Missed Mythology Test Questions Flashcards
Mercury married this mute nymph, who was a sister of Juturna
Lara
Hades’s Roman names
Dis, Pales, Pluto
This deity was the father of the ram with the golden fleece
Poseidon
The dead who were deemed neither good nor bad were sent to?
the fields of Asphodel
Zeu unfettered this island, to allow the mother of Artemis and Apollo to escape Hera’s wrath
Delos
This child of Tantalus, bewitched by Artemis, threw him/herself into flames
Broteas
Who taught Heracles to wrestle?
Autolycus
Whom did Aphrodite cause to perpetually be in love because of the affair she had had with Ares?
Eos
Which deity had the epithets Dithyrambos, Eleutherios, and Enorches?
Dionysus
What is Melampus associated with?
His ability to speak to animals
Which mythological island was home to the sirens?
Anthemoessa
Who trained the hero Achilles after Cherion?
Phoenix, king of the Dolopians
Inachus, a river god, was the father of whom?
Io
Which minor god of wealth was the child of Iasion and Demeter?
Plutus
What caused Semele’s death
burning after seeing Zeus
What son of Oeneus, Meleager’s half-brother, was sent with the Argonauts to look after Meleager? He shares his name with a more well-known, ill-fated man.
Laocoon
At what body of water did the fleeing Syrinx beg the local nymphs to transform her, as she was unable to cross it in her flight from Pan?
Ladon
What group of people mounted an attack on Hercules and Geryon’s cattle? Hercules used all his arrows defending himself against them.
the Ligurians
Carna, a nymph, who later became goddess of the hinge, was wooed by what Roman god?
Janus
Which king of Sicily hosted Aeneas and his men during Anchises’ funeral games?
Acestes
Which son of Zeus and early king of Troy was welcomed to the area by Teucer and given the hand of his daughter Bateia?
Dardanus
What queen of Libya bore Zeus’s children only to have them stolen away by a jealous Hera?
Lamia
Which of the Giants was killed by Heracles’ arrows as he attempted to rape Hera?
Porphyrion
What prize did the Sirens give to the Muses after being defeated in a musical contest?
their feathers
What names were given to the three Hesperides?
Hespere, Aegle, and Erytheis
Which individual did not tend for Zeus as an infant?
Alcippe
What is the general name for the giant sons of Iphimedia and Poseidon, Otus and Ephialtes?
The Aloedae
Mars asked which woodland goddess for help in his wooing of Minerva?
Anna Perenna
What uncatchable beast was turned to stone along with Laelaps, the inescapable hound?
Teumessian vixen
What Cretan stole the golden mastiff that guarded the infant Zeus?
Panareus
After Icarius was murdered by Athenian farmers unused to strong drink, how did his daughter Erigone find the body of her murdered father?
the howling of his dog Maera
Which daughter of Anius could turn anything she touched into wine?
Oino
Selene and Eos were the daughters of the Titans named?
Theia and Hyperion
Which seer, son of Thestor, was the chief Greek soothsayer at Troy, having interpreted an omen that
stated that the Greeks would fight for nine years at Troy and take the city in the tenth?
Calchas
For what mythological accomplishment is Epeus, son of Panopeus, known?
building the Trojan horse
On what mountain near Troy did Venus give birth to Aeneas?
Mount Ida
Which two mythological groups had a member named Calaeno?
Harpies & Pleiades
Who was the charioteer of King Oenomaus?
Myrtilus
In some myths, Prometheus is said to have won freedom from his torment on the Caucasus
Mountains by telling Zeus the secret that Thetis was destined to have a child greater than its father. Who had told Prometheus?
Themis
Who was born with the name Alcaeus?
Heracles
Ganymede, the male cupbearer to the gods, was part of which royal house?
Troy
What early king of Athens was born after Hephaestus tried to rape Athena and wound up impregnating Ge instead?
Erichthonius
Which Greek warrior killed Paris?
Philoctetes
What did Idmon and Adonis have in common?
they were both killed by wild boars
What Athenian princess became the wife of Boreas, the north wind?
