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| What goddess did Hera try to keep from Apollo's birth out of jealousy? |
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| Who wrote the Hippolytus? |
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| On what island are the twins Artemis and Apollo born? |
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| Under which Epithet is Apollo invoked as a healer? |
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| Who was the hunter who tried to rape Artemis and pursued the Pleiades? |
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| What was the name of the Satyr who was flayed alive? |
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| Who was the nymph that was transformed into a bear? |
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| Who was the hunter that caught Artemis bathing? |
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| Who was the nymph and follower of Artemis that turned into a stream? |
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| What cures Orion's blindness? |
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Which of the following is not generally associated with Artemis?
Apollo Hecate Selene Hephaestus |
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| Which two deities are called the "Two Goddesses"? |
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| Which goddess was often placed in opposition to Aphrodite in ancient literature? |
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| What role does the prophet Tiresias play in Euripides' Bacchae? |
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| He joins with old King Cadmus in the Dionysian rites |
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| Which greek deity more than any other was thought to dispense justice? |
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| What does the meter in the name Demeter mean? |
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| According to the approach taken in this course, what is the best way to understand the relationship between mythology and historical truth? |
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| A myth may very possibly have a basis in historical truth |
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| Which god was particularly unsuccessful in love affairs |
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| What is the great virtue of Walter Burkert's approach to understanding mythology? |
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| Its inclusiveness in recognizing the value of various interpretative theories |
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| How do myths function according to Sigmund Freud? |
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| The express the repressed subconscious desires of a human individual |
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| Who are the daughters of Phorcys whose name means the aged one? |
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| What is the most important sanctuary of Asclepius? |
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| On what did the Pythia sit when she delivered her oracles of the gods? |
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| Near what mountain is Delphi situated? |
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| What is the ultimate fate of Niobe? |
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| She is changed into a weeping stone/ statue |
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| What bird, associated with Apollo, informed him of Coronis' infidelity? |
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| What woman, loved by Apollo, was condemned to have a long life, but not perpetual youth? |
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| What are the names of the three daughters of Anius (King of Delos)? |
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| What is the name of the Graces who attend Aphrodite? |
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| What name does Demeter use when she comes to Eleusis in disguise? |
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| What is the name of the drink with which Demeter broke her fast? |
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| Who was the maidservant who set out a seat for Demeter when she arrived at the palace in Eleusis? |
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| In some versions of her birth, who is the mother of Aphrodite? |
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| Which of the Olympiad gods is most commonly associated with monsters? |
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| According to the approach taken in this course, what is the best way to understand the relationship between mythology and historical truth? |
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| A myth may very possibly have a basis in historical truth |
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| How do myths function according to the etiological approach to mythology? |
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| The explain the causes or origins of items of culture or the natural world. |
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| When was the Golden Age of Roman literature |
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| Who was the first and most influential of the Greek authors of mythology? |
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| The closest parallel to Hesoid's Theogony is found in what culture? |
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| What was the crime for which Sisyphus was punished? |
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| He revealed that Zeus had carried off a nymph |
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| In some stories Laius brings a curse down upon his family. How does he do this? |
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| He abducts the some of his host in exile |
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| Who is the leader of the suitors and the first one killed? |
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| Is eating of the pomegranate an element of the rituals of Demeter at Eleusis? |
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| Is use of torches an element of the rituals of Demeter at Eleusis? |
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| Is ritual jesting an element of the rituals of Demeter at Eleusis? |
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| Is drinking of barley and water an element of the rituals of Demeter at Eleusis? |
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| Which god or goddess witnessed the abduction of Persephone? |
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| Which girl carried on an incestuous relationship with her father? |
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| What story did Demeter employ to aid her disguise? |
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| She'd been abducted by Creten pirates and escaped |
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| What is the name of the festival in Athens where piglets were thrown into underground pits? |
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| Which 3 goddesses was Aphrodite unable to overpower |
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| In a variant of the Adonis story, Adonis is put into a chest and given to whom? |
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| When Demeter returns to the halls of Olympus, her anger is unabated and she... |
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| Refuses to allow the earth to put forth crops |
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| How did Aphrodite punish the women of Cyprus |
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| She turned them into Prostitutes |
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| Psyche is asked to fetch a piece of whose beauty? |
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| Who became adept at the flute Athena created? |
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| With whom does Athena share her function as a deity of war? |
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| What is Hermes roman name? |
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| What was the subject of Hermes first song? |
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| He sang of his own conception and birth |
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| Which winged figure often attends Athena in art? |
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| What animal is often associated with Athena |
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| Who aided Apollo in his search for his cattle? |
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| The old man tending his vinyard |
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| What is the meaning of Metis |
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| Who assists at Athena's birth |
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| Was Athena originally born male? |
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| Which goddess is the goddess of the citadel? |
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| Which goddess was the first to bridle horses? |
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| Which god or goddess helped construct the first ship? |
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| Who does Dionysus rescue from the island of Naxos? |
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| Who is the mother of Pentheus? |
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| What happens to Cadmus and Harmonia at the end of the Bacchae? |
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| They are turned into serpants |
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| What is the traditional city of Dionysus' birth? |
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| What is the mythological male counterpart of a maenad? |
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| How or why does Orpheus' wife die? |
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| Who does not resist the god Dionysus? |
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| Who wrote the compilation of the mythology of Dionysus entitled Dionysiaca? |
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| What is the name for the sacred band of Dionysus? |
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| Who rescued Dionysus from Semele's ashes? |
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| Who was the child that Demeter tried to immortalize? |
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| What is the meaning of hierophant |
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| One who shows sacred things |
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| Who was given the commission to spread the rites of Demeter? |
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| What is the last stage of the mysteries of Demeter? |
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| What is Persephone doing when Hades abducts her? |
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| Who was the ruler of Eleusis when Demeter arrived? |
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| Who was the wife of the ruler of Eleusis? |
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| What finally made Demeter smile and break her fast? |
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| The maidservant told jokes |
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| Where were the Lesser Mysteries held? |
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| Who chose a mortal over the god Apollo in fear that Apollo may abandon them in their old age? |
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| Who was the mother of Asclepius |
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| What hero rescued Alcestis from death? |
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| What does the term "pytho" mean? |
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| What oath does Leto swear to the land that accepts her when she is in labour with Apollo? |
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| To be honoured by Apollo above all |
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| Who serves as the first priests of the Sanctuary at Delphi? |
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| Who did Apollo fall in love with while watching her wrestle a lion |
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| Who was the most famous physician of the 5th century B.C., who founded a school at Cos? |
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| With what region of Greece is Hermes associated? |
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| Which three epithets/ descriptions or Hermes occur in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes? |
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| Messenger of Gods, bringer of luck, robber |
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| What did Hermes do in the evening of the day of his birth? |
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| stole the cattle of Apollo |
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| With what figure can Hermes' actions as a trickster be most associated? |
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| What did Hermes invent to aid in the theft of Apollo's cattle |
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| How does Zeus seal the pact of friendship between Apollo and Hermes? |
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| Makes Hermes a shepherd of flocks and messenger to Hades |
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| What is the most fundamental function of a herm? |
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| Who are the parents of Hermes? |
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| Apollo receives what gift from Hermes after they reconciled as brothers? |
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| What is the name of the fountain or spring that has a reputation for weakening the limbs? |
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| According to Ovid's story, a hermaphrodite originated from the unusual union of which two beings? |
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| Hermaphroditus and Salmacis |
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| Hermes always had the caduceus, which was what? |
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| A staff entwined with snakes |
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| Who cared for Dionysus after his birth from Zeus' thigh? |
