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FJCL Mythology Flashcards

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Which of the Fates is known as the spinner?

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Clotho

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What son of Peleus and Thetis was the fiercest Greek warrior at Troy and killed Hector?

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Achilles

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Who boasted that she was a better weaver than Athena and was turned into a spider after beating the goddess?

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Arachne

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Who is the Muse of Hymns?

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Polyhymnia

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Who is the Muse of Epic Poetry?

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Calliope

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While Danae was locked away in a bronze tower, Zeus visited her in the form of what?

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Golden Shower

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The story of what mythological couple explains the metamorphosis of mulberries from white to red?

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Pyramus and Thisbe

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Who was the king of the gods at Olympus?

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Zeus/Jupiter

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What kind of animals did Heracles kill at Lake Stymphalus for his 6th labor with the aid of bronze castanets given to him by Athena?

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Birds

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The Marathonian bull killed what child of Minos, for which he demanded an annual tribute of 7 boys and 7 girls to feed to the Minotaur?

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Androgeus

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What is the Greek name of Vesta?

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Hestia

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From what 3-headed (or 3 bodied-don’t think about it too much) monster in modern-day Spain did Heracles have to steal cattle?

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Geryon

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For his 12th and final labor, Heracles had to capture whom from the Underworld?

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Cerberus

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Name the two immortal Gorgons and sisters of Medusa.

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Stheno and Euryale

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What mythological monster was formally a woman transformed into a six-headed monster who feeds on sailors?

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Scylla

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16
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What name is given to the twin brother of Heracles?

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Iphicles

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17
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After her father Acrisius heard an oracle that his grandson would kill him, he imprisoned his daughter by what name in a bronze tower?

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Danae

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What Lernaean monster would grow back two heads after Heracles cut one off during his second labor?

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Hydra

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What deity has the dove and rose as symbols?

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Aphrodite/Venus

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What goddess of the Dawn fell in love with a mortal named Tithonus?

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Aurora

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21
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What deity has the thunderbolt and eagle as symbols?

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Zeus/Jupiter

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22
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What sinner in the underworld was punished with a bird who eats his liver daily?

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Tityus

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What young couple from Babylon could only converse to each other through a crack in a wall between their houses?

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Pyramus and Thisbe

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What is the Greek name of Proserpina?

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Persephone

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25
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What deity has the sun and lyre as symbols?

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Apollo

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26
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Philoctetes built the funeral pyre for what mythological hero after he died from a poisoned (mistaken for a love potion) cloak?

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Heracles

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27
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What sinner in the underworld was punished by being spun on a wheel of fire?

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Ixion

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28
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On his way to Athens, Theseus fought a number of dangerous bandits. Which one would make travelers wash their feet at the top of a cliff before pushing them off into the jaws of his man-eating turtle?

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Sciron

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29
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Whose father left a sword and sandals underneath a great boulder which he could only move once he was old enough?

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Theseus

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30
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What is the Roman name of Zeus?

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Jupiter/Jove

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31
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What did Acrisius do when he found out that his daughter Danae had Perseus as a son?

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Locked them in a chest and sent them out to sea

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32
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What old couple was hospitable to the disguised Zeus and Hermes for which they received any wish they wanted?

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Baucis and Philemon

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33
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What is the Roman name of Hera?

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Juno

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34
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What is the Greek name of Venus?

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Aphrodite

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For his 5th and most demeaning task, Heracles had to clean the stables of what king of Elis, which he did by diverting the paths of the Alpheius and Peneius Rivers?

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Augeias

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36
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Into what kind of animals were Hippomenes and Atalanta transformed after forgetting to sacrifice to Aphrodite?

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Lions

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37
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What is the Roman name of Apollo?

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Apollo

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38
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What is the Roman name of Aphrodite?

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Venus

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39
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What is the Roman name of Demeter?

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Ceres

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40
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What is the Roman name of Ares?

