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1.)Who was Phrixus's Father and Mother? 2.)Why did his step mom want to kill him? |
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1.)Athamas + Nephele 2.)Because she wanted her son to be the heir to the throne. |
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| Why was Phrixus offered up as a sacrifice? |
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| Because his mom had made the land dry so there was no harvest and the king's oracle told him to offer the boy up as a sacrifice. |
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1.)What saved Phrixus and Helle(his sister)? 2.)Which God did this? |
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| Did Helle survive on the Ram? |
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| No, she fell off into a straight that was named after her. |
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1.)Where did the Ram drop Phrixus off? 2.)What were the people called? 3.)What did he do with the Golden Fleece? |
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1.)Colchis 2.)Colchians 3.)Gave it to King AEtes |
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| Who dethroned Phrixus' uncle? |
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| What did Pelias' oracle tell him? |
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| That he would be dethroned by a man wearing one sandle. |
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1.)What was the name of the man with the one sandle? 2.)What was his relationship with Phrixus? |
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1.)Jason 2.)Jason was Phrixus' nephew and Pelias' cousin |
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| T/F. Jason is Pelias' cousin. Jason should be the rightful ruler of the throne. |
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| Why did Pelias give Jason the Golden Fleece Quest? |
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| In order to proove himself worthy of acquiring the throne. |
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| Which god was helping Jason and his group on their quest? |
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1.)What was Jason's group called? 2.)What was their ship called? |
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| The women that lived on Lemnos.. What happened to all the men? |
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| The women killed the men on the island for the most part. |
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| T/F. All of the men on Lemnos were killed... not a single one survived. |
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| False, the leader(Hypsipyle) spared her father |
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| What did the people of Lemnos give the Argonauts? |
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| Why did Hercules leave the group? |
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| A friend of his named Hylas was captured by a water nymph, so Hercules went after him. |
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| What was a flying creature with hooked beaks and claws called? |
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| Why did Zeus have the Harpies almost starve Phineus to death? |
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| Because Phineus was given the ability to predict the future which Zeus disliked. |
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| T/F. The sons of Boreas killed the harpies. |
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| False, the Harpies were never killed. |
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| What happens every time Phineus has to eat? |
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| When the sons of Boreas were attacking the Harpies, who stepped in the sons' way? Why? |
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| Iris because Zeus didn't want the Harpies to die, and she swore on the river Styx that the Harpies wouldn't bug them ever again. |
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| In order to see if getting through the Clashing Rocks was possible, what animal had to enter first? |
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| T/F. The Dove made it through the Clashing Rocks. |
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| The country in which the Golden Fleece is in is called _______. |
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| Which goddess did Hera ask for Help on Jason's journey? |
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| What did Aphrodite tell Cupid to do in order to help Jason? |
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| She told him to strike an arrow into the Colchians King's daughter Medea making her fall in love with Jason. |
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| T/F. Medea knew how to work with special dark magic. |
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| What did Hera do to help the Argonauts once they got to Colchis? |
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| She covered them in a mist |
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| Why didn't King AEetes kill Jason and crew? |
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| Because they dined with him. |
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| What was Jason's task in order to get the Golden Fleece from the king? |
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1.)Yoke two bulls and plow a field with them. 2.)Dragon Teeth must be cast in furrows.(Men spring up out of the ground after this) 3.)Cut down all the men |
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| Who connected Jason with Medea? |
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| One of the King's grandsons. |
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| What did the ointment that Medea gave to Jason do? |
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| Made him and his weapons practically invincible for one day. |
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| What did Hera sprinkle on Jason as he was leaving the ship to see Medea? |
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| Medea told Jason how to defeat the dragon-teeth men. How does he defeat them? |
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| By throwing a stone near or in their sight. |
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| T/F. Jason was defeated by the dragon-teeth men and never got the golden fleece. |
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| False, he did both..... duh lol |
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| When Hera made Medea go with Jason, how did Jason and Medea get the Golden Fleece? |
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| Medea had to sooth the serpent guarding it with her magic, and Jason could then take the fleece. They then bothed fled in their ship, the Argo. |
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| Explain how Apsyrtus(Medea's brother) died. 2 stories in which he died. |
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1.)Medea told him that she wanted to meet him in a certain spot. When he arrived, Jason killed him with his sword. 2.)Medea let him aboard the Argo, and when the right time came, she cut him up in pieces and threw them in the sea so the King would stop. |
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| What guided the Argonauts to safety at Scylla? |
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| Who killed Talus, the last man of the ancient bronze race? |