Oreithyia
What king of Thebes was the only son of Polydorus and Nycteis?
Labdacus
Whom did Achilles kill at Troy because he had mocked him for mourning over Penthesilea’s corpse?
Thersites
What epithet was given to Juno as a goddess of childbirth?
Moneta
With what Roman deity was the Libyan god Ammon (or Hammon) identified?
Jupiter
In whose honor did Sisyphus institute the Isthmian Games, after his corpse was carried ashore by a dolphin?
Melicertes
What animal did Jupiter and Mercury tell Baucis and Philemon not to sacrifice to them during their visit?
goose
Where did King Celeus rule with his wife Metaneira?
Eleusis
To what son of Priam and Hecuba was Helen awarded immediately after Paris’ death?
Deiphobus
Which Trojan and his family were spared during the sack of Troy because Odysseys owed him a debt?
Eetion
What Orchomenian architect cut off his own brother’s head so that his own involvement in robbing the treasury of King Hyreius would not be discovered?
Trophonius
Who was the first mortal seduced by Zeus?
Niobe
At what port did Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia?
Aulis
What herdsman of Hades was defeated by Heracles twice-once on the island of Erytheia and then again in the Underworld?
Menoetes
What bastard son of Odysseus by Circe killed him in his old age?
Telegonus
Who made Pandora?
Hephaestus
What wife of Ixion bore Pirithous, either to her husband, or to Zeus?
Dia
Which Greek hero killed Phaea, the Crommyonia sow?
Theseus
Near what city noted for its prophet was there supposedly a temple built by Daedalus?
Cumae
Who was the herald of Heracles who brought him the shirt poisoned with the Hydra’s blood?
Lichas
What Titan was the father of Leto?
Cronus
How was Arete, queen of the Phaeacians, related to her husband?
she was his niece
Who was the king of the Laestrygonian people?
Antiphates
What common mythological name did the wife of King Creon of Thebes share with many other women?
Eurydice
What was the special place of the nymphs known as oreads?
mountains
What group where the sisters of the Gorgons?
the Graces
On what island did Heracles catch and kill Zetes and Calais?
Tenos
Mother of Aeacus by Zeus, her son named his island after her
Aegina
Mother of Actaeon, she and her sisters tore apart her nephew in a Bacchic frenzy
Autonoe
He was the leader of the Seven Against Thebes
Adrastus
When Odysseus left Troy, he first stopped and raided this city in the land of the CIcones
Ismarus
He sent his daughter in to entertain the drunken Aegeus, producing Theseus
Pittheus
Heracles had to serve her as a slave to atone for the death of his wife Megara
Omphale
This maiden bore a son to Apollo, which she abandoned at Delphi; years later they are reunited
Creusa
An Oceanid, Cronus lay with her in the form of a stallion; she bore him Chiron
Philyra
A daughter of Teucer, wife of Dardanus; she could be called the Mother of the Trojan Race
Batia
Some say Helen went to Egypt, and he was in charge of her during this time
Proteus
This was the name of Bellerophon before he became “Killer of Bellerus”
Hipponous
After Europa bore three children to Zeus, she married this man on Crete
Asterius
His brother usurped the throne & expelled him; Heracles restored him to the throne
Tyndareus
He was called in to arbitrate a dispute between Helios and Poseidon over the patronship of Corinth
Briareus
This Argonaut tried to steal sheep but was killed by the owner
Canthus
His son suffered from impotence due to trauma over seeing his father with a bloody knife
Phylacus
Minos chased Britomartis for nine months; she dove into the sea, became this goddess
Dictynna
A loyal vassal of Phineus, he tended to his master as the Harpies pestered him
Paraebius
Iliad Bk I: She reproaches Zeus for agreeing to the request of Thetis to allow the Trojans to run wild
Hera
Bk II. To whom does Zeus send a Murderous Dream, provoking a foolish and disastrous strategy
Agamemnon
Bk IX: Phoenix tells Achilles the old tale of the attack of these people on Calydon to inspire him
Curetes
Bk XI: When Coon wounded him with a sword, this caused a halt to the Greek advance
Agamemnon
Odyssey Bk X: King of the Laestrygonians, he ate several crewmen of Odysseus
Antiphates
Bk XI: Odysseus saw some souls punished in the Underworld; Which of these did he NOT see
Ixion
Bk VIII: This son of Alcinous challenged Odysseus to participate in athletics
Laodamas
Bk XII: This pious suitor was reluctant to have Telemachus killed without a sign from the gods
Amphinomus
Athena appears as him at the end of the Odyssey to make peace between Odysseus & suitors’ families
Mentor
Bk I: Seeking to sink the Trojan fleet, Juno bribed Aeolus by offering him this nymph as his bride
Deiopea
Bk II: Who appeared to Aeneas in a dream the night Troy fell, saying, “The Greeks are in the city, Flee!”
