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Greek Mortal Women
YGK These Mortal Women in Greek Myth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first human woman sculpted from clay by Hephaestus as punishment for mankind | Pandora |
| The only thing that remained in "Pandora's Box" after the evils escaped | Hope |
| The husband of Pandora and father of Pyrrha | Epimetheus |
| The most beautiful mortal woman during the Age of Heroes, daughter of Zeus and Leda | Helen of Troy |
| The king of Sparta whom Helen married | Menelaus |
| The oath forced upon all Greek kings to fight if Helen were kidnapped | Tyndareus's oath (or Helen's oath) |
| "The face that launched a thousand ships" (as per Doctor Faustus) | Helen of Troy |
| The sorceress aunt of Medea and daughter of the Sun God | Circe |
| The giant bronze automaton killed by Medea during the Argonauts' journey home | Talos |
| The object that one post of Penelope's marriage bed was made from | A living olive tree |
| The talented Lydian weaver turned into a spider by Athena | Arachne |
| The wife of Agamemnon who murdered him after he sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia | Clytemnestra |
| The son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who avenged his father's death by killing his mother | Orestes |
| The wife of King Priam and Queen of Troy during the Trojan War | Hecuba |
| The mother of Paris and Hector | Hecuba |
| The daughter of King Minos who helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth | Ariadne |
| The god who saved Ariadne on Naxos and married her | Dionysus |
| The female Argonaut who drew first blood in the Calydonian Boar hunt | Atalanta |
| The suitor who beat Atalanta in a race using golden apples from Aphrodite | Melanion (or Hippomenes) |
| The Trojan princess who was cursed by Apollo to have her prophecies disbelieved | Cassandra |
| The daughter of King Acrisius who was impregnated by Zeus as a shower of gold | Danaë |
| The fisherman who rescued Danaë and Perseus from the chest at sea | Dictys |