Apollodorus Mythology Questions Part C Flashcards
(126 cards)
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According to the Odyssey, who was killed at Naxos by Dionysus at the urging of Artemis?
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Ariadne
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Parents of Thoas, Staphylos, Oinopion, Peparethos
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Dionysus and Ariadne
3
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Brother of Aigeus, he and his sons disputed Aigeus’ succession, alleging that Aigeus was not a true son of Pandion
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Pallas
4
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Who killed the sons of Pallas?
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Theseus (the Jerk)
5
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Mother of Icaros, she was a slave of Minos
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Naucrate
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He took a spiral shell around the islands, proclaiming he would give a big reward to anyone who could get a string through it
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Cocalus
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He attached a string to an ant, thus allowing it to go through the spiral shell
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Daidalus
8
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His daughters killed Minos
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Cocals
9
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What queen of the Amazons did Theseus abduct?
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Antiope
10
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Son of Minos, he was successor of Minos at Crete
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Deucalion
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Daughter of Minos, she was given to Theseus as a gift
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Phaedra
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Sons of Theseus and Phaedra
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Acamus and Demophon
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Son of Theseus and Antiope/Hippolyta/Melanippe
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Hippolytus
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He was dragged to death when Poseidon sent a bull to break his chariot along the sea-shore, as prayed for by his father
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Hippolytus
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He tried to rape Hera, and got a cloud instead
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Ixion
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How is Ixion punished?
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spinning wheel of fire
17
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Son of Ixion and Nephele
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Centauros
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Perithous was wedding her when the Cenaturs came to his wedding and got rowdy
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Hippodameia
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A woman, she asked to be changed into a man and made invulnerable after sleeping with Poseidon
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Caeneus
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He mated with the mares on Mount Pelion
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Centauros
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Zeus purified him after he murdered his father-in-law and welcomed him into heaven
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Ixion
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Centaurs hounded him and hammered him with fig trees into the earth after he valiantly killed a lot of Centaurs at the wedding of Perithous
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Caeneus
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These two friends agreed they would both marry daughters of Zeus
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Theseus and Pirithous
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He tried to abduct the twelve year old Helen
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Theseus
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Gods incited the centaurs against him for his violence and presuming to want to be called a god
Caeneus
26
Wanting to win Persephone as a bride...
Pirithous
27
They captured Aithra
Dioscuri
28
This great-great grandson of Erecththeus led the Athenians in the Trojan War
Menestheus
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He threw Theseus into an abyss and killed him
Lycomedes
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He was held down by coils of snakes in the chair of forgetfulness
Pirithous
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He was placed on the throne of Athens by the Dioscuri, and drove Theseus from Athens
Menestheus
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According to some, he was punished in Tartarus for trying to share ambrosia with his friends
Tantalus
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Hunter son of Tantalus, went mad and threw himself into a fire after failing to honor Artemis
Broteus
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He became the lover of Poseidon, who gave him a winged chariot that could go over the seas without wetting its axle
Pelops
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He inserted axle-pins of wax....
Pelops
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Who had given Oenomaus of Pisa his arms and horses?
Ares
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Who chased chariot racers up the Isthmus of Corinth?
Oenomaus
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He cut off his daughters’ suitors' heads and nailed them to his house
Oenomaus
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Son of Cresphontes and Merope
Aipytos
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Sons of Aristomachus
Aristodemos, Cresphontes, Temenus
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He was struck dead by lightning at Naupactos; who were his twin sons by Aristeia?
Eurysthenes and Procles
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He was defeated by Tisamenus king of the Pelopponesians
Aristomachos
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He killed Eurystheus
Hyllos
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He killed Polyphontes
Tydeus ?
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Son of Pelops and Hippodameia, a brother of Atreus and Thyestes
Pittheus
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Son of Hermes, charioteer of Oenomaus
Myrtilus
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Son of Pelops and the nymph Axiope
Chrysippus
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Son of Minos and Pasiphae, he sold his daughters into slavery
Catreus
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Daughters of Catreus
Apemosyne, Aerope, and Clymene
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Wisest man in Lycia, he told Bellerophon how to capture the Chimaira
Iobates ?
51
Father of Marpessa. Who was Marpessa's grandfather?
Evenus; Ares
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Aglaos, Callileon, and Orchomenos sat down at the altar of what god?
Zeus
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Agamemnon and Menelaus were taken by their nurse to whom? He sent them to whom?
Polypheides; Oineus
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These brothers extracted an oath from their uncle that he would settle in Cythera as he clutched to the altar of what god?
Hera
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First husband of Clytemnestra, he was killed by Agamemnon
Tantalus
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Three daughters of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Electra, Iphigenia, Chrysothemis
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Who built the ship Paris used to sail to Sparta, and whom did Aphrodite tell to sail with Paris?
Phereclus; Aeneas
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Menelaus went to whose funeral when Helen was abducted?
Catreus
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What daughter did Helen abandon in Sparta?
Hermione
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Hera sent a violent storm against Paris and Helen's ship, forcing them to put in where, where they might have captured?
Sidon
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Who stole Helen from Paris according to the will of Zeus, and whom did he give her to?