Hector
Bk II: The Trojan refugees tried to settle here but a plague drove them out
Crete
Bk III: Anchises died and was buried here
Drepanum
Bk II: Raped by her father, she hid in the woods out of shame; Minerva turned her into an owl
Nyctimene
Bk II: Minerva visited Envy, to order the creature to punish this person by infecting her with envy
Aglauros
Bk VII: Nymphs helped him escape the Flood
Cerambus
This king of the Tauri treated Iphigenia kindly, so she asked her brother Orestes to spare his life
Thoas
Told he would die by one of his children, he asked Nauplius to sell his daughters into slavery
Catreus
A daughter of Helios, she and her sister Lampetie tended his sacred herds on Thrinacia
Phaethusa
The father-in-law of Alcmaeon; angry he had been duped, he ordered his sons to kill Alcameon
Phegeus
Poseidon mated with her in the form of a ram, producing the Golden Ram
Theophane
What uncle and original fiancee of Andromeda attacked Perseus for planning to marry her?
Phineus
The Sibyl of Cumae wrote her prophecies on what unusual material prompting Helenus to advise Aeneas to speak the prphecies instead?
Oak leaves
What stepson did Phaedra falsely accuse of raping her
Hippolytus
When Theseus cursed Hippolytus, what sort of creature did Poseidon which caused his death by spooking his horses
A bull
What king of Pylos did Telemachus first visit to find news of his father in book three of the Odyssey?
Nestor
In whose guise did Athena first appear to Telemachus in order to advise him to seek out news of his father
Mentes
Who was turned in to a horse by Apollo because he or she was a good prophet
Ocyrhoe
Who was Castor’s biological father
Tyndareus
Who were the parents of Harmonia, wife of Cadmus
Ares and Aphrodite
In Aeneid, what was the name of the many-eyed winged creature
Fama
Who was the father of the ill-fated Actaeon
Aristaeus
Who is Ino’s husband?
Athamus
Who is the Roman goddess of bread-making?
Formax
He could only assume the form of inanimate objects
Phantasos
Who is the goddess of safe return
Adiona
Whom did Stheneboea try to seduce
Bellerophon
Which goddess turned Medusa into a monster with snaked for hair?
