FJCL Mythology Flashcards
Which of the Fates is known as the spinner?
Clotho
What son of Peleus and Thetis was the fiercest Greek warrior at Troy and killed Hector?
Achilles
Who boasted that she was a better weaver than Athena and was turned into a spider after beating the goddess?
Arachne
Who is the Muse of Hymns?
Polyhymnia
Who is the Muse of Epic Poetry?
Calliope
While Danae was locked away in a bronze tower, Zeus visited her in the form of what?
Golden Shower
The story of what mythological couple explains the metamorphosis of mulberries from white to red?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Who was the king of the gods at Olympus?
Zeus/Jupiter
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?
Birds
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?
Androgeus
What is the Greek name of Vesta?
Hestia
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?
Geryon
For his 12th and final labor, Heracles had to capture whom from the Underworld?
Cerberus
Name the two immortal Gorgons and sisters of Medusa.
Stheno and Euryale
What mythological monster was formally a woman transformed into a six-headed monster who feeds on sailors?
Scylla
What name is given to the twin brother of Heracles?
Iphicles
After her father Acrisius heard an oracle that his grandson would kill him, he imprisoned his daughter by what name in a bronze tower?
Danae
What Lernaean monster would grow back two heads after Heracles cut one off during his second labor?
Hydra
What deity has the dove and rose as symbols?
Aphrodite/Venus
What goddess of the Dawn fell in love with a mortal named Tithonus?
Aurora
What deity has the thunderbolt and eagle as symbols?
Zeus/Jupiter
What sinner in the underworld was punished with a bird who eats his liver daily?
Tityus
What young couple from Babylon could only converse to each other through a crack in a wall between their houses?
Pyramus and Thisbe
What is the Greek name of Proserpina?
Persephone
What deity has the sun and lyre as symbols?
Apollo
Philoctetes built the funeral pyre for what mythological hero after he died from a poisoned (mistaken for a love potion) cloak?
Heracles
What sinner in the underworld was punished by being spun on a wheel of fire?
Ixion
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?
Sciron
Whose father left a sword and sandals underneath a great boulder which he could only move once he was old enough?
Theseus
What is the Roman name of Zeus?
Jupiter/Jove
What did Acrisius do when he found out that his daughter Danae had Perseus as a son?
Locked them in a chest and sent them out to sea
What old couple was hospitable to the disguised Zeus and Hermes for which they received any wish they wanted?
Baucis and Philemon
What is the Roman name of Hera?
Juno
What is the Greek name of Venus?
Aphrodite
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?
Augeias
Into what kind of animals were Hippomenes and Atalanta transformed after forgetting to sacrifice to Aphrodite?
Lions
What is the Roman name of Apollo?
Apollo
What is the Roman name of Aphrodite?
Venus
What is the Roman name of Demeter?
Ceres
What is the Roman name of Ares?
Mars
For his 7th labor, Heracles had to travel to Crete and capture what kind of bull, which he then brought to Mycenae?
Bull
What is the Greek name of Pluto?
Hades
What deity has the pomegranate as a symbol?
Persephone/Proserpina
Who is known as the messenger of the gods?
Hermes/Mercury
What mythological monster is half-goat, half-man?
Satyr
What deity is the queen of the underworld and is the wife of Hades/Pluto?
Persephone/Proserpina
Which two of the Olympians are twin children of Zeus and Leto?
Apollo and Artemis
What deity presides over agriculture?
Demeter/Ceres
What deity has the bow and arrow and the moon as symbols?
Artemis/Diana
What deity has the trident and horse as symbols?
Poseidon/Neptune
Who was the king of Seriphos who wanted to marry Danae?
Polydectes
Which two of the children of Zeus and Europa are judges of the underworld?
Minos and Rhadamanthys
What monster killed by Bellerophon is part lion, part goat, part snake?
Chimera
What god is the son of the Theban princess Semele?
Dionysus
What man used a golden bridle to tame Pegasus with whom he killed the Chimera?
Bellerophon
What is the Roman name of Poseidon?
Neptune
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?
Odysseus
When Aurora asked Zeus for immortality for Tithonus, she forgot to ask for eternal youth. Into what was Tithonus then transformed?
Grasshopper
What son of Anchises and Aphrodite was a Trojan warrior who led refugees out of the city all the way to Latium?
Aeneas
What daughter of the river god Peneius was transformed into a laurel tree while being chased by Apollo?
Daphne
What deity has the spear, dog, and vulture as symbols?
Ares/Mars
What son of Atreus and Aerope was king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek forces during the Trojan War?
Agamemnon
What king of Troy during the Trojan War was originally named Podarces?
Priam
Who believed that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereid Thetis, a boast that caused the sea monster Ceto to ravage Ethiopia?
Cassiopeia
Which river of the Underworld was the river of wailing?
Cocytus
What body parts did the three Graiae sisters share amongst themselves?
An eye and a tooth
What is the Roman name of Persephone?
Proserpina
What is the Greek name of Mercury?
