Thebes and Thetis

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  1. Creon, Regent of Thebes has a son betrothed to Princess Antigone. What was his name?
  2. When the doomed Antigone says "instead the Lord of Acheron will be my groom." which brother of Zeus is she talking about?
  3. What is Queen Jocasta and Princess Antigone's relationship?
  4. Which Greek solider carried the arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood that was fated to slay Paris, prince of Troy?
  5. The goddess Thetis, mother of Achilles supported which side in Greco-Persian Wars?
  6. On the floor of his palace on Olympus there stand two urns, the one filled with evil gifts, and the other with good ones. The lord of thunder mixes the gifts he sends, will meet now with good and now with evil fortune. Who is this Greek god of Thunder?
  7. Princess Antigone's sister is whom?
  8. Who was the first wife of Laius King of Thebes?
  9. What is the profession of clever, old Teiresias?
  10. Oedipus was abandoned on Mt Cithareon by his parents. They were named what?

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