Exam 3 Flashcards
(108 cards)
1
Q
12 Labors of Hercules
A
- Nemean Lion
- Lernean Hydra
- Cerynaean Stag
- Erymanthian Boar
- Augean Stables
- Stymphalian Birds
- Cretan Bull
- Mares of Diomedes
- Amazon’s Girdle
- Geryon’s Cattle
- Apples of the Hesperides
- Cerberus
2
Q
Nemean Lion
A
Killed by Hercules and then has its skin removed using its own claw.
3
Q
Lernean Hydra
A
Multi-headed serpent that regenerates two heads for every one cut off. Hercules cuts off each head and cauterizes the stump. Heracles buries the last head.
4
Q
Cerynaean Stag
A
Stag with golden antlers that Hercules chased for a year
5
Q
Erymanthian Boar
A
Captured by Heracles and delivered to the King of Tiryns
6
Q
Augean Stables
A
Hercules cleans out the stable for Augeas’s sacred cattle. He does this by diverting a river through the stable
7
Q
Stymphalian Birds
A
March birds with bronze feathers. Chased by Hercules with clappers or a sling shot
8
Q
Cretan Bull
A
Captured from Crete and given to the King of Tiryns
9
Q
Mares of Diomedes
A
Man eatting horse who Heracles feeds his owner, Diomedes, to
10
Q
Amazon’s Girdle
A
Stolen from the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta
11
Q
Geryon’s Cattle
A
Geryon was a three-bodied man who was killed by Hercules so he could steal his cattle.
12
Q
Apples of the Hesperides
A
Heracles kills the serpent gaurding the garden of Hesperides and takes the golden apples
13
Q
Cerberus
A
Taken from Hades and brought to Eurystheus to complete his labors
14
Q
10 Parerga
A
- Freeing Prometheus
- Achelous and the Cornucopia
- Slaying Antaeus, son of Earth
- Wrestling the Tripod from Apollo
- Slaying Cacus, thief in Italy
- Freeing Hesione, invades Troy
- Slays priests of Egyptian Busiris
- Defeats Alcyoneus in Gigantomachy
- Joins Argonauts in quest for Golden Fleece
- Serves Queen Omphale
15
Q
Peloponnesus
A
Island of pelops
16
Q
Argolid
A
State in eastern Peloponnesus
17
Q
Argos
A
City that contains the argive herion
18
Q
Inachus
A
Father of Io, first king of Argos
19
Q
Io
A
Raped by Zeus and then turned into a cow
20
Q
Argos (Beast)
A
100 eyed servant of Hera
21
Q
Isis
A
Egyptian Goddess of health
22
Q
Epaphus
A
Son of Zeus and Io
23
Q
Libya
A
Daughter of Epaphus, raped by Poseidon
24
Q
Belus
A
Son of Libya and Poseidon, king of Egypt
25
Ba'al
Semitic honorific similar to lord
26
Hyksos
Multiracial people from the middle east who took over the nile delta
27
Aegyptus
Son of Belus, father of the 50 sons
28
Danaus
Father of the 50 daughters, commanded his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night
29
Hypermnestra
The daughter who refused to kill her husband becauce he honored her wish to stay a virgin
30
Acrisius
Warned that he will one day be killed by his daughter's son so he locks her away. Eventual Zeus impregnants her so Acrisius lockes the child in a chest. This child, Perseus, grows up to be a hero and acidentily kills Acrisius with a discus.
31
Danae
Mother of Perseus, daughter of Acrisius
32
Perseus
Slays Medusa and uses her head to turn Atlas to stone
33
Graiai
Three sisters who share one eye and tooth who tell Perseus where medusa is and how to kill her
34
Gorgons
Three sister with snakes for hair
35
Medusa
Raped by Poseidon and given snakes for hair by Athena
36
Pegasus
Offspring of Medusa and Poseidon
37
Andromeda
Sacrificed to a sea monster by her mother but saved by Perseus who she later marries
38
Casssiopeia
Mother of Andromeda, punished to sit in a chair in the sky
39
Apotripaic
A way to turn away evil
40
Gorgoneion
Protective amulet with the head of a gorgon on it. Worn by Zeus and Athena
41
Cetus
Sea monster Andromeda was to be sacrificed to. Slayed by Perseus
42
Mycenae
Ancient city in Greece named after the sword of Perseus or a mushroom he picked there
43
Boetia
Cow-land
44
Cadmus
Founder/king of Thebes
45
Europa
Rode bull-Zeus and was abducted
46
Serpent of Ares
Cadmus kills a giant serpent and burries it teeth. The ground where they are burried produces men who fight until 5 remain and thus is Thebes
47
Spartoi
The men who came from the teeth of the Serpent of Ares
48
Dirce
Wife of Lykos, king of Thebes. Destroyed by a bull for mistreating her niece and turned into a spring by Dionysos
49
Jocasta
Mother of Oedipus
50
Oedipus
Son of Laius and Jocasta. Accidentily kills his father and marries his mother
51
Sphinx
Guards Thebes and asks riddles
52
Creon
Offered the Kingship of Thebes and Jocasta's hand to anyone who could solve the riddle of the Sphinx
53
Polynices
Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Was cursed by his father to fight his brother for full control of Thebes. Both brothers eventually died
54
Antigone
Daughter of Oedipus who wishes she was never born into a cursed family
55
Sophocles
Author of Oedipus the King
56
Teiresias
A prophet summoned by Oedipus who tells him that he is the murderer. Oedipus then asssumes that he has been paid off by Creon to say this
57
Heracles
Son of Zeus and Alcmene. Hero who completed 12 trials
58
Alcmene
Slept with Zeus who disguised himself as her husband. Gave birth to Heracles
59
Iphicles
Son of Alcmene and Amphytryon
60
Megara
Oldest daughter of Creon. Promised to Heracles after he defended Thebes. Had two kids who were killed by Heracles in a temporary madness.
