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Mythology 5 6 7

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accept something without protest   acquiesce  
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original, serves as model   prototype  
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embarrassed due to failure or disappointment   chagrined  
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inadvertently   accidentally  
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futility   having no useless result, pointless  
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paltry   lacking in importance  
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somber   gloomy, depressing  
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sustenance   nourishment, supporting  
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arbiter   one who rules  
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atonement   making amends for injury or wrongs  
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what was asgard like?   home of the norse gods, and depressing  
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what was the norse outlook on good and evil/   good is fighting the forces of evil but they know one day they will be defeated  
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what was the choice the norse hero made?   death and defeat instead of yielding to evil  
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what was the central theme of the norse mythology?   heroic standards  
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what is the story of signy and sigmund   signy's husband, sigmund chained her father and siblings to be eaten by wolves. signy later killed sigmund with their son sinfiotli. then signy kills herself  
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who does singurd rescue?   Bryhild from the ring of fire  
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how does sigurd die?   Gunnars younger brother kills im in his sleep  
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How did Balder die?   Stabbed by mistletoe because it was the only thing that has sworn not to protect him. (guided by Loki)  
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Describe Odin and his duties   Odin is the sky father and postpones dooms day as long as he can  
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who were the valkyries   women who took dead bodies to Valhalla  
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Which days of the week were named after norse gods?   Tuesday- Tyr, Wednesday- Odin, Thursday- Thor, Friday- Freya or Frigga  
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Who ruled the kingdom of death   Hela  
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How did Odin and his brothers make the world?   Killed Ymir (Odin's granddad) and made earth and sky from his body, the sea from his blood, and heavens from his skull  
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Who was the thunder-god   Thor  
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Who was Odin's wife   Frigga  
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Who was Tyr   God of war  
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Who was the goddess of love and beauty   Freya  
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What was Midgard   Space to live within the great walls the gods built  
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What did that Norsemen believe would happen after Odin and the other gods were defeated by evil   there would be a new heaven and new earth  
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what, according to Hamilton, were the Norsemen's two characteristics   Heroism, common sense  
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Name two members of the house of Atreus   Agamemnon, Menelaus, lytemnestra, Iphigenia, Ortestes, Electra, Tantalus  
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Who brought all of the misfortunes on the house of Atreus?   Tantalus  
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What was the evil deed Tantalus committed   killed his only son, Pelops, and fed him to the gods  
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What punishment did Tantalus receive for his deed?   Sent him to a pool in the underworld and when he would reach for water it would drain away and if he reached for food it was always to far to reach  
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What did Tantals's daughter, Niobe, do, and how was she punished   said people should worship her instead of Leto and Apollo and Artemis shot all of Niobe's children in front of her then she was turned to stone  
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Why had Agamemnon killed his daughter Iphigenia?   As a sacrifice so the ships would sail safely to Troy  
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How did Agamemnon die?   killed by his wife because he scar  
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accept something without protest   acquiesce  
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original, serves as model   prototype  
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embarrassed due to failure or disappointment   chagrined  
🗑
inadvertently   accidentally  
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futility   having no useless result, pointless  
🗑
paltry   lacking in importance  
🗑
somber   gloomy, depressing  
🗑
sustenance   nourishment, supporting  
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arbiter   one who rules  
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atonement   making amends for injury or wrongs  
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what was asgard like?   home of the norse gods, and depressing  
🗑
what was the norse outlook on good and evil/   good is fighting the forces of evil but they know one day they will be defeated  
🗑
what was the choice the norse hero made?   death and defeat instead of yielding to evil  
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what was the central theme of the norse mythology?   heroic standards  
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what is the story of signy and sigmund   signy's husband, sigmund chained her father and siblings to be eaten by wolves. signy later killed sigmund with their son sinfiotli. then signy kills herself  
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who does singurd rescue?   Bryhild from the ring of fire  
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how does sigurd die?   Gunnars younger brother kills im in his sleep  
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How did Balder die?   Stabbed by mistletoe because it was the only thing that has sworn not to protect him. (guided by Loki)  
