Humane Letters Final Exam

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  1. 3. Dethrones King Candaules and becomes the first Mermnadae to rule Lydia
  2. 5. Tyrant of Miletus who Herodotus places much of the blame for the Ionian revolt upon
  3. 8. This goddess supports Odysseus on his journey home
  4. 9. Athenian playwright celebrated for his stories of the House of Atreus
  5. 11. This body of water is crossed by Xerxes as he marches to invade mainland Greece
  6. 14. Daughter of Oedipus who chooses to bury her brother despite all odds
  7. 15. This city is ruled by the House of Atreus
  8. 16. This god sends Orestes to kill his father's murderers
  9. 17. The rhetorical appeal that deals with emotions
  10. 19. Son of Oedipus who is refused proper burial rites on account of being a traitor to Thebes
  11. 21. Wife of Menelaos who is stolen by Paris of Troy and named as the cause for the Trojan War
  12. 22. Odysseus is stranded here for 7 years and held captive by a enchanting goddess
  13. 23. Aristagoras is the tyrant of this city
  14. 26. Goddesses of vengeance and retribution who pursue Orestes for the murder of his mother
  15. 27. Darius attacks this Greek city after the Ionian Revolt but is expelled by the Greek armies
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  1. 1. Oedipus solves the Riddle of the Sphinx to take control of this city
  2. 2. This Athenian commander secures 200 warships for Athens which brings victory at the Battle of Salamis
  3. 4. King of Persia who invades Greece and loses at the Battle of Marathon
  4. 6. Persian noble who argues for democracy and against monarchy after the death of the Magi
  5. 7. Elite heavy infantry unit of 10,000 Persian soldiers under Xerxes
  6. 10. Enchantress who turns Odysseus’ crew into pigs and advises Odysseus to stop in the underworld before his return to Ithaca
  7. 12. The Cyclops who traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave and is later blinded during their escape; son of Poseidon
  8. 13. This oracle is mentioned often by Herodotus
  9. 14. The most malicious suitor present in Odysseus’ home vying for Penelope’s hand in marriage
  10. 18. The King of Troy at the time of the Trojan War; a fair and just ruler and father to 100 children, including Paris, Hektor, and Cassandra
  11. 20. Princess of Troy who returns to Argos as Agamemnon’s concubine and can see the future
  12. 24. Odysseus and his family rule over this city
  13. 25. The Greek armies attack this city to reclaim Helen of Sparta