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Myth Myth Flashcards

1
Q

What boy, a son of Clymene, drove Apollo’s chariot with disastrous results?

A

Phaethon

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2
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What king of Ithaca was tricked into fighting during the Trojan War?

A

Odysseus

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With what deity were the leopard, ivy, grapes, and Maenads associated?

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Dionysus/Bacchus

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4
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Zeus, worried at the destruction Phaethon caused, stopped him how?

A

With his lightning bolts

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5
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Into what river did Phaethon fall?

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Eridanus

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Who tricked Odysseus into revealing that he was not in fact crazy?

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Palamedes

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7
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Whom did Palamedes put in danger to cause Odysseus to reveal himself?

A

Telemachus

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What was the pine-cone topped staff which the Maenads carried called?

A

Thyrsus

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9
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What daughter of Minos became Dionysus’ wife?

A

Ariadne

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10
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What supreme Roman god had a temple on the Capitoline hill?

A

Jupiter

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With what two goddesses did Jupiter Optimus Maximus share his temple on the
Capitoline, thus creating the Capitoline Triad?

A

Minerva and Juno

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12
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Juno had another temple on top of the Capitoline, in which the mint was located.
What was the full name of the goddess to whom this temple was dedicated?

A

Juno Moneta

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13
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Which river of the underworld was the river of forgetfulness?

A

Lethe

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14
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Which river of the underworld was the river of woe?

A

Acheron

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15
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Which river of the underworld was the river of fire

A

Phlegethon

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16
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What object’s retrieval was the purpose of the quest of the Argo?

A

The Golden Fleece

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17
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Who captained the Argo?

A

Jason

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18
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What goddess was the protectress of Jason because when she was disguised as an
old woman, he carried her across a river?

A

Hera

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19
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What hero traveled to the underworld to retrieve his wife who died from a snake bite?

A

Orpheus

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20
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Who was the wife of Orpheus?

A

Eurydice

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21
Q

What condition did Hades and Persephone place on the couple (Orpheus and Euridice) when they left the
underworld?

A

That Orpheus couldn’t look back at Eurydice

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22
Q

Who am I? I was disguised as a girl and hidden away in the court of the king of Scyrus. As
a baby I was made invulnerable. I became the most fearsome warrior at Troy and killed Hector.

A

Achillies

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23
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What was the name of the king at whose court was Achilles hidden as a young boy?

A

Lycomodes

24
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Who killed Achilles with a well-placed arrow and Apollo’s help?

A

Paris

25
Q

What man was punished in the underworld by being eternally hungry and thirsty?

A

Tantalus

26
Q

Tantalus was punished for the murder of whom?

A

Pelops (his son)

27
Q

For what ability of the gods was Tantalus testing when he served his son as a meal to
the gods?

A

Omniscience

28
Q

Who, after he defeated the Solymi and Amazons, tried to fly Pegasus to Olympus?

A

Bellerophon

29
Q

What mythical beast did Bellerophon kill while riding Pegasus?

A

Chimera

30
Q

What Lycian king sent Bellerophon to kill the Chimera?

A

Iobates

31
Q

What feat did the hero Heracles perform that saved both himself and his brother when he
was just an infant?

A

Strangle two snakes in his crib

32
Q

Who sent the snakes to kill Heracles?

A

Hera

33
Q

Heracles was revealed as the immortal son of Zeus by his lack of fear. His brother
screamed at the appearance of the snakes, proving he was the mortal son of whom?

A

Amphitryon

34
Q

What monster was part snake, had wings and bronze claws, and could turn men to stone?

A

Gorgons (or Medusa)

35
Q

Who killed Medusa?

A

Perseus

36
Q

Medusa was not always a hideous monster, but a maiden changed by the wrath of
what goddess?

A

Athena

37
Q

What king left a pair of sandals and a sword under a rock for his son to find?

A

Aegeus

38
Q

Who was the son who found the sandals and sword Aegeus left under a rock?

A

Theseus

39
Q

Of what city was Aegeus king?

A

Athens

40
Q

What boy did not obey his father’s instructions and flew too close to the sun?

A

Icarus

41
Q

Who was Icarus’ father?

A

Daedalus

42
Q

From what island were Daedalus and Icarus escaping?

A

Crete

43
Q

What monstrous bird women promised sailors what they most wanted to hear in their
songs?

A

Sirens

44
Q

Who had changed the Sirens into monsters?

A

Muses

45
Q

What hero sailed past the sirens successfully?

A

Odysseus

46
Q

What Titan, although he was warned not to accept gifts, took Pandora as his wife?

A

Epimetheus

47
Q

Who was the brother who warned Epimetheus?

A

Prometheus

48
Q

Prometheus himself was a gift giver. What gift did he steal from the gods and give
to men so that they could cook their food and stay warm?

A

Fire

49
Q

What monster, with razor sharp claws, was killed by Heracles as his first labor?

A

Nemean Lion

50
Q

What monster did Heracles capture by chasing it into the snow?

A

Erymanthian Boar

51
Q

What creatures did Heracles capture with bronze nets given to him by Athena?

A

Stymphalian Birds

52
Q

What man was predicted by the seer of Thebes to kill his father and marry his mother?

A

Oedipus

53
Q

Name the father and the mother whom Oedipus killed and married.

A

Laius and Jocasta/Epicasta

54
Q

Who was the seer who made this prediction (Oedipus)?

A

Teiresias

55
Q

What type of tree did Phaethon’s sisters (Heliadies) turn into?

A

Poplar

56
Q

What king sent Bellerophon to Iobates?

A

Proitis

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