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| Why was Danae put in a chamber and locked away by her father King Acrisius? |
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| Because the Oracle at Delphi told him that her daughter would give birth to a son that would kill him. |
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| T/F. King Acrisius of Argos had only one child, a daughter, Danae. |
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| Why didn't Acrisius just kill his daughter Danae? |
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| Because he was afraid of what the Gods might do to him if he killed her. |
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1.)Who was Danae's son's name? 2.)Who was the son's father? 3.)How did the father appear to Danae?(an object) |
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1.)Perseus 2.)Zeus 3.)Golden coins at first |
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| What did Acrisius do to Danae and Perseus? |
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| He put them both in a chest and cast it into the sea. |
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| T/F. A fisherman by the name of Dictys found the chest that contained Perseus and Danae. |
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| T/F. Polydectes, the ruler of the little island, was Dicty's father? |
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| False, he was his brother. |
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| Polydectes fell in love with Danae, but he did not want the son. What did he tell Perseus(who was full grown) to do? |
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| He told Perseus that he was having a wedding party and that Perseus should bring a present... a Gorgon's head. |
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| Specifically, whose head was Perseus going to bring back to Polydectes? |
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| Which two great gods helped Perseus on his quest? |
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| T/F. The oracles of Delphi and the oak trees in Dodona helped Perseus find the land of the Gorgons. |
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1.)How many Gray women were there? 2.)What did they all share? |
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| What did Hermes tell Perseus he should do to make the Gray Women tell him where the nymphs of the North were? |
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| He told Perseus to wait for the women to take out their eye; then he would swipe it from them so that they would have to tell him where to go. |
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| Did Perseus get the directions where the nymphs of the North were from the Gray Women? |
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1.)What weapon did Hermes give Perseus? 2.)What was unique about it? |
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1.)A sword 2.)It could cut through anything no matter how hard. |
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| What and Why did Athena give to Perseus? |
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| Her shield that she has so that he will be able to see Medusa in the reflection. |
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| Why can't anyone look at the Gorgon's directly? |
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| Their glare turns anyone into stone. |
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| Once in Hyperboreans, the land of the Nymphs, what 3 items did Perseus receive from them? |
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1.)Winged sandles 2.)Magic wallet 3.)A cap of invisibility |
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| Who lived on the Terrible Sisters' island? |
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| T/F. Medusa was immortal; the only way to kill her was to slice at her neck with a sword. |
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| False, Medusa was the only Gorgon that was not immortal. |
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| What did Perseus put Medusa's head into? |
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| Why was Andromeda being offered up to a sea-serpent? |
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| Her people, the Ethiopians, were being devoured and the oracle told them that offering Andromeda was the only way to make it go away. |
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| Andromeda's mother was the reason there was a sea-serpent terrorizing the Ethiopians... what did she do? |
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| She said she was prettier than the daughters of Nereus, the Sea-god. |
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| Who saved Andromeda and killed the sea-serpent? |
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| When Perseus arrived back on his island where his mother was... what did he find out? |
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1.)That his mother and Dictys were in hiding.
