Locations

Question 1

Athens

Answer 1

Where the story of Hippolytus takes place, ruled by Theseus in that play
Also important to the story of Medea because this is where she runs away to after fleeing Thebes (ruled by Aegus in this play)

Question 2

Eleusis

Answer 2

Near Athens, central to the worship of Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries

Question 3

Troy

Answer 3

The main location of the Trojan War, fought between the Trojans and the Greeks
Ruled by Priam in the Iliad, with Hector and Paris being princes

Question 4

Ithaca

Answer 4

Ruled by Odysseus
This is where he tries to get back to throughout the Odyssey

Question 5

Thebes

Answer 5

Founded by Cadmus (whose grandson is Pentheus, who eventually becomes one of the rulers)
Where the stories of Oedipus and Antigone take place

Question 6

Corinth

Answer 6

Where the story of Medea takes place (she fled here after leaving Colchis)
This is also where Oedipus was from before he ruled of Thebes (was a prince of Corinth, alleged son of Polybus and Merope)

Question 7

Colchis

Answer 7

An island kingdom in the Black Sea, where Medea comes from before she betrayed her father and left for Corinth

Question 8

Thrinacia

Answer 8

The island of Helios’ flocks, where Odysseus lands before the rest of his crew is killed

Question 9

Iolcus

Answer 9

Where Jason was from before he was sent to Colchis to retrive the Golden Fleece

Question 10

Mycenae

Answer 10

Where Agamemnon is from in the Iliad

Question 11

Crete

Answer 11

Central to the story of Daedalus, who is trapped here by King Minos before fleeing with his wings of wax

Question 12

Sicily

Answer 12

Where Daedalus flees to after leaving Crete

Question 13

Sparta

Answer 13

Leading force of Greek military might
The Spartan army is led my Menelaus in the Iliad

Question 14

Phthia

Answer 14

Where Achilles, son of Peleus, is from

Question 15

Delphi

Answer 15

Central to the worship of Apollo, this is where his oracle often resides
Characters in Greek myth often go here to receive prophecies

Question 16

Delos

Answer 16

Rocky island that is the birthplace of Apollo (after Leto was denied refuge everywhere else)

Question 17

Pylos

Answer 17

Ruled by the old wise king, Nestor

Question 18

Ismarus (in Thrace)

Answer 18

Where the Cicones are from, which Odysseus encounters during the events of the Odyssey

Question 19

Argos (in Thrace)

Answer 19

Ruled by Diomedes in the Iliad (a great hero favored by Athena; owner of the flesh-eating mares)

Question 20

Thrace

Answer 20

A region in southeast Europe (it is NOT a city)

Question 21

Ogygia

Answer 21

The island of Calypso in the Odyssey

Question 22

Aeaea

Answer 22

The island/homeplace of Circe in the Odyssey

Question 23

Mount Ida

Answer 23

The birthplace of and important place of refuge for Zeus

Question 24

Mount Nysa

Answer 24

Where Dionysus was raised (where the “nys” part of him name comes from)

Question 25

Thessaly

Answer 25

Where the story of Alcestis takes place (she is the Queen and her husband Admetus is King)

Question 26

Mount Cithaeron/Kithairon

Answer 26

Where Oedipus was taken to have his feet staked into the ground, but was saved

Question 27

Cyprus

Answer 27

Island in the Mediterranean Where the story of Pygmalion takes places (& the first women prostitute themselves)