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1. In Greek mythology, who was the mother of the first wife of Heracles?
2. I am the favorite son of Pelops that got raped by Laius. What was my name?
3. I was the best friend of Orestes and I married his sister Electra. What is my name?
4. I was the brother of Agamemnon. What color is my hair?
5. I was a king of Thebes after Cadmus, and I was torn apart by my mother and the other women of Thebes. What is my name?
6. My sisters are Thalia and Euphrosyne. Who am I?
7. Homer describes me as having rosy fingers. Who am I?
8. I was Heracles' lyre teacher until he bashed me over the head with a lyre after I struck him. Who am I?
9. When the Trojan War was going to start, all the ships had arrived at a place where they were going to take off, but couldn't since there were no favorable winds. Agamemnon ended up sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia, and the ships sailed off. What is the name of this place?
10. We are Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes, the children of Agamemnon. We are said to have curly hair the same way as our father does. What color is our hair?
11. I had Theseus killed by throwing him off a cliff when he was an old man. I also disguised Achilles as a girl to protect him from the Trojan War. My daughter is Deidameia and my grandson is Neoptolemus, or Pyrrhus. Who am I?
12. I was the first wife of Paris that he ditched to marry Helen. When Paris was later wounded in battle, I refused to heal him, so he died. Then, I killed myself in remorse. Who am I?
13. According to "Hecuba", which was written by Euripides, who killed Polydorus?
14. Harmonia, the wife of Cadmus, had been given two items from her mother, Aphrodite, as a wedding present, and both objects were cursed. They were a robe and a __________
15. I am a Calydonian Queen. One day I heard the 3 Fates say that my son, Meleager, was going to die as soon as the firelog in the fireplace was completely consumed. I saved it, but later had it burnt when my brothers, Plexippus and Toxeus, were killed by Meleager. Enough about them, who am I?
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