Mythology Cards Part II Flashcards
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Antiope?
satyr
Who was the son of Agave and Echion
Pentheus
Who gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy
Apollo
With what priestess of Athena did Heracles visit in Tegea
Auge
What Thracian king was visited by Heracles for his 8th labor
Diomedes (not Trojan War guy)
Who was changed into a white cow by jealous Hera
Io
What moon-goddess was also a deity of crossroads
Hecate
Where was Iobates king
Lycia
What role did Tiphys play aboard the Argo
helmsman (he steered the ship)
Who was the father of Argus, builder of the Argo
Arestor
What god had the epithet Psychopompus
Hermes
Who was the brother of Tithonus
Priam
Who is turned into dolphins?
pirates who abducted Dionysus
What titaness ordered Deucalion and Pyrrah to toss the bones of their great mother behind their backs?
Themis
With whom did Salmacis fall in love
Hermaphroditus
Which Argonauts are the winged sons of Boreas; save Phineus from Harpies?
Zetes & Calais
What was the relationship of Asterie to Leto
sisters
Who disguised Odysseus as a beggar
Athena
What possession of Rhesus became a prize of Odysseus and Diomedes
white horses
What blind prophet was encountered was tormented by the Harpies?
Phineus
Who was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite
Hermaphroditus
What river god was wrestled by Heracles to win the hand of Deianira
Achelous
Where was Artemis bathing when Actaeon stumbled upon her
Gargaphie
What is another name for Tartarus
Erebus
Who founds Mallus in Cilicia?
Mopsus and Amphilochus
What woman did Odysseus meet in the underworld
Anticlea (his mother)
Who was the son of Pelias
Acastus
Who settled the dispute of Aphrodite and Persephone over Adonis
Zeus
According to Apollonius of Rhodes, who purified Jason and Medea for murdering Apsyrtus?
Circe
How did Psyche get wool from dangerous sheep
caught on trees
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Nestor; reports to Achilles the death of Patroclus?
Antilochus
What daughter of Creon was a wife of Heracles
Megara
Who was the leader of the Greek forces at Troy
Agamemnon
Who was Fury who incites Amata and Turnus against Aeneas, causes Ascanius to kill royal stag?
Allecto
Where does the Sibyl live
Cumae
Whose gaze created the Atlas Mountains
Medusa
What Heraclid learned that the ‘third fruit’ meant the third generation
Temenus
Whom did Jupiter and Juno consult to find out whether women or men had more fun
Tiresias
Who were collectively known as the Dioscuri?
Castor and Pollux (sons of Zeus = deus)
Who was the wife of Admetus
Alcestis
What epithet of Apollo refers to his slaying a snake
Pythian
Who was the child of Cinyras and Myrrha
Adonis
What was the skill of Trophonius and Agamedes
building
What was the relationship of Geryon to the Chimaera
uncle
Of what was Eos the goddess
dawn
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Europa?
white bull
Which book of the Odyssey is sometimes called the Nekuia, or Book of the Dead
Book 11
Who struck down the seven sons of Niobe
Apollo
What bride of Pirithous did Centaurs try to abduct at her wedding
Hippodamia
What was a traveling hat called
petasus
Into what type of creatures were Cadmus and Harmonia transformed
serpents
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the Odysseus’ herald, whom he spares?
Medon
What one term describes the Muses, Nereids and Oceanids
nymphs
Who killed Neleus and all but one of his sons
Heracles
What Bithynian tribe compelled strangers, like the Argonauts, to box their king?
Bebryces
Who wrote the Oresteia
Aeschylus
Of what tribe was Pirithous the chieftain
Lapiths
Who served his son to the Gods for dinner
Tantalus
What son of Zeus is killed by Patroclus
Sarpedon
Who was the wife of Lycus
Dirce
Whom did Jason marry after divorcing Medea?
Glauce
Who is turned into snakes?
Cadmus and Harmonia
What island did Talus guard?
Crete
How many sons did Aegyptus have
fifty
Why did Zeus swallow Metis
2nd child would be king of gods
What stone was the legendary belly-button of the world
omphalos
What Thracian king seduced his wife’s sister and was turned into a hoopoe?
Tereus
Who was the father of Acrisius and Proetus
Abas
Name the members of the Pleiades.
Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Sterope, Taygete
What was the relationship of Eidothea to Nereus
daughter
Who was the mother of Andromeda
Cassiopeia
What brothers were associated with St. Elmo’s fire
Dioscuri
Who was the father of Trophonius and Agamedes
Erginus
What Greek was left behind with the Trojan Horse to explain its purpose
Sinon
What two rivers did Heracles divert to clean the Augean stables
Alpheus and Peneus
Who was the mother of Asclepius
Coronis
What mortal king was called ‘Lord of Men’ at Troy
Agamemnon
Who does Pindar say were the parents of Centaurus
Cronus and Philyra
Who are the parents of Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus)?
Achilles and Deidamia
What sign, interpreted by Calachas meant that the Torjan war would last nine years?
a water snake devouring nine sparrows
On what mountain did the mares who mothered Centaurs roam
Mt. Pelion
Who was wife of Latinus, favors Turnus, commits suicide?
Amata
Which character in the Trojan War comes from Locris; attacked Cassandra during sack of Troy; killed at sea?
Ajax the Lesser (son of Oileus)
What body of water was called the Euxine, or Pontus Euxinus?
Black Sea
To where did Heracles journey for his 12th labor
underworld
Who resisted the advances of Zeus out of respect for Hera?
Medea
Who told Odysseus that he would find arrogant suitors in Ithaca and would kill them
Tiresias
Who was the son of Penelope and Odysseus
Telemachus
What did Meleager do to the uncles he offended by awarding Atalanta
killed them in quarrell
What was the island kingdom of Odysseus
Ithaca
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the father of Antinous, led Ithacans against Odysseus, killed by Laertes?
Eupeithes
Whose ghost appears to the Greeks after Troy’s fall to demand sacrifice
Achilles
Who brought tears to the eyes of the Eumenides
Orpheus
Who was the father of Ganymede
Tros
Into what sea goddess was Ino, daughter of Cadmus, transformed
Leucothea
Why did Agamemnon want Anius’ daughters for the Trojan War
supply the troops
What southern region of the Greek mainland was named after the son of Tantalus
Peloponnese
Which of the sons of Antiope and Zeus was a musician
Amphion
To whom did Priam send his son Polydorus for safe refuge during the war
Polymestor
In what area of the underworld did blessed souls dwell
Elysium (Elysian Fields)
What son of Ge and Poseidon was not able to be beaten so long as he kept contect with the earth?
Antaeus
With what river god does Achilles fight at Troy
Scamander
Who the best friend of Pylades
Orestes
Who was the only Greek king to travel safely by sea back to his kingdom
Nestor
What goddess appeared in a vision convincing Telethusa to keep Iphis
Isis
What Trojan woman was given to Neoptolemus as the spoils of war
Andromache
What does Eumenides mean
kindly ones
Who were the nymphs of ash trees
Meliae
What giant wooed the daughter of Oenopion
Orion
What happy beings lived perfect lives in the North
Hyperboreans
What avengers of murder were depicted carrying torches and scourges
Furies
What island’s people threw a chariot in the sea every October
Rhodes
Who founds Patavium?
Antenor
How many gates did ancient Thebes have
seven
What unattractive figure was attacked by Odysseus during a council
Thersites
Who carried Psyche to the mountaintop
Zephyr(us)
Which of Oedipus’ children refused to relinguish their rule of the kingdom, causing a war?
Eteocles
What winged horse was the child of Poseidon and Medusa
Pegasus
What father of Achilles was among the Argonauts
Peleus
Who alone had the right to light the pyre of Heracles
Poeas
How many Spartoi were there
five
Who fell in love with Attis after he had grown up
Cybele
Who are the parents of Odysseus?
Laertes and Anticleia
Who was the “blind bard of Chios”
Homer
Who was the father of Harmonia
Ares
To what island did Danae and Perseus float in a chest
Seriphos
What giant and brigand did Heracles kill at the Isthmus of Corinth
Alcyoneus
Who was pursuing Daphne when she became a laurel
Apollo
What goddess is assaulted by Orion
Artemis
Who concludes his dialogue, The Republic, with the myth of Er
Plato
Who is turned into a(n) swan?
