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| Who was the cause of all the misfortunes of the Atreus House? |
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| Tantalus was the son of ____. |
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| T/F. Tantalus was allowed to eat and drink all of the God's food; he could even eat with them at Olympus. |
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| How did Tantalus piss the Gods off? |
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| He boiled his own son Pelops to death and sacrificed him up to the Gods to eat. |
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| How was Tantalus punished? |
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| He was dropped into a river in Hades, and whenever he would try to eat or drink something, the food/drink would just runaway from him. |
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| T/F. Pelops was restored fully back to his original self. |
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| False, he had an arm made out of ivory since one of the Goddesses ate it by accident. |
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| What would a man have to do in order to marry Princess Hippodamia? |
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| Beat her father in a horse race. |
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Princess Hippodamia's father's horses were a gift from ____. Pelop's horses were a gift from ________. |
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| What happens if you beat Princess Hippodamia's father in a race? What happened if you lost? |
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1.You can marry her 2.You get killed |
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| Besides Tantalus ruining the family line, who else supposedly cursed the family? |
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Amphion was a good _______ Zethus had a lot of ________ |
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1.Musician 2.Physical strength |
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| Amphion's wife who was the daughter of Tantalus was _____. |
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| How many sons and daughters did Niobe have? |
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| 7 sons and 7 daughters=14 total |
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Which 2 divinities(God/Goddess) did Niobe insult? What price did she have to pay? |
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1.Artemis + Apollo 2.Artemis and Apollo killed all of her children, and then she(Niobe) was transformed into a stone. |
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| T/F. Pelop's 2 sons were Atreus and Thyestes. |
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| What did Thyestes do that upset Atreus? |
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| Once Thyestes had 2 kids, what did Atreus do? |
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| Atreus killed them both by chopping them up. |
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| Who told Aegisthus that the death of Agamnon will be avenged by Orestes? |
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| The ghost of Agamemnon told Odysseus how he died.... how did Agamemnon die according to him? |
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| He and his men got home and they were dining.... after they had a couple of drinks, his wife and Aegisthus killed him and Cassandra. |
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| Why did Clytemnestra want to kill her husband? |
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| Since Agamemnon sacrificed her daughter for a "stupid reason" |
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| When Agamemnon entered his home with Cassandra(prophetress from Troy), what did she say would happen? |
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| That her own life and someone else's would be taken tonight. |
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| Who killed Agamemnon and Cassandra? |
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| Who were the 2 sons of Atreus? |
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| Menelaus married ______ and ended up living a successful life while Agamemnon didn't. |
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| Why did Aegisthus want to kill the children of Agamemnon? |
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| Because Agamemnon's father, Atreus killed Aegisthus' 2 brothers... yes, that makes Aegisthus the son of Thyestes |
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| Clytemnestra's 3 children were _____ _____ ____. |
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1.Iphigenia 2.Orestes 3.Electra |
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| What did the Oracle at Delphi tell Orestes? |
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| That he should kill his father and mother respectively. |
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| Pylades was Orestes' _______ and _____. |
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| How was Electra treated by her father? |
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| She was treated real badly to the point where she was awaiting the return of Orestes. |
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What was Orestes', Electra's, and Pylades' original plan to get rid of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus? |
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| Orestes and Pylades would be disguised as messengers and tell Clytemnestra Orestes is dead. |
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Who foiled Orestes' plan by saying Orestes' wasn't dead?
A.It was Electra. B.It was Aegisthus. C.It was a slave. D.It was Teiresius. |
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| T/F. Orestes killed his mother and step-father. |
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| After Orestes killed his mother, what pursued him until he was purified by Athena? |
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| Who declared that the curse of the House of Atreus was ended? |
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| In another story, what was the fate of Iphigenia? |
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| She was not killed, but instead taken to the island of the Taurians where she was a priestess who killed people in sacrifices. |
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| What was the custom of the Taurian people towards any Greeks that walked on their land? |
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| They would kill the Greeks by sacrificing them to Artemis. |
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Why did Orestes still go to Apollo's Oracle to ask what he should do to be purified even though Athena already did? |
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| Because some of the Furies were still following him. |
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| What did the oracle of Delphi tell Orestes he should do to purify himself? |
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| He should go to the island of the Taurians and steal the sacred image of Artemis from her temple. |
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| Orestes came from _______ |
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| Once Orestes and Pylades were captured and were talking with Iphigenia, how did she find out Orestes was with him? |
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| When she gave a letter addressed to Orestes to Pylades, and Pylades gave it to Orestes. |
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| Orestes, Pylades, and Iphigenia were on their escape in the ship with Artemis' image, but then a wind rammed their ship into a rock, why did King Thoas not kill them? |
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| Athena appeared before him and told him to not hurt them and let them free. |
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What was Iphigenia's lie to King Thoas? |
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| That the 2 people with her were tainted, so she had to cleanse them and the image of Artemis. |
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| Why did Cadmus go to the Oracle of Delphi? |
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| To find out where Europa was. |
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| What did the Oracle of Delphi tell Cadmus? |
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| To not search for her, but instead build a city where the heifer he was following stopped and sat down. |
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When Cadmus founded Thebes,what did he have to kill first? What happened after he killed it? |
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1.A dragon 2.Athena appeared and told him to throw the dragon's teeth in the ground, men sprouted and the 5 that lived helped Cadmus build Thebes. |
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| T/F. Cadmus may have given the alphabet to Greece. |
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| Harmonia was the wife of ______ and the daughter of ____ and _________. |
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1.Cadmus 2.Ares 3.Aphrodite |
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| What did Hephaestus make that would bring disaster to the later generation of Cadmus and Harmonia? |
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Which one of these statements is inaccurate: A.4 daughters and 1 son was born to Cadmus B.Semele perished from seeing Zeus C.Melicertes was killed by Ino D.Ino and Melicertes were turned into sea god/dess |
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C.Melicertes was killed by Ino Melicirtes was killed from his father. |
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| Why was Pentheus killed by his mom, Agave? |
