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What was the cause of the Trojan War?

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The abduction of Helen by Paris of Troy

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Who was the hero of the epic ‘The Iliad’?

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Achilles

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What was Achilles’ main weakness?

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His heel, where he was vulnerable

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Who is the Greek hero that devised the Trojan Horse?

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Odysseus

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What was the Trojan Horse used for?

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To secretly bring Greek soldiers into Troy, leading to the city’s downfall

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Who was the king of Troy during the Trojan War?

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King Priam

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Who is the prophetess who warned of the dangers of the Trojan Horse?

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Cassandra

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What is the myth in which Odysseus takes ten years to return home?

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The Odyssey

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Who was the Cyclops that Odysseus blinded?

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Polyphemus

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Which goddess aided Odysseus on his journey home?

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Athena

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Who is the sorceress that turned Odysseus’s men into pigs?

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Circe

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What myth involves the founding of Rome by a Trojan hero?

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The Aeneid, starring Aeneas

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Who was the wife of Orpheus, whom he tried to bring back from the Underworld?

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Eurydice

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Why did Orpheus lose Eurydice during their escape from the Underworld?

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He looked back at her before reaching the surface

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What is the story in which Pandora opens a box and releases all evils into the world?

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The myth of Pandora’s Box

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What remained in Pandora’s Box after she closed it?

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Hope

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Who is the goddess kidnapped by Hades, leading to the seasons’ creation?

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Persephone

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What does the myth of Demeter and Persephone explain?

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The changing seasons

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Who is the creator of mankind in some Greek myths, who also stole fire for them?

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Prometheus

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What was Prometheus’s punishment for giving fire to humanity?

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He was bound to a rock, where an eagle ate his liver daily

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Who is the hero that completed twelve labors as punishment?

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Heracles (Hercules)

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What was Heracles’ first labor?

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To kill the Nemean Lion

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Which labor of Heracles involved capturing a golden-horned deer?

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The capture of the Ceryneian Hind

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What was the goal of Jason’s quest with the Argonauts?

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To retrieve the Golden Fleece

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Who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece?

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Medea

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What creature did Perseus slay to save Andromeda?

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The sea monster Cetus

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Who is the hero that killed Medusa?

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Perseus

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Which goddess helped Perseus by giving him a shield?

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Athena

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What famous race did Atalanta take part in, agreeing to marry the man who could beat her?

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A footrace in which Hippomenes won by using golden apples to distract her

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Who was the mortal punished for flying too close to the sun?

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Icarus

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What is the moral lesson of Icarus’s story?

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To heed warnings and avoid hubris

32
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Who built the Labyrinth that housed the Minotaur?

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Daedalus

33
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Who killed the Minotaur in the Labyrinth?

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Theseus

34
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How did Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth?

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Using a ball of thread given by Ariadne

35
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Which hero ventured to the Underworld to bring back his mother?

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Heracles

36
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What was the golden apple labeled that caused a dispute among goddesses?

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‘For the Fairest,’ leading to the Judgment of Paris

37
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Which three goddesses competed for the golden apple?

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Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite

38
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What was the judgment of Paris?

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Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite in exchange for Helen’s love

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Which two sea monsters did Odysseus encounter on his journey?

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Scylla and Charybdis

40
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What did the Sphinx’s riddle challenge?

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Travelers’ intelligence, with death as the penalty for failure

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Who solved the Sphinx’s riddle?

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Oedipus

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What is the mythological origin of the constellation Orion?

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Orion, a great hunter, was placed among the stars by the gods

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What was King Midas’ unique gift that turned out to be a curse?

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The ability to turn anything he touched into gold

44
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What did King Midas learn from his golden touch?

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That greed can bring misery

45
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Who fought the Hydra, a creature that grew two heads for each one cut off?

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Heracles

46
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What creature did Bellerophon defeat with the help of Pegasus?

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The Chimera

47
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Who pursued the Golden Apples of the Hesperides as one of his labors?

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Heracles

48
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Who was cursed to push a boulder up a hill for eternity?

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Sisyphus

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What does the myth of Sisyphus symbolize?

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Endless struggle and futility

50
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Who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape Apollo?

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Daphne

51
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What is the story where Persephone eats pomegranate seeds?

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The myth of Persephone, leading her to spend part of the year in the Underworld

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Who were the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf and associated with the founding of Rome?

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Romulus and Remus

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What is the tragic love story of a couple separated by a wall?

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The myth of Pyramus and Thisbe

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