exam 1

Question 1

Aegeus (father) and Aethra (mother)

Answer 1

Theseus’ parents

Question 2

Thesus and Pirithous abduct _____?

Answer 2

Helen

Question 3

______ claims Ariadne for himself

Answer 3

Dionysus

Question 4

Who is Minotaur’s mother?

Answer 4

Pasiphae

Question 5

Who first strikes the Calydonian boar?

Answer 5

Atalanta

Question 6

who performs to distract the sailors form Sirens

Answer 6

Orpheus

Question 7

Jason’s parents?

Answer 7

Aeson (father) and Polymede

Question 8

Where is the Golden fleece located

Answer 8

in Colchis

Question 9

name of island where women stink so their husbands cheat so they kill all the men on the island

Answer 9

Island of Lemons

Question 10

who is invincible because of a lock of purple hair?

Answer 10

King Nisos of Megara

Question 11

What is the name of Herakles’ parents

Answer 11

Zues (dad) and Alcmene (mom)

Question 12

Who is Herakles’ first wife?

Answer 12

Megara

Question 13

Who tries to kill the baby Herakles?

Answer 13

Hera (with a serpent)

Question 14

who is Herakles sentenced to serve

Answer 14

Eurystheus of Tiryns for twelve years and to perform ten labors for him.

Question 15

what are Herakles labors?

Answer 15

1st labor: the Nemean lion

2nd labor: the hydra of Lerna

3rd labor: capturing the Cerynitian deer

4th labor: Capturing the Eryanthian boar

5th labor: cleaning the stables of Augeans

6th labor: the Stymphalean birds

7th labor: the Cretan bull

8th labor: capture mares of Diomedes

9th labor: the war belt of Hippolyta

10th labor: the cattle of Geryon

11th labor: get an apple from garden of Hesperides

12th labor: retrieving Cerberus from Hades

Question 16

Who gives Herakles’ wifen (Deianeira) a poisoned shirt?

Answer 16

Nessus (Herakles later dies from this shirt when she gives it to him in jealousy for marrying new woman)

Question 17

Who is Herakles’ wife

Answer 17

Deianeira

Question 18

Whose children are the 12 Titans?

Answer 18

Earth (Gaia) and Sky (heaven/Uranus)
-also had Cyclopes and hundred armed giants

Question 19

Whom does Kronos castrate?

Answer 19

Sky (heaven/Uranus)

Question 20

Where do the Nereids dwell?

Answer 20

the sea

Question 21

who are the childern of Kronos and Rhea

Answer 21

Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus

Question 22

who invents the trick of animal sacrifice (wrapping up the bones in delicious fat as the gods’ portion),

Answer 22

Prometheus

Question 23

the home of Night and Day; Hades and Cerberus; Atlas; the river Styx

Answer 23

the underworld

Question 24

Persephone’s (Kore) mother?

Answer 24

Demeter (ceres)

Question 25

Which god does Hesiod say that Hera gave birth to without a father?

Answer 25

Hephaestus

Question 26

who does Eos, the goddess of the dawn, falls in love with and begs Zeus for eternal life for him but forgets to ask for eternal youth so he just keeps getting older

Answer 26

Tithonus

Question 27

An authoritative story about the world, accepted within a given community as true

Answer 27

myth

Question 28

what is religion made of

Answer 28

Religion = myth + ritual

Question 29

Aeradine gets stuck here and diynois comes and gets her

Answer 29

Naxos

Question 30

mythical women who lure sailors with their singing?

Answer 30

The Sirens

Question 31

Who was the first Greek to step off the ships at Troy?

Answer 31

Protesilaus

Question 32

Who seeks advice from Protesilaus at his tomb?

Answer 32

altheats

Question 33

What kind of person does Protesilaus especially dislike?

Answer 33

adultures

Question 34

lesson: Life is brief, and full of suffering. We’re like flowers that fade.

Answer 34

Solon and Croesusle

Question 35

Where is the Golden Fleece located?

Answer 35

Colchis

Question 36

Which of the following is a chthonic deity

Answer 36

hades/pluto

Question 37

In which city does Jason intend to marry the king’s daughter?

Answer 37

Corinth

Question 38

A pair of giant rocks which would clash together, preventing anything from passing them

Answer 38

The Symplegades

Question 39

Where were apollo and artemis are born

Answer 39

delos

Question 40

Metis Themis: Eurynome Demeter: Mnemosyne Leto: Hera:

Answer 40

zues' wives