Hermes; Proteus
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Son of Nauplius, showed Odysseus was sane
Palamedes
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Who discovered the letter Odysseus wrote "to" Palamedes?
Agamemnon
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Odysseus wrote a letter "from" what king to Palamedes?
Priam
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Three men who went to convince Cinyras to join the expedition against Troy
Menelaus, Odysseus, Talthybios
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Cinyras ruled where?
Cyprus
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He presented a breastplate to Agamemnon and promised to send fifty ships to Troy, but all but one of the ships he sent were made of clay.
Cinyras
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The single actual ship Cinyras sent to Troy was commanded by whose son?
Mygdalion
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He kept his daughters with him at Delos
Anios
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Dionysus granted them the power to draw, oil, corn, and wine from the earth
Daughters of Anios
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Son of Heracles and Astyoche
Tleopomos
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Father of Astyoche; where did he rule?
Erichthonios
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Son of Polyneices, he bribed Eriphyle with a robe
Thersander
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Who took command of the Greek fleet at Aulis?
Agamemnon
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Where did Calchas prophesy ten years of fighting for the Trojan War?
Aulis
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What place did the Greeks sack believing it was Troy?
Mysia
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Father of Auge (king where?) and son of Auge
Aleus and Arcadia and Telephos
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Through the anger of Dionysus (mad because he hadn't done his cult) he became entangled in a vine branch and was thus injured
Telephos
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King of the Mysians
Telephos
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Son of Polyneices killed at Mycenae
Thersander
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He showed the Greeks the route to Troy while they were stuck at Argos
Telephos
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These two men went to Clytemnestra, lying that Iphigenia would be married to Achilles
Odysseus and Talthybios
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Son of Cycnos and Procleia, or Apollo
Tenes
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On the orders of Agamemnon, what island did Odysseus abandon Philoctetes?
Tenedos
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Who accused Tenes of trying to seduce her?
Philonome
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Whom did Philonome use as a witness to say that Tenes had tried to seduce her, and what did he do for a living?
Eumolpus flute player
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Mother of Tenes and Hemithea
Procleia
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He put his son and daughter into a chest when his son was accused by his wife
Cycnos
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Name the envoys to Trojans at beginning of Trojan war who demanded back the treasures
Menelaus and Odysseus
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Who killed Protesilaus?
Hector
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She made an image of her husband after he died at Troy
Laodameia
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He was said to be invulnerable except in the head; who killed him by pelting him with a stone in the head?
Cycnos
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Achilles laid a trap for him in the sanctuary of Thymbrian Apollo; there was a tradition that Troy could not be taken while he lived
Troilus
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Who went to Mount Ida to rustle the cattle of Aeneas?
Achilles
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What son of Priam did Achilles kill before driving away Aeneas' cattle on Mount Ida?
Troilus
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He was captured by Achilles and sold to Lemnos, where he was ransomed by Priam, only to be killed the twelfth day following his return
Troilus
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Sons of Antenor and Theano, they came with Aeneas to Troy
Acamus and Achilocus
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What Lycian captain in the Trojan war was a son of Hippolochus?
Glaucus
99
He broke the truce by shooting an arrow at Menelaos
Pandarus
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Homer said that Zeus must have deprived him of his wits, because....
no he blamed ate yeah ate
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Son of Eumelos, died in the Trojan war
Dolon
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He was chosen by lot to duel Hector in the Iliad
Diomedes
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Envoys to Achilles
Phoenix, Odysseus, Ajax of Telemon
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She arrived at the marriage of Phaedra and Theseus with an army
Probably Antiope
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Two alternate names for Hippolyta
Antiope,
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Who wounded Patroclus prior to Hector killing him?
Euphorbos
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Son of Pelagon, son of the River Axios. killed by Achilles
Asteropaios
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He pushed back the river Scamander with a massive flame
Hephaestus
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Who won the chariot race in the honor of Patroclus
Diomedes
110
Won the boxing race in the games in honor of Patroclus
Epeios
111
They won the wrestling match in the games in honor of Patroclus
Aias and Odysseus
112
Daughter of Otrere and Ares
Penthesileia
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Whom had Penthesilea accidentally killed, and who purified her
Hippolyte. Priam
114
Son of Eos and Tithonus
MEEEEEMNNOOOOOOON
115
Who judged whether Odysseus or Ajax deserved the armor of Achilles?
the greek chiefs?
116
Who drove Ajax out of his wits?
Odysseus?
117
He alone of all men at Troy was not burned, but lies in a casket
Podaleirius and Machaon
118
Who cured Philoctetes?
Podalerius
119
He married Helen after Paris' death
Polites? is this right?
120
Assisted Odysseus in stealing the Palladium
Diomedes
121
Who killed Astyanax? (Two possibilities)
Neoptolemus or Odysseus
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After the fall of Troy, according to Euripides, who turned into a bitch and was buried by Helenus?
Hecuba
123
Wife of Orestes
Hermione
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Name the king of the Laestrygonians.
Antiphates
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Who was the only man in Odysseus' exploratory party not turned to swine?
Eurylocus
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How many ships did Odysseus have when he came to Circe?
one