Hermes
What deity has the stalk of wheat as a symbol?
Demeter/Ceres
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos are all part of what mythological group?
The Fates
What name is shared by a member of the Muses and the Graces?
Thalia
What types of animals (who could also breathe fire) did Jason have to yoke together on Colchis?
Bulls
What deity carries around the caduceus, a staff with intertwining snakes?
Hermes/Mercury
What is the Roman name of Hephaestus?
Vulcan
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?
Sinis
Jason and the Argonauts had to sail past the Symplegades to get to Colchis, but what are the Symplegades?
Clashing Rocks
What deity has the owl, olive, and helmet as her symbol?
Athena/Minerva
What deity presides over love and beauty?
Aphrodite/Venus
For his 8th labor, Heracles traveled to Bistonia to steal the man-eating mares of what king?
Diomedes
What happened after Jason planted dragon’s teeth into the ground on Colchis?
Armed men sprang up
What biological son of Alcmene and Zeus had Amphitryon as his stepdad?
Heracles
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?
Ajax the Lesser
What fisherman on Seriphos rescued the imprisoned Danae and Perseus?
Dictys
What is the Roman name of Athena?
Minerva
What son of Aeson and Alcimede was tasked to retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis?
Jason
What Greek warrior at Troy, often said to be the wittiest of all, came up with the idea to build the wooden horse?
Odysseus
What god presides over war?
Ares/Mars
What goddess sent two snakes to kill the infant Heracles out of jealousy?
Hera
What deity has the forge and anvil as symbols?
Hephaestus/Vulcan
What deity had the peacock and cow as symbols?
Hera/Juno
What is the Greek name of Neptune?
Poseidon
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?
Glauce/Creusa
What son of Daedalus flew too close to the son sun causing his wax wings to melt?
Icarus
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?
Acrisius
What Phrygian king was cursed with the golden touch?
Midas
What goddess of youth did Heracles marry after his “mortal” self died?
Hebe
Who is the Muse of History?
Clio
Who is the Muse of Tragedy?
Melpomene
Who was the second wife of Heracles whom he rescued from the centaur Nessus?
Deianeira
What daughter of the Cretan king Minos and Pasiphae helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth?
Ariadne
What son of Atreus and Aerope was the king of Sparta and husband to Helen before she left the city with Paris?
Menelaus
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?
Procrustes
What is the Roman name of Hestia?
Vesta
What is the Roman name of Artemis?
Diana
While he was driving his dad Helios/Apollo’s chariot across the sky, who was struck down by Zeus via a lightning bolt?
Phaethon
Who flew on the back of a golden ram to Colchis with his sister Helle?
Phrixus
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?
Perseus
Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia are all part of what mythological group, also called the Charites?
Graces
Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone are all part of what mythological group?
Furies
What couple repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood by throwing stones (the bones of their mother) over their shoulders?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
What deity presides over hunting and the moon?
Artemis/Diana
What deity presides over blacksmithing?
Hephaestus/Vulcan
What is the Greek name of Diana?
Artemis
What deity has the hearth and fire as symbols?
Hestia/Vesta
What deity has grape leaves and the thyrsus as symbols?
Dionysus/Bacchus
What lonely hero finally met his end when a piece of his famed ship breaks off the hull and kills him?
Jason
What couple, when they had wished to die together, were transformed into an Oak and Linden tree?
Baucis and Philemon
What deity presides over the underworld and wealth?
Hades/Pluto
What sorceress, the daughter of King Aeetes, helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece?
Medea
Aeson sent Jason away for training under what Centaur so he wouldn’t be killed by Pelias?
Chiron
What god is the son of the Pleiad Maia?
Hermes
Pelias heard an oracle that he should beware a man wearing only one what?
Shoe
Which river of the Underworld is the river of hate and was used for oaths of the gods?
Styx
What son of Priam and Hecuba gave the Golden Apple to Venus for which he received the love of Helen, starting the Trojan War?
Paris
What sinner in the underworld was punished by having to roll a boulder up a hill?
Sisyphus
What 3-headed dog serves as the guardian of the Underworld?
Cerberus
Whom did Perseus marry after rescuing her from the sea monster Ceto in Ethiopia after killing Medusa?
Andromeda
What mythological monster is half-man, half-horse?
Centaur
Which river of the Underworld was the river of pain?
Acheron
What is the Greek name of Jupiter?
Zeus
Jason lost a shoe helping what goddess disguised as an old woman across the Anaurus River?
Hera
After Theseus abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos, what god rescued and married her?
Dionysus
Who is the Muse of Music?
Euterpe
What son of Aethra and Aegeus killed the Minotaur and became the king of Athens?
Theseus
What man threw golden apples outside of the race course in order to beat Atlanta in a footrace and win her hand in marriage?
Hippomenes
What son of Oeneus and Althaea killed the Calydonian Boar?
Meleager
What is the Greek name of Vulcan?
Hephaestus
What son of Aeneas and Creusa was credited with founding Alba Longa?
