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
