Mythology

Question 0

Which two animals were sacred to Juno?

Answer 0

The peacock and the cow

Question 1

What symbol of Mercury was a winged staff encircled by two snakes?

Answer 1

Caduceus

Question 2

Which animal did Bellerophon tame with Athena’s help?

Answer 2

Pegasus

Question 3

What king sent Bellerophon on a series of deadly missions so that he would not have to kill him personally?

Answer 3

King Iobates

Question 4

What princess was given to Bellerophon as his wife by a king who wished to make amends?

Answer 4

Philonoe

Question 5

Which hero slew the chimaera?

Answer 5

Bellerophon

Question 6

Who founded Thebes?

Answer 6

Cadmus

Question 7

The wife of Cadmus, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite

Answer 7

Harmonia

Question 8

The mother of Minos, kidnapped by Zeus and brought to Crete

Answer 8

Europa

Question 9

The serpent killed by Cadmus’ men was sacred to which god(ess)?

Answer 9

Ares/Mars

Question 10

Agamemnon attempted to sacrifice this daughter in order to appease Artemis/Diana

Answer 10

Iphigenia

Question 11

Who slew the Nemean lion?

Answer 11

Hercules

Question 12

Who slew the Lernean hydra?

Answer 12

Hercules

Question 13

Which king gave Hercules his twelve labors?

Answer 13

King Eurystheus of Argos

Question 14

The wife of Hercules and daughter of King Creon of Thebes

Answer 14

Megara

Question 15

Who aided Hercules in slaying the Lernean Hydra by burning the stumps of severed heads?

Answer 15

Iolaus

Question 16

Who captured the Erymanthian Boar?

Answer 16

Hercules

Question 17

The Queen of the Amazons, Hercules stole her belt

Answer 17

Hippolyta

Question 18

A three-bodied monster Hercules must defeat in order to capture his red cattle

Answer 18

Geryon

Question 19

Which two labors of Hercules are discounted because he had help, resulting in an additional two labors?

Answer 19

Slaying the Hydra, cleaning the Augean stables

Question 20

Which two labors of Hercules are added by the deceitful King after he has completed the alloyed ten?

Answer 20

Steal an apple from the Garden of the Hesperides, capture Cerberus

Question 21

What island do the Argonauts land on that is populated only by women? (They have all killed their husbands)

Answer 21

Lemnos

Question 22

In what kingdom was the Golden Fleece located before Jason retrieved it?

Answer 22

Colchis

Question 23

North Wind

Answer 23

Boreas

Question 24

West Wind

Answer 24

Zephrus

Question 25

East Wind

Answer 25

Eurus

Question 26

Which couple depended on the man swimming to date?

Answer 26

Hero and Leander

Question 27

Amazon queen who fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Achilles

Answer 27

Penthesileia

Question 28

Female warrior, ally of Turnus

Answer 28

Camilla

Question 29

What was Tithonus changed into?

Answer 29

Grasshopper

Question 30

Who was put in the chair of forgetfulness for having abducted Persephone?

Answer 30

Theseus

Question 31

Who helped Theseus abduct Persephone?

Answer 31

Pirithous

Question 32

Who rescued Theseus from the Chair of Forgetfulness?

Answer 32

Hercules

Question 33

Who was the daughter of Perseus and Andromeda?

Answer 33

Gorgophone

Question 34

Who did Neptune turn into a swan?

Answer 34

Cycnus

Question 35

What monster liked to stretch people out on his bed?

Answer 35

Procrustes

Question 36

Which wife of Hercules did he kill in a fit of insanity?

Answer 36

Megaera

Question 37

Who killed Sarpedon?

Answer 37

Patroclus

Question 38

Which love of Apollo did he whisk away to Libya?

Answer 38

Cyrene

Question 39

Who was the son of Apollo and Cyrene?

Answer 39

Aristheus

Question 40

Which couples were told to throw the bones of their mother over their shoulder?

Answer 40

Deucalion and Pyrrha