Lesson 7
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Pelias | king of Iolcus; usurped throne from his older brother AEson
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| Jason | son of AEson
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| Chiron | centaur; most famous teacher in Greece; raised by Jason
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| Phrixus | nailed golden fleece on a tree sacred to Ares
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| Helle | sister of Phrixus; drwoned in the strait (Hellespont) that bears her name
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| AEetes | king of Colchis
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| Argo | Jason's ship
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| Argonauts | sailors on Jason's expedition
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| Orpheus | greatest musician of mythical Greece
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| Castor and Pollux | twins; sailed with Jason
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| Lynceus | "lynx-eyed"; sailed with Jason
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| Medea | daughter of AEetes; fell in love with Jason and helped him
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| Sirens | beautiful maidens; lured sailors to crash on the rocks
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| fleece | sheep's coat of wool
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| prow | front part of a ship
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| lyre | handheld harp-like instrument, used to accompany song or poetry
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| yoke | bar for joining two draft animals
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| harrow | to break up earth using a plow-like tool with teeth
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| Why did Pelias fear Jason would try to kill him and take his throne? | Pelias usurped (stole) AEson's throne. The oracle of Apollo said to beware of a man with one sandal. When Jason returned 20 years later, he was wearing one sandal.
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| What was Hera doing at the stream when Jason arrived? | She was disguised as an old woman, to test the kindness of men.
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| What did Jason do for Hera? | He carried the "old woman" across the river.
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| Where did the golden fleece come from? | A golden ram came down from the sky to replace the sacrafice of Phrixus.
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| What did Phrixus do with the ram? | He took it to Colchis and sacrificed the ram to Zeus. Then he nailed the golden fleece on a tree sacred to Ares.
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| How was the golden fleece protected? | A dragon protected it.
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| Name 5 of the Argonauts. | Orpheus, Hercules, Castor and Pollux, and Lynceus
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| How di AEetes make the task difficult for Jason? | He designed the task to get Jason killed....plow the field near the fleece with fire-breathing bulls, sow the field with some of the teeth of the dragon Cadmus had killed, and then to fight the dragon that guards the fleece.
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| How did Jason get the fleece? | Medea helped him with an ointment as protection against the bulls; she told him to throw a rock among the warriors (from the dragon's teeth) so they would be busy fighting each other; and she gave a sleeping potion to the dragon protecting the fleece.
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| How did Jason get passed the Sirens? | Orpheus distracted the sailors from listening to the Sirens by playing his lyre.
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| What happened to Jason's father? | Pelias killed him.
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| What was Media's plot of revenge? | She tried to plot in which Pelias would be killed by his own daughters.
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| Did Medea's plot of revenge work? | No, she and Jason were driven out from Iolcus by Pelias' son.
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| Iolcus | the kingdom of Jason's father AEson, but stolen by Pelias
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| Colchis | kingdom of AEetes where the golden fleece hung on a sacred tree.
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| Dodona | place with the oak tree of Jupiter which told Jason how to get the fleece
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| Hellespont (Dardanelles) | the place where Phrixus' sister Helle drowned.
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| Euxine (Black Sea) | the sea which Jason traveled
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