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Wine and the vine
Mob fury and fanaticism
irrationality and insanity |
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| What is the name for the wild women who worshipped and accompanied Dionysus? |
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| "Possession by a god" Dionysus could mean insanity at one extreme ___________ , or at the other: |
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| Who was the grandfather of Pentheus? |
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| What young man died from irrational self love? |
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| What does the name Syrinx mean? |
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| In what Bacchic garment are Dionysus' Maeanads clothed? |
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| In what form does Dionysus appear to Pentheus as he attemots to blind him? |
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| He was torn apart my Maeanads |
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| Who granted King Midas the golden touch? |
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| According to Ovid, why is Bacchus upset at Orpheus' death? |
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| Which sister of Semele cared for the baby Dionysus? |
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| The fury who guards the entrance to Tartarus |
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| In the myth of Er, who was the tyrant who had killed his parents and experienced horrific suffering in the afterlife? |
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| What is the name of the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld? |
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| Who tells Odysseus that he was murdered by his wife? |
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| Who is punished by having his liver eaten by vultures? |
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| What is the name of the hateful river in the underworld? |
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| What poet describes the ascent of Aeneas into the underworld? |
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| What does Odysseus do to summon the dead? |
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| He digs a put and fills it with the blood of sacrificial victims |
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| Who tells Aeneas that he dies through the trickery of Helen at the hands of Menelaüs and Odysseus? |
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| What is the punishment of Ixion |
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| Imprisonment on a fiery wheel |
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| What three things does Aenas require to enter the Underworld? |
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| A sword, golden bough and medicated cake |
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| Who requested burial from Odysseus in the underworld? |
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| In the myth of 'Er', who returns to life as a lion because he remembered the judgement of Achille's armour? |
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| Where is the infant Oedipus exposed? |
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| Who was bribed by Pelops to fix the chariot race? |
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| Who seduces Atreus' wife and takes possession of the talisman that guarantees kingship of Mycenae? |
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| What does the greek term aitia mean? |
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| Who is the single most important source for classical mythology after Homer? |
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| Is Herodotus a tragic playwright? |
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| In the psychoanalytical approach to myth, what is the anima? |
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| The archetypal concept of the female in the male |
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| To whom can be attributed an interpretation of myth centered on the spiritual or mystical yearnings of human beings? |
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| Who is responsible for analyzing myth into 31 recurrent motifemes? |
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| What can be said about the role of women in Greek society? |
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| Women were cloistered, illiterate, and opressed |
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| What is Lévi-Strauss' approach to myth |
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| Myth strived to resolve binary opposites |
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| To whom is attributed the theory of the archetype? |
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| Who attempted to explain myths as charters of social customs? |
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| Who attempted to explain myth in terms of meteorological or cosmological phenomena? |
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| What is the name of the interpretation of a myth that sought to rationalize it by claiming the gods were originally powerful men? |
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| What is an important element in defining saga or legend? |
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| It has perceptible relationship to history |
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| What are some meanings of the greek word mythos |
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| Who was the contemporary of and successor to Scliemann at Troy? |
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| What name has been given to the type of walls found at Mycenae? |
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| What seems to have been the Hittite name for Troy? |
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| IN what region is the origin of Homer likely to be found? |
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| In a widely held theory, to whom was the destruction of Bronze age settlements attributed? |
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| Who is responsible for the creation of the first true alphabet? |
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| When can we locate the emergence of Homer's epics? |
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| In which layer of settlements did Carl Blegen locate Homer's Troy? |
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| How many settlements were located on the hill of Hissarlik? |
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| Who is principally credited with unlocking the mystery of Linear B? |
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| Who is responsible for excavating at Pylos? |
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| Which palace contains the famous Lion Gate? |
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| What is a common Homeric epithet for Mycenae? |
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| When can we date the late Bronze Age? |
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| Who unearthed the Palace of Minos at Cnossus? |
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| The Hecatonchires have 100 |
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| Who are the cyclops offspring of? |
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| What are the 6000 children of Oceanus and Tethys? |
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| Who is the father of Zeus? |
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| Who are the Hecatonchires children of? |
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| Who was Rhea was the wife of? |
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| Which of his children did Cronus not devour? |
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| Who's castration results in the birth of Aphrodite? |
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| Which lover of Eos was granted immortality but not perpetual youth? |
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| What is Eos the goddess of? |
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| Which handsome shepherd did Selene, goddess of the moon fall in love with? |
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| Who drove the chariot of the sun disastrously? |
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| Greek mythology imagines the earth as a flat disc encircled by who? |
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| Who are the Titans offspring of? |
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| What does the greek term hieros gamos mean? |
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| Did Uranus arise from Chaos? |
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| Which Spanish painter of the 18th and 19th centuries depicted Saturn devouring one of his children? |
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| Which author parodies myth in his comedy entitled Birds? |
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| From what union did Day and Aether come into being? |
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| Who was the author of Works and Days? |
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| Who reluctantly binds Prometheus in Aeschylus' play Prometheus Bound? |
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| Which woman did Zeus seduce and then turn into a cow? |
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| Which age did Cronus rule during? |
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| What did the men of the Bronze age do? |
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| According to the tradition, form what is mankind recreated? |
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| Who survived the flood sent by Zeus? |
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| What was the final outrage that preceded the flood sent by Zeus? |
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| Lycaon attempted to feed Zeus human flesh |
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| Who was the slayer of Argus? |
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| Who was the offspring of Zeus and Io? |
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| What did Zeus punish Prometheus for? |
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| Deception of the sacrifice |
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| In the traditional version of the creation of man, who is depicted as the creator? |
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| What was the name of the dragon that was very difficult for Zeus to overcome? |
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| Zeus fought against the Gegeneis, what does this name mean? |
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| Who did not help Zeus in his bid for power? |
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| What was the first age in the universe? |
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| Of what city was Gilgamesh king? |
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| Who corresponds to the Greek Typhoeus in the Enuma Elish? |
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| Is Steropes on the the Hecatonchires? |
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| Who is the counterpart to the Greek Deucalion or the Hebrew Noah in the Epic of Gilgamesh? |
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| Which two giants attempted to storm heaven by piling Olympus, Ossa and Pelion upon one another? |
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| With a special trap, Hephaestus caught his wife Aphrodite in bed with which god? |
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| Who are the fates offspring of? |
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| Who are the parents of the race of Centaurs? |
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| Centaurus and the mares of Mt. Pelion |
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| What Lapith man was once a girl? |
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| Who is the Trojan youth snatched up to Olympus by Zeus to be the gods cupbearer? |
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| What is another name for the fates? |
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| What is the Roman name for Ares? |
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| Who are the muses offspring of? |
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| What does the name Mnemosyne mean? |
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| Who was Ares' cult partner? |
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| What bird is sacred to Hera? |
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| Is Ganymede a child of Zeus and Hera? |
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| Where is Zeus' chief sanctuary? |
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| Which prophet was gifted with understanding the speech of animals? |
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| Who us the goddess of the hearth? |
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| What is Hebe the goddess of? |
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| Is Calliope an offspring of Zeus and Themis? |
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| What is the roman name for the Fates? |
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| Which god boasts that he would endure any number of shackles to lie with Aphrodite? |
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| With what river does Hephaestus do battle in the Iliad? |
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| What is the etymological root of Zeus' name? |
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| According to Herodotus, which god rescued Croesus from the pyre> |
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| What mortal brought the eventual downfall of Croesus? |
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| Who was the instrument of fate and caused Croesus' son's death? |
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| Who was the youth who was rescued form the sea by a dolphin? |
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| Who is the writer who records the tale of Solon and Croesus? |
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| Chthonian deities are associated with what? |
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| What is the most important thing that separates gods from humans? |
