Greek Myth

Question 1

Arachne

Answer 1

Talented weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, and was transformed into a spider - Namesake of “arachnids”

Question 2

Hecuba

Answer 2

Queen of Troy, wife of King Priam - Mother of 19 kids, including Hector, Paris, Troilus, and prophetess Cassandra - Became slave of Odysseus after Trojan War

Question 3

Electra

Answer 3

Daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra - Plotted revenge against mother for father’s murder - Namesake of Electra Complex in psychology

Question 4

Antigone

Answer 4

The daughter/sister of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta - The subject of a story in which she attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polynices despite a royal death sentence against it

Question 5

Hebe (Juventas)

Answer 5

Goddess of youth - Cupbearer of the gods, serving nectar y ambrosia - Succeeded by Ganymede - Daughter of Zeus y Hera - Married to Hercules

Question 6

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Answer 6

God of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges, volcanoes, y the art of sculpture - son of Zeus and Hera - Injured and disfigured- Blacksmith of the gods

Question 7

Scylla

Answer 7

Monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis (a whirlpool) - associated with the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily.

Question 8

Theseus

Answer 8

Founder-King of Athens - Defeated Minotaur - Son of Poseidon

Question 9

Helios

Answer 9

Greek god of the sun - Drove chariot of the sun across the sky each day - Son of Titan Hyperion and Thea - Similar to but distinct from Apollo

Question 10

Perseus

Answer 10

Founder of Mycenae (on Peloponesse) - Beheaded the Gorgon Medusa - Saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus - Son of Zeus and Danaë - Accidentally killed his grandfather (as prophesied) with a javelin

Question 11

Nike (Victoria)

Answer 11

Winged goddess of victory!

Question 12

Hestia (Vesta)

Answer 12

Goddess of the hearth, home, family, architecture - Daughter of Kronos and Rhea

Question 13

Ariadne

Answer 13

Daughter of Minos, King of Crete - associated with mazes and labyrinths - Helped Theseus overcome the Minotaur - Became bride of Dionysus

Question 14

Athena (Minerva)

Answer 14

Goddess of wisdom - Companion of heroes - Namesake of Athens and Parthenon built for her

Question 15

Artemis (Diana)

Answer 15

Goddess of the Hunt, Forests and Hills, the Moon, Archery - daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of Apollo - Depicted as a huntress with bow and arrows

Question 16

Asclepius (Vejovis)

Answer 16

God of medicine - Symbol is the Rod of Asclepius, a one-serpent-lined staff (similar to Hermes’ staff, the Caduceus, which has two snakes) - Son of Apollo and Coronis

Question 17

Menelaus

Answer 17

King of Sparta - Husband of Helen of Troy - Led Spartan army in Trojan War

Question 18

Cassandra

Answer 18

Daughter of Hecuba and Priam of Troy - Apollo gave her power of prophecy, but curse of never being believed

Question 19

Muses (9)

Answer 19

Calliope (epic poetry)
Clio (history)
Euterpe (flutes and lyric poetry)
Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry)
Melpomene (tragedy)
Terpsichore (dance)
Erato (love poetry)
Polyhymnia (sacred poetry)
Urania (astronomy)

The inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. Their mother is Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.

Question 20

Danaë

Answer 20

Daughter of King Acrisius of Argos - Mother of Perseus - Prophesied that her son would kill Acrisius, so imprisoned in a tower - Impregnates by Zeus as a golden shower - Cast out to sea then rescued by King Polydectes

Question 21

Triton

Answer 21

Greek god messenger of the sea - Son of Poseidon y Amphitrite - Carried a trident y a loud conch shell trumpet

Question 22

Nemesis

Answer 22

Greek spirit of divine retribution against hubris and arrogance - Can turn into animals - Goddess of justice

Question 23

Circe

Answer 23

Greek goddess of magic - Daughter of Helios, wife of King Minos, mother of the Minotaur - used magic to transform enemies into animals - Lured Odysseus to her island

Question 24

Selene

Answer 24

Greek goddess of the moon - Sister of Helios - Roman equivalent: Luna - Similar but distinct from Artemis

Question 25

Agamemnon

Answer 25

Brother of Menelaus - King of Mycenae (Argos) - Led united Greek forces in Trojan War - Murdered upon his return by wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus - Father of Electra y Orestes

Question 26

Hecate

Answer 26

Greek goddess of crossroads, magic, witchcraft - 3 faces - Roman equivalent: Trivia

Question 27

Orpheus

Answer 27

Legendary musician able to charm living things with his music - Attempted to rescue wife Eurydice from the Underworld

Question 28

Aphrodite (Venus)

Answer 28

Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality - Daughter of either Uranus or Zeus - Wife of Hephaestus - Mother of Eros

Question 29

Persephone

Answer 29

Goddess of the Underworld, springtime, vegetation, and maidenhood - Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades, Queen of the Underworld

Question 30

Medea

Answer 30

Greek sorceress - Niece of Circe, granddaughter of Helios, wife of Jason - in Euripedes play, Jason leaves her for another, she avenges by slaughtering their children - Name Medea derived from Greek for “to plot”

Question 31

Andromeda

Answer 31

Daughter of Cepheus of Ethiopia & Cassiopeia - Said to be more beautiful than the Nereids, so sacrificed to sea monster Cetus, but saved by Perseus.

Question 32

Athena

Answer 32

Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, strength, etc - Roman Minerva - Namesake of Athens - Parthenon temple - Daughter of Zeus and Metis

Question 33

Eros (Cupid)

Answer 33

God of sexual desire y attraction - Sometimes a primordial god, sometimes son of Aphrodite

Question 34

Pan (Faunus)

Answer 34

God of the wild, shepherds, nature - Has legs of a goat - Homeland in Arcadia

Question 35

Demeter (Ceres)

Answer 35

Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law and the harvest - Known as “Law-Bringer,” as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society - Mother of Persephone

Question 36

Helen of Troy

Answer 36

Daughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux, and Clytemnestra - Wife of Menelaus - Abducted by Paris, leading to Trojan War

Question 37

Atalanta

Answer 37

A virgin huntress raised in the wilderness by bears - First to draw blood in the Caledonian Boar Hunt - Defeated by Hippomenes in a foot race after being lured by Aphrodite’s golden apples - Joined quest for the Golden Fleece on the Argo to follow her love Meleager