Test Bank For Classical Mythology 11th Edition By Mark
Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham 9780190851644
Chapter 1-26 Complete Guide .
The myth associated w/ Perseus takes place in the.... - ANSWER: Peloponesian Pinincula
Argos importance to the Greeks - ANSWER: - important place of worship for Hera
- place of birth for Diomedes
- only survivor from seven against Thebes is from Argos
King Acrisius is the king of __________ - ANSWER: Argos
King Acrisius' daughter - ANSWER: Danaë
The prophecy King Acrisius received about Danaë - ANSWER: His daughter would have a son that
would kill him
King Acrisius did this after finding out the prophecy about Danaë - ANSWER: Imprisoned her in a
tower
- parallel w/ Rapunzel
- believes he outwitted fate
Zeus lusts after Danaë and takes on the form of this to rape her... - ANSWER: a shower of gold
As the shower of gold Zeus gets into Danaë's tower by... - ANSWER: pouring himself through the bars
Danaë gives birth to son, his name is _____________
Theseus
Hector
Perseus
Helios - ANSWER: Perseus
The king hears the baby, when Danaë tells him the father's baby is Zeus, he doesn't want blood on his
hands and does this... - ANSWER: According to Apollodorus, the king builds a large chest and places
Danaë and Perseus in it, casting them out to sea and believes they will die
____________ and _____________ drift East from Argos carried safely by Poseidon to the island of
___________ - ANSWER: Danaë, Perseus, Seriphos
The king of Seriphos - ANSWER: Polydectes
Danaë and Perseus are rescued by _____________, who plucks them from the sea in his net -
ANSWER: Dictys
Polydectes sees _____________ as an obstacle to being with Danaë - ANSWER: Perseus
______________ said he could kill Medusa and ___________ made him go hunt her down - ANSWER:
Perseus, Polydectes
,According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Polydectes want Perseus to... - ANSWER: Hunt down, find, and kill
Medusa and bring her head to Polydectes
Polydectes thinks finding Medusa will ________ Perseus
kill
save
honour
scare - ANSWER: kill
On Perseus' journey the first thing he must do is... - ANSWER: Find the Graeae
Graeae - ANSWER: three old women who share an eye
According to Hygin, Perseus does this to the Graeae.... - ANSWER: Steals their eye and tooth
According to Hygin, when Perseus agrees to give the Graeae their tooth and eye back they will..... -
ANSWER: Tell him where he needs to go which to Nymphs who will give him gifts for the journey
The gifts Perseus gets from the Nymphs are... - ANSWER: Hades' cap, winged sandals, kibisis, curved
sword
On his journey Perseus is guided by ___________ - ANSWER: Athena
Perseus uses Athena's shield to... - ANSWER: Kill Medusa without looking at her directly
Perseus kills Medusa by... - ANSWER: Cutting off her head while she's sleeping and puts the head into
the kibisis
Out of Medusa's body emerges her and Poseidon's son ____________ - ANSWER: Pegasus
As Perseus flies over Libya this happens... - ANSWER: The blood from Medusa's head falls on the sail
and is the origin of the venomous snake
When Perseus meet Atlas he... - ANSWER: turns him into stone
Perseus turning Atlas into stone is the origin of.... - ANSWER: the Atlas Mountains
When Perseus washed his hands the water turning to stone is the origin of _________ - ANSWER:
coral
When Perseus flew over Jaffa he saw... - ANSWER: Andromeda chained to a rock and a creature
attacking her
Andromeda was chained to rock b/c... - ANSWER: - Her mom Cassiopeia said that Andromeda was
prettier than the sea nymphs - this is hybris
- this enrages Posei so he sent Cetus, a sea creature, to destroy Jaffa
- the only way for Jaffa to be saved was if Andromeda was sacrificed
Perseus saved Andromeda by... - ANSWER: Killing Cetus with his sword
As a reward for killing Cetus Andromeda's dad gives Perseus.. - ANSWER: Andromeda as a prize
,According to Ovid's Met, before Andromeda and Perseus can be married he must... - ANSWER: Use
Medusa's head to kill Phineas and his supporters
Cassiopeia is turned into a _____________ - ANSWER: constellation
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, when Perseus returns he does this to Polydectes.. - ANSWER: turns
him to stone w/ Medusa's head
Perseus __________ all of the gifts to the Gods - ANSWER: gifts
