Mythology 2023 Flashcards
Who is the god of medicine in the Greek pantheon?
Asclepius
What did Hera offer Paris in the Judgment of Paris?
to be a great king
Odysseus pretended _______ in order to avoid fighting in the Trojan War.
to be insane
In what book of the Odyssey does Odysseus go to the Underworld?
Book VI
What gift does Telemachus decline from the king of Sparta in the Odyssey?
horses
What bard tells the story of Ares, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus in the Odyssey?
Demodocus
Where did the stone that Kronus vomited land?
Delphi
Who is not a part of the second generation of Olympian gods?
Hephaestus
What creature did Apollo kill at Delphi?
python
______ killed Agamemnon for sacrificing ______.
Clytemnestra; Iphigenia
Talos is known as an automaton made out of _____.
bronze
What book of the Aeneid did Aeneas leave Carthage?
Book IV
Who struck Zeus with an ax to cure his headache?
Hephaestus
Uranus’ wife is _______.
Gaia
Who does Zeus swallow to avoid the birth of a new son?
Metis
. What Roman deity does Julius Caesar primary claim lineage from?
Venus
Who was not invited to the wedding of Achilles’ parents?
Discordia
. The Myrmidons come from ________.
ants
Which Muse is associated with history?
Clio
What were the followers of Bacchus called?
Maenads
In the Iliad, Achilles organized funeral games after _______ died.
Patroklos
Who sent the bull that was the Minotaur’s father?
Poseidon
Who designed the labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur?
Daedalus
Which god shares the same name in both the Greek and Roman pantheon?
Apollo
What city-state did Oedipus become king of?
Thebes
Who goes to the underworld for three months out of the year?
Persephone
