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Who was the mightiest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War?

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Achilles

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Who slew Hector and dragged his body behind his chariot?

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Achilles

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Who was the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis?

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Achilles

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Whose son was Neoptomlemus/Pyrrhus?

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Achilles

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Who is the hero of Vergil’s epic poem the “Aeneid”?

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Aeneas

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Whose father was Anchises, and son was Iulus/Ascanius?

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Aeneas

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Who was the son of Jupiter and Latona?

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Apollo (Phoebus)

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Who killed the Pytho?

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Apollo (Phoebus)

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Who had a twin sister Diana, goddess of the moon?

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Apollo (Phoebus)

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Who is god of the sun, music, prophecy, and sickness?

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Apollo (Phoebus)

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Whose mother was Leto/Latona and sister was Artemis/Diana?

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Apollo (Phoebus)

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What band of heroes included figures such as Hercules, Theseus, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux?

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Argonauts

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What is the name of the band of heroes who sailed with Jason in a ship named Argo?

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Argonauts

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Who brought the Golden Fleece back to Thessaly with the aid of Medea?

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Jason

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Whose name is mistakenly given to a collection of maps in a volume?

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Atlas

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Who was condemned to support the sky on his shoulders?

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Atlas

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Who was the “rosy-fingered” goddess of the dawn?

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Aurora (Eos)

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Which goddess’s name is preserved in the phrase “aurora borealis”?

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Aurora (Eos)

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Who was the goddess of vegetation and agriculture?

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Ceres (Demeter)

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Who was the mother of Persephone/ Proserpina?

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Ceres (Demeter)

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Which goddess was the sister of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto and Vesta?

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Ceres (Demeter)

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Who wandered over the earth in search of Prosperpina/Persephone who had been abducted by Pluto?

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Ceres (Demeter)

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What is Persephone’s name in Latin

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Prosperpina

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What is Demeter’s name in Latin

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Ceres

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What is Eos’s name in Latin

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Aurora

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What is Eros’s name in Latin

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Cupid (Amor)

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27
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What is Heracles/Alcides’s name in Latin

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Hercules

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28
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What is Zeus’s name in Latin

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Jupiter (Jove)

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29
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What is Ares’s name in Latin

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Mars

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What is Hermes’s name in Latin

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Mercury

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What is Athena’s name in Latin

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Minerva

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What is Poseidon’s name in Latin

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Neptune

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33
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What is Hephaestus’s name in Latin

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Vulcan

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34
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What is Hestia’s name in Latin

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Vesta

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What is Aphrodite’s name in Latin

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Venus

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36
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What is Odysseus’s name in Latin

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Ulysses

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37
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What is Hades’s name in Latin

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Pluto (Dis)

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38
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What is Pan’s name in Latin

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Faunus

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39
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Which god was the son of Venus?

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Cupid (Amor, Eros)

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Which god is represented in art as winged and equipped with bow and arrows?

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Cupid (Amor, Eros)

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Who is the god of love?

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Cupid (Amor, Eros)

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42
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Who is the goddess of love?

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Venus/Aphrodite

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Who was the mightiest warrior in the Trojan army?

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Hector

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Who was the most famous hero of classical antiquity?

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Hercules (Heracles, Alcides)

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45
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Who performed twelve labors?

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Hercules (Heracles, Alcides)

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Who was the Greek maiden loved by Zeus but turned into a bull by him to avoid Hera’s anger?

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Io

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47
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Who was the deity to whom the first month of the year was sacred?

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Janus

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48
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Which god’s name is preserved in the English word “janitor”?

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Janus

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49
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Who was the king of the gods?

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Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)

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50
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Who was the husband of Juno?

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Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)

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51
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Who had a monopoly on thunderbolts?

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Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)

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52
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Who was the son of Jupiter and Juno?

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Mars (Ares)

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53
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Who was the god of war?

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Mars (Ares)

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54
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Which god’s name was given to the planet with the blood-colored light?

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Mars (Ares)

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Who was the fabled father of Romulus and Remus?

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Mars (Ares)

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Which god’s name is preserved in the words “March” and “martial”?

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Mars (Ares)

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57
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Who was the son of Jupiter and Maia?