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Describe Odin and his duties   Odin is the sky father and postpones dooms day as long as he can  
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who were the valkyries   women who took dead bodies to Valhalla  
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Which days of the week were named after norse gods?   Tuesday- Tyr, Wednesday- Odin, Thursday- Thor, Friday- Freya or Frigga  
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Who ruled the kingdom of death   Hela  
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How did Odin and his brothers make the world?   Killed Ymir (Odin's granddad) and made earth and sky from his body, the sea from his blood, and heavens from his skull  
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Who was the thunder-god   Thor  
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Who was Odin's wife   Frigga  
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Who was Tyr   God of war  
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Who was the goddess of love and beauty   Freya  
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What was Midgard   Space to live within the great walls the gods built  
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What did that Norsemen believe would happen after Odin and the other gods were defeated by evil   there would be a new heaven and new earth  
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what, according to Hamilton, were the Norsemen's two characteristics   Heroism, common sense  
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Name two members of the house of Atreus   Agamemnon, Menelaus, lytemnestra, Iphigenia, Ortestes, Electra, Tantalus  
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Who brought all of the misfortunes on the house of Atreus?   Tantalus  
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What was the evil deed Tantalus committed   killed his only son, Pelops, and fed him to the gods  
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What punishment did Tantalus receive for his deed?   Sent him to a pool in the underworld and when he would reach for water it would drain away and if he reached for food it was always to far to reach  
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What did Tantals's daughter, Niobe, do, and how was she punished   said people should worship her instead of Leto and Apollo and Artemis shot all of Niobe's children in front of her then she was turned to stone  
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Why had Agamemnon killed his daughter Iphigenia?   As a sacrifice so the ships would sail safely to Troy  
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How did Agamemnon die?   killed by his wife because he sacrificed their daughter  
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What happened to Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegistus   Orestus killed them both for killing his father  
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What one good thing resulted from Orestes's and repentance?   the curse of the house of atreus was ended  
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What happened to Cadmus and Harmonia   Cadmus and Harmonia were turned into serpents to show that the innocent were punished like the guilty  
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what wrongs did Oedipus commit?   Married his mother and killed his father  
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Did he commit this crime knowingly?   No, Fate vs. Free will  
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What punishment sis Oedipus inflict upon himself   Oedipus blinded himself as punishment  
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Why was Antigone killed?   she buried her brother when she was told not to  
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How did THeseus, King of Athens, help Adrastus and the relatives of the chieftains who fought against thebes   Theseus went back to the city to get the dead to bury them to help Adrastus  
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Why was Cecrops noted?   the only half human and is given credit for athena becoming the patron of Athens  
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How did Philomela let Procne now of Tereus evil deeds   Philomela weaved a tapestry and gave it to Procne to let her know of her husbands wrong doing  
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what happened to Procne and Philomela?   Prochne and Philomela turned into a nightingale and a swallow. Philomela turned into a swallow because she did not have a tongue  
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How did Cephalus test Procris's devotion to him   Cephalus went into deep disguise and tried to get Procris's to become unfaithful to test her devotion  
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How were Creuse and Ion reunited?   Ion went to a sanctuary and her son Creusa was the priest there  
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What wish did Bacchus grant to Midas, and what was the result   The wsih that whatever he touched turned to gold. Midas couldn't eat anything so he lost his wish  
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Why was Aesculapius honored?   he healed many people even bringing someone back from the dead  
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What wrong did the Danaids do and what was their punishment?   killed there husbands so they were sent to the underworld and have to fill leaking jars with water and watch them leak empty  
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What was Arachne's misdeed and what was her punishment?   Minerva beat her with her shuttle so she then killed herself. Arachne was turned into a spider and given Minerva's weaving skills  
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Which human lover of Zeus' was changed into the Great Bear and placed in the sky?   Callisto  
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Why was the centaur Chiron known?   Know for his goodness and wisdom  
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Why were the Myrmidons created?   Created from ants by Zeus and reign of Achille's grandfather Aeacus. Went into war with Achilles  
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Which great hunter was placed in the sky as a constellation   Orion  
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Who were the Pleiades   7 daughters of Atlas. Zeus placed then in heaven as stars to hide from Zeus  
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What sis Sisyphus do, and why was he punished?   king of cornith and betrayed Zeus then sent to the underworld to roll a rock uphill forever  
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