them of trying to seduce her
Phineus
452
She accused her stepsons of trying to seduce her a) first and second wives of Phineus b) sons of Phineus
Cleopatra; Idaia; Plexippos and Pandion
453
She had intercourse with Poseidon, becoming the mother of Eumolpus
Chione
454
He was thrown into the sea by his mother, but was rescued by his father Poseidon and entrusted to a woman. WHAT woman?
Benthesicyme
455
Son of Poseidon, he tried to rape his wife's sister, and was thus banished from the land
Eumolpus
456
Son of Eumolpus
Ismarus
457
What king did Eumolpus take refuge with when expelled for trying to rape his wife's sister?
Tegyrios
458
He plotted against Tegyrios and so fled to the Eleusinians, but Tegyrios recalled him to Thrace and made him king
Eumolpus
459
He consulted an oracle which said he must sacrifice his youngest daughter to win against the Eleusinians; all his daughters killed themselves in consequence
Erechtheus
460
He offered his daughter in marriage to Eumolpus' son
Tegyrios
461
He was killed by Erectheus in battle
Eumolpus
462
He destroyed the house of Erectheus; why?
Poseidon; Eumolpus was his son
463
His daughters swore a pact to die together
Erechtheus
464
He married Metiadousa and fathered Pandion
Cecrops
465
She married Boutes son of Pandion I
Chthonia
466
He was expelled by the sons of Metion in a revolt, fleeing Athens
Pandion II
467
Whose court did Pandion fly to once expelled by the sons of Metion from Athens? Whom did he marry?
Pylas in Megara; Pylia
468
He killed his father's brother Bias, transferring his kingdom to Pandion?
Pylas
469
His sons marched on Athens and drove out the sons of Metion, dividing the kingdom between themselves
Pandion II
470
Name the first and second wives of Aigeus.
Meta; Chalchiope
471
He went to Delphi and was told about a wineskin
Aigeus
472
King of Troezen, he got Aigeus drunk
Pittheus
473
Pittheus king of Troezen was the son of whom?
Pelops
474
To prove to Minos he was the son of Poseidon, he jumped into the sea to recover a golden ring
Theseus
475
These two men slept with Aithra on the same night
Poseidon and Aigeus
476
He defeated all others at the games of the Panathenaia in Athens
Androgeus
477
He was sacrificing to the Graces in Paros, but threw down his garland and flute when he heard of his son's death
Minos
478
Former name of Megara (city)
Nisa
479
King of Megara
Nisos
480
He killed Scylla after she killed her father for him
Minos
481
The Athenians sacrificed this man's daughters in order to get rid of the plague Minos prayed down upon them
Hyacinthos
482
Son of Eupalamos
Daidalus
483
He invented the saw using a snake's jawbone
Daidalus
484
He was tried in the Areopagus after killing the son of his sister Perdix
Daidalus
485
Son of Hephaestus and Anticleia, he was the first brigand Theseus killed. What was he called?
Periphetes
486
Second brigand killed by Theseus, son of Polypemon and Silea
Sinis
487
Brigand who lived on the Isthmus of Corinth, referred to as Pityocamptes
Sinis
488
Name of the Crommyonian Sow, named after the woman who reared it
Phaia
489
Brigand who was the son of Pelops or Poseidon, Theseus killed him
Sciron
490
He kicked people off a cliff as they washed their feet
Sciron
491
son of Branchos and the nymph Argiope, he was the fifth brigand/beast Theseus killed
Cercyon
492
Theseus killed Cercyon how?
threw him up and slammed him down slammed him down welcome to the space SLAM featuring Theseus
493
What brigand did Theseus kill in Eleusis?
Cercyon
494
Brigand with lame feet who Theseus killed
Damastes
495
Sixth brigand killed by Theseus, he was also known as Damastes and Polypemon
Procrustes
496
He tied people to beds and cut off their legs, or stretch them
Procrustes
497
He sent his son against the Marathonian Bull
Aigeus
498
Son of Scyrios, Pandion passed him off as his own son
Aigeus
499
He sheltered Daedalus, killing Minos
Cocalus
500
How did Theseus kill the minotaur?
Ariadne helped him out and then killed him after a round of fisticuffs