Cycnus, mourning for Phaethon
What king of Pylos refused to purify Heracles after the murder of Iphitus
Neleus
Who auctioned Heracles as a slave to a queen of the Lydians
Hermes
Who was the treacherous charioteer of Oenomaus
Myrtilus
Who got the better of Diomedes and Glaucus’ exchange of armor
Diomedes
With wine from what priest did Odysseus get Polyphemus drunk
Maron
Who received Andromache as his share of the spoils
Neoptolemus
What type of trees supplied the laurels for Olympic victors
olive
Who was the father of Persephone
Zeus
Which of Proetus daughters died during Melampus’ healing
Iphinoe
Who used the bow and arrows of Heracles to kill Paris
Philoctetes
What was the condition for Admetus to live
one to die in his place
Who killed Priam at an altar
Neoptolemus
Who was turned into a female dog in the aftermath of the Trojan War
Hecuba
With which deity was Argos most closely associated
Hera
Of what tribe was Ixion king
Lapiths
Who was the first mortal to shed kindred blood
Ixion
Who yoked themselves to a chariot to carry their mother
Cleobis and Biton
Who is turned into a(n) weeping rock?
Niobe, who boasted that she was a greater mother than Leto
What does ‘Prokrustes’ mean?
the stretcher
Sent by his father Nestor, what prince of Pylos went with Telemachus to Sparta?
Pisistraus
Who was the father of Aeneas
Anchises
What terms refers to the descendants of Heracles
Heraclidae/Heraclids
Into what type of creature was Arachne transformed
spider
Who founds Pallantium?
Evander
Who wrote Odes to glorious athletic victors
Pindar
Where did the expedition of the Argonauts finally end?
Iolcus
What did Odysseus’ men believe was in the bag of Aeolus
gold/treasure
Who wrote the trilogy called the Oresteia
Aeschylus
Which of Anius’ daughters had a name meaning “Seed Girl”
Spermo
Which character in the Trojan War is the prince who abducted Helen; son of Priam and Hecuba?
Paris
What daughter of Aeolus married Ceyx, with whom she was later transformed into a kingfisher
Alcyone
Who led the Ethiopian contingent to Troy
Memnon
What argonaut could run so fast he could run on water?
Euphemus
What did Hermes accomplish the evening after his birth
stole Apollo’s cattle
Who wrote the Theogony
Hesiod
Who was the father of Peleus
Aeacus
What kingdom was founded by Neleus
Pylos
How did Apollo punish Midas for challenging his victory
donkey ears
At what port was the Argo stopped when Hylas was lost
Cios
Who became the wife of Helenus
Andromache
What is the meaning of the name Pyrrhus
redhead
Who was king of Latium, abdicates during conflict with Trojans?
Latinus
What husband of Dirce was killed by Zethus and Amphion
Lycus
Whom does Homer describe as “periphron”
Penelope
Where did the Pythia ritually cleanse herself
Castalian spring
How did Talus repel strangers from Crete?
threw rocks at them
To which of Heracles’ ancestors did the name Alcides connect him
Alcaeus
Who was rescued by Heracles in the underworld
Theseus
Who sculpted the statue of Zeus at Olympia
Pheidias
What daughter of Ares and Aphrodite became the wife of Cadmus
Harmonia
Who was the son of Strophius
Pylades
What led Achilles to take off his disguise as a girl and put on armor
trumpet blast
Who was the brother of Pelias
Neleus
What captive Trojan princess was Agamemnon’s concubine
Cassandra
Who was the father of Aegialia
Adrastus (from 7 Against Thebes)
Who yoked an ox to an ass and sowed his fields with salt
Odysseus
What giant was spread over nine acres in the underworld
Tityus
What did Eurystheus do with the Cattle of Geryon
sacrificed to Hera
Which character in the Trojan War is the love of Achilles; he is forced to give her up to Agamemnon to replace Chryseis?
Briseis
Who was the son of Peleus and Thetis
Achilles
Who was the husband of Ino
Athamas
Name three goddesses of the moon
Artemis, Selene, Hecate
What tribe did Bellerophon defeat after killing the Chimaera
Solymi
Who was loyal friend and armor bearer of Aeneas?
Achates
What cousin of Orestes help him to murder Clytemnestra and Aegisthus?
Pylades
What king of Trachis was the son of Eosphoros
Ceyx
Who did Apollo fall in love with as she wrestled a lion
Cyrene
Who was the father of Otus and Ephialtes
Aloeus
Who picked up an apple that read “I swear to marry only Acontius”
Cydippe
Who founds Sinope?
Autolycus
What brothers weren’t paid for building Apollo’s temple at Delphi
Trophonius & Agamedes
Who was sent to guard Io
Argus
What creature was lion in front, goat in middle, and serpent in back
Chimaera
To where did Acrisius flee upon Perseus’ return
Larissa
Who founds Ancyra?
Midas
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Hera?
cuckoo
What daughter of Clytemnestra, according to Sophocles, obeys her mother despite Agamemnon’s murder
Chrysothemis
What son of Priam foretells Aeneas’ journeys in the Aeneid
Helenus
Into what was Byblis transformed after the shame of loving her brother
fountain
Who was the wife of Meleager
Cleopatra
Who was charioteer of Turnus (Juturna takes his form to try to protect Turnus)?
Metiscus
Who calls Telamonian Ajax the ‘bulwark of the Achaeans’
Helen
Who was ally of Turnus, warrior devotee of Diana, led Volsci, killed by Arruns?
Camilla
What was the blood of the Gods called?
ichor
What did Odysseus’ men do on Thrinacia
killed some of Cattle of Sun
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Portheus, leaped from Trojan Horse and was killed?
Echion
To what shepherd did Heracles give his bow and arrow before dying
Poeas
How many times does Achilles chase Hector around the walls of Troy
three
Who was the father of Augeas
Helius
What river led from the Euxine Sea to Colchis?
Phasis
Who were the two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta
Polynices and Eteocles
Who were the parents of Telegonus
Odysseus and Circe
What was the kingdom of Agamemnon
Mycenae
Who was the father of Achilles
Peleus
Name the members of the Graeae.
Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo
Who tore Orpheus apart
Maenads
Who eventually shared immortality with his mortal brother
Polydeuces
Who was the father of Athenian king Demophon
Theseus
What son of Creon killed himself when he found that Antigone had hanged herself
Haemon
Who was the brother of Deianira
Meleager
What does the term ‘theomachy’ refer to
battle between gods
Who was the father of Anticleia
Autolycus
What goddess rewards Hippolytus for his chastity
Artemis
With what monster did Echidna mate
Typhon
What was the kingdom of Odysseus
Ithaca
Who was the father of Protesilaus and Podarces
Iphiclus
Who vied with Apollo for Daphne
Leucippus
Whose child’s birth was hastened by Hera to trick Zeus
Sthenelus
What centaur was drinking wine with Heracles, and died when he dropped a poisoned arrow on his hoof?
Pholus
What giant herdsman assisted Geryon
Eurytion
Who was the second wife of Athamas
Ino
Who was the builder of the Argo
Argus
What food did Demeter feed to Demophoon
ambrosia
Who was the wife of Creon
Eurydice (different from Oprheus’)
What Greek hero was said to have instituted the Olympic Games
Heracles
Into what was Io changed by a jealous Hera
white cow (heifer)
Who resided on Aeaea
Circe
Who was the best boxer among the Argonauts
Polydeuces
Who was the daughter of Thoas
Hypsipyle
Who founds Buthrotum?
Helenus
What argonaut could shapeshift?
Periclymenus
Who continued to have his power of prophecy even in the underworld
Tiresias
What god was called Psychopompus
Hermes
Whose mother is variously named as Polymede, Alcimede or Amphinome
Jason
What prisoner, chained to a mountain, was released by Heracles
Prometheus
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Persephone (orphic birth of Dionysus)?
snake
Who was the father of Niobe
Tantalus
What three envoys come to Achilles in Iliad book 9 to ask for his return
Odysseus, Phoenix, Ajax (Gr.)
Which of the Heraclids took over Messene
Cresphontes
Name the members of the Winds.