2.)He also found out the Dictys wife was dead. 3.)That Polydectes was having a banquete; that Polydectes was the reason that Perseus's mom and Dictys were hiding. |
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| What did Perseus do to Polydectes? |
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| He showed him and his guests Medusa's head and they were all turned to stone. |
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| Perseus was in an athletic contest, and he accidentally threw a missle towards the audience... and Acrisius was there so he died. |
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| Who did Perseus give Medusa's head to? |
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| The great Athenian hero was? |
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Who was Theseus's father? |
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| Why did Aegeus hide a sword and a pair of shoes under a boulder? |
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| So that if his son was worthy of him, he would be able to move the stone and collect the 2 items. |
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| Why did Theseus refuse to go on a ship to his father? |
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| Because going on sea was safe and easy. |
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| T/F. Hercules was Theseus' cousin. |
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| Why did Theseus kill all the bandits on the journey to his father? |
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| So that they would no longer bother travelers who traveled by land. |
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| What was Theseus' idea of justice? |
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| Whatever the bandit did to harm people, Theseus would use w/e method the bandit used. |
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| Sciron, Sinis, and Procrustes were all _______. |
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| Bandits that Theseus ended up killing. |
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| Who told Theseus' father to give Theseus poison? |
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| Why was the King of Crete, Minos, mad at Aegeus? |
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| Because his son was offered a quest by Aegeus and he died while trying to kill a bull. |
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| What did Minos demand of the Athenians every 9 years? |
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| That 7 maidens and 7 youths be sent to him. |
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| What happened to the 7 maidens and 7 youths that were brought to Crete? |
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| They were sent into a maze and devoured by the Minotaur. |
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| Who built the labyrinth in which the Minotaur was kept? |
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| T/F. Theseus decided that he would be one of the "victims" to go to Crete. |
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| Theseus told his father that the _____ colored flag would mean he suceeded, and the ____ colored flag would mean he failed and was dead. |
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| _______ fell in love with Theseus and told him a clue on how to get out of the labyrinth. |
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| How did Theseus kill the Minotaur? |
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| He battered it to death with his fists. |
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| How did Theseus get out of the maze and navigate through it? |
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| There were 2 stories regarding Ariadne. One says she fell asleep and Theseus ______ ___. The other says she _____. |
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1.)What did Theseus forget to do when he was sailing back to Athens? 2.)What resulted because of this? |
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1.)He forgot to change the flag to white 2.)His father comitted suicide and killed himself. |
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| T/F. Once Theseus became king of Athens, it was the only place in the world where potatoes were grown. |
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| False, it was the only place where the government was run by "the people" |
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| What did Theseus do in Thebes... in other words.. what was his goal? |
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| To bury the undead people. |
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| What country did Theseus go to get his wife? |
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| Hippolytus was the ___ of Theseus. |
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| T/F. After Theseus defeated the Amazon army, no one dared to enter Attica as long as Theseus was king. |
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| Theseus made a friendship oath with?(hard name) |
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| T/F. Theseus did not go on the Argo. |
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| False, he did go on the Argo. |
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| In a wedding, Theseus stopped a _______ from getting too outta control. |
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Pirithou's second wife he wanted to get was.... Theseus wanted to try to capture _____ first. |
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| Hades made Theseus and Pirithou sit in.... which made them not be able to remember anything and they could not get up. |
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| The Chair of Forgetfullness. |
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| Hippolytus only liked which goddess? |
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| Phaedra, 2nd wife of Theseus, was in love with her stepson,Hippolytus, because of... |
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Why did Phaedra kill herself? What did she say on her letter? Was it the truth? |
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Because she loved her stepson and he didn't love her That her stepson hurt her physically No |
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| Which God did Theseus cry out to curse his son Hippolytus? |
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| After Hippolytus was banished, what happened? |
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| The chariot he was in shattered because of Poseidon. |
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| Which goddess appeared to Theseus and told him the truth about his wife? |
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| Who killed Theseus? Host or Guest? |
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| his Host killed him... no one knows why. |
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| The greatest hero of Greece was? |
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| What was the only part of Greece that did not admire Hercules? |
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| Hercules was the strongest man on _____ |
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| The Gods needed Hercules help in conquering the ______. |
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What did Hercules do to Apollo's oracle when it wasn't giving him answers? |
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| He took the tripod it was sitting on and demanded an oracle for himself. |
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| What was the only way to harm Hercules? |
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| Supernatural forces such as magic... otherwise he was undefeatable. |
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| T/F. Hercules is not that smart. When it was too hot, he tried to shoot the sun with arrows. |
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| Hercules showed greatness of the ____. |
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| Hercules was born in ______. |
