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Who is the queen of Athens and wife of Aegeus when Theseus first reaches Athens?

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Medea

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Theseus travels to Themiscyra to vanquish what tribe?

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Amazons

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What daughter of Zeus does Theseus want to marry since he thinks it would be cool to be brothers with the Dioscuri?

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Helen

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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus would bend pine trees to fling or tear apart passersby?

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Sinis/Pityocamptes

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Upon what god doesTheseus call to send a bull from the sea to startle Hippolytus’s horses and kill him?

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Poseidon

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While Theseus was in the Underworld, who became king of Athens and the world’s first demagogue?

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Menestheus

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What alternate name is given to the Crommyonian sow?

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Phaea

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At Eleusis, with what king did Theseus wrestle to the death?

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Cercyon

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Where did the bronze-club-wielding bandit Periphetes live?

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Epidaurus

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Who is the father of Minos?

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Zeus

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What does the Oracle of Delphi tell Aegeus?

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Do not loosen the foot of the wineskin until you reach Athens

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When Theseus dives into the ocean to fetch the ring, who appears and gives him both the ring and a cool crown?

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Amphitrite

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What son of Medea and Aegeus does Medea try to place on the throne of Athens?

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Medus

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Where did Theseus wreslte Cercyon to the death?

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Eleusis

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What city led by the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) attacked Athens to rescue Helen?

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Sparta

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In what city did Theseus grow up?

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Troezen

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Who volunteered himself to be one of the 14 tributes sent to Crete to prove his heroism?

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Theseus

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Who is cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytus?

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Phaedra

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Which Amazon does Theseus take as his wife?

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Antiope (or Hippolyta)

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How did Theseus die?

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Kicked off a cliff by Lycomedes

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What king of Athens travels to Delphi to ask about his childlessness?

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Aegeus

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What god might be the father of Theseus?

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Poseidon

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What king of Scyros grew jealous over Theseus’s popularity and kicked him off of a cliff?

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Lycomedes

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Where is the home of the Amazons?

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Themiscyra

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To what city does Aegeus go to ask the oracle about his childlessness?
Delphi
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What brother of Aegeus tries to overthrow him as king of Athens with his 50 sons?
Pallas
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Who rescues Theseus from the Underworld while he is fetching Cerberus?
Heracles
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Where did Theseus defeat Sinis?
Isthmus of Corinth
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What king of Troezen does Aegeus ask for help interpreting the Oracle of Delphi?
Pittheus
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Who is the inventor and architect of the Labyrinth?
Daedalus
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What did Aegeus instruct Theseus to do if he returned alive from Crete?
Put up the white sails
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What monster lives in the Labyrinth?
Minotaur
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What other hero did Theseus idolize and emulate on his journey from Troezen to Athens?
Heracles
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What type of animal does Theseus defeat at Crommyon?
Sow/Boar
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What sister of Ariadne does Theseus marry after Antiope?
Phaedra
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What king of Crete is the father of Androgeus and demanded tribute from Athens for his son's death?
Minos
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When a couple of Athenians made fun of his feminine-looking attire, what did Theseus do to assert his masculinity?
Threw two oxen over a building
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With what Lapith king does Theseus become best friends?
P(e)irithous
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How does Hades trick Theseus and Pirithous in the Underworld?
Has them sit in the Chair of Forgetfulness
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How did Theseus kill Sciron?
Kicked him off a cliff into the mouth of a man-eating turtle
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How did Theseus kill Periphetes/Corynetes?
WIth his bronze club
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What does Aegeus see which causes him to recognize the true identity of his son Theseus?
Sword
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What promise do Theseus and Pirithous make to each other?
That they'll each marry a daughter of Zeus?
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Whom does Theseus abandon on Naxos after promising to take her from Crete?
Ariadne
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How did Theseus defeat Cercyon?
Wrestling
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Who is the daughter of Pittheus with whom Aegeus spends the night in Troezen?
Aethra
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Who solves the mystery of the foot of the wineskin for Aegeus?
Pittheus
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What Cretan princess immediately falls in love with Theseus asks Daedalus how to help him survive the Labyrinth?
Ariadne
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How did Theseus kill Sinis/Pityocamptes?
Flinging him to his death with a pine tree
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Who is the wife of Minos & queen of Crete?
Pasiphae
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What daugher of Minos gives the ball of golden yarn to Theseus to traverse the Labyrinth?
Ariadne
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After he was exiled by Menestheus, to what island did Theseus eventually end up?
Scyros
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What daughter of Zeus does Pirithous want to marry?
Persephone
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Who was forced to remain in the Chair of Forgetfulness since Heracles could only save Theseus?
P(e)irithous
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Who are the parents of the Minotaur?
Pasiphae & the Cretan/Marathonian Bull
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What son of Minos did Aegeus send to kill the Marathonian Bull?
Androgeus
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Where does Theseus defeat a giant sow named Phaea?
Crommyon
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Who curses Phaedra to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytus?
Aphrodite
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Who fled from Corinth to Athens in a chariot drawn by dragons and promised the king a child should he give her safe refuge?
Medea
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Why must Athens pay tribute of 7 boys & 7 girls to Crete every year?
Aegeus sent Androgeus to his death against the Marathonian Bull
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Still wary over the potential threat of losing his kingdom to a stranger, Medea and Aegeus send Theseus to kill what animal?
Marathonian Bull
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Who is the son of Theseus and Antiope?
Hippolytus
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What innkeeper would either stretch or cut the legs of his residents?
Procrustes/Damastes/Polypemon
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What god rescues Ariadne from Naxos and marries her?
Dionysus
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Who sees the black sail of his son's ship and throws himself off of the Athenian Acropolis into the sea?
Aegeus
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Under whose care does Theseus put Helen while he goes down into the Underworld with Pirithous?
Aethra
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To what island must Athens send 7 boys & 7 girls every year as tribute?
Crete
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What sea gets its name from the Athenian king who fell into it?
Aegean Sea
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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus would force passersby to wash his feet on the side of a cliff then kick them off into the jaws of a man-eating turtle?
Sc(e)iron
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What man swears himself to the worship of Artemis and scorns all love and women?
Hippolytus
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What does Aegeus hide underneath a giant rock at Troezen before he heads back for Athens?
A sword & sandals
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With what poison does Medea try to kill Theseus after he returns from killing the Marathonian Bull?
Aconite
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Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus fought with a bronze club?
Periphetes/Corynetes
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After defeating her father with a pine tree, whom does Theseus spot lying in a bed of asparagus and have a child with named Melannipus?
Perigune

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