Question

5 MULTIPLE CHOICE LATIN PLEASE HELP

6) Perseus slayed Medusa because

a. he had to prove himself to Danae.
b. he had angered Medusa.
c. he had no marriage gift to give Polydectes.
d. he feared the Hyperboreans.

7) Theseus was beloved by the __________.

a. Arcadians
b. Thebans
c. Corinthians
d. Athenians

8) Theseus' great love was Pasiphae.

a. True
b. False

9) Aegeus died because of _____________. (Check all that apply)

a. grief
b. self-inflicted injury
c. forgetfulness of another

10) Theseus' monster was the ____________.

a. chimera
b. Bellerophon
c. minotaur

Answer 1

a, d, c, a, c would be 100% right

Answer 2

• C. He had no marriage gift to give Polydectes: The King Polydectes held a banquet where each guest was expected to bring a gift in contribution to the hand of Hippodamia. As Perseus was poor he had no gift so he asked Polydectes to name a gift and he would not refuse it.
• D. Athenians: Theseus is known as the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.
• B. False: Pasiphae was the wife of King Mino and, under a course of Poseidon she fell in love with the Minotaur.
• C. Forgetfulness of another- A. Grief: Theseus forgot of changing the black sails into white ones if he returns alive from Crete. When King Aegeus saw that he leaped from a cliff to his death.
• C. Minotaur