Greek Myths 16-20 Quiz

Question 1

queen of Crete

Answer 1

Europa

Question 2

King of Tyre; Europa’s father

Answer 2

Agenor

Question 3

King of Thebes; daughter of Aphrodite

Answer 3

Hermonia

Question 4

three sons of Europa and Zues

Answer 4

Minos, Sarpedon, Rhadamanthus

Question 5

son of Zeus; father of Pelops

Answer 5

Tantalus

Question 6

Founder of the Olympic games

Answer 6

Pelops

Question 7

King of Elis; father of Hippodamia

Answer 7

Oenomaiis

Question 8

grandfather of Perseus

Answer 8

Acrisus

Question 9

King of Libya; had 50 daughters

Answer 9

Danaus

Question 10

brother of Danaus; had 50 sons

Answer 10

Aegptus

Question 11

Eldest daughter of Danaus; Queen of Argos

Answer 11

Hypermestra

Question 12

Mother of Perseus

Answer 12

Danae

Question 13

daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia

Answer 13

Andromeda

Question 14

son of Zues and Danae

Answer 14

Perseus

Question 15

father of Andromeda

Answer 15

Cepheus

Question 16

mother of Andromeda

Answer 16

Cassiopeia

Question 17

clever King of Corinth

Answer 17

Sisyphus

Question 18

tamer of horses; grandson of Sisyphus

Answer 18

Bellerophon

Question 19

cousin of Bellerophon; understood language of animals

Answer 19

Melampus

Question 20

father of daughters who thought they were cows

Answer 20

king of Tiryn

Question 21

king with the golden touch

Answer 21

Midas

Question 22

Ugliest of the Gorgons; killed by Perseus

Answer 22

Medusa

Question 23

sisters of the Gorgons

Answer 23

Gray sisters

Question 24

winged horse

Answer 24

Pegasus

Question 25

satyr that challenged Apollo to a music contest

Answer 25

Marsyas

Question 26

river-god; Zeus ran off with his daughter

Answer 26

Asopus

Question 27

daughter of the river-god; turned into an island

Answer 27

Aeagina

Question 28

fire-breathing beast, made of a lion, goat, and serpent

Answer 28

Chimera

Question 29

Greek name of Hercules

Answer 29

Heracles

Question 30

mother of Hercules

Answer 30

Alcmena

Question 31

cousin of Hercules; ordered the 10 labors

Answer 31

Eurystheus

Question 32

Echidna’s offspring; could not be hurt by weapons

Answer 32

Nemean lion

Question 33

Echidna’s offspring; 9-headed beast

Answer 33

Hydra

Question 34

tribe of warrior women

Answer 34

Amazons

Question 35

Queen of the warrior women

Answer 35

Hippolyta

Question 36

inhospitable king whose mares devoured strangers

Answer 36

Diomedes

Question 37

monster with three bodies and one pair of legs

Answer 37

Geryon

Question 38

old gray man of the sea

Answer 38

Nereus

Question 39

100-headed dragon

Answer 39

Ladon

Question 40

Giant wrestler; son of Mother Earth

Answer 40

Antaeus

Question 41

3-headed watchdog of the underworld

Answer 41

Cerberus

Question 42

enslaved hercules

Answer 42

Omphale

Question 43

King of Thessaly

Answer 43

Admetus

Question 44

Queen of Thessaly; devoted wife

Answer 44

Alcestis

Question 45

second wife of Hercules

Answer 45

Deianira

Question 46

centaur that gave poisoned blood to Hercules’ wife

Answer 46

Nessus

Question 47

goddess of eternal youth

Answer 47

Hebe

Question 48

Pillars of hercules

Answer 48

Strait of Gibralter

Question 49

without pity of compassion

Answer 49

ruthless

Question 50

valley

Answer 50

dale

Question 51

to throw with force

Answer 51

hurl

Question 52

narrow groove made by plow

Answer 52

furrow

Question 53

the den of a beast

Answer 53

lair

Question 54

having a right to

Answer 54

entitled

Question 55

to satisfy, to extinguish

Answer 55

quench

Question 56

threatening

Answer 56

menacing

Question 57

to skip about in a playful manner

Answer 57

caper

Question 58

to tug while twisting

Answer 58

wrench