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Review Questions Over the Legends of Argos, Perseus and Heracles. |
Some of these questions are rather obscure, and would only appear in the Extra Credit Section. I've tried to give the more obscure questions in red.
| 4. Who are the personified spirits of old age that tell Perseus how to reach the nymphs and their magic objects? | |
| 5. The women whom Perseus saved and became his wife was? | |
| 6. The father of Perseus is: | |
| 7. The goddess that seems especially associated with Argos was | |
| 8. The flying horse that came from the neck of the Gorgon was called |
9. The daughter of Danaüs that did not kill her husband was called?
10. Which of the following is Perseus not responsible for?
12. Which of the following are not Perseus' equipment?
13. Which of the following gods were magic helpers of Perseus?
14. The woman in the Perseus legend who claimed to be more beautiful than the Nereids was called:
15. Which Greek hero at Troy was the last great mythical hero of Argos?
16. Zeus came to Danaë in the form of a :
17. Which of the following plot elements is not often seen in the Quest myth-pattern?
| 18. Perseus, in his quest, brought back the head of the _______________. | |
| 19. The Egyptian god that Io is frequently identified with was called? | |
| 20. Who are the personified spirits of old age that tell Perseus how to reach the nymphs and their magic objects? |
21. The labor in which Heracles got poison for his arrows was?
22. The historical Heracles (if one existed) may have been a prince of what Bronze Age site?
| 23. The woman whom Heracles brought home -- when he was married to Deïanira was? | |
| 24. The name of the murdered first wife of Heracles was? | |
| 25. The divine father of Heracles was? | |
| 26. During the quest for ___________ Heracles defends the values of the male political order. | |
| 27. The hound of Hades was called: | |
| 28. The Lydian queen whom Heracles had to serve for a year or so what called? | |
| 29. As a gift for lighting the pyre that burns away his mortality, what did Heracles give the father of Philoctetes? | |
| 30. The Titan whom Heracles freed was called? | |
| 31. The Titan who, in some accounts, helped Heracles get the Apples of the Hesperides was called? | |
| 32. The King of Athens whom Heracles rescued while in the Underworld was called? | |
| 34. After the death of Heracles, who marries Iole? | |
| 35. What god gives Heracles a very hard time -- even before he is born? | |
| 36. What minor goddess is Heracles married after he becomes a god in Olympus? | |
| 37. What famous Greek poet called Heracles a "brutal and violent man, who did not hesitate to do evil and wounded the Olympian gods with arrows"? | |
| 38. The Greek queen who was willing to die for her husband but saved when Heracles wrestled Death for her was called? |
39. Why does Eurystheus more royal power than Heracles?
40. The mortal father of Heracles was called?
41. Heracles helped the Greek gods in their battles against?
42. Which of the following is not a type of Heracles?
43 Early in his career Heracles mated with the fifty daughters of the king of __________?
44. The labor in which Heracles got his standard uniform was the:
45. Which of these labors of Heracles are not a symbolic conquest of the forces of death?
46. The boy who was Heracles' companion on the voyage of the Argonauts was?
47. Which of the following is not an extreme or unusual behavior of Heracles in some myth?
48. The story of the returns of the descendants of Heracles is associated with what (perhaps) historical event?
49. The unusual circumstances of Heracles' conception were:
50. The unusual circumstances of Heracles' death were:
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