World Lit Unit 5 combined sets

the king of Boetia, he leaves his wife for Princess Ino

Athamas

the queen who fears Princess Ino will harm her children

Nephele

the royal son who will get a ride on a ram with a golden fleece

Phrixus

the royal daughter who will get a ride on a ram with a golden fleece

Helle

Princess Ino's father - he is the powerful king of Thebes

Cadmus

What prayer of the queen's does Zeus honor and why?

humans are manipulating / using gods

Olympian who escorts the great golden fleeced ram to earth

Hermes

waterway named for the girl who falls off the ram and dies

Hellespont

body of water where the ram finally touches down

black sea

fierce tribe who live where the ram touches down

colchis

king of the aforementioned tribe to whom the Golden Fleece is given

AEetes

Jason's parents, the king and queen

Aison and Alcimedes

the tribe to which Jason, his father, his mother belong

iolcos

large region in central Greece where Jason's tribe is located

Thessaly

the aforementioned region in central Greece is also noteworthy as the place where this cosmic war occurred

titanomachy

the aforementioned region in central Greece is also noteworthy as a site of this saint's missionary journey

St. Paul

a phrase implying a military takeover of the state

coup d'etat

evil brother who steals the kingdom from Jason's father

Pelias

what the Oracle at Delphi tells the evil king he must beware of

the man half naked on the ground

centaur who raises Jason in the woods

chiron

notable jacket worn by Jason as he arrives in town to seek revenge

leopard

why Jason arrived in town only wearing one boot

got bitten by a snake 🐍

why the king and Jason can't physically fight or kill one another over the kingdom

no violence against family

eventually, what the evil king proposes Jason do to get his father's kingdom back

get Pelias the Golden Fleece

city where Jason goes to build a ship and call together a crew

Argos

Jason has his ship built in the city sacred to this Olympian

Hera

the name of the ship Jason builds AND what his band of 50 heroes will collectively be known as

argo and argonauts

without doubt the strongest hero aboard Jason's ship

Hercules

master musician/hero traveling with Jason and his crew

orpheus

the future father of Achilles aboard Jason's ship

Peleus

the hero who killed the Minotaur aboard Jason's ship

Theseus

the only female hero among Jason's crew

Atalanta

an Aegean island of beautiful but smelly women where Jason and crew first stop for some water but get some unexpected rest and 'relaxation'

Lemnos

young 'armor-bearer' who gets abducted by a nymph

Hylas

great hero who left the quest to find the 'armor-bearer'

Hercules

a sad, prophetic old man wasting away on an island

Phineus

Olympic God who gave the old man the gift of prophecy.

Apollo

Olympian who did not like the fact that the old man could tell the future

Zeus

disgusting creatures called "the hounds of Zeus"

harpies

swift heroes who chase down the "hounds of Zeus"

castor and pollux

Goddess of the Rainbow who stops the killing of Zeus' hounds

Iris

dangerous area of the Aegean identified by "clashing rocks"

symplegades

the animal Jason uses to test

pigeon

dual monsters simultaneously haunting the Aegean, one who rips sailors off their ships and one deadly whirlpool

charybdis and scylla

beautiful women who 'sing' sailors off ships and to their doom

sirens

hero who succumbs to the singers named above and jumps ship

orpheus

beautiful nymph who saves the aforementioned hero

thetis

chained-up Titan who sadly watches a wary Jason and his crew pass him by

Prometheus

costly cultural mistake made by the king who owns the golden fleece as Jason and his crew disembark in his land

hospitality

hospitality rules dictate that the king must make the Golden Fleece available to Jason but that he, the king, can set some conditions

true

one gift Medea gives Jason to help him in his fight to secure the golden fleece

ointment protection

one gift Medea gives Jason to help him in his fight to secure the golden fleece

magic stone

in the fight, Jason must do this to two fire-breathing oxen

harness them

in his fight, Jason must plant these in the ground

bag of dragon teeth

in his fight, Jason must do battle with a race of what?