Boreas (North), Zephyrus (West), Notus (South), Eurus (East)
Who has a dream in which an eagle kills a flock of twenty geese
Penelope
Whose body does Achilles drag behind his chariot
Hector
Name the members of the Dactyls.
Heracles, Paeonius, Epimedes, Iasius, Idas, Titias, Cyllenus
Who was killed by a snake as the Argonauts carried their ship to Lake Tritonis?
Mopsus
Who adopted Oedipus
Polybus and Merope
Who sent a sea monster to punish the boasts of Cassiopeia
Poseidon
What island was Alcibiades about to invade when charged
Sicily
Who condemned Tiresias to blindness, according to the myth that he settled a dispute,
Hera
Where did Jason and Medea marry?
Phaeacia
Who was the maternal grandfather of Actaeon
Cadmus
Who was the son of Paphos
Cinyras
What deity helped Argus build the Argo
Athena
Who is Heracles’ wife on Olympus
Hebe
What historian tells us the most about Croesus, Solon and Cyrus
Herodotus
What flower sprang from the blood of Adonis
anemone
What son of Poeas inherited the bow and arrows of Heracles, using them at Troy
Philoctetes
Name three of the seven against thebes
Adastrus/Polynices/Tydeus/Amphiarius/Capaneus/Hippomedon/Parthenopaeus
Who turned Anius’ daughters into white doves
Dionysus
To whom did Pygmalion pray to make Galatea come to life
Venus
Where was Apollo born
Delos
What brothers of Althaea did Meleager kill
Iphiclus & Aphares
Who are the parents of Amphion and Zethus?
Zeus and Antiope
Who were the parents of Amphitrite
Nereus and Doris
What did Aphrodite offer Paris as a bribe
Helen as his wife
With how many ships did Odysseus leave the land of the Laestrygonians
one
Who was the father of Circe
Helius
Who is turned into a(n) lynx?
Lyncus, for trying to kill Triptolemus (a follower of Demeter, who transformed Lyncus)
Who founds Carthage?
Dido
Who was Erysichthon’s daughter who he sold to purchase more food?
Mestra
What is the modern name for the area occupied by the Tauri
Crimea (on the Black Sea)
Into what were Anius’ daughters transformed
white doves
Who were the parents of Euneus and Nebrophonus
Jason and Hypsipyle
What king of Athens left a sword and a pair of sandals under a rock for his son Theseus to collect?
Aegeus
What island was the first stop of the Argonauts
Lemnos
Which of the Greeks at Troy was second only to Achilles as a warrior
Ajax the Greater
What Egyptian rescues Lucius in the Golden Ass
Isis
Who is turned into poplars?
Heliades, daughters of Helius mourning for Phaethon (tears became amber)
Who was the father of Nestor
Neleus
Who sent wedding gifts to Glauce which burned her and her father Creon to death?
Medea
Which suitor’s ghost tells Agamemnon of Odysseus return to Ithaca
Amphimedon
What group was also known as the Moirae
Fates
Who was the sister of Macareus, with whom he fell in love
Canace
In what region was Ismarus located
Thrace
How did Actaeon die
his dogs tore him apart
Who was the mother of Orpheus
Calliope
Who was the child of Ixion and Nephele
Centaurus
What was the name of Odysseus’ dog, who died upon seeing his master return
Argus
What faithful swineherd of Odysseus first recognized him
Eumaeus
Who was the wife of Atreus
Aerope
What group consisted of Thalia, Aglaea and Euphrosyne*
Graces
Who was the mother of Telemachus
Penelope
What three-bodied monster had his cattle stolen by Heracles
Geryon
How did Heracles beat Antaeus?
He held him off the ground and crushed him
What was special about the blood of the Hydra
poisonous
Who gave Perseus a scimitar
Hermes
What did Trophonius and Agamedes build for Hyrieus (or Augeas)
treasury
Who was the king of the Phaeacians
Alcinous
Who wrote the Symposium
Plato
In what expedition did Idas participate with his brother Lynceus
expedition of Argonauts
From whose severed organ had the almond tree grown
Cybele
Where was Thespius king
Thespiae (in Boeotia)
Who was the wife of Zethus
Thebe
In what form did Zeus enter the chamber of Danae
golden shower
Who was the bride of Ixion
Dia
What Roman author wrote the Golden Ass
Apuleius
With what island was Orion associated
Chios
What important city did Perseus found as he ruled Tiryns
Mycenae
Against what group did Tisamenus die in battle
Heraclidae (descendants of Heracles)
Who was the mother of Actaeon
Autonoe
Who was condemned to suffer everlasting hunger and thirst in the underworld
Tantalus
What group is composed of Allecto, Megara and Tisiphone
Furies
Who established the kingdom of Argos
Phoroneus
What son of Cretheus and Tyro was the rightful heir to the throne of Iolcus
Aeson
What was the island of Circe
Aeaea
Who was the father of Acastus
Pelias
Who was the son of Achilles and Deidamia
Neoptolemus
Who was the father of Taygete
Atlas (she was a pleiad)
What tragedian wrote Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
What did the Sphinx do to those who couldn’t answer its riddle
ate them
Who drove Jason and Medea out of Iolcus after the death of Pelias?
Acastus
What was the relationship of Jason and Admetus
cousins
What does Opheltes mean
snake child
Who provided cover while Menelaus and Meriones recovered Patroclus
Ajax the Greater
On what pretext was Iphigenia brought to Aulis
marriage to Achilles
What wife of Creon killed herself when she learned of the death of Haemon
Eurydice (different from Orpheus’ wife)
Who was the two-headed hound of Geryon
Orthus
Name the members of the Harpies.
Aello and Ocypetes; or Podarge; or Celaeno
What was the special property of the horn of Amalthea
endless food and drink
Who is turned into a(n) ciris?
Scylla after cutting off Nisus’ hair
Who warned Odysseus not to touch any of the Cattle of the Sun
Circe
On whose tomb was Polyxena sacrificed
Achilles
What Theban prophet foretold the failure of the Seven Against Thebes
Tiresias
How was Midas’ secret made public
reeds repeated whisper
Who was the father of Andromache
Eetion
Who was the eldest daughter of Aeetes
Chalciope
What daughter Perses heard the cries of Persephone
Hecate
What beggar was knocked out by Odysseus in a fight amid the suitors
Irus
Who was the wife of Orpheus
Eurydice
What greek man was the first to leap of the boat at Trouy and fulfill the prophecy of being the first to die?
Protesilaus
Who turned Arethusa into a spring
Artemis
What son of Scamander was a king of the Troad
Teucer
What daughter of Achelous became the bride of Alcmaeon
Callirhoe
What god created Pandora out of earth and water?
Hephaestus
Who harnessed a lion and boar to a chariot to marry Alcestis
Admetus
What was the original name of Thebes
Cadmeia
Who was the father of Linus
Apollo
What son of Glaucus and Eurynome was origionally named Hipponous?
Bellerophon
Who was the brother of Byblis
Caunus
Who helped Heracles against the Lernaean Hydra
Iolaus
What is the food of the gods
ambrosia
What was the talent of Zetes and Calais
flight
Who does Odysseus see driving beasts through the fields of Asphodel
Orion
What bird did the Argonauts use to test whether they could get through the Symplegades?
dove
What nephew of Heracles was rejuvenated by the long-dead Heracles in battle
Iolaus
Why did Apollo kill the Cyclopes when Asclepius died
they made Zeus’ bolts
Who was punished in the underworld for pretending to be Zeus
Salmoneus
Who sent a pair of snakes to kill baby Heracles
Hera
What squire of Heracles was lost during the expedition of the Argo
Hylas
Which of Anius’ daughters had a name meaning “Wine Girl”
Oeno
What spring of Argos was named for a maiden Poseidon saved
Amymone
What Roman author wrote a play called Thyestes
Seneca
Who is the daughter of Andromeda and Perseus?
Gorgophone
For whom was the burial cloak which Penelope wove
Laertes
Who were the two children of Zeus and Leda
Polydeuces and Helen
Who was the father of Sisyphus
Aeolus
Who were the parents of the wrestler Antaeus
Ge an Poseidon
Through what type of competition did the suitors of Hippodamia need to beat her father
chariot race
Who built the Trojan Horse
Epeus
Who destroyed Asclepius for bringing someone back to life
Zeus
Who picked up the flute after Athena threw it away
Marsyas
Who was destined to be the only survivor of the Seven Against Thebes
Adrastus
Who kept Delos covered with waves while Leto delivered
Poseidon
What poem features the earliest surviving account of the Greek underworld
Odyssey
Who was the father of Ancaeus, helmsman of the Argo?