61
Lycus
Tried to kill Megara and her children but is stopped by Heracles
62
Eurystheus
Competed against Hercules to become a hero
63
Tiryns
The birthplace of Hercules
64
Iolaus
Heracles's nephen who helped him with the second labor
65
Cornucopia
Made from the horn of Achelous, river god wrestled by Hercules
66
Deianeira
Hercules' second wife and his murderer via a poisoned shirt
67
Nessus
Centaur killed by Hercules who bloody shirt killed Hercules
68
Omphale
Owned Hercules for a year because he killed someone who wasnt his wife
69
Mt Oeta
Where Hercules died
70
Hebe
First wife of Hercules
71
Apotheosis
Glorification to a divine level
72
Sir Arthur Evans
Founder of Minoan civilization
73
Minos
King of Crete and judge of the underworld
74
Minoan
Named after Minos
75
Rhadamanthys
Judge of the Underworld
76
Asterius
King of Crete and husband to Europa
77
Talos
Bronze robot who protected Europa from pirates
78
Laelaps
Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch her prey
79
Pasiphae
Wife of Minos. Has sex with a cow and gives birth to the minotaur
80
Daedalus
Created the labyrinth and the wooden cow Pasiphae used to have sex with a bull
81
Minotaur
Half-man, half-bull off spring of Pasiphae and the bull
82
Theseus
Chosen to be on of the Minotaur's victims but kills the monster and escapes the labyrinth instead
83
Ariadne
Minos' eldest daughter who helps Theseus out of the labyrinth. She gives him a string that he can follow once he has killed the Minotaur
84
Dia
Island north of Crete
85
Naxos
Often associated with the myth of Ariadne and Theseus because they used their money and influence to wrongly include themselves
86
Icarus
Son of Daedalus who flew too close to the son with his bronze wings
87
Autochthonous
The mortals who sprung from the ground in a new land
88
Cecrops
Half-man, half-fish king of Athens
89
Erectheus
King of Athens
90
Erichthonoius
Raised by Athena and seen as half-man, half-snake or in a basket with a snake
91
Pandion
Son of Erichthonoius and father of Erechtheus, Procne, and Pholmela
92
Procne
Wife of King Tereus and daughter of Pandion
93
Philomela
Raped by Tereus and had her tounge torn out. Wove a tapestry about his crime so her sister could punish him.
94
Cephalus
Kidnapped by a goddess and convinced his wife was unloyal. After his wife exiled herself for being seduced by him in a disguise he acidently killed her while hunting
95
Eos
The goddess who kidnapped Cephalus and made him doubt his wife
96
Procris
Wife of Cephalus who failed the fidelity test and gets accidentally killed by her husband
97
Aegeus
Father of Theseus who left before he was born leaving him sandals and a sword
98
Troezen
Father of Aethra who helped decipher Aegeus' prophecy
99
Sinis
Killed people at the entrance to the underworld by letting to trees pull them apart. Theseus killed him in the same fashion
100
Phaea
Killed the Crommyonian Sow
101
Sciron
Bandit who forced travelers to wash his feet while he faces off a cliff. He would then kick them off the cliff. Theseus pushed him off the cliff
102
Procrustes
Offered beds to passers and would make them fit the bed by streching them or cutting them up. Theseus killed him with his own axe
103
Lapiths and Centaurs
After impressing eachother in battle Pirithous, prince of Lapiths, befriended Theseus. At his wedding the Centaurs got drunk and tried to steal his bride but the Lapiths defeated them
104
Marathon
A battle between Athens and Persia caused a runner to run 140 miles in a single day and then the Athenians marched 25 miles in a day
105
Attica
Theseus lead the political unification of Attica and Athens
106
Hippolytus
Son of Theseus and lover of Phaedra
107
Phaedra
Second wife of Theseus and lover of Hippolytus
108
Foundation Myths
Creation myths but for places