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Mars

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41
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For his 7th labor, Heracles had to travel to Crete and capture what kind of bull, which he then brought to Mycenae?

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Bull

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42
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What is the Greek name of Pluto?

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Hades

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43
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What deity has the pomegranate as a symbol?

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Persephone/Proserpina

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44
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Who is known as the messenger of the gods?

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Hermes/Mercury

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45
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What mythological monster is half-goat, half-man?

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Satyr

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46
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What deity is the queen of the underworld and is the wife of Hades/Pluto?

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Persephone/Proserpina

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47
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Which two of the Olympians are twin children of Zeus and Leto?

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Apollo and Artemis

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48
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What deity presides over agriculture?

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Demeter/Ceres

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49
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What deity has the bow and arrow and the moon as symbols?

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Artemis/Diana

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What deity has the trident and horse as symbols?

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Poseidon/Neptune

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51
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Who was the king of Seriphos who wanted to marry Danae?

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Polydectes

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52
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Which two of the children of Zeus and Europa are judges of the underworld?

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Minos and Rhadamanthys

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What monster killed by Bellerophon is part lion, part goat, part snake?

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Chimera

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54
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What god is the son of the Theban princess Semele?

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Dionysus

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55
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What man used a golden bridle to tame Pegasus with whom he killed the Chimera?

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Bellerophon

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56
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What is the Roman name of Poseidon?

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Neptune

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57
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What son of Laertes and Anticlea took an additional 10 years to get back to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus in Ithaca after the Trojan War?

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Odysseus

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58
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When Aurora asked Zeus for immortality for Tithonus, she forgot to ask for eternal youth. Into what was Tithonus then transformed?

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Grasshopper

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What son of Anchises and Aphrodite was a Trojan warrior who led refugees out of the city all the way to Latium?

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Aeneas

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60
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What daughter of the river god Peneius was transformed into a laurel tree while being chased by Apollo?

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Daphne

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What deity has the spear, dog, and vulture as symbols?

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Ares/Mars

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What son of Atreus and Aerope was king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek forces during the Trojan War?

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Agamemnon

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What king of Troy during the Trojan War was originally named Podarces?

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Priam

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Who believed that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereid Thetis, a boast that caused the sea monster Ceto to ravage Ethiopia?

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Cassiopeia

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65
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Which river of the Underworld was the river of wailing?

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Cocytus

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66
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What body parts did the three Graiae sisters share amongst themselves?

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An eye and a tooth

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67
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What is the Roman name of Persephone?

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Proserpina

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68
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What is the Greek name of Mercury?

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Hermes

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69
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What deity has the stalk of wheat as a symbol?

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Demeter/Ceres

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70
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Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos are all part of what mythological group?

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The Fates

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71
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What name is shared by a member of the Muses and the Graces?

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Thalia

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72
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What types of animals (who could also breathe fire) did Jason have to yoke together on Colchis?

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Bulls

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What deity carries around the caduceus, a staff with intertwining snakes?

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Hermes/Mercury

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74
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What is the Roman name of Hephaestus?

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Vulcan

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75
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On his way to Athens, Theseus fought a number of dangerous bandits. Which one, known as the pine-bender, would tie passersby to two pine trees and rip them apart?

A

Sinis

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76
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Jason and the Argonauts had to sail past the Symplegades to get to Colchis, but what are the Symplegades?

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Clashing Rocks

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77
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What deity has the owl, olive, and helmet as her symbol?

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Athena/Minerva

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78
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What deity presides over love and beauty?

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Aphrodite/Venus

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For his 8th labor, Heracles traveled to Bistonia to steal the man-eating mares of what king?

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Diomedes

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80
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What happened after Jason planted dragon’s teeth into the ground on Colchis?

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Armed men sprang up

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81
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What biological son of Alcmene and Zeus had Amphitryon as his stepdad?

