Mythology 2017 Flashcards
What springs forth from Adonis’ blood after he has been fatally wounded by a boar’s tusk?
An Anemone
Who was the mother of Asclepius?
Coronis
Who are the Giants children of?
Gaia
On what part of his body did the Titan Atlas support the pillars that separate the Earth and the Heavens?
Head
What animal did the goddess Artemis turn Actaeon into after he saw her naked?
Deer
Who was the mother of the Minotaur?
Pasiphae
What was the name of the goat who nursed Zeus in his infancy, whose horn became the first cornucopia?
Amalthea
Which of these was not one of the Hecatonchires?
Typhoeus
Zeus appeared to __________ in his true form as fire and lightning, unintentionally killing her.
Semele
Who killed the Chimera?
Bellerophon
Who guides Aeneas into the Underworld?
The Sibyl
In the Underworld, which Greek hero, having been killed by his wife, warns Odysseus against women?
Agamemnon
What is another name for Achilles’ son Neoptolemus?
Pyrrhus
____________abandoned Ariadne on Naxos.
Theseus
Euryclea, the nurse of Odysseus, recognized him by what?
A Scar
The Gorgons were the daughters of __________and Ceto.
Phorcys
Who was the nephew and assistant of Daedalus who was turned into a partridge?
Perdix
Who killed Procrustes “the stretcher”?
Theseus
Who was the wife of Cupid?
Psyche
Who was the mother of the Pegasus?
Medusa
Oceanus and ___________ bore the Oceanids
Tethys
Agamemnon, before departing for Troy, sacrifices his daughter _________.
Iphigenia
Who turns into a dog following the events of the Trojan War?
Hecuba
__________ is the name of the loyal servant whom Odysseus encounters on Ithaca.
Eumaeus
This Titan was the brother of Prometheus.
Epimetheus
What is another name for Aeneas’ son Ascanius?
Iulus
What does Sphinx mean?
Strangler
_____________was the leader of the Lapiths who defeated the Centaurs at his wedding to Deidamia.
Pirithous
What does the name Pentheus mean?
“Sorrow”
What is the name for the river of “Forgetfulness” in the underworld?
Lethe
Who is the cupbearer to the gods whose name means “youthful bloom”?
Hebe
Who was the Roman god of bridges, entrances, and archways?
Janus
_____________ was the Trojan spy killed by Odysseus.
Dolon
Hera turns Io into what animal?
A Cow
Who was not a child of Helios?
Phaethon, Pasiphae, Circe, Eurydice
Eurydice
