Reviews Questions over the Legends of Crete and Attica, including those of Theseus.

Don't Panic.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.

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1. The very earliest king of Athens was

2. The central religious buiding in Athens is dedicated to which early Athenian King?

3. Theseus (according to myth)  is reponsible for which important historical event?

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Erichthonius?

5. According to one account, Erechtheus defeated an army commanded by a son of Poseidon that belonged to what city?

6. Which of the following items CANNOT be found in the Erechtheum?

7. Laelaps was

8. When Cephalus calls upon his Aura, what is he calling for?

9. Why is it fitting that Procne pretends to be in the frenzy of Dionysos when she rescues her sister?

10. According to the standard Greek account, which of these transformations do NOT happen?

11 Aegeus is told by the oracle of Apollo

12 __________  cut or stretched you to fit his bed

13_________ tied people to bent pines trees, then let trees spring back.

14. Why does Aegeus die?

15. Which of the following is Theseus not involved in the abduction of?

16. Which of the following events does not occur as part of Theseus' adventures as he goes and returns from Crete?

17 Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?

18. Which of the following young men are not involved in an adventure where a chariot plays an important part (because it is a symbol of reaching manhood).

19. In Greek art, the invasion of the Amazons and their defeat often was used to symbolize the invasion and defeat of the _______________

20. The blind Theban former king that Theseus gave refuge and protection to was?

21. The fact that Minos exerts military control over Athens and other Greek states may reflect what historical  reality?

22. The famous Athenian statesman who scored political points by finding the bones of Theseus and bringing them back to Athens was?

23. With whom was Aegeus living when Theseus came to Athens?

 
 

	24. The legend of the Labyrinth may reflect         what historical reality?
Minoan Fresco showing Bull-leaping
	25. The legend of the Minotaur may (but may not) reflect what historical reality?
26. Ariadne was probably originally a Cretan goddess.
27. Theseus was eventually deposed as king of Athens and   murdered soon after

 
 Some fill-in-the-blank Questions. A bit Harder.....
 

1. The Greek god whose lust for Athena leads to the creation of an early king of Attica was?
2. The mortal father of Theseus was?
3. According to some legends, the divine father of Theseus was?
4. Minos was the king of:
5. Erechtheus, Erichthonius and Aegeus are, according to some critics, all forms of what Greek god?
6. Cephalus was loved by what Goddess?
7. The young woman whose tongue was cut out by Tereus was called:
8. The western coast of Asia Minor, colonized by Greeks, was named after what Athenian hero?
9. How many labors did Theseus do as he traveled from Troezen to Athens?
10. The story of Aegeus leaving a sword under a stone as a test for his son recall the legends of what famous (if perhaps mythical ) King who lived in England?
11. Who was the Minotaur's mother?
12 What was the Minotaur's father?
13. The Cretan princess who helped Theseus and was abandoned by him was?
14. Who was the father of Minos?
15. Who was the great companion of Theseus?
16. The son of Daedalus who falls into the sea after flying too high, because his wings melt was _____________.
17. What god, according to some accounts, marries the abandoned Ariadne?
18. Who is the son whom  the curse of his father Theseus destroys?
19. What  god is especially dear to Hippolytus?
20. The old woman who entertained Theseus while he was hunting the bull of Marathon and who gives her name to a famous poem by the scholar-poet Callimachus was: (This is a very obscure question!)
21. What Greek hero rescued Theseus when he was trapped in Hades?

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