Fan Greco-Roman Mythology Flashcards
Who is the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting?
Artemis
Which nymph was cursed to only be able to say what was last said to her?
Echo
Who had her 14 children killed by Apollo and Artemis and turned to stone as a result of her grief?
Niobe
What husband of Penelope spent 10 years trying to return to Ithaca?
Odysseus (or Ulysses)
Which daughter of Zeus and Themis, known as “The Spinner”, controls when mortal beings live or die?
Clotho
Which fate, often depicted wearing white, had the Roman equivalent Decima and measured the thread of life?
Lachesis (or “The Alloter”)
Which fate controlled how living beings would die by cutting the thread of life?
Atropos (or “The Inflexible” or Morta)
Which group of heroes accompanied Jason on his quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece?
Argonauts
One member of this duo defeated King Amycus in a boxing match while on the quest for the Golden Fleece. They are the basis for Gemini.
Castor and Pollux
Which musician helped out the Argonauts by playing over the enchanting music of the villainous Sirens?
Orpheus
Name Heracles’ servant and lover who was abducted by the nymphs.
Peleus
Name five of the nine muses.
Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomeni, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope
Which group of warriors led by Penthesilea fought during the Trojan War and comprised solely of women?
Amazons
Which daughter of Menoeceus was the mother of Ismene, Antigone, and Oepidus?
Jocasta (or Iocaste or Epicaste)
Which participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt lost to Hippomenes in a foot race because she was distracted by Aphrodite’s golden apples?
Atalanta
Which protagonist of a play by Euripides helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece and later married him?
Medea
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes?
Mercury
What is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Bacchus?
Dionysus
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena?
Minerva
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter?
Ceres
What is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Pluto?
Hades
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Ares?
Mars
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek titan Cronus?
Saturn
What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus?
Vulcan
Who was forced to constantly push a rock up a hill?
Sisyphus
Which son of Anchises was a Trojan War hero and the namesake of a Virgil epic?
Aeneas
Which fruit, said to have sprung from Adonis’s blood, is often associated with Persephone?
Pomegranate
Which river from the underworld would cause those who drank from it to forget everything?
Lethe
Whose symbol, a snake curled around a rod, still represents medicine today?
Asclepius (or Hepius)
What name was given to the one-eyed creatures who originated from Arges, Steropes, and Brontes?
Cyclopes (or Cyclops)
Which poet was a major source of what we now know of Greek mythology through works like “Theogony?”
Hesiod
Which daughter of Aphrodite was the goddess of chance? Greek or Roman versions are acceptable.
Tyche (or Fortuna)
What figure has been portrayed by Paul DuBois and Caravaggio, and by Salvador Dali in a painting titled for this character’s metamorphosis?
Narcissus
What sculpture displayed at the Louvre depicts a goddess without arms?
Venus de Milo
Which French artist painted Patroclus, The Anger of Achilles, and Mars Being Disarmed by Venus?
Jacques-Louis David
Which ancient sculptor created the lost sculptures of Athena at the Athenian Parthenon and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia?
Phidias
I am the son of Zeus and grandson of Acrisius. I killed my grandfather with a discus and slew the monster Cetus. As a child, I was imprisoned in a box with my mother Danae. I married Andromeda and I killed Medusa. Who am I?
Perseus
Which titan gave fire to the humans?
Prometheus
Hesiod told the story of what woman created by Hephaestus to punish humans for accepting fire?
Pandora
Which hero becomes a god after being set on fire on a funeral pyre?
Heracles (or Hercules)
Who wrote the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series of novels?
Rick Riordan
Which scientist is said to be the modern Prometheus in a work by Mary Shelley?
Victor Frankenstein
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis tells the tale of which two lovers, who were originally written about by Apuleius in The Golden Ass?
Cupid and Psyche
In Greek mythology, which two beings responsible for the Earth and sky created the first sets of Titans?
Gaia and Ouranos
Some stories say Aphrodite came out of the sea after which body part of Cronus’ was thrown into it?
genitals
Which god was born out of Zeus’s head after he swallowed his wife and this god’s mother Metis?
Athena
What term describes the emptiness that preceded the creation of Gaia and the primordial gods?
Chaos
What Sony video game franchise features the character Kratos and many other character from Greek and Norse mythology?
God of War
Which musical about the underworld won 7 Tony Awards in 2019 including one for Best Musical?
Hadestown
Who had a face that launched a thousand ships?
Helen of Troy
Who was the architect of the Trojan Horse?
Epeius of Phocis
Who started the Trojan War by trying to win the love of Helen despite her marriage to King Menelaus?
Paris
Which Greek hero battled Hector, but committed suicide after losing the armour of Achilles?
Ajax the Great (or Aias)
Who flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
Icarus was the son of what man who designed the labyrinth for King Minos?
Daedalus
What part-man, part-bull creature was trapped in the labyrinth?
Minotaur
Who slew the Minotaur?
Theseus
Theseus was the founding hero of what ancient Greek city?
Athens
Which general led Athens and the Delian League before dying of the Plague in 429 BCE?
Pericles
With what animal’s help, did Bellerophon slay Chimera?
Pegasus
Who was the founder and first King of Thebes?
Cadmus
What was the food and drink of the Greek gods?
Ambrosia
What protagonist of a play by Euripides and Sophocles names a complex for a woman’s believed competition with her mother over her father’s attention?
Electra
Which hard-to-kill monster was finally slain by cutting off its many heads and burning the wounds?
Hydra
Which two animals form a griffin?
Eagle and Lion
Which monster guarded the Strait of Messina along with Charybdis?
Scylla
Born with the last name Spencer, name this first wife of Prince Charles.
Diana
Roman Mars created what weekly podcast that discusses design and architecture?
99% Invisible
The main character in Juno was played by what Canadian actress?
Ellen Page
What seven-time Grand Slam champion has 5 Olympic medals across 3 different disciplines of tennis?
Venus Williams
Which titan was the mother of Asteria and Leto and the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis?
Phoebe
Which titan, who married Theia, was the father of the sun, moon, and dawn?
Hyperion
Which daughter of Hyperion was the goddess of the moon?
Selene
I am the fourth largest moon in our solar system. I was discovered by Galileo Galilei and the most dense moon in our solar system. I am the innermost of the Galilean moons of Jupiter. I am named after the princess of Argos and one of Zeus’s mortal lovers. Who am I?
Io
What island was ruled by King Minos and guarded by Talos?
Crete
What statue of Helios was destroyed in an earthquake in 226 BCE?
Colossus of Rhodes
Which deity (Greek or Roman acceptable) is associated with pigs and fire?
Hestia or Vesta
What was the name of Zeus’s shield that prominently featured a gorgon that would roar during battle?
Aegis
Which son of King Atreus and brother of Menelaus was the King of Mycenae?
Agamemnon
Which mortal tried to steal ambrosia from the gods and was punished by standing near a fruit tree in a body of water, neither of which he could eat or drink from?
Tantalus
What region of Greece was named after the wife of Lacedaemon?
Sparta
In the song “Burn” by Philippa Soo, who is referred to as an icarus?
Alexander Hamilton
What anatomical term comes from the killing of a nearly indestructible Trojan War hero?
Achilles’ Heel
The Temple of Minerva is located in what country once led by Manuel Estrada Cabrera?
Guatemala
Whose bird was the peacock and animal was the cow? She was also the goddess of marriage.
Hera or Juno
What month is named for a god who sees both into the future and into the past?
Janus
What substance does another turn to if touched by King Midas?
Gold
How many gods are considered Olympians?
12
