Flashcards in Exam4 - LCT26: Myths of Thebes IV Deck (20)
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1
What happens early in the battle?
Thebans are driven back to their walls
2
Who puts a ladder on the wall? Who does he do/say?
Capaneus - begins to climb but boasts "will take Thebes even against Zeus' will" - gets struck dead from Zeus; lightning bolt
3
What happens between Eteocles and Polyneices?
kill each other in battle
4
What happened to Hippomedon and Parthenopaios?
killed in battle
5
Which of the 7 escape?
Adrastos
6
What happens to Amphiaraos?
swallowed up by the earth, chariot and all
7
Who gives the fatal blow to Tydeus?
Theban, Melanippos
8
Who intends to help Tydeus?
Athena --> intends to make him immortal
9
What does Amphiaraos give Tydeus? What does he do with it?
gives Tydeus Melanippos head - Tydeus eats his brains out
10
How does Athena react?
she is horrified, lets Tydeas die
11
What is Antigone caught doing?
tryin to bury Polyneices body
12
How does King Creon respond?
sentences Antigone to die - shut into a sealed cave
13
What prophet talks to Creon? What does he say?
Teiresias - that Creon is offending the gods
14
What does Creon find in the cave?
Antigone and Haenon both dead
15
What does Alcamion do to avenge his father's death?
kills Eriphyle for her treachery
16
What doe the prophet Teiresias tell the Thebas to do the second time they are attacked?
send a herald to buy time while the Thebans evacuate
17
Who is Teiresias?
a blind, long-lived prophet in many Theban myths
18
What was the dispute between Zeus and Hera?
whether men or women get more pleasure out of sex
19
What was Teiresias answer?
women
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