Greek Mythology Creatures

Question 1

Cerberus

Answer 1

A 3-headed dog who protected the underworld (devoured anything or anyone who tried to enter uninvited.)

Question 2

Cyclops

Answer 2

A race of one-eyed giants (helpers to Hephaestus)

Question 3

Centaurs

Answer 3

A 4-legged creature; half horse, half man

Question 4

Satyrs

Answer 4

Gods of the woods ~ 2-legged creature that is part man and part goat

Question 5

Sirens

Answer 5

Evil singing mermaids (Beautiful women with enchanting voices)

Question 6

Unicorn

Answer 6

Pure white horse, lion’s tail, and single horn

Question 7

Phoenix

Answer 7

A very large bird that lives to be 500 years old (symbolizes immortality)

Question 8

Nymphs

Answer 8

Goddesses who inhabit a part of nature (tree, river) ~ raised Zeus as a child

Question 9

Titans

Answer 9

Giants who ruled the Earth before the Gods and Goddesses.

Question 10

Chimera

Answer 10

A fire-breathing creature that is part lion, part goat, and part dragon

Question 11

Furies

Answer 11

Three-winged, ugly creatures who visit retribution on people for their crimes.

Question 12

Gorgons

Answer 12

Three sisters who had writhing Snakes for hair and were so terrifying to behold that anyone who looked at them was turned to stone (Medusa was the most famous of the three sisters)

Question 13

Harpies

Answer 13

Disgusting monsters that were part woman and part bird ~ carried the souls of the dead to the underworld.

Question 14

Minotaur

Answer 14

Head of a bull and body of a man; lived in a labyrinth on the island of Crete.

Question 15

Python

Answer 15

Giant serpent that Apollo, while still an infant, killed.

Question 16

Sphinx

Answer 16

An intelligent creature that had the head and torso of a woman, body of a dog, wings of a bird, and paws of a lion and would ask impossible riddles of its victims!!!

Question 17

Hydra

Answer 17

A 9-headed monster that was difficult to kill for two heads would grow back when one head was chopped off.