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Heracles

82
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Who was the second-best fighter among the Greeks at Troy but succumbed to insanity after losing the contest for Achilles’s armor to Odysseus?

A

Ajax the Lesser

83
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What fisherman on Seriphos rescued the imprisoned Danae and Perseus?

A

Dictys

84
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What is the Roman name of Athena?

A

Minerva

85
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What son of Aeson and Alcimede was tasked to retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis?

A

Jason

86
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What Greek warrior at Troy, often said to be the wittiest of all, came up with the idea to build the wooden horse?

A

Odysseus

87
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What god presides over war?

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Ares/Mars

88
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What goddess sent two snakes to kill the infant Heracles out of jealousy?

A

Hera

89
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What deity has the forge and anvil as symbols?

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Hephaestus/Vulcan

90
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What deity had the peacock and cow as symbols?

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Hera/Juno

91
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What is the Greek name of Neptune?

A

Poseidon

92
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With whom does Jason fall in love after having kids with Medea, for which the spurned sorceress kills her own children and Jason’s new love?

A

Glauce/Creusa

93
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What son of Daedalus flew too close to the son sun causing his wax wings to melt?

A

Icarus

94
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Perseus eventually traveled to Larisa to compete in athletic events. What elderly man, his grandfather, did Perseus hit in the toe with a discus which killed him, fulfilling a prophecy from many years ago?

A

Acrisius

95
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What Phrygian king was cursed with the golden touch?

A

Midas

96
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What goddess of youth did Heracles marry after his “mortal” self died?

A

Hebe

97
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Who is the Muse of History?

A

Clio

98
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Who is the Muse of Tragedy?

A

Melpomene

99
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Who was the second wife of Heracles whom he rescued from the centaur Nessus?

A

Deianeira

100
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What daughter of the Cretan king Minos and Pasiphae helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth?

A

Ariadne

101
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What son of Atreus and Aerope was the king of Sparta and husband to Helen before she left the city with Paris?

A

Menelaus

102
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On his way to Athens, Theseus fought a number of dangerous bandits. Which one, also called Damastes, was an innkeeper who would stretch those too short for the bed or cut the legs off of those too tall?

A

Procrustes

103
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What is the Roman name of Hestia?

A

Vesta

104
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What is the Roman name of Artemis?

A

Diana

105
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While he was driving his dad Helios/Apollo’s chariot across the sky, who was struck down by Zeus via a lightning bolt?

A

Phaethon

106
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Who flew on the back of a golden ram to Colchis with his sister Helle?

A

Phrixus

107
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Who was given a helmet of invisibility, winged sandals, a bag of infinite size, and a mirror shield so he could look at Gorgon in the eye safely?

A

Perseus

108
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Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia are all part of what mythological group, also called the Charites?

A

Graces

109
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Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone are all part of what mythological group?

A

Furies

110
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What couple repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood by throwing stones (the bones of their mother) over their shoulders?

A

Deucalion and Pyrrha

111
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What deity presides over hunting and the moon?

A

Artemis/Diana

112
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What deity presides over blacksmithing?

A

Hephaestus/Vulcan

113
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What is the Greek name of Diana?

A

Artemis

114
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What deity has the hearth and fire as symbols?

A

Hestia/Vesta

115
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What deity has grape leaves and the thyrsus as symbols?

A

Dionysus/Bacchus

116
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What lonely hero finally met his end when a piece of his famed ship breaks off the hull and kills him?

A

Jason

117
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What couple, when they had wished to die together, were transformed into an Oak and Linden tree?

A

Baucis and Philemon

118
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What deity presides over the underworld and wealth?

A

Hades/Pluto

119
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What sorceress, the daughter of King Aeetes, helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece?

A

Medea

120
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Aeson sent Jason away for training under what Centaur so he wouldn’t be killed by Pelias?

A

Chiron

121
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What god is the son of the Pleiad Maia?

A

Hermes

122
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Pelias heard an oracle that he should beware a man wearing only one what?