warrior monsters

Medea's brother, a prince reduced to bloody, floating water chum_

Apsyrtus

why Medea's father must give up chasing Jason, Medea, their ship, and the fleece

must have a proper burial

bronze monster who throws rocks at Jason and crew off Crete

Talus

Jason returns to Greece to find what his father and mother have

D. NOTA

how Meden exacts revenge on Jason's uncle who is not giving the kingdom back

gives the kings daughters "herbs" to make him younger. they cut him up but he never comes out of the pot.

Jason and Medea live in this Greek city for 10 happy years

Corinth

young princess offered to Jason by her father

Creusa

two reasons Jason gives Medea for why she should accept the 'deal" he offers her

1. i could've done all that without you

2. i took you out of the hell hole (you owe me)

why Medea kills her two sons and not Jason at the story's end

to make Jason miserable and to show that men unappreciated their wives

minor god sent to save Medea from Jason's wrath

Helios

Hercules' name at birth

Alcaeus

the Greek equivalent of the Latinized 'Hercules' AND what it means if you shake it.

Heracles- glory to Hera

Greek city in which the great Hercules is born

Thebes

Hercules' immortal father, a master of disguises

Zeus

Hercules' earthly father, a general in the army

Amphitrion

Hercules' mother, she spent 24 hours 'conceiving' him

Alcmene

Hercules' younger brother (and apparently afraid of snakes)

Iohicles

three skills Hercules was expertly taught while growing up

1. chariot

2. wrestler

3. sword

Hercules kills this poor music teacher with his flute

Linus

it takes Hercules 50 days (and busy nights) to track down and kill this beast

Caribdus

a young Hercules plays a huge role in defeating this tribe - for which he is rewarded by his king with his daughters hand in marriage

minyans

Hercules' first (and doomed) wife

Megara

she strikes Hercules with a murderous madness

Hera

he tells Hercules that jumping off a mountain is not the act of a hero

Theseus

king who gives Hercules a list of things he must do as penance for killing his family

Eurystheus

what the list mentioned above is famously known as

12 labors of Hercules

tasks given to Hercules are designed by the king (and Hera) to do these three things

1. humiliate

2. demorilize

3. kill

Hercules must kill this poisonous, nine-headed swamp monster

Lernaen Hydra

Hercules' nephew - he helps him by cauterizing the exposed neck(s) of the monster

Iolaus

Hercules must clean these stables of their filth

Augean stables

Hercules must bring back the four man-eating mares of...

diomedes

embarrassed by his foolish behavior, Hercules goes into the Underworld to return a dead queen _____________to her heartbroken husband,_____________

Alcestis and Admetus

river-god violating a young woman as Hercules passes by AND the young woman's name

Achelous, Deianeira

name of the centaur who tries to violate the young woman named above while Hercules wrestles the river-god

Nessus

how a dying centaur tries to 'make up' to the young woman for his awful behavior

gives her a "love potion"

article of poisoned clothing Hercules' wife sends him upon hearing rumors - untrue of his infidelity while he is away at a war council

robe

young woman Hercules is rumored to be having an affair with

Iole

mountain where a tortured, crippled Hercules goes to die

Mt. Oeta

this Olympian eventually lights the fire beneath Hercules' body

Zeus

word which implies either the highest point of one's life or the act of becoming deified as a god

apotheosis

word which implies a virtuous suffering for a good cause

pathos

at one point in the story, Hercules goes to the Underworld where he wrestles and defeats this god of death

Thanatos

one aspect or act (not including #97) for which we can see Hercules as a Christ figure

atonement

one aspect or act (not including #97 or #98) for which we can see Hercules as a Christ

love your enemies (Hera)

besides Hercules, identify two other mythological figures that we might identify as Christ-figures

1. Dionysus

2. Prometheus