Ascanius
What deity has the bident and helmet of invisibility as symbols?
Hades
What son of Agamemnon and Clytemnstra avenged his father by killing his mother?
Orestes
Name the two figures who sprang from the neck of Medusa following her decapitation?
Pegasus and Chrysaor
What is the Greek name of Bacchus?
Dionysus
What deity has their own oracle at Delphi?
Apollo
What son of Zeus and Danae killed Medusa?
Perseus
What is the Greek name of Apollo?
Apollo
What sinner in the underworld was punished with eternal hunger and thirst after serving his son Pelops as food to the gods?
Tantalus
What mythological hero was born after Zeus found his mom Danae trapped in a bronze tower?
Perseus
What son of Aegina and Zeus was one of the judges of the Underworld?
Aeacus
What is the Greek name of Minerva?
Athena
What woman in mythology was the fastest of all mortals?
Atalanta
What daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia was the wife of Perseus
Andromeda
What monster wandered in the Labyrinth underneath the Cretan palace of Minos?
Minotaur
What type of apparel did Heracles need to obtain from the Amazonian queen Hippolyta for his 9th labor?
Belt
Which of the Fates is known as the cutter of the thread?
Atropos
What is the Roman name of Dionysus?
Bacchus
What goddess presides over wisdom, war, and handicrafts?
Athena/Minerva
What deity presides over the sun, prophecy, medicine, and music?
Apollo
William Shakespeare adopted the story of what mythological couple for his Romeo and Juliet?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Who is the Muse of Comedy?
Thalia
What deity presides over the home fire and the hearth?
Hestia/Vesta
Who is the Muse of Astronomy?
Urania
What mythological monster is a Sicilian Cyclops who encountered Odysseus and Aeneas?
Polyphemus
What son of Hector and Andromache was flung from the walls of Troy by Odysseus or Neoptolemus
Astyanax
What is the Roman name of Hades?
Pluto/Dis
What is the Greek name of Ceres?
Demeter
What mythological monster is known as the mother of all monsters and is half-nymph, half-snake?
Echidna
Which of the Fates is known as the allotter and decides how long one’s life should be?
Lachesis
What group of 49 sisters were forced to carry water in leaky buckets in the underworld after killing their newlywed husbands?
Danaids
Who is the Muse of Dance?
Terpsichore
What son of Priam and Hecuba led the Trojan contingent at the Trojan War before he was killed by Achilles?
Hector
What is the Greek name of Juno?
Hera
Who is the Muse of Love Poetry?
Erato
For his third labor, Heracles had to capture what kind of animal sacred to Artemis?
Deer/Hind
What is the Roman name of Hermes?
Mercury
Who was the queen of the gods and presides over marriage?
Hera/Juno
Which river of the Underworld was the river of fire?
Phlegethon
What deity presides over the sea, earthquakes, and horses?
Poseidon/Neptune
For his 11th labor, Heracles had to fetch golden apples from what far-off nymphs?
Hesperides
Whose lifespan was tied to a log, which his mother Althea burned after he killed his uncles?
Meleager
What daughter of Priam and Hecuba was gifted the power of prophecy but cursed such that nobody would ever believe her omens?
Cassandra
What is the Greek name of Mars?
Ares
What kind of animal from Nemea, which was invulnerable to weapons, did Heracles have to kill for his first labor?
Lion
For his fourth labor, what kind of animal did Heracles drive into a snowbank on Mount Erymanthus in order to capture?
Boar
What deity presides over wine?
Dionysus/Bacchus
What deity carries the thyrsus, a stick with a pinecone on top?
Dionysus/Bacchus
Who kills her brother and chops him up into pieces before throwing him overboard to delay the Colchian fleet chasing her and Jason?
Medea
What former fiancé of Andromeda did Perseus turn to stone before marrying Andromeda himself?
Phineus
What sorceress and daughter of King Aeetes falls in love with Jason and helps him steal the golden fleece?
Medea
What deity presides over messengers, laughter, and thieves?
Hermes/Mercury
Midas claimed that what satyr was a better musician than Apollo for which Midas’s ears transformed into those of a donkey?
Pan
Heracles was forced to complete 12 labors because he killed what woman, his first wife?
Megara
What mythological monster was a 2-headed dog and a companion of Geryon?
Orthus
Which of the sons of Priam killed Achilles with an arrow to his heel guided by the god Apollo?
Paris
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?
Periphites
What deity has the caduceus and the winged sandals as symbols?
Hermes/Mercury
Which son of Zeus and Europa was NOT one of the judges of the underworld?
Sarpedon
What king of Tiryns, the cousin of Heracles, was the ‘taskmaster’ for Heracles?
Eurystheus
What mythological monster is a giant whirlpool?
Charybdis
Which river of the Underworld was the river of forgetfulness?
Lethe
Give 2 alternate names for the Fates.
Moirae and Parcae
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?
Aegeus
What brother of Aeson and uncle of Jason took over Iolcus and sent Jason to fetch the Golden Fleece?
Pelias