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Mercury (Hermes)

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58
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Which god guided souls of the deceased to the underworld?

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Mercury (Hermes)

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Who was the swift messenger of the gods with wings on his hat and sandals?

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Mercury (Hermes)

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In whose honor was the Parthenon in Athens built ?

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Minerva (Athena, Pallas)

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Who was the virgin goddess of wisdom and handicrafts?

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Minerva (Athena, Pallas)

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To whom was the owl sacred?

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Minerva (Athena, Pallas)

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63
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Who was the patron goddess of Athens?

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Minerva (Athena, Pallas)

64
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Who were the nine daughters of Jupiter?

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Muses

65
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Who was the son of Cronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Pluto (Hades)?

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Neptune (Poseidon)

66
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Whose chief attribute was a trident?

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Neptune (Poseidon)

67
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Who was the god of horses, sea and all waters?

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Neptune (Poseidon)

68
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Who was the proud mother of seven sons and seven daughters?

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Niobe

69
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Who boasted of her superiority to Leto/Latona who had only two children (Apollo and Diana)?

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Niobe

70
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Who was married to Eurydice but lost her by death on their wedding day?

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Orpheus

71
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Who was the most famous musician of classical mythology?

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Orpheus

72
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To whom did Pluto grant permission to take his wife back to the world of the living but on one condition?

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Orpheus

73
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Who was the god of flocks, pastures, woodlands, and wildlife?

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Pan (Faunus)

74
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Who was the half man half goat god?

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Pan (Faunus)

75
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Who was the winged horse which had Bellerophon as his rider?

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Pegasus

76
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Who was the horse tamed by Minerva and presented to the Muses?

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Pegasus

77
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Who helped Bellerophon to slay the Lycian monster, Chimaera?

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Pegasus

78
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Who was the god of the underworld?

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Pluto (Dis, Hades)

79
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Who kidnapped Prosperpina/Persephone and made her queen of the Lower World?

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Pluto (Dis, Hades)

80
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Whose kingdom is guarded by the three headed dog Cerberus?

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Pluto (Dis, Hades)

81
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Which Titan was the creator and benefactor of humanity?

A

Prometheus

82
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Who stole fire from heaven and gave it to mankind?

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Prometheus

83
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Who was the ancient Italian deity of seeds and sowing crops?

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Saturn

84
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Who reigned during the Golden Age?

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Saturn

85
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In whose honor was the feast of the Saturnalia, which was held every year in the winter season?

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Saturn

86
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Whose name is preserved in the English word “Saturday”?

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Saturn

87
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Who was the craftiest among the Greeks in the Trojan War?

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Ulysses (Odysseus)

88
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Whose faithful wife Penelope waited twenty years for his return?

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Ulysses (Odysseus)

89
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Who is the hero of Homer’s epic poem “Odyssey”?

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Ulysses (Odysseus)

90
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Who was the goddess of love and beauty?

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Venus (Aphrodite)

91
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Which goddess’s name was given to the brightest planet in our solar system?

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Venus (Aphrodite)

92
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Who was the mother of the Trojan hero Aeneas by a human husband Anchises?

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Venus (Aphrodite)

93
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Who was the goddess of the hearth, public and private? (what is a hearth?)

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Vesta (Hestia)

94
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Who was the sister of Jupiter, Juno, Naptune, Pluto and Ceres?

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Vesta (Hestia)

95
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Who was the god of fire?

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

96
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Who was the lame son of Jupiter and Juno? (lame meaning, crippled in a limb)

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

97
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Who made the chariot of the Sun among other wonders on Mount Olympus?

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

98
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Who made the famous shield of Achilles and special armor for Aeneas at the request of Venus?

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

99
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What is the Greek name of the god whose Roman name is preserved in the English words ‘vulcanize” and “volcano”?

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Vulcan (Hephaestus)

100
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Aeneas met him in the Underworld, where Aeneas learned about his family’s future.

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Anchises

101
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Who is the father of Zeus?

A

Kronos

102
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Who is the mother of Kronos?

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Gaea

103
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What was the age called when Kronos ruled?

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The Golden Age

104
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‘What titan gave man fire?

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Prometheus

105
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Who is the mother of Uranus?