When King Acrisius learns Perseus has survived and is coming to claim the thrown.... - ANSWER: flees
Argos and goes to Larissa
King Acrisius returns to Argos b/c... - ANSWER: His father has died and he is going to the funeral
games
King Acrisius' death - ANSWER: at the funeral games Perseus hurls a discus too hard and it goes
astray, flying into the crowd, and killing Acrisius - fulfilling the oracle
The Argonauts - ANSWER: - Jason's crew
- 50 of them
- sail the Argos
The Golden Fleece - ANSWER: Skin of ram
The Golden Fleece is found... - ANSWER: on Eastern edge of Black Sea
Jason must get the golden fleece from King _______
Aegeus
Kourtes
Ietes
Pelias - ANSWER: Ietes
Sources for myth of Jason - ANSWER: - Euripides' Medea
- Apollonious Rhodius' Argonautica
Jason's hometown is _________ - ANSWER: Iolcus
King Aeson of Iolus has his thrown taken by _________ - ANSWER: Pelias
Pelias gets an oracle that... - ANSWER: A man w/ one shoe will take his kingdom
Aeson's wife __________ is pregnant - ANSWER: Alcimede
Alcimede hides Jason's birth by... - ANSWER: having her maid surround her and pretend to grief that
the baby didn't make it to drown out the cries of the inf
Jason's birth has a parallel w/... - ANSWER: Zeus and the Kouretes
Alcimede hides Jason's birth b/c.. - ANSWER: she knows if Pelias finds out she has a son he will kill the
baby
, Jason is sent away and raised by ________ - ANSWER: Chiron
When Jason is about 20, Pelias holds this event which draws him back to Iolcus...
Banquet
Athletic Games
Crowning Ceremony
Wedding - ANSWER: athletic games
Jason's Journey back to Iolcus - ANSWER: - along the way he confronts a river, carries an old W across
it
- as he's carrying her, his sandal floats away in the river
The old woman Jason carried across the river was __________
Athena
Artemis
Demeter
Hera
Aphrodite - ANSWER: Hera
When Jason enters he has one shoe and Pelias says he can take the kingdom if.... - ANSWER: Jason
gets the golden fleece
The Argo is built by _____________
Hera
Aphrodite
Zeus
Peleus
Argos - ANSWER: Argos
________ builds sows the sails of the Argos
Hera
Penelope
The Fates
Aphrodite
Athena - ANSWER: Athena
_________ donates wood for the Argos which can talk
Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham 9780190851644
Chapter 1-26 Complete Guide .
The myth associated w/ Perseus takes place in the.... - ANSWER: Peloponesian Pinincula
Argos importance to the Greeks - ANSWER: - important place of worship for Hera
- place of birth for Diomedes
- only survivor from seven against Thebes is from Argos
King Acrisius is the king of __________ - ANSWER: Argos
King Acrisius' daughter - ANSWER: Danaë
The prophecy King Acrisius received about Danaë - ANSWER: His daughter would have a son that
would kill him
King Acrisius did this after finding out the prophecy about Danaë - ANSWER: Imprisoned her in a
tower
- parallel w/ Rapunzel
- believes he outwitted fate
Zeus lusts after Danaë and takes on the form of this to rape her... - ANSWER: a shower of gold
As the shower of gold Zeus gets into Danaë's tower by... - ANSWER: pouring himself through the bars
Danaë gives birth to son, his name is _____________
Theseus
Hector
Perseus
Helios - ANSWER: Perseus
The king hears the baby, when Danaë tells him the father's baby is Zeus, he doesn't want blood on his
hands and does this... - ANSWER: According to Apollodorus, the king builds a large chest and places
Danaë and Perseus in it, casting them out to sea and believes they will die
____________ and _____________ drift East from Argos carried safely by Poseidon to the island of
___________ - ANSWER: Danaë, Perseus, Seriphos
The king of Seriphos - ANSWER: Polydectes
Danaë and Perseus are rescued by _____________, who plucks them from the sea in his net -
ANSWER: Dictys
Polydectes sees _____________ as an obstacle to being with Danaë - ANSWER: Perseus
______________ said he could kill Medusa and ___________ made him go hunt her down - ANSWER:
Perseus, Polydectes
,According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Polydectes want Perseus to... - ANSWER: Hunt down, find, and kill
Medusa and bring her head to Polydectes
Polydectes thinks finding Medusa will ________ Perseus
kill
save
honour
scare - ANSWER: kill
On Perseus' journey the first thing he must do is... - ANSWER: Find the Graeae
Graeae - ANSWER: three old women who share an eye