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| What is the hallmark of the greek conception of the Olympians? |
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| Which two people narrate the story of Croesus? |
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| Herodotus and Bacchylides |
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| Who was forced to kill Candaules and win the throne? |
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| Who was the ill-fated man who came to the court of Croesus for purification? |
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| What was the famous pronouncement of Solon? |
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| A human being is completely a thing of chance? |
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| Who insisted on the existence of one supreme nonanthropomorphic god? |
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| In early sources, what are the Harpies? |
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| Who are the Gorgons offspring of? |
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| What was Iris the goddess of? |
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| Poseidon is usually seen holding what tool? |
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| What is Triton often depicted as? |
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| Half man, half fish, blowing on the conch shell |
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True or false:
Amphitrite, the daughter of Nereus was the consort of Poseidon |
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True or False:
Thetis, the daughter of Nereus was the consort of Poseidon |
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| Who was the cyclops, Polyphemus the son of? |
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| Who did Galatea fall in love with, after having spurned the advances of Polyphemus? |
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| Which mortal did the sea nymph Thetis marry? |
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| Who bore Cerberus, the Hydra and the Theban Sphinx? |
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| Scylla is the daughter of who? |
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| With what two gods is the identity of Proteus often merged? |
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| Who bore Nereus fifty daughters? |
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| Which of his tutors did Heracles kill? |
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| What is the greek term for the labours of Heracles? |
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| Who was the Boeotian king who took Nephele as his first wife? |
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| What incident in Jason's story is related in a vase painting, but not in any literary source? |
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| Jason being disgorged by the dragon |
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| What does the name 'Argo' mean? |
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| Which companion of Heracles is lost on the Argonaut expedition? |
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| Who aided Heracles in his second Labour by cauterizing the decapitated stumps of the Hydra? |
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| What goddess especially aided Jason? |
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| Who usurped the throne from Aeson and became king of Iolcus? |
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| Whose daughter does Jason propose to marry, thus provoking Medea's wrath? |
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| Who is the comrade of Achilles that serves as both a companion and tutor to him? |
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| What god aides Odysseus' escape from Circe with the aid of the moly? |
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| Agamemnon refused to give back Apollo's priest his daughter, whose name was? |
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| What people, who destroyed all of Odysseus' ships but one, did Odysseus encounter after his stay with Aeolus? |
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| Who escorted Priam to Achilles' tent? |
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| Who is the leader of the suitors and the first one killed? |
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| Who carried the bow of Heracles, without the aid of which Troy could not fall? |
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| What Greek is left behind to persuade the Trojans to open their gates to the horse? |
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| What is the name of the son Odysseus has with Circe? |
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| In what encounter does Odysseus lose all his remaining comrades? |
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| The encounter with the Cattle of the Sun |
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| What is the meaning of the name Dictys? |
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| Theseus abandoned Ariadne on what island? |
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| Who cuts a purple lock of her fathers hair out of love for Minos? |
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| Who is Andromeda's fiancé? |
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| Who was the last king of Athens? |
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| Where was the centre in Greece for the worship of Hera? |
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| What assistant of Daedalus invented the saw from the fishes backbone? |
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| In what expedition with Heracles does Theseus encounter the mother of Hippolytus? |
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| Who was the grandfather of Theseus and King of Troezen? |
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| Where is the most famous oracle of Zeus located? |
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| Which of the Olympian gods is most commonly associated with monsters? |
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| What is the Roman name for Poseidon? |
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| When did the classical period of greek history begin? |
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| What was the first thing that Hermes stole? |
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| According to Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, what does Hera do to punish Io for sleeping with Zeus? |
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| Turns her into a heifer (cow) |
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| What does it refer to when Athena is given the name Polias? |
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| Athena's role as protector of the city |
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| What did Orpheus do that caused Eurydice to slip back into the underworld? |
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| Looked back on her as she followed him out of the underworld |
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| What historical event marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period? |
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| The death of Alexander the Great |
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| When did the time of the Roman Empire begin? |
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| Which deities could not be tamed by Aphrodites powers? |
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| What is the best way to understand the relationship between mythology and historical truth? |
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| A myth may very possibly have basis in historical truth \ |
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| Which relative was Adonis' father? |
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| Where was Aphrodite born? |
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| Who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis? |
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| What is the fundamental premise of Claude Levi-Strauss' approach to myth? |
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| Myth is to be understood more by its structure than by it's specific details |
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| Which mythographic work gives a detailed account of Apollo's worship at both Delphi and Delos? |
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| The Homeric Hymn to Apollo |
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| What was Demeter trying to accomplish in anointing the child Demophooön with ambrosia and putting him in the fire? |
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| She wanted to make him immortal |
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| Who is the father of Persephone? |
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| Why did Zeus and the other gods create Pandora? |
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| What part of the universe is Hades realm? |
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| Why was Cronus angry with his father Uranus? |
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| Uranus kept his children shut up in the depths of mother earth |
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| When she was contending for control of Athens, what did Athena cause? |
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| She caused an Olive tree to grow |
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| What is the theme of the inner, continuous frieze of the Parthenon? |
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| The Panathenaic procession |
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| Is the eagle generally associated with Athena? |
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| Is the snake associated with Athena? |
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| What is usually depicted on the aegis Athena wears? |
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| In the contest with Arachne, why was Athena angry with Arachne? |
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| Arachne's tapestry depicted the love affairs of the gods |
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| What object serves as a Talisman for the city of Troy? |
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| Is the name Tritogeneia associated with Athena? |
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| Is the name Cythera associated with Athena? |
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| Whose guidance were the sculptures that adorn the Parthenon crafted under? |
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| The Parthenon was dedicated to Athena Parthenos, which means what? |
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| According to Hesoid, Zeus gave birth to Athena having swallowed who? |
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| What figure often attends Athena? |
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| What is one of the principal mythological subjects of the metopes of the Parthenon? |
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| the battle between the Lapiths and Centaurs |
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| Who was worshipped with Erechtheus in the Erechtheum? |
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| What is depicted on the east pediment of the Parthenon? |
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| What historical event is commemorated in the construction of the Parthenon? |
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| The defeat of the Persians |
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| The duality of Aphrodite considers which two versions of Aphrodite? |
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| Aphrodite Urania and Aphrodite Pandemos |
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| Which two epithets of Aphrodite relate to her birth on the sea? |
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| The Horae are the daughters of who? |
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| What is the meaning of Horae? |
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| What are the two groups of attendants of Aphrodite? |
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The hours
The three Graces |
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| What is another name for the three graces? |
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| Which son of Aphrodite personifies the sexual side of his mothers nature? |
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| What is the Roman name for Aphrodite? |
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| Who are the parents of Paphos? |
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| What was Myrrha turned into, while escaping her father? |
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| Who were Adonis' parents? |
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| Myyrha and her father Kinyras |
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| Who is the father of Kinyras? |
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| What arose from the severed organ of Cybele? |
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| Zeus put in Aphrodite's heart an overwhelming desire for which mortal? |
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| Who was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite? |
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| Where did Eros come from? |
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| Eros is also said to be son of who? |
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| In which piece of literature is the explanation of where females and males come from written? |
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| The speech of Aristophanes |
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| Which god cut the original androgynous sex into two? |
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| What type of writer was Aristophanes? |
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| Where does Socrates claim that Eros wisdom in love comes from? |
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| A woman from Mantinea named Diotima |
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| What is the meaning of "Psyche"? |
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| What was the first of the impossible tasks assigned to Psyche? |
