Theseus Flashcards
(149 cards)
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Where was Theseus a king?
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Athens
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Where was Aegeus a king?
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Athens
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Where did Aegeus go to ask about his childlessness?
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Delphi
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Where did Aegeus stop after seeing the oracle?
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Troezen
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What kings court did Aegeus stop at on his way home from visiting the delphic oracle?
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Pittheus
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Why did Aegeus stop at the court of Pittheus?
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he didn’t understand what the oracle told him
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What did the oracle tell Aegeus?
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he should not loosen the foot (spout) of the wineskin until he reached Athens
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What did Pittheus do when Aegeus came to his court?
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got him drunk and made him sleep with his (Pittheus’) daughter, Aethra
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What did Aegeus leave under a heavy stone?
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a sword and a pair of sandals
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Where did Aegeus leave a sword and pair of sandals?
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under a heavy stone
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What did Aegeus tell Aethra about the tokens under the stone?
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if she bore a son string enough to lift the rock, he should be sent to Athens with the tokens
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Aegeus went on his way unaware that what god had slept with Aethra the same night?
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Poseidon
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What hero sometimes considered the son of Poseidon…
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Theseus
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What god is sometimes said to be the father of Theseus?
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Poseidon
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Who was the great grandfather of Theseus?
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Pelops
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What hero was the great grandson of Pelops?
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Theseus
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Who was the maternal grandfather of Theseus?
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Pittheus
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What path should Theseus have taken?
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The saronic gulf
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What path did Theseus take from Troezen to athens?
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The isthmus of Corinth
20
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Troezen to Athens
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Theseus
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Why did Theseus choose the land path?
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so he could be cool like Heracles
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Who are the parents of Periphetes?
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Anticlea and Hephaestus
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What was another name of Periphetes?
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Corynetes
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What does Corynetes mean?
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Club man
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Who was called Corynetes?
Periphetes
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Who was called club man?
Periphetes
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What did Periphetes carry?
A club of Bronze
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What did Periphetes do?
Hit people in the head with a bronze club
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Who was the first bandit Theseus encountered?
Periphetes
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Who was the second bandit Theseus met?
Sinis
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Who was called pityocamptes?
Sinis
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What does Pityocamptes mean?
Pine bender
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What is another name for Sinis?
Pityocamptes
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Who is the daughter of Sinis?
Perigune
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Who is the son of Perigune?
Melanippus
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Who did Theseus give Perigune to as a bride?
Deioneus
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Who are the parents of the Crommyonian Sow?
Echidna and Typhon
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What is the name of the Crommyonian sow?
Phaea
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What creature was Phaea?
the crommyonian sow
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Who killed Phaea?
Theseus
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Who killed the crommyonian sow?
Theseus
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What was Theseus' third labor?
the crommyonian sow
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What was Theseus' fourth task?
Sceiron
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What cliffs were named for Sceiron?
The Sceironian rocks
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What was the fifth labor of Theseus?
King Cercyon
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Where did Theseus meet cercyon?
Eleusis
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What does Cercyon do to passerbys?
he makes them wrestle him
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Who defeated Cercyon?
Theseus
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Who killed Sceiron?
Theseus
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Who did Theseus give the rule of Eleusis to after he killed Cercyon?
Hippothoön (granddson of Cercyon)
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What was the sixth and last labor of Theseus?
Procrustes
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What was another name of Procrustes?
Damastes or Polypemon
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What does Procrustes mean?
the stretcher
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What was another name of Damastes?
Procrustes of Polypemon
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What was another name of Polypemon?
Procrustes or Damastes
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Who gave Theseus a warm welcome after he fought Procsrustes?
Phytalus
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At whose shrine was Theseus purified for the killings he committed on his journey?
the shrine of Zeus Meillichius
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Where did Aegeus' palace stand?
the acropolis
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Who untied two oxen hitched to a cart and flung them higher than a roof?
Theseus
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Who rode in a chariot drawn with winged dragons?
Medea
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Who reminded Aegeus that during his stay in Corinth he had promised her a refuge in exchange for giving him children?
Medea
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Who was the son of Aegeus and Medea?
Medus
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Who are the parents of Medus?
Medea and Aegeus
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Why did Medea hate Theseus?
she didn't want him to take the throne away from her son
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Who was the brother of Aegeus?
Pallas
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Why was Aegeus nervous about his guest (Theseus)?
his throne was constantly under threat by his brother Pallas and his fifty sons
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How many sons did Aegeus' brother Pallas have?
50
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How did Aegeus dispose of his enemy, Andogeus?
He sent him to kill the marathonian bull
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Who brought the Marathonian bull to Crete?
Heracles
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How did Aegeus try to get rid of his guest?
sent Theseus to kill the marathonian bull
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What did Theseus do with the bull?
Brought it back to Aegeus for him to sacrifice
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How did Medea try to get rid of Theseus?
mixed aconite into wine and induced Aegeus to offer it to Theseus
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Who tried to poison Theseus?
Medea
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How did Aegeus finally recognize his son?
he saw the sword on his belt
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Who broke into a rebellion after Aegeus recognized Theseus as his son?
