Mythology 2024

Question 1

Who from the options below is a child of Zeus and Hera?
Ares, Aphrodite, Hades, Diana

Answer 1

Ares

Question 2

Electra is the sister of

Answer 2

Iphigenia and Orestes

Question 3

Which of the following DOES Odysseus encounter?
Typhon, Scylla, Lernaean Hydra, Medusa

Answer 3

Scylla

Question 4

Which god or goddess invented the Lyre?

Answer 4

Hermes

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the Seven Against Thebes?
Polynices, Nestor, Hippomedon, Tydeus

Answer 5

Nestor

Question 6

Which is the name of the king who commands Heracles to do his Twelve Labors?

Answer 6

Eurystheus

Question 7

condemned in Tartarus to spin on a wheel

Answer 7

Ixion

Question 8

This pair was the basis for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Answer 8

Pyramus / Thisbe

Question 9

What was the answer to the riddle given by the Sphinx to Oedipus?

Answer 9

Man

Question 10

Which god or goddess has the epithet psychopompos?

Answer 10

Hermes

Question 11

Which of the following is associated with Demeter?

Answer 11

Cornucopia

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of Gaia’s consorts?
Typhon, Tartarus, Pontus, Uranus

Answer 12

Typhon

Question 13

Of the following, which Centaur is known for his skills in medicine?

Answer 13

Chiron

Question 14

When a god or goddess is described as Chthonic, it means that:

Answer 14

They are associated with the underworld

Question 15

Queen Niobe of Lydia had how many children?

Answer 15

Seven boys and seven girls

Question 16

Who killed Agamemnon?

Answer 16

Clytemnestra

Question 17

Hephaestus is marries to which goddess?

Answer 17

Aphrodite

Question 18

How many pomegranate seeds did Persephone eat?

Answer 18

Six

Question 19

Who of the following is not an Argonaut?
Heracles, Perseus, Orpheus, Peleus

Answer 19

Perseus

Question 20

On which island did Theseus abandon Ariadne?

Answer 20

Naxos

Question 21

The three judges of the underworld are:

Answer 21

Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus

Question 22

Which trio are the attendants of Aphrodite?

Answer 22

The Graces

Question 23

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Hyacinthus, Narcissus, and Adonis are all changed into ___________

Answer 23

Flowers

Question 24

Which god or goddess fought with Athena for control over Athens?

Answer 24

Poseidon

Question 25

Cupid falls in love with

Answer 25

Psyche

Question 26

The mother of Hermes is __________

Answer 26

Maia

Question 27

Who of the following do NOT journey into the underworld?
Perseus, Heracles, Odysseus, Orpheus

Answer 27

Perseus

Question 28

Why was Andromeda chained to a rock?

Answer 28

Her mother claimed that she was more beautiful than the Nereids

Question 29

Who of the following is the primordial goddess of night?

Answer 29

Nyx

Question 30

Who of the following was NOT a consort of Zeus?
Rhea, Hera, Thetis, Leto

Answer 30

Rhea

Question 31

_______ refused to worship Dionysus in the Bacchae

Answer 31

Pentheus

Question 32

Tiresias is notable as a seer because he was:

Answer 32

blind

Question 33

Orestes is harassed by the furies for what reason?

Answer 33

He killed his mother

Question 34

The Trojan Horse was built by which person?

Answer 34

Epeus

Question 35

Which duo built the walls of Troy?

Answer 35

Apollo, Poseidon

Question 36

Which event is never actually depicted in the Iliad?

Answer 36

The fall of Troy

Question 37

Helen was married to _________

Answer 37

Menelaus

Question 38

Which hero slayed the Chimera?

Answer 38

Bellerophon

Question 39

How many Athenians were sacrificed to the Minotaur each year?

Answer 39

14

Question 40

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, why does Venus bring Pygmalion’s statue to life?

Answer 40

Because he fell in love with the statue

Question 41

Why did Hercules perform his Twelve Labors?

Answer 41

He needed to atone for killing his wife and child