Lycurgus
Who was Diomedes father
Tydeus
After whose wife did the city of Thebes receive its name
Zethus
Who recovered his neice Antiope from Sicyon
Lycus
Who was the king of Colchis
Aeetes
What did the Fates give to Althaea, to control Meleager’s destiny
log
Name the members of the Hesperides.
Aegle, Erytheia, Hestia, Arethusa, Hespere, Hesperusa, Hesperia
Who does the ghost of Achilles demand be sacrificed at his tomb
Polyxena
Who were the sons of Ino and Athamas
Melicertes and Learchus
On whose cries did Athena model the sound of the flute
sisters of Medusa
Whose four shipwrecked sons were discovered by the Argonauts and helped them reach Colchis?
Phrixus
What was the relationship of Iolaus to Heracles
nephew
What group pursues Orestes after he kills Clytemnestra
Furies
What Athenian tragedian wrote the Bacchae
Euripides
What epic poem, now almost entirely lost, details the Greek returns from Troy
Nostoi
What was the citadel of Thebes called
Cadmeia
Who was the father of the intended brides of Idas and Lynceus
Leucippus
Who killed two serpents in his cradle
Heracles
What did Eurystheus do to the Mares of Diomedes when Heracles brought them
freed them
To what god was the island of Rhodes sacred
Helius
Who had originally given the golden apples of the Hesperides as a wedding gift
Gaea
What sister of Semele rescued Odyssues from drowning during Poseidon’s storm by giving him a veil?
Ino
Who was the father of Salmoneus, Alcyone, Athamas, Sisyphus and Cretheus
Aeolus
Who wrote the Thebaid, which includes mention of Hypsipyle?
Statius
Who was the daughter of Demeter
Persephone
Into what constellation was Arcas transformed
Arctophylax; Arcturus; Bootes; or Ursa Minor
Who gave Melanion 3 golden apples for his race with Atalanta
Aphrodite
How many impossible tasks did Venus give Psyche
four
In which book of the Aeneid does Aeneas visit the underworld
sixth
What daughter of Heracles offered herself for sacrifice to assure Athenian victory
Macaria
Who in the Underworld is stretched over nine acres; vulture picks at his liver (tried to woo Leto)?
Tityus
Which character in the Trojan War is the Trojan princess sacrificed on Achilles’ funeral pyre?
Polyxena
What did Cicero say was Athens greatest contribution to the world
Eleusinian Mysteries
What was the kingdom of Strophius
Phocis
Who was the son of Zeus and Danae
Perseus
Who was the son of Io and Zeus
Epaphus
Who was the beloved of Leander
Hero
What fountain was located on the slopes of Mt. Helicon
Hippocrene
What did Heracles have to fetch for his 12th labor
Cerberus
What member of the seven against thebes, owned Arion, a horse whose swiftness caused him to be the sole survivor?
Adastrus
Who married Rhadamanthys after the death of Amphitryon
Alcmena
Who is turned into a(n) mint?
Mintha (or Menthe) (changed by Persephone)
What reward did Hera give Medea for resisting the advances of Zeus?
offer to make her children immortal
What son of Priam married Helen after the death of Paris
Deiphobus
Who turned herself into many shapes to evade her suitor Peleus
Thetis
What son of Adastrus, a member of the epigoni, was the only of the group to die?
Aegialeus
What epithet was applied to Zeus as the god of escape
Phyxius
What 49 sisters carry water in leaky jars (killed their husbands/cousins on wedding night) in the Underworld?
Danaides
Who was the son of Pentheus
Menoeceus I
Who succeeded in stringing a great bow and shooting an arrow through 12 axe heads
Odysseus
With what city was the tyrant Periander associated
Corinth
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the faithful swineherd?
Eumaeus
What was the final drama of Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus
Where was Orestes buried
Tegea
From what animal did Hermes construct the lyre
tortoise
Who was the father of the Ajax the Greater
Telamon
What power did Thetis possess
she could change shape at will
Who was the father of Nestor
Neleus
Who was the father of Palamedes
Nauplius
What sea goddess, along with Athena, helped Odysseus reach the shore of Scheria
Leucothea
To what island did the head of Orpheus wash up
Lesbos
Who was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite
Aeneas
To what goddess was the head of Eurystheus brought after his fight with Athens
Athena
What hero is the last to see Oedipus at the time of his death
Theseus
Who boasted she was more beautiful than the Nereids
Cassiopeia
Which character in the Trojan War is the Greek in Trojan horse, almost tricked by Helen’s cat calling?
Anticlus
Who was loses boxing match at Anchises’ funeral games to Entellus?
Dares
What was special about the Mares of Diomedes
they ate flesh
How did Thisbe die
suicide
Who were the children of Zeus and Leto
Apollo and Artemis
What king of Pandion was rewarded for his hospitality to Dionysus with wine?
Icarius
Where was Admetus king
Pherae in Thessaly
Who was the sister of Phoroneus
Io
Who was the sister of the Harpies
Iris
Who was the most excellent horsemen among the Argonauts
Castor
How did Antaeus recover his strength
contact with Mother Earth (Ge)
What god was born at dawn and played the lyre by noon
Hermes
What possession of Electryon was taken by the Teleboans
cattle
Who caught and sacrificed the bull of Marathon, once captured by Heracles
Theseus
According to Pindar, who stamped the Cerynean Hind’s horns with Artemis’ name
Taygete
Who led the Cretan forces at the Trojan War
Idomeneus
Who restores Orion’s sight
Helius
Through what pretext had Agamemnon gotten Iphigenia to come to Aulis
marriage to Achilles
Who fetched Eileithyia to help Leto deliver Apollo
Iris
Who rescued Pysche from deathlike sleep
Cupid
Who is turned into a(n) myrrh tree?
Myrrha, the mother of Adonis
To what island did Zeus take Europa
Crete
Where was the finish line of the chariot race with Oenomaus
Isthmus of Corinth
Which character in the Trojan War is the wounded Patroclus (Iliad - Book 16)?
Euphorbus
What was the relationship of Nestor to Poseidon
grandson
Who were the parents of the Oceanids
Oceanus and Tethys
Name the members of the Seasons (Horae).
Thallo, Auxo, Carpo; Dike, Eirene, Eunomia
Complete the analogy: Odysseus:Elpenor::Aeneas: _________
Palinurus
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Heracles & Astydameia; leads 9 ships to Troy; killed by Sarpedon?
Tlepolemus
What was the special skill of Polydeuces
boxing
Who was the consort of Thaumus
Electra
Why did Hera not like Pelias
he refused to sacrifice to her
Who was ambushed and killed Camilla?
Arruns
What creature did Heracles capture for his 4th labor
Erymanthian Boar
Who was the wife of Protesilaus
Laodamia
What sculptor and architect designed the Parthenon
Pheidias
Who was the king of Persia when Croesus attacked
Cyrus the Great
Who was the Greek deity of the morning star
Eosphoros
What were the plentiful pillar-like statues of Hermes called
Herms
Who travelled with Diomedes to fetch Achilles from Scyros
Odysseus
What giant pursued the Pleiades in life and afterwards as a constellation
Orion
How many men went ahead of Odysseus to meet Circe
twenty-three
Who warned Pelias to beware of the man with one sandal
Delphic oracle
For how many generations did Tiresias live
seven
Who is turned into a(n) lump of diamond?
Celmis
What murderous king of egypt was killed by Heracles?
Busiris
What mountain did Cyrene wrestle a lion on?
Mt. Pelion
What Greek tragedian wrote Antigone
Sophocles
What boastful queen was punished by Apollo and Artemis
Niobe
What son of Venus fell in love with Psyche
Cupid
Which character in the Trojan War is Priam’s first wife; mother of Aesacus (prophet who predict’s Paris’ destruction)?
Arisbe
What is the Euxine Sea now called
Black Sea
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Priam who loved Cressida, the daughter of Calchas (according to later legends, as adopted by Shakespeare)?
