Edith ch9

Question 1

Who was the father of Danae?

Answer 1

Acrisius

Question 2

Who was the daughter of Acrisius?

Answer 2

Danae

Question 3

What did an oracle tell Acrisius?

Answer 3

That one day his daughter would have a son that would kill him

Question 4

Why did Acrisius go to an oracle?

Answer 4

to ask if he would ever father a boy

Question 5

What woman was trapped in a bronze chamber?

Answer 5

Danae

Question 6

In what form did Zeus visit Danae?

Answer 6

a golden shower

Question 7

Who was the son of Danae?

Answer 7

Perseus

Question 8

Who was the grandfather of Perseus?

Answer 8

Acrisius

Question 9

What man placed his daughter and grandson into a chest…

Answer 9

Acrisius

Question 10

Where was Acrisius king?

Answer 10

Argos

Question 11

What fisherman…

Answer 11

Dictys

Question 12

What man did Danae and and Perseus meet when they landed ashore?

Answer 12

Dictys

Question 13

What brother of Dictys…

Answer 13

Polydectes

Question 14

Who did Polydectes want to marry?

Answer 14

Danae

Question 15

What man went to get the head of Medsua as a wedding gift?

Answer 15

Perseus

Question 16

What two deities helped Perseus on his adventure to get Medusa’s head?

Answer 16

Athena and Hermes

Question 17

To what women did Hermes tell Perseus to go to?

Answer 17

The gray women

Question 18

What women shared one eye and one tooth?

Answer 18

the graeae

Question 19

What were the gray women called?

Answer 19

the graeae

Question 20

What man stole the eye of the gray women?

Answer 20

Perseus

Question 21

Who gave Perseus a sword?

Answer 21

Hermes

Question 22

What did Hermes give Perseus?

Answer 22

a sword

Question 23

What did Athena give Perseus?

Answer 23

a shield

Question 24

Who gave Perseus and shield?

Answer 24

athena

Question 25

What did the gray women tell Perseus?

Answer 25

where the nymphs of the north were

Question 26

what did the nymphs of the north give Perseus?

Answer 26

winged sandals, an invsible cap, and a magic wallet

Question 27

Where did Perseus stop on his way home?

Answer 27

Ethiopia

Question 28

What woman did Perseus fall in love with?

Answer 28

Andromeda

Question 29

Who was the mother of Andromeda?

Answer 29

Cassiopeia

Question 30

Who was the daughter of Cassiopeia?

Answer 30

Andromeda

Question 31

What Ethiopian princess...

Answer 31

Andromeda

Question 32

Who was the father of Andromeda?

Answer 32

Cepheus

Question 33

What vain woman boasted that she was more beautiful than the neireids?

Answer 33

Cassiopeia

Question 34

What maiden had been given up to be devoured by a sea serpent?

Answer 34

Andromeda

Question 35

Who was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster?

Answer 35

Andromeda

Question 36

Who killed the sea serpent that was going to devour Andromeda?

Answer 36

Perseus

Question 37

Furious at Danae's refusal to marry him, what man...

Answer 37

Polydectes

Question 38

Holding up the head of a gorgon...

Answer 38

Perseus

Question 39

What happened to Polydectes when Perseus came back to Seriphus?

Answer 39

He was turned to stone

Question 40

Who did Perseus make as king of Seriphus after he turned Polydectes to stone?

Answer 40

Dictys

Question 41

At the games held by the king of Larissa...

Answer 41

Acrisius

Question 42

How did Acrisius die?

Answer 42

he was struck by a discuss thrown by Perseus

Question 43

How was the oracle proven to be right about Danae's son?

Answer 43

Acrisius was killed by Perseus

Question 44

Who was the son of Perseus and Andromeda?

Answer 44

Electryon

Question 45

Who was the maternal grandfather of Heracles?

Answer 45

Electryon

Question 46

Who did Perseus give Medusa's head to?

Answer 46

Athena

Question 47

What was on the shield of Athena?

Answer 47

The head of Medusa

Question 48

Who carried the Aegis

Answer 48

Athena

Question 49

What shield had the head of Medusa on it?

Answer 49

Aegis