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| Because Dionysus made her think that Pentheus was a lion so she slayed him. |
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| What was the fate of Autonoe's son, Actaeon? |
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| He saw Artemis naked, and she turned him into a stag when he was hunting; then his dogs killed him since he was a deer. |
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| What happened to Cadmus and Harmonia in the end? |
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| They were turned into serpents by the gods. |
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| What did the Oracle at Delphi tell Laius? |
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| That he would be killed by his own son. |
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| What did Laius do to his son after he heard the Oracle? |
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| He left him on a mountain. |
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| A creature shaped like a winged lion, but has the breasts of a woman. What is this? |
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| When one saw a Sphinx, what happens? |
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| She tells you a riddle, if you can't answer, then you are eaten. |
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| Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? |
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| Because the Oracle told him that he would kill his father(he thought his father was King Polybus) |
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Why did the Sphinx kill herself? What was the answer to her riddle? |
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Because Oedipus answered her riddle correctly. Man. |
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| According to Oracle, how would the disease in Thebes be stopped? |
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| If King Laius' murderur was killed. |
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| What did Teiresias tell Oedipus? |
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| That Oedipus was the murderer of his father |
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| What did Oedipus find out he has done? |
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| He killed his father and married his mother..... |
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What did Oedipus do when he found out "everything"? What did Jocasta do? |
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1.He blinded himself 2.She killed herself |
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| Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene were whose children? |
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| T/F. Oedipus was expelled from Thebes by his family. |
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| Who succeeded in taking the throne w/o fighting, Eteocles or Polyneices? |
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| What country did Oedipus die in? |
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| On Polyneice's side, who was the only one that survived? |
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Who was fighting for Thebes? Who was fighting against it? |
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| What did Teiresias tell Creon? |
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| That the only way Thebes could be saved would be if his son Menoeceus was killed. |
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| T/F. Menoeceus went to the battle and was killed. |
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| T/F. Eteocles was victor over the one-on-one fight with Polyneices. |
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| False, they both killed eachother. |
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| What did Creon declare should happen to those who fought the war and Polyneices(not Eteocles) |
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| They should not be buried, and if anyone buries Polyneices, then they would be killed. |
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| What happens if you don't get buried properly? |
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| In the underworld, you will not be able to take the fairy across the river. |
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| Who buried Polyneices? This person was thusly killed for breaking the law Creon had said. |
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| Adrastus, along with the mothers and sons of the 5 unburied people, went to _______ in _____ to ask for him to overule Creon's law. |
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| Theseus would go to Thebes only if __ ____ voted that he should go. |
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| T/F. The Theban army defeated the Athenian Army. |
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| Capaneus, Eteocles, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, and Tydeus were finally ______. |
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| Parthenopaeus was _________ son. |
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| Whose wife jumped in the flames that would successfully bury the dead? |
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| T/F. The sons of the 7 champions grew up to adults and conquered Thebes. |
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The sons of the 7 champions were called... A.Epic Heroes B.Gods C.Sajilomen D.Epigoni |
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| D. Epigoni which meant the after born |
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| Cecrops, the first king of Attica, was half humand and half? |
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Poseidon did what to try and get Athens? Athena did what? |
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1.Broke open a rock making salt water. 2.She made an olive tree |
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| When people of Athens were voting for Poseidon/Athena, why was Athena chosen?(not cause of Olive Tree) |
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Guys voted for Poseidon Girls for Athena and there was one more girl than guys. |
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| T/F. Men in Athens took away voting from the women. |
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| Cecrops was the great grandfather of? |
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| Procne married _____ a son of Ares. |
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| When Tereus was going to get Procne's sister, Philomela, what happened? |
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| He fell in love with her, and told her Procne was dead, but when she found out, Tereus cut her tongue off and locked her away. |
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| How did women communicate back then instead of talking? |
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| They did it by crafting pictures in their weaving. |
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| When Procne found out what happened to Philomela, what did she do? |
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| She killed her son, Itys, and sacrificed it so he would be the meal for Tereus. |
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Tereus was turned into a _____ Philomela was turned into a _____
Procne was turned into a _______ |
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1.ugly hawk 2.nightingale-saddest song 3.swallow-can twitter |
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| Aurora, the Goddess of Dawn, told Cephalus what? |
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| that his wife probably would fall in love with someone else very easily. |
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| When Cephalus was disguised, did Procris give in? |
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| T/F. Procris and Cephalus eventually came back together. |
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| Why did Erectheus, Orithyia's father, not allow the North Wind, Boreas, to fall in love with her? |
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| Because he came from the North and so did Tereus. |
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| T/F. One day, Boreas swooped down and got Orithyia and had two kids named Zetes and Calais who took part in the quest for the Golden Fleece. |
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Basically, who bore a child with Creusa? What did she do with the child? |
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1.Apollo 2.Left him there in her cloak |
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| ______ was married to creusa(not apollo) |
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| The cute lad Creusa was?(name) |
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| What did Creusa say to Ion why she was going to Apollo's Oracle? |
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| Because she was doing a favor for a friend to find out how her kid died. |
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| Why was Xuthus so excited when he was running out of Apollo's Oracle? |
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| Because he said Ion was his son. |
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| What 2 things did the Oracle at Delphi carry that resembled Creusa? |
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| Creusa proved to Ion that she was his mother by? |
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| explaning the cloak that was she made |
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| Which god/goddess appeared and told Ion and Creusa that they were mother and son and that Ion should rule Athens? |
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