Athena
What Theban king was named for his “swollen foot” by his foster mother
Oedipus
What hospitable king of the Doliones was accidentally killed by Jason and his crew
Cyzicus
Into what river were Orpheus’ lyre and severed head thrown
Hebrus
What brother of Melampus needed prophetic help to pay the bride-price for his wife
Bias
Whose daughters were driven mad and were transformed into bats for resisting Dionysus
Minyas
What Sicilian king of Camicus gave Daedalus refuge from Minos
Cocalus
What island did the bronze giant Talus guard
Crete
In Aedied IX, what pair of Trojan soldiers and lovers died tragically during a nocturnal raid of the Rutulian camp
Euryalus and Nisus
Who was the mother of Neoptolemus
Deidamia
What woman slept with her father and bore a son Adonis
Myrrha
Who buried the body of Melicertes and founded the Isthmian Games in the child’s honor
Sisyphus
Trophonius and Agamedes attempted to steal from the treasury of what king
Hyrieus
What daughter of Salmoneus was loved by a disguised Poseidon and bore Neleus and Pelias
Tyro
What elder son of Lelex invented the mill
Myles
What father of Penelope erected a statue to Modesty after he let his daughter go marry Odysseus
Icarius
What Thespian youth offered himself to a dragon in order to save his friend Cleostratus
Menestratus
What Cypriot you loved Anaxarete so desperately that when she mocked him, he hanged himself from her doorpost
Iphis
What daughter of Sinis the pine-bender bore a son to Theseus
Perigune
What daughter of Cronus was the mother of Tantalus, king of Siplyus
Pluto
Who was the concubine of Ajax the Greater
Tecmessa
What Egyptian king took advice of a Cypriot seer and sacrificed strangers in his land to Zeus before he was killed by Heracles
Busiris
What fire-breathing son of Vulcan stole the cattle of Geryon from Heracles and was later killed by him
Cacus
What Theban noble, descended from the Sparti, was the father of Creon and Jocasta
Menoeceus
What daughter of Epopeus was raped by her father and transformed by Athena into an owl
Nyctimene
Who was the father of Menoetes, the herdsman of Hades
Ceuthonymus
Forty-nine of Lycaon’s fifty sons were destroyed by Zeus. What son of Lycaon was saved from Zeus’ wrathe by the intervention of Ge
Nyctimus
Typhon cut Zeus’ sinews with a sickle and carried them to a cave. What dragon did Typhon have guard the sinews of Zeus
Delphyne
Whom does Aeneas marry upon his arrival in Italy
Lavinia
Whom does Aeneas fight to the death for Livinia’s hand in marriage
Turnus
What king of the Bebryces kill in a boxing match during his expedition with the Argonauts
Amycus
Who was the first Greek to step ashore at Troy
Protesilaus
Who was Protesilaus’ wife whom he was allowed to visit for a short time after his death
Laodamia
Who were the opposing leaders in the mythological saga, The Seven Against Thebes
Polyneices and Eteocles
This young man adorned his uncle’s armor, dying in battle and evoking his uncle’s rage
Telamonian Ajax
This son of Hippolochus traded armor with his opponent because of the bond their family shared
Glaucus
Odysseus and his men found themselves here after they opened the bag of winds
Ithaca
This titaness was said to be a consort to Hyperion
Mnemosyne
This seer was qualified to judge a gender dispute seeing as he had been both man and woman
Melampus
This Argonaut could run so quickly across waves that his feet did not get wet
Euphemus
Pan fell in love with this son of Hermes and taught him how to play the pipes
Marsyas
This kindly race of men cared for the injured Hephaestus when he fell from Olympus
Bebryces
His eleven brothers were killed by Heracles because of their father refused the hero purification
Periclymenus
This kind of Lemnos was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne
Atymnius
This son of Iphitus led 40 ships to Troy with his brother where he was killed by Hector
Ectenes
Athen granted this river the gift of forgetfulness so that he could forget about his lost beloved
Selemnus
Her wish was granted when she became a man so that she could marry the girl she loved
Ianthe
This kind of Hypoplacian Thebes was buried in full armor because of the respect Achilles had for him
Telephus
He was the only member of Epigone to die in their assault on Thebes
Sthenelus
This kind of Crete purified Apollo for the murder of the serpent Python
Tectamus
He won the ship race at the funeral games of Anchises
Cloanthus
This son of Poseidon was twice exposed and suckled by mares
Cyanippuss
This son of Oeneus was killed for jumping over a ditch
Meleager
This seer forsaw the murder of his two sons at the hands of Diomedes, but failed to dissuade them from fighting at Troy
Merops
This hero greeted a bee inhospitably thus was stung in the eyes and blinded
Catreus
This shepherd accidentally discovered how to make wine and shared his discovery with Oeneus
Staphyllus
The sister of Tenes would have been raped by Achilles when he sacked Tenedos, but the earth opened up and swallowed her whole. Who was this daughter of Cycnus
Idaea