Troilus
How is Elpenor able to address Odysseus without first drinking blood
corpse is unburied
Who told Psyche how to get a fragment of Persephone’s beauty
a tower
What boy was killed by a discuss thrown by Apollo
Hyacinthus
Which character in the Trojan War is the Ethiopian king, son of Eos and Tithonus; kills Sarpedon; killed by Achilles?
Memnon
Who was the wife of Nereus
Doris
Into what river did Thetis dip Achilles to make him immortal
Styx
Who refuses to answer Aeneas in the underworld
Dido
Who is turned into a(n) rooster?
Alectryon, by Ares, for not alerting him of rising sun while he was with Aphrodite
Why did Sisyphus get to return from underworld once
to order sacrifices
What did Hera offer Paris as a bribe
royal power
How many of Priam’s sons were by his first wife
thirty-one
Who was the second wife of Athamas
Ino
What god fell in love with Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon
Zeus
What son of Electryon and Anaxo was the brother of Alcmena
Licymnius
Who were the parents of Admetus
Pheres and Clymene
What monster from mythology was half-woman, half-snake
Echidna
What two figures first knew that Thetis’ son would excede his father
Prometheus and Themis
How did Evadne die
threw herself onto funeral pyre of Capaneus
Who was the greatest seer of Argos
Melampus
What creatures lived on the Island of Ares after being frightened away from Greece?
Stymphalian Birds
What was the ancient court of Athens called
Areopagus
Who was the son of Achilles
Neoptolemus
What Greek tragedian wrote Alcestis
Euripides
From what region did Arachne come
Lydia
What was the talent of Polydeuces
boxing
On what mountain did Pan challenge Apollo to a music contest
Tmolus
Who wrote the Nemean Odes
Pindar
How did the anemone flower get its name
anemos=wind (Greek)
What was the name of the wandering rocks encountered by Odysseus and the Argo
Planctae
Name the tasks assigned to Psyche by Venus in order
sort grains, obtain the wool, collect water from cocytus, obtain Persephone’s beauty
What group was composed of Clotho, Atropos and Lachesis
Fates
Who shot the arrow that killed Achilles
Paris
Who was the father of Jason’s wife Glauce?
Creon (of Corinth, not Thebes)
Who revealed the truth of Zeus’ visit after the real Amphitryon returned to Alcmena
Tiresias
What son of Heracles married Iole
Hyllus
What was on the shield of Parthenopaeus
Sphinx
Who were the parents of the Graeae and Gorgons
Phorcys and Ceto
Who did Electryon make king of Mycenae, betrothing him to his daughter
Amphitryon
Who split open the head of Zeus to facilitate Athena’s birth
Hephaestus
How did Helenus gain the gift of prophecy
snakes licked ears as baby
Who was the father of Europa
Agenor
What brothers were rewarded for their good works with eternal sleep in a temple
Cleobis and Biton
What Greek playwright wrote “The Phoenician Women” (Phoenissae)
Euripides
With what goddess did Callisto travel
Artemis
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the Penelope’s handmaiden; only other person who knew the secret of their wedding bed?
Actoris
Who is the mother of Hermione
Helen
Who were the sisters of Aeetes
Circe and Pasiphae
By what collective name were the sons of the Seven Against Thebes known
Epigoni
Who buried Caeneus under a pile of trees
Centaurs
With whom did Meda commit adultery while her husband Idomeneus was away
Leucus
What goddess gave Bellerophon the golden bridle to tame Pegasus
Athena
Who founds Cyrene?
Battus
Who raised Athena shortly after her birth, according to some accounts
Triton (different from conch man)
Who was represented by a serpent near the statue of Athena in the Parthenon
Erechtheus
Who killed Eriphyle
Alcmaeon
Who warned Neoptolemus not to return from Troy by sea
Thetis
Who was the father of Phaethon
Helius
With whom did the Dioscuri quarrel over some stolen cattle
Idas and Lynceus
What creature did Heracles overcome in his second labor
Lernaean Hydra
What great demi-god descended from Perseus
Heracles
What Roman tragedian wrote Thyestes
Seneca the Younger
How did the dryads get revenge on Aristaeus for Eurydice’s death?
They killed his bees
Into what type of tree did Leucothoe’s corpse grow
frankincense tree
Who was the father of Scylla
Phorcys
Across what river did Nessus carry Deianira
Evenus
What special possession of Pterelaus did Comaetho pluck, thus taking away his immortality and the invincibility of the city
golden hair
What is the underworld region where souls neither cursed nor blessed dwell
Fields of Asphodel*
What did Ajax the Greater do in his madness
slaughtered sheep
Who was the dog of Orion
Sirius
To what island nation does Odysseus narrate his journey to the underworld
Phaeacians
Where were Pelias and his son Acastus kings
Iolcus
What were the relationships of Echidna to the Nemean Lion
mother and grandmother
What did Apollo send to Troy to punish Laomedon
plague
What theban princess, a daughter of Cadmus, was tricked into seeing Zeus in his true form?
Semele
What half-brother did Peleus kill
Phocus
With what nymph did Paris fall in love while on Mt. Ida
Oenone
What city does Eumelos call Ephyra?
Corinth
What punishment did Erysichthon recieve for this heinous act?
insatiable hunger
Who foretold the end of Odysseus’ wanderings and the manner of his death
Tiresias
What was the destiny of Danae’s child
kill Acrisius
Which of the sons of Libya was a Phoenician king
Agenor
To what kingdom did Heracles journey for his 5th labor
Elis
What was another name for the Graces
Charites
How many years did it take Menelaus and Helen to return to Sparta
seven
What three-headed dog guarded Hades
Cerberus
What happened to Trophonius & Agamedes on payday from Apollo
fell asleep, never awoke
What was Hermes epithet as guide of souls
Psychopompos
What foe the pine-bender (Pityocamptes), tied to pine trees and let go?
the pine-bender (Pityocamptes), tied to pine trees and let go
Where was Niobe transported to in the form of a weeping stone
Phrygia
What was the Roman name of Artemis
Diana
What was Hermes’ epithet as guide of souls to the underworld
Psychopompus
Who were the Dioscuri
Castor and Polydeuces
Of Pyramus and Thisbe, who died first
Pyramus
What Athenian leader supposedly desecrated the Herms
Alcibiades
To what city did Antiope flee
Sicyon
How long did it take Heracles to clean the Augean stables
one day
Who was the squire of Heracles who was lost during the expedition of the Argonauts
Hylas
What two brothers and later enemies of the Dioscuri (Castor & Polydeuces) joined them on the Argo
Idas and Lynceus
Who are the parents of Achilles?
Peleus and Thetis
What does Pluto mean
the wealthy one
What is the collective name for the daughters of Leucippus
Leucippides
Who are the Tyndaridae
Castor and Polydeuces
What type of creature helped Psyche get water from an underworld river
eagle
What does the name Metis mean
wisdom
To what lake in Arcadia did Heracles journey for his 6th labor
Lake Stymphalus
Who foretold Heracles’ role in the Gigantomachy and eventual deification
Tiresias
What does glaukopis mean
bright-eyed
What god gave Anius’ daughter the power to make oil, grain & wine
Dionysus
How did the Argonauts defeat Talus?
opened hole in ankle, ichor spilled out
Who first addresses Odysseus in the underworld before drinking the blood
Elpenor
Of what group was Hippolyta queen
Amazons
Who was the sister of Cadmus
Europa
Who was the father of Laomedon
Ilus
What father of Hesione cheated Heracles from his reward for saving her
Laomedon
What organ did the Greeks believe to be the seat of passions
liver (why Tityus has his eaten)
Who twin boys were born to Belus in Egypt
Danaus and Aegyptus
What was the principal city of Boeotia
Thebes
Which character in the Trojan War is the the best archer among the Greeks at Troy; brother of Ajax the Greater?
