Greece

Question 1

Io

Answer 1

loved by Zeus; trying to protect her from the jealousy of Hera, he turned her into a heifer, Hera sent a gadfly to torture her, so she ran across the world, when she reached Egypt Zeus turned her back into a woman

Question 2

Harpy

Answer 2

woman’s head and body, bird’s wings; or, a bird of prey with a woman’s head; grasping unpleasant woman

Question 3

thyrsus

Answer 3

staff with a pinecone on the end and tied with a ribbon; it’s a magic wand

Question 4

Pentheus

Answer 4

son of Agave; he was lured into the forest by Dionysus to watch people have sex, but his mother, a maenad, thought he was a lion, killed him, and went home with his head on a stick

Question 5

Titans

Answer 5

children of Ge and Urans, siblings of the cyclops; Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys; Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus

Question 6

Styx

Answer 6

River in Hades

Question 7

Acheron

Answer 7

River of Pain

Question 8

Charon

Answer 8

Ferryman of the underworld

Question 9

heliasts

Answer 9

jurors

Question 10

parasitos

Answer 10

dependent on others