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| Sorting out the pile pf grains |
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| Who assigned Psyche the impossible tasks? |
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| What was the second of the impossible tasks assigned to Psyche? |
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| Getting the golden fleece |
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| What was the third impossible task assigned to Psyche? |
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| Climb the mountain, fight the dragon and get a jar of water from the stream that feeds the Underworld river of Cocytus |
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| What was the fourth impossible task assigned to Psyche? |
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| Getting a box of Persephone's beauty from the Underworld |
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| Who helped Psyche get the jar of water from the stream that feeds the Underworld river of Cocytus? |
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| Who/what helped Psyche sort out the pile of grain? |
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| Who/what helped Psyche get the golden fleece? |
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| Who/ what helped Psyche get the box of Persephone's beauty from the underworld? |
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| Who was the daughter of Cupid and Psyche? |
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| Who/what did Pygmalion fall in love with? |
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| According to some accounts, Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and who? |
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| Who was the famous poetess from Lesbos? |
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| In what work do we find the tale of Cupid and Psyche? |
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| Who does Socrates say are the true parents of Eros? |
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| What is the meaning of Poros and Penia? |
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| Resourcefulness and Poverty |
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| Who, in Plato, narrates the story of the three original sexes? |
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| In what dialogue does Plato inquire into the nature of Eros? |
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| Aphrodite and which mortal conceived Aeneas? |
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| Which character was compelled to remain in the underworld for part of each year with Persephone? |
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| Which goddess was worshipped by eunuch priests? |
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| By whom is Socrates instructed in the true nature of Eros? |
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| Who is the mother of Attis? |
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| With which Phoenician goddess is Aphrodite often confused? |
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| What happens to the women of Cyprus? |
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| The became the first prostitutes |
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| Who are the three possible fathers of Priapus? |
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| Artemis and Apollo are the offspring of who? |
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| Where were Artemis and Apollo born? |
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| Which three goddesses are goddesses of Childbirth? |
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| Artemis, Hera, Eileithyia |
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| Both Artemis and Apollo use what weapon? |
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| Who was the queen of Thebes? |
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| She was turned to crying stone |
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| How many sons and daughters did Niobe have? |
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| What happened to Actaeon? |
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| He was turned into a stag and eaten by his own hunting dogs for seeing Artemis bathing |
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| Which god fell in love with Callisto? |
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| How did Zeus try to seduce Callisto? |
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| By pretending to be Artemis |
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| Who is the son of Callisto and Zeus? |
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| What happened to Callisto? |
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| She was turned into a bear by jealous Hera |
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| Which constellation did Callisto turn into after her son almost killed her? |
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| Ursa Major (The Great Bear) |
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| Who is the king of Chios? |
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| Who is the daughter of Oenopion? |
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| Who did Artemis kill Orion? |
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| She stung him to death with a scorpion |
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| Who are the Pleiades daughters of? |
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| Artemis is often tied to which other goddesses? |
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| Selene is tied to Artemis as goddess of what? |
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| What is Hecate goddess of? |
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| Fertility of the underworld |
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| As a Fury, with a torch and dogs |
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| What were the three faces on the triple faced statues? |
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Selene in heaven
Artemis on Earth
Hecate in the Underworld |
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| Who is Hippolytos the offspring of? |
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| Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyta (or Antiope) |
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| Which god or goddess does Hioppolytus follow? |
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| Who does Aphrodite make Phaedra fall in love with? |
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| What is Phaedra's ultimate fate? |
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| She hangs herself and accuses Hippolytus of causing it |
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| Why was Actaeon punished by Artemis? |
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| He caught sight of her bathing |
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| What is Hecate is a goddess of? |
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| Who was responsible for telling Phaedra's secret to Hippolytus? |
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| What city in Asia Minor was home to one of the most famous cult centres of Artemis? |
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| Which deity is seen as a foil to Artemis in Euripides' Hippolytus? |
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| With what two deities is Artemis usually associated? |
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| What function does Artemis share with Hera and Eileithyia? |
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| What is the meaning behind the greek word sophronein? |
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| Through was god does Theseus pronounce a curse upon his son? |
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| In what city does Euripides' Hippolytus take place? |
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| What constellation is the dog star? |
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| Of what city was Niobe queen? |
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| What was the name of the dragon slain by Apollo? |
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| What was the name of Apollo's site of worship under Mt. Parnassus? |
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| What epithet was given to Apollo after slaying the dragon? |
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| A big stone shaped like an egg at the sanctuary of Apollo |
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| Whose sanctuary is thought to be at the center of the earth? |
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| What was the new name of Apollo's sanctuary ? |
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| Who were the first attendants of Delphi? |
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| Which version of Apollo did the Creten sailors pray to? |
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| What were the three names of Apollo's sanctuary under Mt. Parnassus? |
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| What was the fate of the Cumaean Sibyl? |
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| She was granted eternal life but not eternal youth |
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| What was the fate of Cassandra? |
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| She was cursed by Apollo to prophesies and never be believed |
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| Cassandra was the daughter of who? |
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| Who was Marpessa wooed by? |
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| Which mortal chose another mortal over Apollo for fear of being left by Apollo when she grew old? |
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| Who is the nymph Apollo fell in love with after seeing her wrestling a lion? |
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| What city did Apollo take Cyrene to? |
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| Who was the son of Apollo and Cyrene? |
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| Who was the daughter of the river-god Peneus? |
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| Who did Cupid curse Apollo to love, and curse to never love Apollo back? |
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| What was the ultimate fate of Daphne? |
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| She was turned into a laurel tree while escaping Apollo |
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| Who told the story of Apollo and Hyachinthus? |
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| He was struck in the face bu a discus thrown by Apollo |
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| Where was the annual festival Hyacinthia held? |
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| Which of Apollo's sons took over the role of god of medicine? |
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| Which pregnant woman did Apollo fall in love with? |
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| What happened to Coronis? |
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| Apollo shot her after seeing her cheating on him |
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| What happened to Coronis' unborn baby when she died? |
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| Apollo rescued the baby and gave him to Chiron to raise |
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| Asclepius is the offspring of who? |
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| Why was Asclepius hurled into the underworld by Zeus? |
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| For bringing to Hippolytus back to life |
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| Apollo was angered by the death of Asclepius and did what? |
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| Killed the cyclops who made Zeus' thunderbolt |
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| Who was the King of Pherae? |
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| What was Apollo's punishment for killing the cyclops? |
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| A year in exile under the rule of King Pherae |
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| Who sacrificed themselves to allow Admetus to live longer? |
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| Who saved Alcestis from death? |
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| Which creature became proficient in the flute? |
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| He lost a music contest against Apollo and was flayed alive |
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| What came form the tears of the woodland creatures when Marsyas died? |
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| The stream Marsyas in Phyrgia |
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| Who tells the story of Marsyas and Apollo's contest? |
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| Who tells the story of Pan and Apollo's contest? |
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| Who is the King of Phygria? |
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| What happened to Midas when he chose to follow Pan instead of Apollo? |
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| Apollo gave him the ears of a donkey |
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| What is the Epithet of Apollo that means bright? |
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| Which god is Apollo pitted against to explain the duality of human nature? |
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| What boy, loved by Apollo, accidentally killed a stag? |
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| Is Apollo a god of travellers? |
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| How did Apollo recruit to Creten sailors to worship him? |
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| He turned into a Dolphin and jumped aboard their ship |
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| Who was Apollo's one successful love affair with? |
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| Who is the father of Daphne? |
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| Which epithet of Apollo was thought to bear testimony to the difficult nature of his replies? |
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| Hermes is the offspring of who? |
