Peloponnesus correct answers a large peninsula, located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth.
Argolid correct answers one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the eastern part of the Pe...
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Peloponnesus correct answers a large peninsula, located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth.
Argolid correct answers one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Argos is located here
Argos (place) correct answers The city of Argos is believed to be the birthplace of the mythological character Perseus. located in Argolid and Peloponnesus
Inachus correct answers A king of Argos who has a river named after him. He was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys. Father of Io.
Io correct answers a maiden seduced by Zeus, She was one of Zeus' many mortal lovers. Hera was about to catch them so Zeus turned her into a cow. Suspicious, Hera asked for the cow as a gift and Zeus had to comply. She had to walk across the continent bothered by a gadfly so that she could be human again.
Argos (beast) correct answers A 100 eyed giant that was in charge of guarding Io
Isis correct answers Egyptian goddess of fertility She was worshiped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers.
Ephasus correct answers son of Zeus and Io
Libya correct answers a daughter of Epaphus, King of Egypt, in both Greek and Roman mythology.
Belus correct answers legendary Egyptian king, son of Poseidon, and ancestor of several Greek royal families, including that of Palamedes.
Father of Aegyptus & Danaus
Ba'al correct answers name used throughout the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan
Hyksos correct answers a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700-1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
Aegyptus correct answers the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by the fifty daughters of his twin brother, Danaus.
Danaus correct answers king of Libya had 50 daughters Danaids correct answers 50 maidens that must forever carry water in leaking jars; killed their husbands
Hypermnestra correct answers Daughter of Danaüs; refused to kill her husband Lynceus. grandmother of Acrisius
Acrisius correct answers grandfather of Perseus. gets prophecy that grandson will kill him. locks up daughter Danae in bronze room
Danae correct answers mother of Perseus. impregnated by Zeus in a golden rain. Persues her son is set adrift some variations say with her too
Perseus correct answers Birth:Danae impregnated by Zeus; exposed in a box
Monster-Slaying: Medusa
Problems with women: andromeda
Horrible death: none
Graiai correct answers cousins of medusa;The Graiai are sisters of the Gorgons and the Hesperides; they were said to have one tooth and one eye between them
Gorgons correct answers the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone.
Medusa correct answers a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous
human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazing directly upon her would turn
onlookers to stone. slain by Perseus
Pegasus correct answers is a winged divine horse, or pterippus, usually depicted as white in colour
Andromeda correct answers a woman chained to a rock who is then rescued by Perseus and later marries him
Cassiopeia correct answers Andromeda's mother, who bragged that Andromeda was more beautiful than the gods
Cetus correct answers a sea-monster; that is sent to eat Andromeda
apotropaic correct answers is a type of magic intended to "turn away" harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.
Gorgoneion correct answers This was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, used most famously by the Olympian deities Athena and Zeus: both are said to have worn this as a protective pendant
Mycenae correct answers the city founded by Perseus before he died.
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