Mythology

Question 1

What were the names of the Fates?

Answer 1

Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis

Question 2

Who was Circe?

Answer 2

The witch in the Odyssey, known for changing every man who approached her into a beast. Fell in Love with Odysseus.

Question 3

What were the three branches of Yggdrasil?

Answer 3

The Urda, Verdani, and the Skuld

Question 4

Name the different types of Nymphs.

Answer 4

Dryads, Nymphs of trees, and Oreads, nymphs of the mountains.

Question 5

Who were the Valkyries?

Answer 5

The servers of the high table of Asgard. Maidens.

Question 6

Who was Theseus’ mother?

Answer 6

Aethra

Question 7

Who was Aesculapius?

Answer 7

Apollo’s son, snatched from the dead Coronis who was killed by Apollo

Question 8

What king did Hercules offend?

Answer 8

King Admetus

Question 9

Who was Theseus’ father?

Answer 9

King Aegeus

Question 10

Who was Aglaia?

Answer 10

One of the Graces, Hephaestus’ wife

Question 11

What was Hestia the goddess of, and what was her Latin name?

Answer 11

The hearth, and Vesta

Question 12

What was the name of the goddess of the rainbow?

Answer 12

Iris

Question 13

Who was Hebe?

Answer 13

The goddess of youth

Question 14

Who were the Graces?

Answer 14

Aglaia (Splendor) Euphrosyne (Mirth) Thalia (Good Cheer)

Question 15

Who were the Muses?

Answer 15

They were nine in number, and they were daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory)

Question 16

Name the Sea gods

Answer 16

Pontus, The Deep Sea, son of mother earth,
Ocean, A Titan, Lord of the river earth,
Nereus, Son of Pontus, Old man of the Sea, 50 daughters, Nereids,
Triton, Son of Poseidon, the great trumpeter
Proteus, Son of Poseidon, power to change shape, foretell future
The Naiads, Water Nymphs

Question 17

Who was the goddess of the harvest, and what was her Latin name?

Answer 17

Demeter, Ceres

Question 18

Who was Dionysus, and what was his Latin name?

Answer 18

God of the vine, Bacchus

Question 19

Who was Hermes’ son, the shepherd god, lover of the wood nymphs?

Answer 19

Pan

Question 20

Who was King Aeetes?

Answer 20

The holder of the Golden Fleece who was killed by his daughters after they were tricked by Medea

Question 21

Who was King Aegeus?

Answer 21

Theseus’ father

Question 22

What was the name of Odysseus’ son? His wife?

Answer 22

Telemachus, Penelope

Question 23

What is the name of the prophet who is plagues by the Harpies?

Answer 23

Phineus

Question 24

Who was the man who fed his son to the gods, and what was his son’s name?

Answer 24

Tantalus, his son was Pelops

Question 25

Describe the myth of Cephalus and Procris.

Answer 25

Cephalus was the object of desire for a goddess, the goddess of the Dawn. She inspired in him, because he did not want her, the belief that his wife was un-loyal, prompting him to assume the disguise of another man and attempt to seduce her as someone else. Drama drama drama, Cephalus kills his wife, Procris, with a javelin.

Question 26

What constellation is Callisto?

Answer 26

The great bear, put in the sky by Zeus before her son could kill her, as per Hera’s wishes

Question 27

Why was Antigone killed?

Answer 27

She defied the ruling of Creon by burying her brother.

Question 28

Who was Pygmalion

Answer 28

The guy who carved his girlfriend out of ivory.