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,Question 1.
Who is Atreus
Correct Answer: the grandson of Tantalus and the son of Pelops
Question 2.
What happened with Tantalus and Atreus?
Correct Answer: -While the gods were dining with Tantalus, Tantalus kills his
son and feeds him to the gods -Demeter accidentally eats the shoulder but the
gods find out and punish Tantalus
Question 3.
Who was Oenomaus?
Correct Answer: king of Pisa
Question 4.
Oenamus Story
Correct Answer: - Oenamus fell in love with his daughter, hippodamias -
Question 5.
Crete
Correct Answer: island south of Greece, culturally distinct people. Minoans.
Problems: myths are gone and our primary source of the myths (Minotaur, etc.)
is Ovid.
Question 6.
Europa and the Bull
Correct Answer: Zeus takes form of bull and abducts Europa King sends
Europa's 3 brother to either find her, or never come home Cadmus (founds
Thebes) Phoenix (founds Filicia) Cilix (Cilicia) Zeus and Europa have many
children, including Minos, Sarpedon, Rhadamanthys Minos will become king of
Minoas (and also judge of underworld with brother R)
,Question 7.
Minos and Pasiphae:
Correct Answer: Minos drives out 2 brothers when all 3 fall in love with same
boy; Minos declares himself king and marries Pasiphae (3 children: Ariadne,
Phaedra, Androgynous (all subject to tragedy)
Question 8.
Androgeus:
Correct Answer: very strong warrior, goes to fight in the fighting games. King
Aegeus asks him to fight a wild bull that kills Androgeus. Minos invades King
Aegeus' land in retribution Scylla (Aegeus' daughter, falls madly in love with
Minos when she sees him and cuts her father's thread of immortal hair, allowing
her people to be defeated) . Leads to eventual fall of Athens, and the Athenians
then had to send 7 young men and women to the minotaur
Question 9.
The Bull from the Sea
Correct Answer: when Minos declared himself king, people demanded sign that
he should rule, so Minos told Poseidon if he was sent a bull from the sea he
would sacrifice it. Poseidon send the bull, but it was too fine to sacrifice, so
Mions sacrificed a different one Poseidon got mad, so he made Pasiphae fall in
love with the bull. Daedalus (exiled from Athens after jealously killing one of his
students) helps build her a wooden cow so she could get some. After Pasiphae
gives birth to the Minotaur, Minos demands that Daedalus builds a labyrinth to
hold the Minotaur.
Question 10.
Ariadne
Correct Answer: daughter of Minos, falls in love with Theseus the moment she
sees him, gives him a ball of yarn and begs to be taken away. Abandoned on an
island and found/taken in by Dionysis
Question 11.
Overall themes of Cretan Myth
Correct Answer: lots of myths were lost and all that remained were heavily
influenced by Greeks (showing how very foreign Crete people were). Athenians
always showed greater intelligence/skill and with better navy. Grotesque
sexuality of Cretan (Pasiphae and the bull; Ariadne betraying her home land) .
Adulthood rituals (initiate leaves town (Minoas), undergoes mock death
(Labyrinth), has some form of sexual experience (Ariadne), returns an adult).
Stories mostly come from Ovid and all have to do with some weird sex (usually)
, Question 12.
Jason Origin
Correct Answer: born in Thessaly (land of man eating horses). Salmoneus,
brother of Athamas, had daughter Tyro, whom Poseidon impregnated. She gives
birth to twins, Pelias and Neleus; Pelias is arrogant and wants to rule Thessaly.
Imprisons half-brother and rightful ruler to the throne, Aeson (Aeson sends off a
child to be tutored by Chiron (Jason)). Oracle: a man with one sandal will be the
downfall off Pelias Jason returns to Colchis and helps an old lady across a
stream (that was Hera) and he loses a sandal for his troubles Pelias, seeing this
one sandal, asks Jason: "What would you do if you knew someone was going to
kill you, someone over whom you had power?" Jason: "I'd have him bring me the
golden fleece!" And so Jason was sent to fetch the golden fleece
Question 13.
Origin of Golden Fleece
Correct Answer: Jason was descendant of Aeolus (son of Hellen); had 7 sons,
one Athamas who married Nephele, they gave birth to Phrixus and Helle
Decides to marry 2nd wife, Ino Ino got jealous of 1st wife (thought her sons
wouldn't get inheritance) convinces the father to sacrifice his children As
Athamas is about to kill his children, a golden ram appears and takes Phrixus
and Helle away Helle falls off at Hellespont; ram lands in Colchis and Phrixus
then sacrificed it and gave the skin to Aeetes
Question 14.
Voyage of Argo
Correct Answer: Argus, son of Phrixus (guy who rode the ram) built largest ship
ever Athena added in a magical talking beam to the prow Jason calls for great
men to join (Heracles, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Meleager, etc.) Lemnos: only
women live there bc they pissed off Aphrodite (the women refused to sleep with
their husbands, so Aphro made them all stinky) Heracles loses Hylas to water
nymphs and they leave both behind Polydeuces killed boxer Amycus (who had
been crushing his opponents skulls)
Question 15.
Phineas and Harpies (from Argos)
Correct Answer: arrive in Bosporus and find King Phineus had been punished by
Zeus for speaking too boldly (now old, blind, and cannot eat bc the harpies steal
his food) Phineus promises to tell the truth of their trip if they kill the harpies;
so they do They learn of the Symplegades (Clashing Rocks); use a dove to see if
they make it, if the dove loses a tail feather, they'll die Manage to make it thru
EXAM RESOURCE UPDATED
218 QUESTIONS BANK
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
(EXAM-STYLE QUESTIONS & REVIEW)
What You'll Get:
• 218 questions
• quick review
• Printable, easy-to-study PDF
• Actual questions and correct answers
,Question 1.