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| What did Hermes invent the lyre from? |
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| What sign told Apollo that the cattle thief was a son of Zeus? |
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| An eagle with extended wings |
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| Who stole Apollo's cattle? |
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| What gift did Apollo give to Hermes when they reconciled after Hermes stole the cattle? |
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| Made him Messenger to the gods and the lyre, and a golden staff |
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| What did Hermes give to Apollo when they reconciled? |
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| A shining whip and put him in charge of cattle herds |
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| Who are the parents of Hermaphroditus? |
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| Who was the nymph Hermaphroditus found bathing in a pool? |
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| Who is the slayer of Argus? |
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| Which god is the archetypal trickster? |
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| A broad brimmed, winged hat, worn by Hermes |
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| Which god has the epithet Psychopompos? |
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| What is the meaning of psychopompos? |
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| What is the name of Hermes staff? |
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| Hermes is thought of as a teenage version of which god? |
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| What statues were believed to bring fertility and good luck? |
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| What are the attributes of a herm? |
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| Square pillar, male genitals, bust of Hermes |
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| What is the name of the youth loved by the nymph Salmacis? |
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| Which rustic region of Greece is Hermes most associated with? |
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| Who is the mother of Hermes? |
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| Which epithet of Hermes derives from his association with the Egyptian god Thoth? |
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| Who was implicated in the mutilation of the herms? |
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| What are Hermes' talaria? |
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| With which trickster god does Hermes have the most in common? |
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| What mountain is Hermes often associated with? |
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| What is the roman name for Dionysus? |
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| Semele is the daughter of who? |
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| Which mortal was burned to a cinder for loving Zeus? |
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| Whose unborn child was sewn up in Zeus' thigh? |
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| Nymphs and Semele's sister Ino |
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| Where did Dionysus come to Greece from? |
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| Who wrote the play Bacchae? |
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| Where does Dionysus go when his divinity is challenged? |
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| What mountain do the women of Thebes go to? |
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| The ivy covered pine shaft carried by the Bacchic women |
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| Who is the grandson of Cadmus? |
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| He is torn apart by the Bacchae women |
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| Who is the mother of Pentheus? |
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| What is the ceremony celebrating Dionysus called where his worshippers eat the raw flesh of sacrificial animals? |
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| What is another name for the Bacchae (The female followers of Dionysus) |
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| What are the mythological male counterparts of the Maenads? |
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| What is the name of the older Satyrs ? |
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| Which god is Dionysus contrasted with? |
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| As god of the mysteries, what is another name for Dionysus? |
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| Zagreus is the offspring of who? |
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| What did Hera have done to Zagreus? |
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| She had the Titans dismember and devour the child |
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| Zeus destroys the Titans, what happens to their ashes? |
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| Mortals are born from their ashes |
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| Where did Theseus abandon Ariadne? |
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| Where did the constellation Corona come from? |
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| The wreath worn by Ariadne |
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| How does Ariadne help Theseus with the minotaur? |
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| She gives him a thread to get out of the maze |
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| Who is the daughter of Icarius? |
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| What gift was Icarius given? |
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| The people thought the wine was poison |
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| What happened to Erigone when she found her father dead? |
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| Where does the story of Icarius take place? |
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| How did Dionysus tell Midas to cleanse himself of the golden touch? |
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| He ordered Midas to cleanse himself in the river Pactolus |
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| Who is the father of Pan? |
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| Which nymph was pursued by Pan? |
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| She was turned into a pine tree |
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| What is the meaning of the name Syrinx? |
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| What happened to Syrinx when she rejected Pan's advances? |
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| She was turned into a bed of marsh reeds |
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| Which nymph ran from Pan only to be torn apart until only her voice remained? |
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| Who tells the story of Narcissus detaining Juno so as to avoid her catching her husband cheating? |
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| How did Juno punish Echo for protecting Jupiter? |
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| By making her only be able to repeat things other people had said |
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| Who are the parents of Narcissus? |
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| The seer who predicts Narcissus' fate |
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| What replaced Narcissus on earth when he died? |
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| A yellow flower with white oetals in its center |
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| Some sources say the wife of Dionysus is? |
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| What is the name of the wand carried by Dionysus and his followers? |
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| What nymph was changed into reeds and then used by Pan to fashion a panpipe |
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| What happened to the pirates who abducted Dionysus? |
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| They were turned into Dolphins |
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| Who was given the gift of wine for welcoming Dionysus? |
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| What young king of Thebes rejected the worship of Dionysus? |
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| Was Dionysus native to Greece? |
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| What is the nature of human beings according to the variant myth of Dionysus' origins? |
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| Human beings are both titanic and divine |
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| In a variant of the myth, who is Dionysus' mother? |
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| Who wrote the Dionysiaca? |
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| Why was Midas granted the golden touch? |
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| What is the name of the sacred band that forms the Dionysuan entourage? |
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| Who tried to convince Dionysus to revere the new god Dionysus? |
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| Is Nysa a sister of Semele? |
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| In what form does Zeus seduce Danae, mother of Perseus? |
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| Who is the father of Persephone? |
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| What form does Zeus take in his Callisto rape of Callisto? |
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| Who is the main goddess of love and sexual desire in Greek Mythology? |
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| How do myths function according to the etiological approach to mythology? |
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| They explain the causes or origins of items of culture or the natural world. |
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| Who is known as the artisan god? |
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| What is the Greek name for the goddess Venus? |
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| Of what is Demeter most prominently the diety of? |
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| What upsetting thing did Metaneria, mother of the child Demophon, catch Demeter doing to the child? |
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| Demeter was putting the child in the fire at night |
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| In the weaving contest between Athena and Arachne, what was the theme of Athena's tapestry? |
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| Mortals who were punished by the gods for challenging them. |
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| What is the basic meaning of the Greek word Chaos |
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| With what two gods was Orpheus most commonly connected |
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| The eating of raw flesh is connected with the religious practices of this god |
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| Who wrote the story of the fall of Troy and the escape and adventures of the Trojan hero Aeneas |
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| What festival was held in honour of Demeter? |
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| Which god is characterized by the crossing of boundaries? |
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| What is Oceanus in mythical geography? |
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| The stream of water that encircles the earth |
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| What is the name of the phallic pillar that was used as a fertility symbol and to mark the boundary of the property or a sacred area? |
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| Which one of the following ancient authors was a historian who preserved many traditional stories, myths and mythically themed stories? |
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| Which deities could not be tamed by Aphrodite's power? |
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| What is the sequence of historical periods of Greek history? |
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| Dark Age, Bronze Age, Archaic Period, Classical Period, Hellenistic Period |
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| What is another name for Demeter? |
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| Persephone is the daughter of which two Olympians? |
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| What is another name for Hades? |
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| Who witnessed Persephone's abduction? |
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| Who found Demeter next to the well in Eleusis? |
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| The four daughters of the king and Queen of Eleusis |
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| Who are the King and Queen of Eleusis? |
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| What is the name of the most beautiful of Celeus' daughters? |
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| What is the name of the drink which is a mix of meal, water and mint |
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| Who is the only son of Metaneira? |
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| What did Demeter demand of the people of Eleusis before disappearing? |
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| She demanded they build her a great temple and altar |
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| Which deity became one of Persephone's attendants after her reunion with Demeter? |
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| Who did Zeus sent to lead Demeter back to the gods? |
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| Who did Demeter and Persephone send to the mortals, to be god of agricultural plenty? |
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| Where are the Lesser Mysteries celebrated? |
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| In what month are the greater mysteries celebrated? |
