Mythology 2016 Flashcards
Which great dragon did Zeus fight during the Gigantomachy?
Typhoeus
Which hero committed suicide after losing in the contest for Achilles’ armor?
Ajax
Athena competed with (and ultimately defeated) __________ for the patronage of Athens.
Poseidon
What was the name of Aeneas’ wife, whom he left behind at Troy?
Creusa
Which goddess set the Trojan War in motion because she was not invited to Peleus’ wedding?
Eris
Whom did Odysseus try and fail to embrace in the underworld?
Anticlea
Saturn is the Roman equivalent of which Titan?
Cronus
Which of the following in not included in Hesiod’s Ages of Man?
Age of Giants
Which Greek king demanded that 14 Athenian children be sent annually to Crete?
Minos
Aeneas and his men are tormented by which goddess in the Aeneid?
Juno
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, __________ and his wife Pyrrha survive the flood that ends the Bronze Age.
Deucalion
__________ was unintentionally killed by his son, Telegonus, who did not recognize his father.
Odysseus
Andromeda was saved from the sea-monster by which hero, whom she later married?
Perseus
Odysseus was able to resist the __________, who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet voices.
Sirens
The Titans were the children of which primordial goddess?
Gaia
In the Iliad, Andromache is married to __________, and their son is Astyanax
Hector
Mnemosyne was the mother of which group of goddesses?
the Muses
Which of the following was Dionysus’ cousin and was killed by Agave, his own mother?
Pentheus
Whom did Medea kill in order to take vengeance upon Jason?
Creusa, Creon, Her own children
Aeneas and Turnus compete for the hand of which princess in the Aeneid?
Lavinia
Who wielded Heracles’ bow at Troy and killed Paris?
Philoctetes
Which dragon guarded the Apples of the Hesperides and was killed by Heracles?
Ladon
Which heroes travelled to the underworld while still alive?
Odysseus and Aeneas
To which goddess does Paris offer the Apple of Discord?
Aphrodite
Who creates an intricate shield for Achilles in the Iliad?
Hephaestus
Clytemnestra was the sister of __________.
Helen
Who burst fully clothed in armor from Zeus’ head?
Athena
