THIS ANIMAL BECOMES THE FIRST LYRE THANKS TO HERMES
TORTOISE
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IN HER GRIEF, DEMETER FLEES TO THIS CITY
ELEUSIS
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"A MORTAL AM I, AND BORN OF A MORTAL WOMAN..... BUT NOW [HERMES] OF THE GOLDEN WAND CARRIED ME OFF FROM THE DANCE OF HALLOOING ARTEMIS OF THE GOLDEN SHAFTS. MANY OF US NYMPHS AND MAIDENS, WORTH MANY COWS TO THEIR PARENTS, WERE PLAYING" WHO DOES APHRODITE TELL THIS LIE TO?
ANCHISES
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THE ONLY DEITY TO WITNESS PERSEPHONE'S ABDUCTION
HELIOS
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"DELOS, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE THE ABODE OF MY SON, PHOIBOS APOLLO, AND TO HOUSE HIM IN A LAVISH TEMPLE?"WHO ASKS THIS QUESTION?
LETO
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IN THE THEOGONY, THIS WOMAN IS DESCRIBED AS KALON KAKON - A 'BEAUTIFUL EVIL'
PANDORA
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THIS WOMAN HELPS JASON STEAL THE GOLDEN FLEECE, AND KILLS HER OWN BROTHER TO HELP HIM ESCAPE
MEDEA
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HERC'S 9TH LABOR REQUIRES HIM TO STEAL THE BELT/GIRDLE OF THIS AMAZONIAN QUEEN
HIPPOLYTA
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THIS MYTHOLOGICAL WOMAN IS, IN MANY WAYS, THE OPPOSITE OF PENELOPE
CLYTEMNESTRA
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THE GODDESS OF CHILDBIRTH, AND ONE OF THE FEW CHILDREN OF ZEUS AND HERA
EILEITHYIA/ELEUTHYIA
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THE FEMALE WORSHIPPERS OF DIONYSUS
BACCHAE/MAENADS
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WHERE IS HERAKLES' GRAVE?
HE DOESN'T HAVE ONE - HE BECAME A GOD
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WHAT DID ATHENA OFFER ATHENS TO BEAT HER UNCLE POSEIDON IN THE CONTEST TO BECOME THE CITY'S PATRON DEITY?
OLIVE TREES
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROCK THAT KRONOS SWALLOWS IN PLACE OF ZEUS AND ENDS UP IN DELPHI?HINT: THE 'CENTER' OF THE GREEK WORLD
OMPHALOS
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ACCORDING TO HESIOD'S THEOGONY, WHO IS THE OLDEST OF THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES?
APHRODITE
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HIS HUBRIS GETS THE BETTER OF HIM, LEADING HIM TO A QUARREL WITH AGAMEMNON THAT EVENTUALLY LEADS TO THE DEATH OF HIS 'SIDEKICK' PATROCLUS
ACHILLES
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IN ORDER TO GET HOME, ODYSSEUS GOES HERE TO CONSULT WITH THE SEER TIRESIAS
THE UNDERWORLD
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ODYSSEUS' HOME, WHERE HIS SON TELEMACHUS BEGINS HIS HEROIC INITIATION
ITHACA
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THIS EVENT IS THE PRELUDE TO THE TROJAN WAR, INVOLVING A SHEPHERD AND THREE FEUDING GODDESSES
THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS
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ON THE ISLAND THRINACIA, ODYSSEUS' MEN COMMIT THIS CRIME AGAINST THE GODS, MAKING THE REST OF THE JOURNEY HOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT
THEY EAT THE CATTLE OF THE SUN GOD, HELIOS
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THE PLAY FROM WHICH THIS QUOTE COMES: "THEY DECKED THEMSELVES WITH CROWNS OF IVY, OAK, AND BRYONY. ONE WOMAN STRUCK HER THYRSUS ON A ROCK AND A SPRING OF WATER SHOT OUT, BUBBLING."
BACCHAEBY EURIPIDES
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THE PLAY FROM WHICH THIS QUOTE COMES: "NOW HEAR YOU THIS, THE RIGHT BEHIND MY SACRAMENT: BY MY CHILD'S JUSTICE DRIVEN TO FULFILLMENT, BY HER WRATH AND FURY, TO WHOM I SACRIFICED THIS MAN..."
AGAMEMNONBY AESCHYLUS
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THE POEM FROM WHICH THIS QUOTE COMES: "THE ARMS OF TYPHOEUS WERE MADE FOR DEEDS OF MIGHT, HIS LEGS NEVER WEARIED, AND FROM HIS SHOULDERS THERE LEAPT UP 100 SNAKE HEADS, SUCH AS FIERCE DRAGONS HAVE..."
THEOGONYBY HESIOD
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THE POEM FROM WHICH THIS QUOTE COMES: "HERA BORE TYPHON, UNLIKE A GOD OR A HUMAN, CLEVER, AWFUL, AND CRUEL, A BANE FOR MORTAL FOLK. AT ONCE, COW-EYED QUEEN HERA BROUGHT EVIL TO EVIL AND THE SHE-DRAGON WELCOMED HIM"
HOMERIC HYMN TO APOLLO
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THE WORK FROM WHICH THIS QUOTE COMES: "THE YOUNG MEN'S EYES TURNED TO BOLD HERACLES... BUT HE SAID, "LET NO MAN OFFER THIS HONOR TO ME... LET THE PERSON WHO MUSTERED THIS HOST HAVE ITS LEADERSHIP."