Deck 14: Perseus and Myths of the Argive Plain

Question 1

Which of the following are important mythological and historical sites in the Argive plain?

A) Thebes
B) Pella
C) Tiryns
D) Mycenae

Answer 1

C,D

Question 2

What is the name of the major river in the Argive plain?

A) Peneus
B) Alpheius
C) Inachus
D) Scamander

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who is the ancestor of the three great dynasties of Argos, Thebes, and Crete?

A) Io
B) Perseus
C) Agamemnon
D) Heracles

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Zeus changes Io into a _______.

A) rabbit
B) gadfly
C) cow
D) cloud

Question 5

The straits that divide Europe from Asia, and site of the city later named Byzantium, Constantinople, and Istanbul are still called the _______.

A) Bosporus
B) Pillars of Heracles
C) Dardanelles
D) Hormuz

Question 6

Whom did Io encounter as she wandered into the Caucasus Mountains?

A) Prometheus
B) Zeus
C) Odysseus
D) The Gorgons

Question 7

Homer regularly calls Hera boôpis, or "_______."

A) pale-armed
B) cow-eyed
C) queenly
D) vengeful

Question 8

Which couple was the only exception to the vengeance of the Danaïds, the rest of whom all killed their husbands?

A) Iolê and Lichas
B) Amymonê and Cepheus
C) Epaphus and Memphis
D) Hypermnestra and Lynceus

Question 9

One explanation for the myth of the Danaïds is that it was etiological to explain the origin of the great swamps in _______.

A) Tiryns
B) Orchomenus
C) Lerna
D) Nauplion

Question 10

Who are the two sons of Abas who hated each other so much that they even quarreled in the womb?

A) Perses
B) Acrisius
C) Proetus
D) Belus

Question 11

How does Acrisius dispose of Danaë and Perseus when he finds out about the birth of Perseus?

A) He orders them tied to a stake deep in a mountain cave
B) He sells them into slavery
C) He imprisons them inside an underground chamber of bronze
D) He puts them in a wooden box, and casts the box into the sea

Question 12

Dictys' home island is _______.

A) Seriphos
B) Crete
C) Ios
D) Milos

Question 13

Who is Dictys' brother?

A) Phineus
B) Polydectes
C) Ceto
D) Cepheus

Question 14

Which of the following are aspects of the Gorgons in classical art?

A) Snakes for hair
B) Enormous tusks
C) The legs of a goat
D) Wide, staring eyes that turn anyone who sees them to stone

Question 15

Which of the following special objects does Perseus receive from the nymphs?

A) A whip
B) A special leather pouch
C) Winged sandals
D) The cap of Hades

Question 16

What becomes of the head of Medusa after Perseus gives it to Athena?

A) Athena gives it to Hephaestus, who destroys it down in his forge
B) Athena buries it under the Caucasus Mountains
C) Athena wears it on her breastplate or shield
D) Athena gives it to Poseidon, who buries it beneath Atlantis

Question 17

How did Andromeda's perilous situation come about?

A) The oracle at Delphi commanded that she be sacrificed to save Ethiopia
B) Her name was drawn in the yearly lottery to see who would be sacrificed
C) Her mother boasted that she was more beautiful than the Nerieds
D) She was mistaken for her identical sister

Question 18

When Cepheus accepted Perseus' proposal, he forgot to mention that Andromeda was already engaged to _______.

A) Phineus
B) Proetus
C) Megapenthes
D) Phorcys

Question 19

Which of the following elements do the stories of Gilgamesh and Perseus have in common?

A) The hero performs impossible labors thanks to magical aids and the favor of the gods
B) The hero has a close male buddy and violates a taboo
C) The hero is partly divine
D) The hero returns home and is rewarded

Question 20

The Gorgon's head is often used as an _______ ("turning away") device.

A) apophlegmatic
B) apothegmatic
C) apothecaric
D) apotropaic

Question 21

Which three figures are represented here?

A) Hermes
B) Io
C) Argus
D) Perseus