Who is Atreus
Correct Answer: the grandson of Tantalus and the son of Pelops
Question 2.
What happened with Tantalus and Atreus?
Correct Answer: -While the gods were dining with Tantalus, Tantalus kills his
son and feeds him to the gods -Demeter accidentally eats the shoulder but the
gods find out and punish Tantalus
Question 3.
Who was Oenomaus?
Correct Answer: king of Pisa
Question 4.
Oenamus Story
Correct Answer: - Oenamus fell in love with his daughter, hippodamias -
Question 5.
Crete
Correct Answer: island south of Greece, culturally distinct people. Minoans.
Problems: myths are gone and our primary source of the myths (Minotaur, etc.)
is Ovid.
Question 6.
Europa and the Bull
Correct Answer: Zeus takes form of bull and abducts Europa King sends
Europa's 3 brother to either find her, or never come home Cadmus (founds
Thebes) Phoenix (founds Filicia) Cilix (Cilicia) Zeus and Europa have many
children, including Minos, Sarpedon, Rhadamanthys Minos will become king of
Minoas (and also judge of underworld with brother R)
,Question 7.
Minos and Pasiphae:
Correct Answer: Minos drives out 2 brothers when all 3 fall in love with same
boy; Minos declares himself king and marries Pasiphae (3 children: Ariadne,
Phaedra, Androgynous (all subject to tragedy)
Question 8.
Androgeus:
Correct Answer: very strong warrior, goes to fight in the fighting games. King
Aegeus asks him to fight a wild bull that kills Androgeus. Minos invades King
Aegeus' land in retribution Scylla (Aegeus' daughter, falls madly in love with
Minos when she sees him and cuts her father's thread of immortal hair, allowing
her people to be defeated) . Leads to eventual fall of Athens, and the Athenians
then had to send 7 young men and women to the minotaur
Question 9.
The Bull from the Sea
Correct Answer: when Minos declared himself king, people demanded sign that
he should rule, so Minos told Poseidon if he was sent a bull from the sea he
would sacrifice it. Poseidon send the bull, but it was too fine to sacrifice, so
Mions sacrificed a different one Poseidon got mad, so he made Pasiphae fall in
love with the bull. Daedalus (exiled from Athens after jealously killing one of his
students) helps build her a wooden cow so she could get some. After Pasiphae
gives birth to the Minotaur, Minos demands that Daedalus builds a labyrinth to
hold the Minotaur.
Question 10.
Ariadne
Correct Answer: daughter of Minos, falls in love with Theseus the moment she
sees him, gives him a ball of yarn and begs to be taken away. Abandoned on an
island and found/taken in by Dionysis
Question 11.
Overall themes of Cretan Myth
Correct Answer: lots of myths were lost and all that remained were heavily
influenced by Greeks (showing how very foreign Crete people were). Athenians
always showed greater intelligence/skill and with better navy. Grotesque
sexuality of Cretan (Pasiphae and the bull; Ariadne betraying her home land) .
Adulthood rituals (initiate leaves town (Minoas), undergoes mock death
(Labyrinth), has some form of sexual experience (Ariadne), returns an adult).
Stories mostly come from Ovid and all have to do with some weird sex (usually)
, Question 12.
Jason Origin
Correct Answer: born in Thessaly (land of man eating horses). Salmoneus,
brother of Athamas, had daughter Tyro, whom Poseidon impregnated. She gives
birth to twins, Pelias and Neleus; Pelias is arrogant and wants to rule Thessaly.
Imprisons half-brother and rightful ruler to the throne, Aeson (Aeson sends off a
child to be tutored by Chiron (Jason)). Oracle: a man with one sandal will be the
downfall off Pelias Jason returns to Colchis and helps an old lady across a
stream (that was Hera) and he loses a sandal for his troubles Pelias, seeing this
one sandal, asks Jason: "What would you do if you knew someone was going to
kill you, someone over whom you had power?" Jason: "I'd have him bring me the
golden fleece!" And so Jason was sent to fetch the golden fleece
Question 13.
Origin of Golden Fleece
Correct Answer: Jason was descendant of Aeolus (son of Hellen); had 7 sons,
one Athamas who married Nephele, they gave birth to Phrixus and Helle
Decides to marry 2nd wife, Ino Ino got jealous of 1st wife (thought her sons
wouldn't get inheritance) convinces the father to sacrifice his children As
Athamas is about to kill his children, a golden ram appears and takes Phrixus
and Helle away Helle falls off at Hellespont; ram lands in Colchis and Phrixus
then sacrificed it and gave the skin to Aeetes
Question 14.
Voyage of Argo
Correct Answer: Argus, son of Phrixus (guy who rode the ram) built largest ship
ever Athena added in a magical talking beam to the prow Jason calls for great
men to join (Heracles, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Meleager, etc.) Lemnos: only
women live there bc they pissed off Aphrodite (the women refused to sleep with
their husbands, so Aphro made them all stinky) Heracles loses Hylas to water
nymphs and they leave both behind Polydeuces killed boxer Amycus (who had
been crushing his opponents skulls)
Question 15.
Phineas and Harpies (from Argos)
Correct Answer: arrive in Bosporus and find King Phineus had been punished by
Zeus for speaking too boldly (now old, blind, and cannot eat bc the harpies steal
his food) Phineus promises to tell the truth of their trip if they kill the harpies;
so they do They learn of the Symplegades (Clashing Rocks); use a dove to see if
they make it, if the dove loses a tail feather, they'll die Manage to make it thru
