Argonautika | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Book One: Preparation and Departure

1. Whose "famous deeds" is the narrator speaking of in the opening of Book I?

2. According to the oracle, what would the man who is going to kill Pelias be wearing?

3. When Jason arrives at Anaurus, to whom the banquet was in honor of?

4. Which goddess does Pelias ignore during the feast?

5. Which goddess helped Jason to get the Argos?

6. When singing of the lineage of heroes, who does the narrator state inspires his song?

7. Who does Orpheus marry?

8. What kind of trees grow at Zone on the Thracian shore?

9. Who is the father of Polyphemus?

10. Whose home was Gyrton?

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