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| What are the 4 ceremonies of the Greater Mysteries |
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1. Holy procession between Eleusis and Athens, where the holy objects (Hiera) are carried in sacred chests by priests and priestesses
2. Sacrifices, prayers and cleansing in the sea
3.Singing of hymns, exchanging of jests and carrying of torches
4. Fasting, a vigil, and drinking the Kykeon |
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| Who wrote Republic, book of Er |
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| Which 3 major authors provide a complete summary of the Greek and Roman afterlife? |
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| Odysseus did not allow the spirits to drink the blood until he spoke to who? |
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| He fell from the roof of Circe's palace |
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| Who does Tiresias say is allowed to converse with Odysseus? |
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| The souls who Odysseus allows to drink the blood |
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| Which sinners did Odysseus see being punished? |
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| The homeric underworld is the afterlife imagined in what time period? |
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| The 8th and 7th centuries B.C. |
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| Who tells the story of Er? |
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| Who is the first group Er sees from the earth? |
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| How long did the sinners suffer for, according to Er? |
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| What is the second group Er sees at the 4 openings? |
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| In Plato's story of the underworld, who controls the universe? |
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| The spindle of Necessity and her daughters the fates |
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| Which river is the river of forgetfulness? |
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| When did Plato write of the afterlife? |
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| Who writes the fullest account of the afterlife? |
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| Why does Aeneas want to visit the underworld? |
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| To see his father Anchises |
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| Who is the ferryman of the underworld? |
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| Who was Aeneas' helmsman? |
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| Who tells the story of Aeneas' visit to the underworld? |
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| What is Vergil's version of Paradise? |
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| Elysium or the Elysian Fields |
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| Who are the three judges? |
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| Minos, Rhadamanthys and Aeacus |
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| Which is the river of hate? |
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| Which is the river of woe? |
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| Which is the river of wailing? |
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| Which is the river of fire? |
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| What are the 5 rivers of the underworld? |
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| Hate, Woe, Wailing, Forgetfulness and Fire |
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| Who gaurds the realm of Hades |
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| The three headed dog Cerberus |
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| Who is punished by having his liver eternally eaten by vuktures? |
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| Who is bound forever of the fiery revolving wheel? |
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| Who is forced to draw water with sievelike containers? |
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| The 49 daughters of Danaüs (The Danaïds) |
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| Who has to roll a rock up a hill to always have it roll back down? |
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| Who is forever tantalized by the fruit of a tree just out of reach? |
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| Who are the three major Furies of the underworld? |
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| Allecto, Megaera and Tisiphone |
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| In the myth of Er, where fo the Virtuous go? |
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| Upward through an opening in the sky |
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| What does the name Hades mean? |
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| What suicide does not respond to Odysseus at all? |
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| What does the term chthonian mean? |
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| Who dressed himself as Zeus and imitated the god's thunder and lightning? |
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| In what text can Plato's myth of Er be found? |
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| Which of the buried dead did Odysseus first speak with in the underworld? |
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| Achilles in the underworld tells Odysseus what? |
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| That he would rather be a living slave than a king in Hades |
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| Both Odysseus and Aeneas try three times to grasp one of the shades, who were they? |
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| What arose from the blood of Uranus' genitals? |
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| What comedy by Aristophanes, features the god Dionysus journeying to the underworld? |
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| What creature gaurds the realm of Tartarus in Vergil's Underworld? |
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| Who must Aeneas bury to enter the underworld? |
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| Who was the tyrant of Pamphylia and murderer of his parents in the myth of Er? |
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| Who dies longing for Odysseus' return? |
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| Who is the god of marriage? |
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| Who is Orpheus planning on marrying before she dies? |
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| Why did Orpheus go to the underworld? |
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| The appeal to Hades and Persephone for the return of Eurydice to life |
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| What did Orpheus do after watching Eurydice die again? |
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| He retreats to the mountains for three years and rejects all women |
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| Where does Orpheus' head go after he is killed? |
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| Is floats out to sea on the river Hebrus with his lyre |
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| What was going to bite the head of Orpehus until Apollo turned it to stone? |
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| Who writes the story of Orpheus and Eurydice? |
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| In what book does Ovid recount the story of Orpheus? |
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| In Vergil's version of Orpheus, how does Eurydice die? |
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| She is bitten by a snake while fleeing from Aristaeus |
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| Who is Orpheus the offspring of? |
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| Which god is a consort of Dea Syria? |
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| What Aegean island was home to the cult of the Cabiri? |
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| W full account of the initiation into the rites of Isis is given in what text? |
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| Which sea-god does Aristaeus consult to learn why his bees have died? |
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| Like Hesiod, the Orphic tradition introduces early on the procreative power of Eros, also called by the Orphics: |
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| According the Orphic theory, the first principle was what? |
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| What term is used to describe the harmonizing of different cults into some unity? |
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| What was the name given to the shedding of the blood of a bull in the rites or Cybele and Attis? |
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| Who sprang from the cosmic egg in the Orphic Cosmology? |
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| Who is sometimes said to be the father of Orpheus? |
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| when was the late Bronze Age? |
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| Who is Europa the sister of? |
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| Who are the parents of Europa? |
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| Minos is the offspring of who? |
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| Why did Cadmus go to Greece? |
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| What was the first name of Thebes? |
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| What did the Oracle at Delphi tell Cadmus to do? |
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| To follow a cow until it laid down |
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| Why did the companions of Cadmus try to kill the serpent? |
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| To get water for a sacrifice to Athena |
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| Athena told Cadmus to bury the teeth of the serpent, what came from them? |
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| From the teeth sprang up armed men who fought until there were only 5 survivors |
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| What is the meaning of the word Spartoi? |
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| Harmonia is the offspring of who? |
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| Who was the wife given to Cadmus? |
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| Who were the four daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia? |
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| Inom Semele, Autonoë and Agave |
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| Who introduced writing to Thebes? |
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| What happened to Cadmus and Harmonia after going to Illyria? |
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| They were turned into serpents |
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| Who was the next King of Thebes after Cadmus |
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| Who is the son of Labdacus? |
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| Who is the niece of Lycus? |
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| Who is Antiope daighter of? |
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| Antiope was the mother of which twins? |
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| Who raised Antiope's twin children? |
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| She was tied to the horns of a bull and dragged to death |
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| Who did Laius live with in exile? |
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| After the death of Amphion and Zethus, who did Laius marry? |
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| What did the oracle at delphi warn Laius of? |
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| That his son would kill him |
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| Who was baby Oedipus given to? |
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| What is the meaning of "Oedipus"? |
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| What was Oedipus taunted for as a child? |
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| Not really being the son of Polybus |
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| Why did Oedipus kill Laius? |
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| Because he hit him with his chariot |
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| Who defeated the Sphinx of Thebes? |
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| After Oedipus defeated the sphinx, who did he marry? |
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| What did the prophet Tiresias tell Oedipus that he refused to believe? |
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| That he had murdered Laius? |
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| Why was there a plague on Thebes during Oedipus' reign? |
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| Because Oedipus had killed the last king and his father, Laius |
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| Who is the brother of Jocasta? |
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| When Oedipus went into exile, who accompanied him? |
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| His daughters Antigone and Ismene |
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| Where did Oedipus go before disappearing? |
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| Which of Oedipus' sons fought for his kingdom in the seven against Thebes? |
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| Who helped Polynices raise an army for the throne? |
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| What were the names of the seven leaders who attacked Thebes? |
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| Polynices, Adrastros, Tydeus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus and Amphiarüs |
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| Who was the wide of Amphairaüs? |
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| In whose hnour were the Menean games founded? |
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| Who was the nurse of the infant Opheltes? |