A

Shoe

123
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Which river of the Underworld is the river of hate and was used for oaths of the gods?

A

Styx

124
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What son of Priam and Hecuba gave the Golden Apple to Venus for which he received the love of Helen, starting the Trojan War?

A

Paris

125
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What sinner in the underworld was punished by having to roll a boulder up a hill?

A

Sisyphus

126
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What 3-headed dog serves as the guardian of the Underworld?

A

Cerberus

127
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Whom did Perseus marry after rescuing her from the sea monster Ceto in Ethiopia after killing Medusa?

A

Andromeda

128
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What mythological monster is half-man, half-horse?

A

Centaur

129
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Which river of the Underworld was the river of pain?

A

Acheron

130
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What is the Greek name of Jupiter?

A

Zeus

131
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Jason lost a shoe helping what goddess disguised as an old woman across the Anaurus River?

A

Hera

132
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After Theseus abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos, what god rescued and married her?

A

Dionysus

133
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Who is the Muse of Music?

A

Euterpe

134
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What son of Aethra and Aegeus killed the Minotaur and became the king of Athens?

A

Theseus

135
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What man threw golden apples outside of the race course in order to beat Atlanta in a footrace and win her hand in marriage?

A

Hippomenes

136
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What son of Oeneus and Althaea killed the Calydonian Boar?

A

Meleager

137
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What is the Greek name of Vulcan?

A

Hephaestus

138
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What son of Aeneas and Creusa was credited with founding Alba Longa?

A

Ascanius

139
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What deity has the bident and helmet of invisibility as symbols?

A

Hades

140
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What son of Agamemnon and Clytemnstra avenged his father by killing his mother?

A

Orestes

141
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Name the two figures who sprang from the neck of Medusa following her decapitation?

A

Pegasus and Chrysaor

142
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What is the Greek name of Bacchus?

A

Dionysus

143
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What deity has their own oracle at Delphi?

A

Apollo

144
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What son of Zeus and Danae killed Medusa?

A

Perseus

145
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What is the Greek name of Apollo?

A

Apollo

146
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What sinner in the underworld was punished with eternal hunger and thirst after serving his son Pelops as food to the gods?

A

Tantalus

147
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What mythological hero was born after Zeus found his mom Danae trapped in a bronze tower?

A

Perseus

148
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What son of Aegina and Zeus was one of the judges of the Underworld?

A

Aeacus

149
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What is the Greek name of Minerva?

A

Athena

150
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What woman in mythology was the fastest of all mortals?

A

Atalanta

151
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What daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia was the wife of Perseus

A

Andromeda

152
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What monster wandered in the Labyrinth underneath the Cretan palace of Minos?

A

Minotaur

153
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What type of apparel did Heracles need to obtain from the Amazonian queen Hippolyta for his 9th labor?

A

Belt

154
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Which of the Fates is known as the cutter of the thread?

A

Atropos

155
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What is the Roman name of Dionysus?

A

Bacchus

156
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What goddess presides over wisdom, war, and handicrafts?

A

Athena/Minerva

157
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What deity presides over the sun, prophecy, medicine, and music?

A

Apollo

158
Q

William Shakespeare adopted the story of what mythological couple for his Romeo and Juliet?

A

Pyramus and Thisbe

159
Q

Who is the Muse of Comedy?

A

Thalia

160
Q

What deity presides over the home fire and the hearth?

A

Hestia/Vesta

161
Q

Who is the Muse of Astronomy?

A

Urania

162
Q

What mythological monster is a Sicilian Cyclops who encountered Odysseus and Aeneas?

A

Polyphemus

163
Q

What son of Hector and Andromache was flung from the walls of Troy by Odysseus or Neoptolemus

A

Astyanax

164
Q

What is the Roman name of Hades?

A

Pluto/Dis

165
Q

What is the Greek name of Ceres?

