Post on 12-Jan-2016
Greek Mythology
The Royal House of Thebes
________, Cadmus’ sister, was carried away by the bull.
Europa
Agave
Harmonia
Europa
Where did Cadmus go to ask Apollo for helping finding out his missing sister?
Thebes
Delphi
Athens
Delphi
According to Apollo’s instruction, Cadmus would come upon _______ when he left Delphi.
a heifer
According to Apollo’s instruction, where did Cadmus have to build his own city, Thebes?
He had to build his city at a spot where the heifer lay down to rest.
What did Cadmus have to do first before he built his city?
He had to fight and kill a dragon which guarded a spring near by and slew all his companions who went to get water.
Which goddess appeared to Cadmus when the dragon was dead?
Artemis
Athena
Aphrodite
Athena
Athena told Cadmus to sow the earth with _________.
the dragon’s teeth
What happened after Cadmus followed Athena’s command to sow the earth?
There were lots of armed men springing up from the furrows.
After these armed men sprang from the earth, they began to kill each other. How many people were left at last to help Cadmus build Thebes?
five
In Herodotus’ opinion, Cadmus introduced _________ into Greece.
the alphabet
_________, Cadmus’ wife, was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite.
Semele
Jocasta
Harmonia
Harmonia
What kind of object did Aphrodite give to Harmonia as a wedding gift?
a wondrous necklace
Which one below is the child of Cadmus?
Semele
Ismene
Antigone
Semele
Semele was the mother of _________.
the God of Truth
the God of Eros
the God of Wine
the God of Wine (Dionysus)
Phrixus, the stepson of _______, was saved from death by the ram of the Golden Fleece.
Ino
Why did Agave kill her own son Pentheus?
She was driven mad by Dionysus so that she believed her son was a lion.
How did Artemis punish Actaeon who chanced upon her bathing place and offended her divinity?
She changed Actaeon into a stag and made him chased and killed by his own dogs (hounds).
Which two people below are Oedipus’s natural parents?
Laius and Jocasta
Laius
Polybus
Jocasta
According to Apollo’s oracle, what was Oedipus fated to do?
He was fated to kill his father, marry his mother, and have children men would shudder to look upon.
Whom did Oedipus sent for asking the oracle of Apollo?
Creon
Apollo claimed that the plague could be stopped upon one condition: ____.
Whoever murdered King LaiusMust be punished.
During the reign of King Laius, Thebes was beset by a frightful monster, _________.
the Sphinx
What did the Sphinx look like?
The Sphinx looked like a winged lion, but with a woman’s face and breast.
Who solved the riddle of the Sphinx and saved the Thebans?
the son of Laius
the son of Cadmus
the son of Creon
the son of Laius
What was the riddle Sphinx gave to the passers by?
What creature goes on four feet in the morning, on two at the noonday, on three in the evening?
What was the correct answer to the Sphinx’s riddle?
Man
What happened to Sphinx after Oedipus solved his riddle?
She killed herself.
________, the old blind prophet, declared that Oedipus was the real murderer of King Laius.
Teiresias
According to Jocasta, King Laius was killed by a group of _____.
robbers
According to Jocasta, King Laius was killed at the place where _____.
Where three roads meet on the way to Delphi
What happened to Oedipus when he knew he had murdered his father and had married his mother?
He put out his eyes to make himself become blind.
When Oedipus was expelled from Thebes, __________ went with him to guide him in his blindness and care for him.
his daughter Antigone
his daughter Antigone
his daughter Ismene
his son Eteocles
Teiresias told Creon that Thebes would be saved from Polyneices’ attack if his son Menoeceus __________.
Was killed
What command did Creon issue to punish those who invaded his city Thebes?
He proclaimed that none of their bodies could be buried so that their souls would be kept wandering in desolation.
Who violated Creon’s command to bury Polyneices?
Antigone
Ismene
Antigone
Andrastus
Andrastus entreated ________ to induce the Thebans to allow the bodies of his dead companions to be buried.
the King of Athens
the King of Lydia
the King of Argos
the King of Athens
As the funeral took place, what did the wife of Capaneus do out of her love for her husband?
She leaped down to the blazing pyre and went with her husband to the world below.
The sons of the seven dead champions later took revenge on Thebes for their fathers. They were always called _______, “the After-Born,” as if they had come into the world too late.
the Epigoni