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| Which of the seven was the only to return home after the march of the seven against Thebes? |
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| Who were Eteocles and Polynices? |
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| Sons of Oedpius who killed each other at the same moment |
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| Who tied Dirce to the horns of the bull? |
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| What what act was Antigone condemned? |
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| She buried her brother Polynices |
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| Whay trinket would prove the undoing of the Alcmaeon? |
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| Who raised Oedipus but weren't his parents? |
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| What woman was abducted by Zeus in the guise of a bull? |
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| Who is the mother of Amphion and Zethus? |
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| Who wrote the tragedy Seven Against Thebes |
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| Why was tantalus sent to the underworld? |
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| For serving his son the the gods |
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| Who is Aegisthus the offspring of? |
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| Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia |
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| Why did Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter to Artemis? |
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| For favourable wind to sail to Troy |
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| What was the name of the daughter Agamemnon sacrificed to Artemis? |
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| What is another name for the Erinyes? |
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| What does the name Eumenides mean? |
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| In what city is Orestes' guilt finally expunged? |
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| In Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, Who speaks the words that drive Orestes to murder his mother? |
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| Who appears at the end of Euripides, Electra to predict the future? |
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| In which version is Electra married off to a peasant? |
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| In what play does the murder of Aegisthus follow that of Clytemnestra? |
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| According to Homer, where did Agamemnon rule? |
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| According to Homer, where did Menelaüs rule? |
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| At the end of Aeschylus' Oresteia, the Furies are transformed into: |
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| Who wrote Iphigenia in Tauris, in which we find Iphigenia a priestess of Artemis? |
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| Who was the prisoner Agamemnon took home from war? |
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| The man who had an affair with Agamemnon's wife and then helped kill Agamemnon was: |
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| Who was the father of Aegisthus? |
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| Why did Agamemnon's wife hate him? |
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| For sacrificing their daughter |
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| Who was the charioteer bribed by Pelops? |
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| In what play does Orestes discover his sister Iphigenia alive and a priestess of Artemis? |
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| Who became king in place of Oenomaüs? |
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| Who did Electra eventually marry? |
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| What god or goddess was the only one not to refuse the banquet of Tantalus? |
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| Who were the four offspring of Leda and Zeus? |
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Polydeuces and Helen immortal)
Castor and Clytemnestra (mortal) |
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| How did Zeus appear to Leda |
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| Who built the walls of Troy |
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| Who were the most important children of Priam and Hecabe |
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| Which three groups of people assisted the Trojans |
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| Ethiopians, Thracians and Amazons |
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| What is the meaning of Agamemnon? |
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| A statues of Athena, cast down by Zeus |
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| Who was the first Greek to leap ashore Troy? |
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| Who is the first god to appear in the Iliad? |
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| Which of Achilles friends is killed while wearing his armour? |
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| What animal did Hecabe turn into? |
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| Which priest of apollo warned about the horse but was strangled by two serpents? |
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| Who carried to bow of heracles? |
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| Neoptolemus was the son of who? |
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| Achilles had to choose between? |
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| Dying young in glory or living long with no fame |
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| Who was the Greeks prophet at Troy? |
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| Who was the son of Zeus who died fighting for the Trojans? |
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| Which two heroes tried to dodge the Trojan expedition? |
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| Which daughter of Agamemnon did he refuse to give back to Apollo's priest? |
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| Who was the ill-fated son of Hector? |
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| What king of troy cheated Apolloa and Poseidon of their pay? |
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| Who was the Trojans greatest warrior? |
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| Who did Odysseus defeat in a contest for the arms of Achilles? |
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| From whom was the Trojan royal house descended? |
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| Which goddess did Paris choose as the most beautiful? |
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| What did Priam and Hecuba do to Paris when he was born? |
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| Left him to die on Mt. Ida |
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| Which goddess wasn't a guest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis? |
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| Who is the first to wound the Calydonian boar? |
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| What Thracian leader was killed on his first night at Troy? |
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| What hero does Diomedes refuse to fight out of respect for the rights of guest-friends? |
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| Who killed Laomedon and installed Priam as king? |
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| What poet wrote a palinode in which he has a phantom Helen go to Troy? |
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| Which god is the special bane of Odysseus? |
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| What does Circe turn some of Odysseus' men into> |
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| Why did Odysseus have to go to the underworld? |
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| The get advice from Tiresias |
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| Who took Odysseus home at the end of his voyage? |
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| Which goddess did Odysseus live with for seven years? |
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| The soul of what hero praises Penelope? |
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| Who was the queen of the Phaeacians? |
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| Which King was detained in Egypt? |
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| What does Aeolus give to Odysseus? |
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| Leather bag filled with the winds |
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| According to Homer, how will Odysseus eventually die? |
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| A gentle death will come far from the sea |
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| Which goddess especially protected Odysseus? |
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| How did Odysseus and his men offend Helius? |
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| Who is the princess that takes Odysseus to her fathers palace? |
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| Which character learns of Odysseus' identity through a scar? |
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| Ajax the lesser was killed when he did what? |
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| Boasted that none of the gods could keep him from escaping death at sea |
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| What might the name Odysseus mean? |
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| What the the meaning of Penelope's usual epithet periphron? |
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| Who was the first suitor to be killed by Odysseus? |
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| Who is sent to order Calypso to allow Odysseus to set sail? |
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| Who returns to Crete only to found out that his wife has committed adultery? |
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| What centaur's actions led to the death of Heracles? |
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| Who was the Boeotian king who took Nephele as his first wife? |
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| For what king did Heracles perform his Twelve Labours? |
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| What does the name 'Argo' mean? |
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| Which goddess disguises herself as an old woman and asks Jason to help her cross a stream? |
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| After what Labor does Heracles institute the Olympic Games? |
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| What crewman of the argo could change his appearance in battle? |
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| Who was the queen of the Lemnian women? |
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| Who aided Heracles in his second labour by cauterizing the decapitated stumps of the Hydra? |
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| Who was the helmsman of the Argo |
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| Who was the leader of the suitors and the first one killed? |
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| Why must the Trojans lose the war? |
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| Because the Trojans have broken the rules of courtesy, the sanctity of the family and the guest-host relationship. |
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| Who violates Cassandra and is punished by Athena? |
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| From whom is the Trojan royal house descended? |
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| Which king was detained in Egypt |
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| What hero, whose actions had provoked the anger of Aphrodite, which in turn caused his wife to commit adultery, would eventually settle in italy? |
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| How did Odysseus and his men offend Helius |
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| What comic tale does the Phaecian bard tell to lighten the mood? |
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| Tale of the adultery of Aphrodite and Ares |
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| Who is the son of Achilles and murderer of Priam? |
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| What is the name of the son Odysseus has with Circe? |
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| What is the most important centre in Greece for the worship of Hera? |
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| Who boasted that she was more beautiful than Nereids? |
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| How was the first coral created? |
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| When medusa's head was rested on seaweed |
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| Why did Athena invent the flute? |
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| The re-create the sound of the gorgons crying for Medusa |
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| Did Bellerophon slay the race of centaurs? |
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| What did an oracle tell Acrisius? |
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| That his daughter would have a son who would kill him |
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| Who found Perseus and his mother in the chest |
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| Whose hand did Perseus receive in marriage? |
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| What creature sprang from the beheaded trunk of the Gorgon? |
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| What do the three sisters of the Gorgons share? |
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| Who was the mother of Perseus? |
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| For which Danaïd was a spring created near Argos? |
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| Who accused Bellerophon of trying to seduce her? |