Teucer
Who was advised by Delphi to ‘await the third fruit’ before returning to the Peloponnese
Hyllus
Into what were the Minyads transformed
owls or bats
What sea deity first told Heracles of the location of the garden of the Hesperides
Nereus
Whom did Aphrodite give to Paris as guides to reach Helen
Himeros and Eros
What king of the Dorians was helped by Heracles against the Lapiths and Dryopes
Aegimius
Who told the Greeks that Heracles’ bow and arrows were needed to take Troy
Helenus
Who cheated Apollo and Poseidon from payment for Troy’s walls
Laomedon
Who was the father of Lynceus, husband of Hypermnestra
Aegyptus
Whose name was called out three times by Croesus as Cyrus began to burn him
Solon
Whom did Persephone transform intot the fragrant mint
Mentha
What god’s staff, besides Hermes, had intertwining snakes
Asclepius
Who tells the myth of Er in Plato’s Republic
Socrates
What objects did Heracles fetch for his 11th labor
Apples of the Hesperides
Who was the father of Tiresias
Eueres
What god put out the flames before Croesus was burned alive
Apollo
What happened to Astyanax when Troy was sacked
thrown from walls
How did Eurydice die
bitten by snake
What skilled shipwright was among the Argonauts
Argus
What foe of Heracles had a name which meant ‘house of Osiris’
Busiris
Who killed Glaucus
Ajax the Greater (Telamonian)
What Roman playwright wrote a tragedy called Phaedra
Seneca the Younger
Who moved the stones of Thebes by the music of his lyre
Amphion
Which of the Heraclids took over Argos
Temenus
With what grandfather was Odysseus hunting when he received the scar on his leg
Autolycus
What had the face of a woman, body of a lion and wings of a bird
sphinx
Who was Tyro’s mortal husband
Cretheus
Why did Trophonius cut off his brother’s head
make him unrecognizable
Who were collectively known as the Pelopidae?
Atreus and Thyestes, sons of Pelops
Which of Hecuba’s sons did she see wash up on the shore of Thrace
Polydorus
Who was the tutor of Asclepius
Chiron
Who was warned to beware of the man wearing one sandal
Pelias
What was special about the horns of the Cerynean Hind
golden
Who was the child of Pelopia and Thyestes
Aegisthus
Who purified Heracles for killing Megara
Thespius
What mortal pair called themselves Zeus and Hera
Alcyone and Ceyx
What tragic playwright wrote the Electra
Euripides
Who was Odysseus’ sailor, found on island of Cyclopes, sailed with Aeneas?
Achaemenides
To whom was Onchestus sacred
Poseidon
What was the common gift of Idmon and Mopsus
they were seers (prophecy)
With what material was the shoulder of Pelops replaced
ivory
Who was the father of Electra, the Pleiad
Atlas
What was the kingdom of Tyndareus
Sparta
Who was son of Mezentius, killed by Aeneas?
Lausus
What mountain judged a music contest between Pan and Apollo
Tmolus
What was the blood relationship of Electryon to Amphitryon
uncle
Where did Helenus and Andromache rule after escaping Troy
Epirus
What two goddesses fought over Adonis
Aphrodite & Persephone
Which character in the Trojan War is Priam’s most beautiful daughter, swallowed by a chasm when Troy fell?
Laodice
Who put an end to the chase of the Harpies by making them swear not to bother Phineus again?
Iris
Name the members of the Titans.
Oceanus, Tethys (sea), Hyperion (sun), Themis (earth), Rhea (earth), Mnemosyne (memory), Coeus, Crius, Theia, Phoebe, Cronus, Iapetus
Which Argonaut is the son of Hermes with perfect memory; serves as herald of Argonauts?
Aethalides
Who demanded that Canace kill herself upon learning she was pregnant
Aeolus
Who is turned into a(n) osprey?
Nisus after Scylla cuts off his purple hair
How did Bellerophon meet his tragic end
tried for Olympus, but fell
What type of creatures saved Arion after he was thrown overboard
dolphin
Because of what fear did Odysseus leave the house of Hades
feared the appearance of Gorgon’s head
What was the relationship of Hecuba to Laocoon
aunt
Into what kind of creature was Callisto transformed
bear
Which three goddesses have hearts which Aphrodite is unable to sway
Athena, Artemis, Hestia
Who was the son of Telamon
Ajax the Greater
What son of Ares robbed men passing from Thessaly to Delphi
Cycnus
Who were the children of Chrysaor and Callirhoe
Geryon and Echidna
What Trojan hero’s blood brought forth the hyacinth
Ajax the Greater
Whom did the Argonauts accidentally kill when they were mistaken as enemies by the Doliones at night
King Cyzicus
Who was the wife of Amphion
Niobe
What was Poseidon’s gift to Athens
salt spring (or horse)
What object did Heracles fetch for his 9th labor
Girdle of Hippolyta
What substance, clearer than blood, runs through the veins of the gods
ichor
What centaur served Heracles wine
Pholus
What wife of Proetus is prominent in the myth of Bellerophon
Stheneboea
What was the kingdom of the Daunus who gave Diomedes land
Apulia
What son of Pelops was kidnapped by Laius
Chrysippus
What plant told Psyche how to bring back wool from dangerous sheep
reed
To what land did Diomedes go after abandoning Argos
Italy
To what land did Artemis take Iphigenia before she was sacrificed
Tauris
Who was the son of Achilles
Neoptolemus
What creature was captured by Heracles for his 7th labor
Cretan Bull
Who tells Aeneas to requirements of visiting the underworld
Sibyl
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Atreus & Aerope; leads Greeks; killed by Clytemnestra & Aegisthus?
Agamemnon
Who caused Aegialia to be unfaithful to her husband Diomedes
Aphrodite
What is different about how far into the underworld Odysseus and Aeneas travel
Odysseus stops at entrance
What child was nursed by the woman who led the Seven Against Thebes to a spring
Opheltes
What was the River of Forgetfulness in the underworld
Lethe
What spring was loved by the river-god Alpheus
Arethusa
What had happened to the suitors who failed to beat Oenomaus
heads decorated his palace
What hero’s name meant literally ‘glory of Hera’
Heracles
Into what did Eileithyia transform Galanthis for her trick
weasel
What was Diomedes armor made of
bronze
Who was the only daughter of Danaus to disobey her father
Hypermnestra
Who was the ferryman of the underworld
Charon
Whom did Calchas challenge to a seer contest after the Trojan War
Mopsus
What was the name of the beautiful statue of a woman Pygmalion sculpted
Galatea
Who led the forces of Argos at the Trojan War
Diomedes
What future brother-in-law did Heracles see in the Underworld
Meleager
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Callisto?
Artemis
To whom did Jason hand over the Argo at the conclusion of the expedition?
Pelias
What ‘three-eyed’ man, an Aetolian exile, was used as a guide by the Heraclids
Oxylus
Who was the father of Agamemnon
Atreus
Whose camp did Diomedes and Odysseus raid one night
Rhesus
Who is the father of Hermione
Menelaus
What Greek hero went mad after losing the contest for Achilles’ armor
Ajax the Greater
Who had been turned from man into woman for 7 years after touching serpents with his staff
Tiresias
Who was both the mother and sister-in-law of Alcmena
Anaxo
Who recovered the corpse of Achilles
Ajax the Greater
Who defeated Atalanta in a foot race to win her hand in marriage
Melanion (or Milanion)
In what form did Poseidon mate with Demeter
stallion
Where was the most famous cult of Amphiaraus
Oropus
Who taunts Achilles while he mourns the death of Penthesilea
Thersites
What did Althaea upon learning Melaager killed her brothers
put log in fire
Who traveled in a dragon-led car to spread Demeter’s teaching
Triptolemus
To what land did Heracles travel for his 10th labor
Erythia
Who was the father of Leto
Coeus
Who wrote the Pythian Odes
Pindar
Of what tribe did Scythes become king and ancestor
Scythians
What queen of Tiryns did Bellerophon return to kill
Stheneboea
How many strings did Hermes’ lyre have
seven
How did Heracles defeat the Lernaean Hydra
Iolaus cauterized the neck when a head was cut
What daughter of Neleus and sister of Nestor married Bias
Pero
To whom did Helius pray to punish Odysseus
Zeus
What was the River of Woe in the underworld
Acheron
Who was the mother of Iphis and wife of Ligdus
Telethusa
Who lost his wife when he looked back for her
Orpheus
By what mythological name were Gibraltar and Ceuta known
Pillars of Heracles
How many years did it take for Odysseus to get from Troy to Ithaca
ten
What was the Roman name of Eos
Aurora
Who gave Tiresias the gift of prophecy, according to the myth that he settled a dispute
Zeus
What was the hound of Hades called
Cerberus
What wife of Tyndareus was seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan?
