CLAS 104 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Name of the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld
Lethe
What does Odysseus do to summon the dead?
He digs a pit and fills it with the blood of sacrificial victims
What is the punishment of Ixion?
Imprisonment on a fiery wheel
In the myth of Er, who returns to life as a lion because he remembered the judgment of
Achilles' armour?
Ajax
How did Elpenor die?
He went to sleep on a roof and fell off
What poet describes the descent of Aeneas into the Underworld?
Vergil
Who was the husband of Alcmena?
Amphitryon
Who usurped the throne from Aeson and became king of Iolcus?
Pelias
Who was the first wife of Heracles, whom he killed in a fit of rage?
Megara
Which companion of Heracles is lost on the Argonaut expedition?
Hylas
, What was the name of the Amazon queen whose girdle Heracles took in battle?
Hippolyta
Who aided Heracles in his second Labor by cauterizing the decapitated stumps of the
Hydra?
Iolaus
Who was the queen of the Lemian women?
Hypsipyle
Whose protection and offer of sanctuary does Medea require before she puts her
murderous plan into action in Euripides' play?
Aegeus
Who was the Boeotian king who took Nephele as his first wife?
Athamas
Which of his tutors did Heracles kill?
Linus
Who was the husband of Laodamia and, though he was the first Greek hero killed in the
war, returned briefly to spend one final night with her?
Protesilaus
Who is the son of Achilles and murderer of Priam?
Neoptolemus
What god aids Odysseus' escape from Circe with the aid of the moly?
Hermes
Who is the comrade of Achilles that served as both companion and tutor to him?
Phoenix
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Name of the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld
Lethe
What does Odysseus do to summon the dead?
He digs a pit and fills it with the blood of sacrificial victims
What is the punishment of Ixion?
Imprisonment on a fiery wheel
In the myth of Er, who returns to life as a lion because he remembered the judgment of
Achilles' armour?
Ajax
How did Elpenor die?
He went to sleep on a roof and fell off
What poet describes the descent of Aeneas into the Underworld?
Vergil
Who was the husband of Alcmena?
Amphitryon
Who usurped the throne from Aeson and became king of Iolcus?
Pelias
Who was the first wife of Heracles, whom he killed in a fit of rage?
Megara
Which companion of Heracles is lost on the Argonaut expedition?
Hylas
, What was the name of the Amazon queen whose girdle Heracles took in battle?
Hippolyta
Who aided Heracles in his second Labor by cauterizing the decapitated stumps of the
Hydra?
Iolaus
Who was the queen of the Lemian women?
Hypsipyle
Whose protection and offer of sanctuary does Medea require before she puts her
murderous plan into action in Euripides' play?
Aegeus
Who was the Boeotian king who took Nephele as his first wife?
Athamas
Which of his tutors did Heracles kill?
Linus
Who was the husband of Laodamia and, though he was the first Greek hero killed in the
war, returned briefly to spend one final night with her?
Protesilaus
Who is the son of Achilles and murderer of Priam?
Neoptolemus
What god aids Odysseus' escape from Circe with the aid of the moly?
Hermes
Who is the comrade of Achilles that served as both companion and tutor to him?
Phoenix
