Myth Myth Flashcards
What boy, a son of Clymene, drove Apollo’s chariot with disastrous results?
Phaethon
What king of Ithaca was tricked into fighting during the Trojan War?
Odysseus
With what deity were the leopard, ivy, grapes, and Maenads associated?
Dionysus/Bacchus
Zeus, worried at the destruction Phaethon caused, stopped him how?
With his lightning bolts
Into what river did Phaethon fall?
Eridanus
Who tricked Odysseus into revealing that he was not in fact crazy?
Palamedes
Whom did Palamedes put in danger to cause Odysseus to reveal himself?
Telemachus
What was the pine-cone topped staff which the Maenads carried called?
Thyrsus
What daughter of Minos became Dionysus’ wife?
Ariadne
What supreme Roman god had a temple on the Capitoline hill?
Jupiter
With what two goddesses did Jupiter Optimus Maximus share his temple on the
Capitoline, thus creating the Capitoline Triad?
Minerva and Juno
Juno had another temple on top of the Capitoline, in which the mint was located.
What was the full name of the goddess to whom this temple was dedicated?
Juno Moneta
Which river of the underworld was the river of forgetfulness?
Lethe
Which river of the underworld was the river of woe?
Acheron
Which river of the underworld was the river of fire
Phlegethon
What object’s retrieval was the purpose of the quest of the Argo?
The Golden Fleece
Who captained the Argo?
Jason
What goddess was the protectress of Jason because when she was disguised as an
old woman, he carried her across a river?
Hera
What hero traveled to the underworld to retrieve his wife who died from a snake bite?
Orpheus
Who was the wife of Orpheus?
Eurydice
What condition did Hades and Persephone place on the couple (Orpheus and Euridice) when they left the
underworld?
That Orpheus couldn’t look back at Eurydice
Who am I? I was disguised as a girl and hidden away in the court of the king of Scyrus. As
a baby I was made invulnerable. I became the most fearsome warrior at Troy and killed Hector.
Achillies
What was the name of the king at whose court was Achilles hidden as a young boy?
Lycomodes
Who killed Achilles with a well-placed arrow and Apollo’s help?
Paris
What man was punished in the underworld by being eternally hungry and thirsty?
Tantalus
Tantalus was punished for the murder of whom?
Pelops (his son)
For what ability of the gods was Tantalus testing when he served his son as a meal to
the gods?
Omniscience
Who, after he defeated the Solymi and Amazons, tried to fly Pegasus to Olympus?
Bellerophon
What mythical beast did Bellerophon kill while riding Pegasus?
Chimera
What Lycian king sent Bellerophon to kill the Chimera?
Iobates
What feat did the hero Heracles perform that saved both himself and his brother when he
was just an infant?
Strangle two snakes in his crib
Who sent the snakes to kill Heracles?
Hera
Heracles was revealed as the immortal son of Zeus by his lack of fear. His brother
screamed at the appearance of the snakes, proving he was the mortal son of whom?
Amphitryon
What monster was part snake, had wings and bronze claws, and could turn men to stone?
Gorgons (or Medusa)
Who killed Medusa?
Perseus
Medusa was not always a hideous monster, but a maiden changed by the wrath of
what goddess?
Athena
What king left a pair of sandals and a sword under a rock for his son to find?
Aegeus
Who was the son who found the sandals and sword Aegeus left under a rock?
Theseus
Of what city was Aegeus king?
Athens
What boy did not obey his father’s instructions and flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
Who was Icarus’ father?
Daedalus
From what island were Daedalus and Icarus escaping?
Crete
What monstrous bird women promised sailors what they most wanted to hear in their
songs?
Sirens
Who had changed the Sirens into monsters?
Muses
What hero sailed past the sirens successfully?
Odysseus
What Titan, although he was warned not to accept gifts, took Pandora as his wife?
Epimetheus
Who was the brother who warned Epimetheus?
Prometheus
Prometheus himself was a gift giver. What gift did he steal from the gods and give
to men so that they could cook their food and stay warm?
Fire
What monster, with razor sharp claws, was killed by Heracles as his first labor?
Nemean Lion
What monster did Heracles capture by chasing it into the snow?
Erymanthian Boar
What creatures did Heracles capture with bronze nets given to him by Athena?
Stymphalian Birds
What man was predicted by the seer of Thebes to kill his father and marry his mother?
Oedipus
Name the father and the mother whom Oedipus killed and married.
Laius and Jocasta/Epicasta
Who was the seer who made this prediction (Oedipus)?
Teiresias
What type of tree did Phaethon’s sisters (Heliadies) turn into?
Poplar
What king sent Bellerophon to Iobates?
Proitis