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| Why did Hera want to kill Hercules? |
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| Because he was Zeus' son... and she was jealous and etc. |
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| What happened when 2 poisonous snakes crept into Hercules and Iphicles' crib? |
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| Hercules killed the snakes and Iphicles just screamed. |
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| Zeus appeared as the shape of Alcmena's _______. |
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| Hercules did not like music. By accident, what did he do to his music instructor? |
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He killed him... hahahhaa sorry i was bored =) In all seriousness... he killed him. |
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| By the time he was 18, Hercules killed the ________ Lion. |
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| After Hercules conquered the Minyans, what did the Thebans give to him? |
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| Princess Megara's hand in marriage. |
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| When Hera sent Hercules "madness", what did he do to Megara and her 3 sons? |
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| He killed them.. wow hercules is a murderer.. |
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| T/F. Hercules killed people on purpose. |
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| False, most of the time, he was blinded by his rage that he had no control over himself. |
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| Hercules was about to kill himself because he killed his family... who stopped him from killing himself? |
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Eurystheus, Hercules cousin, gave him penances or tasks. 1.)How many tasks did he get? 2.)What were they called? |
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1.)12 2.)"The labors of Hercules" |
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In the 11th labor, who tricked Hercules into holding the sky? Why was Hercules even near this guy? |
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1.)Atlas 2.)Because he knew where the Golden Apples were. |
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| In the 11th labor, how did Hercules trick Atlas? |
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| He told him to hold the sky for a minute until he could find a shoulder pad.... atlas took the sky and hercules left with the apples. |
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| What did Hercules have to do in the 12th labor? |
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| Carry Cerberus up to the upper world. |
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| Antaeus was alive as long as he was touching the Earth... how did Hercules kill him? |
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| He grabbed his throat and held him off the ground. |
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| Deianira, Hercules 2nd wife, how did he claim her? |
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| He won in a fight against Acheolus(Acheolus turned into a bull to fight Hercules) |
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| Hercules rescued a girl that had troubles with Poseidon and Apollo. He said he would rescue her if her father gave some horses to Zeus. The father didn't do that... what happened after? |
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| Hercules took control of the city, killed the king, and gave the woman to a friend. |
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How did Zeus punish Hercules for killing a friend for an insult? What did Hercules want to do when he got out? |
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He made him a slave to Queen Omphale for a year. She made him work in woman's clothes... Hercules wanted to get revenge on Eurytus |
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| How did Admetus lose his wife? |
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| Because she sacrificed herself hor him. The fates were gonna cut his string unless he brought a sacrifice. |
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| When Hercules came to Admetus, what was he preparing for? |
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| When Hercules was relaxing in one of King Admetus' houses, what did he do? |
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| He got drunk and killed one of his servants. |
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| After one of the servants told Hercules that Admetus' wife was dead, not a regular person like Admetus told him, what did Hercules do? |
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| He wrestled with Death and brought her back. |
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| The story of Alcestis and Admetus and Hercules was one of the most _______ stories with Hercules in it. |
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| admired, great, awesome etc |
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| When Hercules wife, Deinara heard that Hercules fell in love with another girl, what did she do? |
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| She collected the blood she got from a centaur(he told her that it would make him fall in love with her) and sent it to him in form of a necklace. |
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| What happened when Hercules put on the necklace he got from his wife? |
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| He started to feel pain; but he did not die. |
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| When Hercules wife killed herself.... What did Hercules do? |
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| He killed himself by having one of his friends set torches and wood on fire to kill him. |
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| T/F. There were sometimes known to be 2 Atalantas. |
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| When Atalanta's father found out she was a girl and not a boy, what did he do? |
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| He left her on a mountainside to die of cold and hunger. |
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| Who saved Atalanta from starvation? |
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| A she-bear, then hunters after that. |
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| Why was the Calydonian boar punishing Calydon? |
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| Because Oeneus forgot to sacrifice some food to Artemis. |
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| Who was "The pride of the woods of Arcady" |
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| Meleager fell in love with? |
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| T/F. Atalanta was planning on marrying. |
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T/F. Atalanta and Meleager ended up killing the boar. Who was given the honor? |
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| How would one kill Meleager? |
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| By putting out the flame that his mother had stored away. |
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| When Meleager's mom found out that he killed her 2 brothers, what did she do? |
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| She extinguished his flame and killed herself. |
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| Once Atalanta performed well in Pelias' funeral athletic games, what did her father think of her? |
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| He accepted her as his daughter and said she was just as good as a son. |
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| How would one marry Atalanta? |
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A man by the name of Hippomenes or Melanion did what to beat Atalanta in a footrace? Since he won, what happened? |
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He gathered 3 Golden apples and rolled them on the race course to distract her. He got to marry her. |
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