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| By the time Jason arrived back home, what happened to his parents? |
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Father killed himself because Pelias told him to. Mother died of grief. |
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| How did Medea kill Pelius? |
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| She showed his kids that she could make a lamb younger by cutting it up and saying a spell. So she put Pelias asleep, and the kids cut him up and put him in the pot, but then Medea didn't say a spell... so the kids were the murderers. |
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| T/F. Jason betrayed Medea by marrying the daughter of the King of Corinth. |
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| What did Jason say after Medea said that she saved him? |
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| That Aphrodite saved him instead. |
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| Medea killed who after Jason was with a new wife? |
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| Why did Phaethon go to Apollo's palace? |
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| To find out if Apollo was his real father |
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| T/F. Apollo was Phaethon's father. |
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| Apollo offered his son any request. What did Phaethon choose? |
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| To ride his dad's chariot across the sky. |
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| T/F. Zeus and Helios were the only gods besides Apollo that could ride his chariot. |
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| False, only Apollo could ride it. No one else. |
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| What really got out of control on the chariot... in other words, what did Phaethon not control? |
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| Why didn't the horses listen to Phaethon? |
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| Because they realized he was weaker than Apollo, and that he was not their master. |
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| Since Earth and Olympus was being burned, what happened next? |
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| Jove(which I am assuming is Zeus) struck the chariot and its driver with a thunderbolt. |
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| Ida and Helicon were the first _________ to burn. |
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1.)What river did Phaethon land in? 2.)What was special about the river? |
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1.)Eridanus 2.)No mortal could see it or find it *His sister Helidades came and mourned for Phaethon |
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| Glaucus was the son of ________. The father had to do what in Hades? |
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1.)Sisyphus 2.)Roll a stone down hill |
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1.)Why didn't the gods like Glaucus? 2.)What happened to him? |
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1.)He fed human flesh to his horses 2.)Horses ate him |
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| Bellerophon was most likely the son of ________ but had a small chance of being the son of _______. |
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| What did Bellerophon want? |
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| Who advised Bellerophon to go to Athena's temple and sleep there? |
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| One of his oracles named Polyidus(you don't have to know the name most likely) |
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1.)What did Athena give Bellerophon? 2.)What did it do? |
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1.)A bridle all of gold 2.)Made Bellerophon master Pegasus |
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| What did Bellerophon do by accident? |
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| Anteia, the wife of _______, fell in love with ___________. |
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| What did Anteia tell Proetus? |
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| That Bellerophon wronged her. |
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| Why didn't Proetus kill Bellerophon? |
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| Because there was a rule by Zeus to never kill anyone with a Host to Guest relationship. (Unless you asked them to go onto a quest.) |
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| 1.)Why did Bellerophon easily defeat the Chimera? 2.)Who gave him this quest? |
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1.)He had Pegasus with him, so he could stay at a distance and pelt it with arrows. 2.)Proetus |
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| Serpent in front,goat in middle, Serpent in back |
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| T/F. After defeating the Amazon people and the Solymi people, Proetus became Bellerophon's friend. |
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1.)What led to Pegasus "ditching" Bellerophon? 2.)What became of Bellerophon? 3.)What became of Pegasus? |
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1.)Because Bellerophon wanted to fly to Olympus. 2.)He wandered the Earth til he died. 3.)Found shelter in Olympus in a stable; he handed Zeus his thunder and lightning when told to. |
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| Otus and Ephialtes were ______. |
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| Otus and Ephialtes looked human and were big and there father was 100% sure ________. |
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| Which god did Otus and Ephialtes imprison? |
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| Otus and Ephialtes threatened the Gods by doing what? Who was about to kill them? Who saved them? |
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1.)By putting Mount Pelion and Ossa on top of eachother to scale heven 2.)Zeus 3.)Poseidon |
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Otus liked ____. Ephialtes liked_______. |
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| How did Artemis "kill" Otus and Ephialtes? |
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| They followed her into a forest; she transformed into a hind; both brothers threw a spear at it; they were on opposite sides of her; she dissapeared making the spears it the brothers. |
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| Daedalus built the ____ that the ________ was in. |
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| T/F. King Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son in the maze. |
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1.)How did Daedalus and his son get out of the maze? 2.)What happened to his son when they got out? |
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1.)They flew out of there. 2.)His son flew too high and drowned. |
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1.)How did Minos try to find Daedalus? 2.)What happened when Minos found him? |
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1.)He told some servant to watch and wait for a man to come who could pass a thread through a shell. 2.)The King of Sicily wouldn't give Daedalus up, and slaid Minos. |
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