Leda
Who sent the eagle that filled Psyche’s jar with water from an underworld river
Zeus
What Ithacan queen undid her day’s weaving of a burial shroud for her elderly father in law, Laertes, to avoid marrying any of her suitors?
Penelope
What king of the Teleboans fought Electryon of Mycenae
Pterelaus
Who boasted that he could get the head of Medusa
Perseus
What did Trophonius at Agamedes’ suggestion when he was trapped
beheaded Agamedes
Who were the parents of Geryon
Chrysaor and Callirhoe
What term means “sons of Zeus”
Dioscuri
Who was the West Wind
Zephyr(us)
Into what kind of tree was Myrrha transformed to escape the wrath of her father Cinyras
Myrrh
What was the kingdom of Agenor
Tyre
With whom does Odysseus stay on Ogygia
Calypso
With which deity was Lemnos most closely associated
Hephaestus
What was unusual about the death of Menelaus
didn’t go to Hades
What type of creature helped Psyche sort grain
ant
Where was Aeacus king
Aegina
Who was the father of Idas and Lynceus
Aphareus
Who was the father of Aeetes
Helius
What is another, more favorable, name for the Furies or Erinyes
Eumenides
Who was son of Aeneas?
Ascanius/Iulus
Who was cruel Etruscan tyrant, ally of Turnus, killed by Aeneas?
Mezentius
What king of Elis had accepted the exiled Laius
Pelops
What was another name for the Hours or Seasons of mythology
Horae
How did Amphiaraus die
swallowed by the earth
Who was the mother of Apollo
Leto
Where does Neoptolemus die
Delphi
What was the relationship of Sisyphus to Aeson
uncle
Name a son of Asclepius other than Machaon*
Podalirius
Who was the sister of Nycteis
Antiope
Who in the Underworld rolls a stone up hill (told on Zeus to father of one of his seductions)?
Sisyphus
Who was the youngest daughter of Aeetes?
Medea
What monster sucked in the water of a strait and spouted it out again three times a day
Charybdis
Who married Pylades
Electra
Who was the mother of Athena
Metis
What city was ruled by Proetus
Tiryns
Who was sister of Dido, urges her to pursue Aeneas?
Anna
Who guides Aeneas to the Underworld
Cumaean Sibyl
What two deities helped Perseus overcome Medusa
Hermes and Athena
Who was the daughter of Acrisius
Danae
Who had arranged for a trumpet to sound at the court of Lycomedes
Odysseus
Who was the only mortal gorgon
Medusa
Where was Cepheus king
Ethiopia
What river did Jason help Hera in disguise cross
Anaurus
Whose head was on the shield of Athena
Medusa
Who was the greatest of the Greek warriors at Troy
Achilles
Who wrote “The Suppliant Women”, about the results of the Seven Against Thebes
Euripides
Who buried Leucothoe after learning of her affair with Helius
Orchamus (her father)
Who were the sons of Pelops, called the Pelopidae
Atreus and Thyestes
Who rescued Amymone from a satyr
Poseidon
From whose blood does a fountain in Thebes spring, which bears her name
Dirce
What goddess appears to help expedite Orestes and Iphigenia’s escape from Tauris
Athena
Which of the sons of Antiope and Zeus was a skilled herdsman
Zethus
Who were the two sons of Libya
Belus and Agenor
What king’s name means “Man of the Land”
Aeetes
Who were the birdlike creatures with faces of women in mythology
Harpies
What is the modern name for the passage where the Pillars of Heracles were posted
Straits of Gibraltar
Who was the father of Iolaus
Iphicles
Who ate the shoulder of Pelops
Demeter
Which character in the Trojan War is the lame, ugly warrior who mocks Achilles when he weeps for Penthesileia?
Thersites
Name the members of the Fates (Moerae, Parcae).
Clotho(spinner), Atropos (cutter), Lachesis(measurer)
On the slopes of what mountain was the Delphic sanctuary
Mt. Parnassus
Who exchanged kingdoms with Perseus
Megapenthes
Which of Laomedon’s sons did Heracles spare
Podarces
Who was told to follow a cow until she lay down, and there found a city
Cadmus
By what mythological name were Calpe and Abyla known
Pillars of Heracles
Whose staff has two entwined snakes as a symbol
Asclepius
What aged women were the sisters of the Gorgons
Graeae
What son of Oedipus ruled first as king
Eteocles
What god was called far-shooting
Apollo
Who is turned into a(n) partridge?
Perdix
What did Diomedes and Glaucus exchange
armor
What honor did Zeus grant on the death of his son Sarpedon
raindrops of blood
Who is turned into a(n) diver bird?
Aesacus, son of Priam
Who were punished by having to carry water in sievelike containers
Danaides
What kingdom is founded by the son of Aegeus and Medea?
Media, in Persia
Who are the parents of Agamemnon & Menelaus?
Atreus and Aerope
What king of Elis owned huge, filthy stables
Augeas
In what form did Pseidon seduce Tyro
Enipeus River
Who carried the poisoned robe of Deianira to Heracles
Lichas
Who were the parents of Polyxena
Priam and Hecuba
Who put Odysseus’ infant son in front of Odysseus’ plow
Palamedes
Who was the father of Orthus, Cerberus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera
Typhon
To whom does Odysseus tell of the Trojan Horse in the underworld
Achilles
To where did the golden ram carry Phrixus
Colchis
What does the name “sphinx” mean
strangler
What two brothers, unlike Polynices and Etiocles, were able to co-rule Thebes peacefully?
Amphion and Zethus
After whose death does Achilles end his feud with Agamemnon
Patroclus
Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojans
Hector
Who does Dante describe as his guide in the underworld
Vergil
Who was the father of Amycus, king of the Bebryces?
Poseidon
What prophet said that Caeneus became a bird
Mopsus
What terms refers to gods of the realm below Olympus
chthonian
Who was the god of travelers and roads
Hermes
Why was the Scamander River angry with Achilles
filled with Trojan corpses
Who was so disgusted with the women of Cyprus that he lived alone
Pygmalion
Who discovered Odysseus washed up on the shores of Scheria
Nausicaa
In what book of the Iliad does Hector bid farewell to Andromache
six
Who are the parents of Meleager?
Oeneus and Althaea
Into what were Alcyone and Ceyx transformed
seabirds (kingfishers)
By what other name was Melanion known
Hippomenes
How did Jason overcome the serpent which protected the Golden Fleece?
drugged it with herbs from Medea
Name a son of Asclepius
Machaon
What Phaeacian princess was the daughter of Alcinous
Nausicaa
What Athenian comedic playwright wrote The Frogs
Aristophanes
From what island did Ajax the Greater originate
Salamis
What god was sometimes called Iacchus
Dionysus
Who was the king of the Phaeacians when Odysseus visited
Alcinous
Who guided the Argonauts back to the Mediterranean from Lake Tritonis?
Triton
What brother of Deianira asked Heracles to marry her
Meleager
Who was the father of Idomeneus
Deucalion
Who wrestles death himself to save the life of Alcestis
Heracles
What did the dog of Orion become
the Dog Star
What was the relationship of Cretheus to Pelias
stepfather
Who was the father of Philoctetes
Poeas
What Greek tragedian wrote “Antigone”
Sophocles
Who was the wife of Poseidon
Amphitrite
Who was the father of Thoas
Dionysus
Who was the son of Penelope and Odysseus
Telemachus
Who is turned into a(n) guinea fowl?
sisters of Meleager (Meleagrides)
Who was the chief priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries
hierophant
According to some accounts, who turned Diomedes into an immortal god
Athena
Who gave Heracles a golden cup to sail on Ocean in order to reach Geryon
Helius
Who is turned into a(n) mare named Euippe?
Thea, a daughter of Chiron
With what deity was Cyprus associated
Aphrodite
Who was the father of Ajax the Lesser
Oileus
Who is turned into a(n) nightingale?