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Gaea

106
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‘What titian keeps the sky from meeting the Earth?

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Atlas

107
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Who is the Titian goddess of modesty and kindness and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe?

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Leto

108
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Who was the River Styx named after and is this titan a male or female?

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The titan goddess Styx

109
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One of the best Greek heroes of the Trojan War, the only vulnerable part of him was his heel.

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Achilles

110
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The hero who was forced to complete 12 labors.

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Hercules

111
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The hero who succeeded in killing the Minotaur.

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(Theseus)

112
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The hero who killed Medusa.

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(Perseus)

113
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The hero who sailed upon the Argo with the Argonauts in order to obtain the golden fleece.

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(Jason)

114
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The hero who almost managed to bring back his wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld, but failed when he looked back to see if she was following him.

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(Orpheus)

115
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The hero who stabbed the cyclops Polyphemus in the eye.

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(Odysseus)

116
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The Trojan prince who took Helen from Menelaus.

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(Paris)

117
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Which god was the father of Hercules?

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(Zeus)

118
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Which hero, as an infant, managed to strangle two snakes sent by Hera to kill him?

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(Hercules)

119
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Hero of the Trojan War and is said to have founded Rome.

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(Aeneas)

120
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Wife of Perseus who was placed among the constellations after her death.

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(Andromeda)

121
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Son of Zeus (in the form of a golden shower) and Danae.

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(Perseus)

122
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Hero whose mother dipped him into the River Styx in order to make him indestructible (except for one crucial spot on his body).

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(Achilles)

123
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Hero who accidentally killed his grandfather, unintentionally completing a prophecy.

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(Perseus)

124
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The hero who abandoned Ariadne after she helped him navigate the labyrinth.

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(Theseus)

125
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Journeyed nearly ten years to get back to his home and wife in Ithaca.

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(Odysseus)

126
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The man who accidentally killed his father and slept with this mother.

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(Oedipus)

127
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What did Perseus use so that he only saw Medusa’s reflection and therefore was able to kill her?

A

(his shield)

128
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Known as the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.

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(Hector)

129
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Known as “the first true hero of Rome”.

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(Aeneas)

130
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Hero who was the son of Aphrodite and the prince Anchises.

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(Aeneas)

131
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Which goddess gave Perseus a shield to use when he slew Medusa?

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(Athena)

132
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Who killed the Nemean Lion?

A

(Hercules)

133
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Which hero got Pegasus?

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(Bellerophon)

134
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Who gave flying shoes to Perseus?

A

(Hermes)

135
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Who is the father of Perseus?

A

(Zeus)

136
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Who is the god of the Underworld?

A

Hades/Pluto

137
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Which Olympian goddess resides over the family hearth?

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Hestia/Vesta

138
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Which goddess was Ares known to have an affair with?

A

Aphrodite/Venus

139
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How did Hephaestus become crippled?

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thrown from Olympus by Hera at birth because he was ugly.

140
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What animal did Poseidon create?

A

Horse

141
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Which god was the father of Perseus?

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Zeus/Jupiter

142
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Who is the goddess of the rainbow?

A

Iris

143
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Which god stole Persephone?

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Hades/Pluto

144
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What was Atlas’ punishment for eternity?

A

To hold the heavens on his shoulders.

145
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Which goddess turned Arachne into a spider?

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Athena/Minerva

146
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What Underworld River did the gods swear oaths on?

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The River Styx

147
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How was Athena born?

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From Zeus’ head in full battle armor

148
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Who is Aphrodite’s son, also known as the god of love?

A

Eros/Cupid

149
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Who were the three goddesses that Paris had to pick from as “The Fairest”?

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Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite

150
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Which Greek hero became a god?

A

Hercules

151
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Which goddess was Persephone’s mother?

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Demeter/Ceres

152
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Which goddess was the mother of Aeneas?

A

Venus

153
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Who was the goddess that Arachne challenged to a weaving contest?

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Athena

154
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Where was Kronos sent after being overthrown by the Olympians?

A

Tartarus

155
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Which goddess was best known for her jealousy?

A

Hera/Juno

156
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Which Greek hero did Athena favor?

A

Odysseus

157
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Which Titan was punished for giving humans fire?

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Prometheus

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