Week 5

Question 1

Bellerophon parents

Answer 1

Glaucus and Eurynome

Question 2

Glaucus

Answer 2

King of Ephyra (Corinth)

Question 3

Bellerophon original name

Answer 3

Hipponous

Question 4

Why did Bellerophon’s name change

Answer 4

He either killed his brother or a merchant named Bellerus so then he was exiled

Question 5

where did he go after he was exiled

Answer 5

the court of proetus

Question 6

who ruled the court of proetus

Answer 6

the king of tiryns

Question 7

what did proetus do for Bellerophon

Answer 7

he purified him for his murder

Question 8

Proetus’ wife

Answer 8

Stheneboea (Anteia)

Question 9

What did Stheneboea say about Bellerophon

Answer 9

That he tried to seduce her

Question 10

What did Proetus decide for Bellerophon

Answer 10

He didnt want to kill him so he sent Bellerophon to King Iobates with a letter

Question 11

What did the letter say

Answer 11

To kill the messenger (Bellerophon)

Question 12

King Iobates

Answer 12

King of Lycia and father of Stheneboea

Question 13

What did Iobates come up with to get rid of Bellerophon

Answer 13

He came up with a list of impossible tasks that should get him killed

Question 14

What were the 3 tasks

Answer 14

Defeating the Chimaera, Solymi, and the Amazons

Question 15

What did Iobates do after Bellerophon completed the tasks

Answer 15

He offered half his kingdom and his daughter’s hand in marriage

Question 16

Iobates’ daughter

Answer 16

Philonoe

Question 17

What did Bellerophon do to Stheneboea

Answer 17

He took her on a ride on pegasus then pushed her off when they were high up

Question 18

What happened to Bellerophon in the end

Answer 18

He flew up to the heavens on Pegasus but fell off after Zeus sent a bug to bite pegasus, making him flinch. Bellerophon didnt die cause woohoo

Question 19

What hero rode the winged horse Pegasus?

Answer 19

Bellerophon

Question 20

King Proetus became angry when his wife falsely accused what young man of trying to seduce her?

Answer 20

Bellerophon

Question 21

Who gave Bellerophon a magic bridle with which to tame Pegasus?

Answer 21

Athena / Minerva

Question 22

Which of Iobates’ daughters falsely accused Bellerophon of lusting over her?

Answer 22

Anteia / Stheboea

Question 23

What king of Argos purified Bellerophon of the sin of murder?

Answer 23

Proetus

Question 23

What winged creature was the offspring of Poseidon and Medusa?

Answer 23

Pegasus

Question 23

What king of Lycia ordered Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera?

Answer 23

Iobates

Question 23

Who received a letter instructing him to kill its messenger because he had allegedly seduced the wife of Proetus?

Answer 23

Iobates

Question 23

After Bellerophon killed the Chimaera, against what bellicose tribe was he sent to fight singlehandedly?

Answer 23

Solymi

Question 23

Against what other tribe was Bellerophon sent for his third task?

Answer 23

Amazons

Question 24

What son of Glaucus and Eurynome received his new name when he was exiled from Corinth for killing the merchant Bellerus?

Answer 24

Bellerophon

Question 25

After Bellerophon proved to Iobates that there was no task he could send him on that would kill him, what daughter did Iobates promise him in marriage?

Answer 25

Philonoe

Question 26

What king of Thebes refused to give up power when his year to rule was up?

Answer 26

Eteocles

Question 27

What king of Argos yoked his daughters to a boar and a lion and attempted to put his son-in-law back on the throne of Thebes by leading an expedition of seven heroes, commonly known as the “Seven Against Thebes”?

Answer 27

Adrastus

Question 28

What Argive king helped Polyneices by putting together an army to march on Thebes?

Answer 28

Adrastus

Question 29

Who had decreed that it was illegal to bury the body of Polyneices, the brother of Ismene?

Answer 29

Creon

Question 30

Which of the sons of Oedipus sought help from Adrastus to recover the throne of Thebes?

Answer 30

Polyneices

Question 31

Which of the Seven Against Thebes was compelled to go on the expedition because his wife had accepted a bribe from Polyneices?

Answer 31

Amphiaraus

Question 32

When she was bribed with Harmonia's necklace, who forced her husband Amphiaraus to join the Seven Against Thebes?

Answer 32

Eriphyle

Question 33

What son of Creon was the fiancé of Antigone?

Answer 33

Haemon