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# Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 6 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 551 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did Alcmaeon really kill his own mum for a necklace?

- **1.** Yeah, his mum took the bribe and got him to go to war — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Nah, his mum was killed by Argives before he could get the necklace and veil back from Thebes — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Yeah, she took the bribe and sent him to Thebes — no support
- **4.** Yeah, his mum took the necklace as a bribe from Polynices and then he went to war at Thebes — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 551, line 4: «Alcmaeon leaves again, marries Calirrhoe, and lies to Arsinoe to get the necklace back, then Arsinoe's brothers kill him on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «necklace» (+3); the same doer «alcmaeon» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bruh, why did the Argives even go to Thebes?

- **1.** To take the city and loot it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** To hunt for the necklace there — no support
- **3.** To get revenge — no support
- **4.** For the gold — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 551, line 1: «The Thebans slip out of their city at night, and in the morning the Argives walk in and loot it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «loot» (+3); the same thing acted on «city» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Wait, so Alcmaeon got cured at Psophis?

- **1.** Yep, Apollo cleansed him and gave him Calirrhoe — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Yes, Demophoon cured him and gave him Hebe — no support
- **3.** Yep, Phegeus cleansed him and gave him Arsinoe — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Nah, Phegeus refused and sent Alcmaeon to the island of Achelous to die — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 551, line 4: «Alcmaeon leaves again, marries Calirrhoe, and lies to Arsinoe to get the necklace back, then Arsinoe's brothers kill him on the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «alcmaeon» (+3); the same doer «brothers» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Lowkey, how did Calirrhoe's kids get so big so fast?

- **1.** She prayed to Zeus and they became grown men — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She prayed to Zeus for help and the boys grew into strong men after Phegeus was slain — no support
- **3.** She begged Hermes and they grew up quickly — no support
- **4.** She prayed to Zeus, and in one night the boys became grown men ready for war — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Okay, so who actually got the necklace in the end?

- **1.** It was hung in the temple of Athena at Argos as an offering after the war with Thebes — no support
- **2.** It was dedicated to the temple of Apollo at Delphi, where it still hung on the wall — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** It went to the temple of Apollo at Delphi — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** It was placed in the shrine at Psophis — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 550, line 7: «Polynices offers Eriphyle a shining necklace, and she is promised that "the necklace should be hers" if she betrays her husband.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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No cap, did Macaria just give up her life?

- **1.** Yep, she died for her brothers — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nope, she lived — no support
- **3.** Yes, she sacrificed herself for Athens — no support
- **4.** Yep, she offered herself for the Athenians — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Dude, who was the Athens king who helped the Heraclidae?

- **1.** King Menestheus, son of Erechtheus — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** King Pandion, son of Erechtheus — no support
- **3.** King Demophoon, son of Theseus — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** King Theseus — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Ngl, why did Iolaus get his muscles back for one day?

- **1.** He begged Zeus and Hebe in the battle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He prayed to Ares — no support
- **3.** He prayed to Zeus at the altar — no support
- **4.** He asked Athena for help at dawn — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Bro, what happened to Eurystheus after the battle?

- **1.** He got caught and killed on Demophoon's orders — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He escaped to Mycenae — no support
- **3.** He fled and was caught in Argos — no support
- **4.** He was taken prisoner and tried — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Fr, so why did the Heraclidae keep going back to the Peloponnesus?

- **1.** They believed it was their rightful land and that the oracle had promised them victory — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They believed Zeus had promised it — no support
- **3.** They thought it was their rightful land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They believed their father had left the land to them and that they were the only true heirs of Heracles — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try?

- **1.** He had to wait for the third fruit and sacrifice to Zeus before he could try again — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He had to wait for the third fruit — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He should wait for the third year — no support
- **4.** He had to wait for the third fruit before he could attack the Peloponnesus again — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which person, acting upon his father's injunction, was the immediate cause of the death of Eriphyle?

- **1.** Adrastus, her brother-in-law, who had been ordered to punish her treason — score 3
- **2.** Thersander, her son, who had been told to honour his father Amphiaraus — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** Alcmaeon, her son, who had been commanded to avenge his father Amphiaraus by killing her at Psophis under the eye of the gods — score 8
- **4.** Alcmaeon, her son, who had been commanded to avenge his father Amphiaraus — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 462, line 14: «Before they die, the King and Queen tell their son that if he is disobedient "you will perish like a fly".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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What was the outcome of the sacrifice performed by Macaria upon the instruction of the oracle at Athens?

- **1.** She offered her life voluntarily at the altar, after which the Athenians won the battle and the oracle's demand was fully satisfied — score 5
- **2.** She willingly gave herself to death on the altar, which secured victory for the Athenians over the Argives and their allies at Marathon — score 3
- **3.** She offered herself up, and the Athenians were victorious in the war — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** She voluntarily devoted herself to death, thereby securing victory for the Athenians — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 551, line 18: «Macaria "magnanimously offered herself" for sacrifice, which means she gave herself up nobly and generously.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «offer» (+4); the same thing acted on «macaria» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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By what means did Iolaus obtain the restoration of his youthful vigour for the duration of a single day?

- **1.** He petitioned Zeus and Hebe at the altar before battle, and a dark cloud enveloped the chariot of Hyllus so that his strength returned to him — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He prayed to Apollo and Hebe, and a light fell upon the field of battle — no support
- **3.** He petitioned Zeus and Hebe after his wounds, and a cloud enveloped the chariot of Hyllus while the Athenians watched from the walls of the city — no support
- **4.** He petitioned Zeus and Hebe, and a cloud enveloped the chariot of Hyllus — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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For what reason did the Heraclidae determine to repeat their invasion of the Peloponnesus after a period of three years?

- **1.** Hyllus sought to reclaim the throne of his father, having asked the Pythia first — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hyllus resolved to recover his paternal inheritance, consulting the oracle beforehand — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Hyllus desired to win his father's kingdom, after consulting Delphi on the matter — no support
- **4.** They wanted revenge — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/551-pg22381-part57/e4/)

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