According to Hygin, Perseus does this to the Graeae.... - ANSWER: Steals their eye and tooth
According to Hygin, when Perseus agrees to give the Graeae their tooth and eye back they will..... -
ANSWER: Tell him where he needs to go which to Nymphs who will give him gifts for the journey
The gifts Perseus gets from the Nymphs are... - ANSWER: Hades' cap, winged sandals, kibisis, curved
sword
On his journey Perseus is guided by ___________ - ANSWER: Athena
Perseus uses Athena's shield to... - ANSWER: Kill Medusa without looking at her directly
Perseus kills Medusa by... - ANSWER: Cutting off her head while she's sleeping and puts the head into
the kibisis
Out of Medusa's body emerges her and Poseidon's son ____________ - ANSWER: Pegasus
As Perseus flies over Libya this happens... - ANSWER: The blood from Medusa's head falls on the sail
and is the origin of the venomous snake
When Perseus meet Atlas he... - ANSWER: turns him into stone
Perseus turning Atlas into stone is the origin of.... - ANSWER: the Atlas Mountains
When Perseus washed his hands the water turning to stone is the origin of _________ - ANSWER:
coral
When Perseus flew over Jaffa he saw... - ANSWER: Andromeda chained to a rock and a creature
attacking her
Andromeda was chained to rock b/c... - ANSWER: - Her mom Cassiopeia said that Andromeda was
prettier than the sea nymphs - this is hybris
- this enrages Posei so he sent Cetus, a sea creature, to destroy Jaffa
- the only way for Jaffa to be saved was if Andromeda was sacrificed
Perseus saved Andromeda by... - ANSWER: Killing Cetus with his sword
As a reward for killing Cetus Andromeda's dad gives Perseus.. - ANSWER: Andromeda as a prize
,According to Ovid's Met, before Andromeda and Perseus can be married he must... - ANSWER: Use
Medusa's head to kill Phineas and his supporters
Cassiopeia is turned into a _____________ - ANSWER: constellation
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, when Perseus returns he does this to Polydectes.. - ANSWER: turns
him to stone w/ Medusa's head
Perseus __________ all of the gifts to the Gods - ANSWER: gifts
When King Acrisius learns Perseus has survived and is coming to claim the thrown.... - ANSWER: flees
Argos and goes to Larissa
King Acrisius returns to Argos b/c... - ANSWER: His father has died and he is going to the funeral
games
King Acrisius' death - ANSWER: at the funeral games Perseus hurls a discus too hard and it goes
astray, flying into the crowd, and killing Acrisius - fulfilling the oracle
The Argonauts - ANSWER: - Jason's crew
- 50 of them
- sail the Argos
The Golden Fleece - ANSWER: Skin of ram
The Golden Fleece is found... - ANSWER: on Eastern edge of Black Sea
Jason must get the golden fleece from King _______
Aegeus
Kourtes
Ietes
Pelias - ANSWER: Ietes
Sources for myth of Jason - ANSWER: - Euripides' Medea
- Apollonious Rhodius' Argonautica
Jason's hometown is _________ - ANSWER: Iolcus
King Aeson of Iolus has his thrown taken by _________ - ANSWER: Pelias
Pelias gets an oracle that... - ANSWER: A man w/ one shoe will take his kingdom
Aeson's wife __________ is pregnant - ANSWER: Alcimede
Alcimede hides Jason's birth by... - ANSWER: having her maid surround her and pretend to grief that
the baby didn't make it to drown out the cries of the inf
Jason's birth has a parallel w/... - ANSWER: Zeus and the Kouretes
Alcimede hides Jason's birth b/c.. - ANSWER: she knows if Pelias finds out she has a son he will kill the
baby
, Jason is sent away and raised by ________ - ANSWER: Chiron
When Jason is about 20, Pelias holds this event which draws him back to Iolcus...
Banquet
Athletic Games
Crowning Ceremony
Wedding - ANSWER: athletic games
Jason's Journey back to Iolcus - ANSWER: - along the way he confronts a river, carries an old W across
it
- as he's carrying her, his sandal floats away in the river
The old woman Jason carried across the river was __________
Athena
Artemis
Demeter
Hera
Aphrodite - ANSWER: Hera
When Jason enters he has one shoe and Pelias says he can take the kingdom if.... - ANSWER: Jason
gets the golden fleece
The Argo is built by _____________
Hera
Aphrodite
Zeus
Peleus
Argos - ANSWER: Argos
________ builds sows the sails of the Argos
Hera
Penelope
The Fates
Aphrodite
Athena - ANSWER: Athena
_________ donates wood for the Argos which can talk
