Mythology

Question 1

Upon which river of hate in the underworld would the gods swear their oaths?

Answer 1

Styx

Question 2

What Greek at Troy had endured a 10 year journey back home to Ithaca?

Answer 2

Odysseus

Question 3

What 3 headed dog is the guardian of the underworld?

Answer 3

Cerberus

Question 4

Who is the god of the underworld?

Answer 4

Pluto

Question 5

Who advised his son Icarus not to fly to close to the sun to preserve their wax wings?

Answer 5

Daedalus

Question 6

What sorceress helped Jason retrieve the golden fleece?

Answer 6

Medea

Question 7

What monster (part lion, part goat, part snake) did Bellerophon kill while riding Pegasus?

Answer 7

Chimera

Question 8

Who killed the Minotaur?

Answer 8

Theseus

Question 9

Who killed Medusa?

Answer 9

Perseus

Question 10

What inventor built the Labyrinth which housed the Minotaur?

Answer 10

Daedalus

Question 11

What Roman goddess is the wife of Pluto and queen of the underworld?

Answer 11

Proserpina

Question 12

What hero retrieved the golden fleece?

Answer 12

Jason

Question 13

The Nemean Lion and Lernean Hydra were both killed by what hero in his first 2 labors?

Answer 13

Hercules

Question 14

Who ferried souls across the river Styx in the underworld?

Answer 14

Charon

Question 15

What hero had to perform 12 labors to atone for the murder of his wife Megara?

Answer 15

Hercules

Question 16

What Ethiopian princess did Perseus rescue from a sea monster and marry?

Answer 16

Andromeda