A

Demeter

166
Q

What mythological monster is known as the mother of all monsters and is half-nymph, half-snake?

A

Echidna

167
Q

Which of the Fates is known as the allotter and decides how long one’s life should be?

A

Lachesis

168
Q

What group of 49 sisters were forced to carry water in leaky buckets in the underworld after killing their newlywed husbands?

A

Danaids

169
Q

Who is the Muse of Dance?

A

Terpsichore

170
Q

What son of Priam and Hecuba led the Trojan contingent at the Trojan War before he was killed by Achilles?

A

Hector

171
Q

What is the Greek name of Juno?

A

Hera

172
Q

Who is the Muse of Love Poetry?

A

Erato

173
Q

For his third labor, Heracles had to capture what kind of animal sacred to Artemis?

A

Deer/Hind

174
Q

What is the Roman name of Hermes?

A

Mercury

175
Q

Who was the queen of the gods and presides over marriage?

A

Hera/Juno

176
Q

Which river of the Underworld was the river of fire?

A

Phlegethon

177
Q

What deity presides over the sea, earthquakes, and horses?

A

Poseidon/Neptune

178
Q

For his 11th labor, Heracles had to fetch golden apples from what far-off nymphs?

A

Hesperides

179
Q

Whose lifespan was tied to a log, which his mother Althea burned after he killed his uncles?

A

Meleager

180
Q

What daughter of Priam and Hecuba was gifted the power of prophecy but cursed such that nobody would ever believe her omens?

A

Cassandra

181
Q

What is the Greek name of Mars?

A

Ares

182
Q

What kind of animal from Nemea, which was invulnerable to weapons, did Heracles have to kill for his first labor?

A

Lion

183
Q

For his fourth labor, what kind of animal did Heracles drive into a snowbank on Mount Erymanthus in order to capture?

A

Boar

184
Q

What deity presides over wine?

A

Dionysus/Bacchus

185
Q

What deity carries the thyrsus, a stick with a pinecone on top?

A

Dionysus/Bacchus

186
Q

Who kills her brother and chops him up into pieces before throwing him overboard to delay the Colchian fleet chasing her and Jason?

A

Medea

187
Q

What former fiancé of Andromeda did Perseus turn to stone before marrying Andromeda himself?

A

Phineus

188
Q

What sorceress and daughter of King Aeetes falls in love with Jason and helps him steal the golden fleece?

A

Medea

189
Q

What deity presides over messengers, laughter, and thieves?

A

Hermes/Mercury

190
Q

Midas claimed that what satyr was a better musician than Apollo for which Midas’s ears transformed into those of a donkey?

A

Pan

191
Q

Heracles was forced to complete 12 labors because he killed what woman, his first wife?

A

Megara

192
Q

What mythological monster was a 2-headed dog and a companion of Geryon?

A

Orthus

193
Q

Which of the sons of Priam killed Achilles with an arrow to his heel guided by the god Apollo?

A

Paris

194
Q

On his way to Athens, Theseus fought a number of dangerous bandits. Which one, who also goes by Corynetes, would beat people with a golden club?

A

Periphites

195
Q

What deity has the caduceus and the winged sandals as symbols?

A

Hermes/Mercury

196
Q

Which son of Zeus and Europa was NOT one of the judges of the underworld?

A

Sarpedon

197
Q

What king of Tiryns, the cousin of Heracles, was the ‘taskmaster’ for Heracles?

A

Eurystheus

198
Q

What mythological monster is a giant whirlpool?

A

Charybdis

199
Q

Which river of the Underworld was the river of forgetfulness?

A

Lethe

200
Q

Give 2 alternate names for the Fates.

A

Moirae and Parcae

201
Q

After he saw the black sail on Theseus’s ship, who believed his son to be dead and threw himself into the sea later named after him?

A

Aegeus

202
Q

What brother of Aeson and uncle of Jason took over Iolcus and sent Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece?

A

Pelias

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