Pallas (Aegeus' brother) and his 50 sons
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Who did Theseus' learn Pallas' plans from?
Leos
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Not long before Theseus' birth, who had atacked Athens?
Minos, king of Crete
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What did Aegeus' people do about Minos?
Took the advise of the delphic oracle and sent him seven boys and seven girls to be sent to Crete once every nine years as food for the minotaur
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Who volunteer to be one of the fourteen...
Theseus
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What color were the sails supposed to be if Theseus returned alive?
white
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What color were the sail supposed to be if Theseus died?
black
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What daughter of Alcathous....
Periboea or Eerioboea
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What girl did Theseus protect from Minos' advances?
Periboea or Eeriboea
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To prove to Theseus that his father is Zeus, Minos prayed and was answered with what?
Zeus caused thunder and lightning
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What did Minos do to get Theseus to prove that his father is Poseidon?
He took off his ring and threw it into the sea
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Who dived into water to collect a ring Minos had threw in?
Theseus
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Who threw a ring into water to make Theseus prove his father is poseidon?
Minos
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A swarm of what animal took Theses to the home of the Nereids in the depths of the sea?
dolphins
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Who gave Theseus a jeweled crown?
Thetis
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Who gave Thetis the jeweled crown that she later gave to Theseus?
Aphrodtie
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What daughter of Minos fell in love with Theseus?
Ariadne
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Who designed the labyrinth?
Daedalus
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Who gave Ariadne the string?
Daedalus
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Who was the mother of the Minotaur?
Pasiphae
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Who was the father of the minotaur?
the cretan bull
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What is another name for Naxos?
Dia
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What is another name for Dia?
Naxos
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Who are the children of Ariadne?
Oenopion and Staphylus
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Who did Ariadne marry?
Dionysus
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What man killed himself after seeing black sails?
Aegeus
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Who re instituted the Isthmian games?
Theseus
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What hero, sometimes said to be the son of Poseidon...
Theseus
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Who accompanied Heracles on his campaign against the amazons?
Theseus
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What Amazonian queen fell in love with Theseus?
Antiope
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What sister of Antiope...
Hippolyte
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Who was the son of Theseus by Antiope?
Hippolytus
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Who are the parents of Hippolytus?
Theseus and Antiope
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Who did Theseus marry after Antiope?
Phaedra
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What brother of Phaedra arranged her marriage with Theseus?
Deucalion
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Theseus sent Hippolytus to Troezen to suceed what king?
Pittheus
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Name the two sons of Phaedra and Theseus
Demophon and Acamas
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Who are the parents of Demophon and Acamas?
Theseus and Phaedra
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What goddess was Hippolytus devoted to?
Artemis
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What woman fell in love with Hippolytus?
Phaedra
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Who did Phaedra build a shrine to?
Aphrodite
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Who told Hippolytus of Phaedra's feelings?
Phaedra's nurse
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Who did Phaedra claim had raped her in her suicide note?
Hippolytus
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Who had promised Theseus three wishes?
Poseidon
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What did Theseus use his first wish on?
That Poseidon would kill his son
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How did Hippolytus die?
he was riding his chariot when a bull came out of the sea and frightened the horses and dragged him into the sea
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Who died by riding his chariot when a bull came out of the sea and frightened his horses and dragged him into the sea?
Hippolytus
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Who was the best friend of Theseus?
Peirithous
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Who was the best friend of Peirithous?
Theseus
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Who was the father of Peirithous?
Ixion
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What cattle did Peirithous steal?
the cattle of Marathon
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Who confronted Peirithous for stealing the cattle of Marathon?
Theseus
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Who is the bestfriend of Theseus?
Peirithous
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Who is the bestfriend of Peirithous?
Theseus
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Who did Theseus and Peirithous kidnap?
Helen
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Theseus and Pierithous vowed to marry daughters of who?
Zeus
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How old was Helen when Pierithous and Theseus kidnapped her?
10 or 12
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Who did Theseus leave Helen with while he went to the underworld?
Aethra
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What town did Theseus leave Helen in with Aethra?
Aphidnae
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Who took Helen back from Aethra and sacked Athens?
The Dioscuri
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The Dioscuri took Aethra and made her what?
Helen's nurse
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Who was Helen's nurse?
Aethra
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What entrance to the underworld did Theseus and Peirithous use?
Taenarum
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Who saved Theseus from the chair of forgetfullness?
Heracles
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Why was Heracles in the underworld when he saved Theseus?
He was fetching cerberus
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Who does Heracles save in the underworld?
Theseus
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What happened when Heracles tried to save Peirithous?
The earth quaked
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Who took over Athens while Theseus was gone?
Menestheus
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Who did Theseus send his sons Acamas and Demophon to?
Elephenor
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Who is the father of Aegeus?
Scyrius
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Where did Theseus go after he found Menestheus the new Athenian ruler?
Scyrus
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Who was the king of Scyrus that Theseus visited?
Lycomedes
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How did Theseus die?
He fell off a cliff
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Who may have pushed Theseus off a cliff?
Lycomedes
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What hero died by falling off a cliff?
Theseus