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| What arose from the Gorgons blood falling upon the land of Libya? |
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| Who whom did Perseus slay Medusa |
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| The fountain made by Pegasus |
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| Which what Egyptian deity is Epaphus identified? |
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| Who was the only one of the daughters of Danaüs who did not kill her husband |
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| What was the name of the twin brother of Danaüs? |
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| What poet wrote the Fasti |
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| A shield that fell from heaven |
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| Who was the daughter of Latinus and the eventual wife of Aeneas |
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| What is the Tarpeian Rock? |
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| What legend is connected with the end of the monarchy in Rome |
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| Who was the Italian god presiding over beginnings and depicted with two faces? |
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| What was the original function of Mars? |
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| He was an agricultural diety |
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| In what capacity was the chief Italian sky-god worshipped on the Capitoline Hill? |
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| With what deities did Jupiter share his temple on the Capitoline to form a triad? |
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| Which of the following was not an Italian deity associated with fire? |
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| What major Italian festival was celebrated in midwinter? |
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| Who was the mother of Aeneas? |
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| What Italian goddess was worshipped at Aricia near lake Nemi? |
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| Two noblemen smeared with sacrificial blood ran around the Palatine and hit women with leather straps in the |
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| The penates were spirits of |
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| Who had a temple that stood near the Circus Maximus in the bustling commercial district? |
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| Who was the last king of Rome? |
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| The early Romans seized the Sabine women in an attempt to do what? |
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| In one version of the story, Romulus killed Remus after Remus: |
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| ... jumped over the walls Romulus was building for his city. |
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| After Aeneas and his men left Dido and her new city, Dido did what? |
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| Who is Aeneas chief opponent among the Latins in Vergil's Aeneid? |
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| Who did Heracles perform his labours for? |
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| What is the meaning of Heracles? |
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| What is the meaning of athloi? |
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| What does Hesperides mean? |
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| Which was the hardest of Heracles 12 labours? |
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| Who are the two robbers Heracles kills? |
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| A woman who Heracles fell in love with |
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| What did King Phylacus ask Melampus to do? |
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| The woman who Heracles was sold to as a slave for a year |
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| A centaur who plotted Heracles death |
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| Who helped Heracles fetch the Apples of the Hesperides? |
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| Which 'death' did Heracles experience? |
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| He was engulfed in flames from a blood-soaked robe and then burned on a pyre |
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| By besting the river god Acheloüs, whose hand did Heracles win? |
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| Why did Heracles miss the Argonauts expedition? |
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| He was searching for Hylas |
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| Why did Heracles spare the lives of the two dwarfs? |
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| What was the first of Heracles twelve labours? |
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| Who are the descendants of Heracles? |
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| In which labour did Heracles face a giant crab? |
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| Why was Heracles sentenced to the labours? |
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| He killed his wife and children |
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| Heracles laid with the fifty daighters of who? |
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| Who were Heracles real parents ? |
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| Where is Heracles traditional birthplace? |
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| Who aids Heracles in his self-immolation? |
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| Who was the king of Oechalia with whom Heracles had a conflict? |
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| What Greek hero did Heracles rescue from the underworld? |
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| Who wrote a "tragicomedy" around the conception of Heracles? |
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| Who is the younger brother of Heracles? |
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| Who composed the Genealogiae? |
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| Which is Ovid's only work composed in epic hexameter? |
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| What was the name of Apollodorus' compendium of myth? |
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| Who raped then married Flora? |
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| Where may the original home of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe |
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| Who was transformed into a fountain pining for her beloved brother Caunus? |
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| Alcyone had a dream that her husband... |
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| What was the fate of Alcyone? |
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| She was transformed into a seabird that nests upon the wave. |
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| The relationship between Hero and Leander came to a tragic end when: |
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| Leander drowned in the Hellespont |
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| Who were Baucis and Philemon? |
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| They were an old couple rewarded for entertaining Zeus and Hermes |
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| Milanion/Hippomenes defeated Atalanta in a footrace by |
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| Dropping three golden apples for her to pick up |
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| Where do Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet outside their homes? |
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| What is the organizing principle of the Fasti? |
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| Festivals of the Roman calendar |
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| Did Theseus die in exile? |
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| The Eagean Sea is name for King Aedeus because...? |
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| Aegeus killed himself there |
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| How did Minos discover Daedalus' whereabouts? |
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| A ruse involving a spiral shell |
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| Who was the wicked stepmother who tried to kill Theseus when he arrived in Athens? |
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| Who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur? |
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| Who was the Minotaur the Offspring of? |
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| Pasiphaë and the bull of Poseidon |
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| Why was Posewidon angry with Minos? |
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| Because he did not sacrifice the bull sent to himq |
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| Who was the last king of Athens? |
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| In the years following the Persian Wars of the first quarter of the fifth century B.C.E., the Athenian Cimon was instructed by the Delphic oracle: |
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| To restore the bones of Theseus to their city |
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| What was the fate of Perithoüs? |
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| He was fixed to a magic chair forever |
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| Theseus joined Heracles in battle with who> |
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| Who rescued Ariadne from Naxos |
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| Theseus was recognized by his father when he...? |
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| Cut his meat with the sword his father had given him |
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| What god is the father of Theseus |
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| How did Procrustes terrorize travellers? |
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| He compelled them to lie on his bed. If they were too long, he would cut them down to size, if too short, hammer them to fit.. |
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| The North Wind was the father of Zetes and Calaïs. What is his name? |
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| Who was violated by Tereus and had her tongue cut out to silence her? |
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| Cephalus accidentally killed his wife whose name was...? |
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| When the daughters of Cecrops looked into the box and saw Erichthonius, they: |
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| Went mad and killed themselves |
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| What legendary figure was credited with instituting the Panathenaea and setting up the cult image of Athena on the Acropolis? |
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| Who did Daedalus kill out of jealousy for his skill? |
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| What son of Minos drowned in a vat of honey? |
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| Who was the son of Theseus who helped the children of Heracles? |
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| Who was the mother of Theseus? |
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| What brigand kicked travelers over a cliff and into the waiting jaws of a gigantic turtle? |
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| What daughter of Erectheus was loved by Boreas? |
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| What is another term for the Argonauts? |
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| What does the name Aea mean? |
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| With whom did Polydeuces have to compete in a boxing match? |
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| Who was the queen of the Lemnian women? |
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| What poet gives the earliest continuous account of the capture of the fleece and the return journey? |
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| Who mated with Poseidon and gave birth to Pelias |
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| The name of Nephele the mother of Phrixus and Helle means what? |
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| The name of the king of Colchis who was given care of the golden fleece was: |
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| Who usurped the throne from Jason's father, the rightful heir? |
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| Jason was educated by whom? |
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| How was Jason recognized by the illegitimate king? |
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| He was wearing one sandal |
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| What diety helped Argus build the Argo |
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| How did King Cyzicus and the Doliones treat Jason? |
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| The golden fleece was guarded by what creature? |
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| What did the king do when Jason arrived to get the Golden Fleece? |
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| Assigned him a series of impossible tasks |
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| On their journey home, the Argonauts encountered on Crete what bronze giant? |
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| The blind prophet Phineus was tormented by whom? |
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| What advice did Phineus give to Jason? |
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| Release a dove and see if it passed through the Symplegades |
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| How did Medea take vengeance on King Pelias? |
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| Tricking his daughters into cutting him up and boiling him |
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| Who wrote the Greek tragedy Medea? |
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| In what city did Medea seek refuge after the murder of Glauce? |
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