Procne/Philomela; daughter of Pandion
Who sat on the tripod at Delphi
Pythia (priestess)
What Roman comedian wrote the Amphitruo, his only comedy on a myth subject
Plautus
Who wrote the Electra
Euripides
To what girl was Iphis, disguised as a boy, betrothed
Ianthe
What was Hecuba’s relationship to Aesacus
stepmother
What did Eurytus teach young Heracles
archery
What was the staff of Hermes called
caduceus
Who were the followers of Achilles at Troy
Myrmidons
What did Heracles fetch for his 10th labor
Cattle of Geryon
What was the kingdom of the Polybus who adopted Oedipus
Corinth
Who was the brother of Trophonius
Agamedes
In what kingdom was the new king decided by who had a golden fleece
Mycenae
Who is turned into a(n) wolf?
Lycaon, as punishment for treating disguised Zeus badly
What son of Croesus was killed in a dream
Atys
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the beggar whom Odysseus kills in disguise?
Irus
According to Pindar, where did Jason and Medea first stop after escaping Colchis?
Lemnos
What was the kingdom of Adrastus
Argos
What statue did Odysseus and Diomedes together steal
Palladium
Who wrote the Nemean Ode
Pindar
What goddess caused the unfavorable winds for the Greeks at Troy
Artemis
What son of Zeus and Electra married a daughter of Teucer
Dardanus
In what city was Heracles born
Thebes
Who accompanies Oedipus to Colonus
Antigone
To what goddess did Eurystheus dedicate the Mares of Diomedes
Hera
Who wrote Trachiniae
Sophocles
Who was the father of Macareus
Aeolus
Who were collectively known as the Aeacides?
Peleus and Telamon, sons of Aeacus; Peleus fathers Achilles; Telamon fathers Ajax
What did Pelias do with the Argo upon receiving it from Jason?
dedicated it to Poseidon
How many famous labors did Heracles perform for Eurystheus
twelve
Why were Atalanta and Melanion transformed into lions
made love in sacred place
With what Oceanid did Chrysaor mate
Callirhoe
Who rejuvenated Jason’s father Aeson and an old ram by cutting them up and boiling them with magic herbs?
Medea
Whom did Zeus send to ask Hades to return Persephone
Hermes
What was the leading city of Boeotia
Thebes
Who was the child of Io and Zeus
Epaphus
Who was the mother of Alcmaeon
Eriphyle
Who accused Bellerophon of trying to seduce her, upon his rejection
Stheneboea
What goddess was worshiped as patroness of all arts and crafts
Athena
Who was the twin brother of Agenor
Belus
Whom did Hera send to delay Alcmena’s labor
Eileithyia
Who are the parents of Aeneas?
Anchises and Venus
What tribe lived at Ismarus
Cicones
Why psychologist identified the “Oedipus Complex” in 1910
Sigmund Freud
Who was the foster-father of Evadne
Aepytus
Into what tree was Cyparissus transformed
cypress
Who are the parents of Adrastus?
Talaus and Lysimache
What was the most important thing about which Psyche was warned before visiting the underworld
don’t look in the box
Who said he would rather be a slave to a poor man on earth than king over all dead souls
Achilles
Who built the walls of Troy
Apollo and Poseidon
How many labors did Thesues perform?
six
Who vied with Apollo for Coronis
Ischys
Which character in the Trojan War built the Trojan horse?
Epeius
Between what two deities did Phoroneus choose for Argos
Hera and Poseidon
What goddess did Tiresias stumble upon as she was bathing
Athena
Where did Callisto live
Arcadia
What goddess, along with Apollo, supports the acquittal of Orestes at the Areopagus
Athena
To whom had Gaea given the golden apples of the Hesperides as a wedding gift
Hera (marriage to Zeus)
Who leaves a suicide note for Theseus, falsely incriminating Hippolytus
Phaedra
Who asked Ascelpius to resurrect Hippolytus
Artemis
What foe the club-man (Corynetes)?
the club-man (Corynetes)
Who was the brother of Agamedes
Trophonius
Who is turned into a(n) sunflower?
Clytie (follows path of Helius)
Who foretold that Paris would lead to Troy’s destruction
Aesacus
What daughter of Icarius found her father dead and hanged herself?
Erigone
Who are the parents of Orestes?
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Who tried to follow the example of Medea by cutting up their father and boiling him in a stew, which killed him?
daughters of Pelias
What son of Orestes resisted the Heraclids under Temenus
Tisamenus
Who was the father of Daphne
Peneus
Who cured the madness of the daughters of Proetus
Melampus
Who were the sisters of Medusa
Stheno and Euryale
Who are the two most famous speakers Plato uses in the Symposium
Aristophanes and Socrates
What group does Ajax the Lesser lead at Troy
Locrians
What body of water is named after the charioteer of Oenomaus
Myrtoan Sea
Who in mythology was known for her beautiful ankles
Leto
Who invented the flute
Athena
Who abducted the Trojan prince Tithonus
Eos
From what land was Tydeus exiled
Arcadia
In what book of the Iliad do Menelaus and Paris duel
three
Who was the king of the Tauri when Iphigenia served as a priestess there
Thoas
Name three goddesses of childbirth
Artemis, Hera, Eileithyia
Which of Heracles’ teachers did he kill
Linus
Who was the father of Clytemnestra
Tyndareus
Who was the father of Heracles’ first wife Megara
Creon
Who was the guard-dog of Hades
Cerberus
What kingdom was destroyed when Croesus attacked Persia
Lydia
What crewmate of Odyssues convinced the crew to eat the cattle of the sun?
Eurylochus
Who was impregnated when she put an almond blossom to her bosom
Nana
To what lake did the Argonauts carry their ship for 12-days?
Lake Tritonis
Who wrote the tragedy Hippolytus
Euripides
In what play does Aristophanes write ‘brekekekex koax koax’
the Frogs
Who threw magic herbs into Scylla’s bathing place, transforming her into a monster
Amphitrite
On what island did Macareus live
Lesbos
Who was the father of Nana
Sangarios
Who foretold the 10-year war with Troy after a vision of a snake eating chicks
Calchas
What god was born on Delos
Apollo
Who was the father of Polyphemus
Poseidon
Who are the parents of Ascanius (Iulus)?
Aeneas and Creusa
Who was son of Heracles, ally of Turnus?
Aventinus
Who is turned into a(n) almond tree?
Phyllis, after sadness because husband Demophon hadn’t returned
Who forbid the burial of Polynices
Creon
Of what people was Telephus king
Mysians
Who were the parents of Hermione
Menelaus and Helen
Who used the skulls of his foes to build a temple to his father Poseidon
Antaeus
What 8th-century BC Corinthian poet writes of Medea’s time in Corinth?
Eumelos
For how long did Odysseus live with Circe
one year
What son of Perseus and Andromeda was born in Ethiopia
Perses
Who advised Menelaus to force Nereus to explain how to get home safely
Eidothea
Who are the parents of Diomedes?
Tydeus and Deipyle
Who was the father of Helenus
Priam
Who was the Greek deity of vengeance
Nemesis
With which Greek deity is the dove associated
Aphrodite
What does Nostoi mean
Returns
Who was the wife of Idomeneus
Meda
Who founded Thebes
Cadmus
What rivers did Heracles divert to complete his 5th labor?
Alpheus and Peneius
At what court of Athens was Orestes tried for his crime
Areopagus (hill of Ares)
Who was healed by scrapings from Achilles spear
Telephus
Who preserved the body of Sarpedon, upon Zeus’ command
Apollo
What goddess helped the Argonauts pass through the Symplegades?
Athena (or Hera)
What does the name Nephele mean
cloud
Who dragged Cassandra from her refuge in the temple of Athena
Ajax the Lesser
Where was Sophocles born
Colonus
Which character in the Trojan War is the greatest Trojan warrior; son of Priam and husband of Andromache?
Hector
Who was the father of Ajax the Greater
Telamon
Who wrote the Metamorphoses?
Ovid
Who carried his crippled father on his shoulder from the burning city of Troy
Aeneas
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Danae?
golden shower
Where did the expedition of the Argonauts begin
Iolcus
Who founds Crotona?
Myscelos (forced by Heracles to found the city)
Who warned Aeneas about the Sibyl’s prophecies on leaves
Helenus
How many children did Heracles have by his first wife, Megara
three
What son of Odysseus had been told by Menelaus and Nestor that his father was alive
Telemachus
Who, upon rejection, cursed Cassandra that no one would believe her
Apollo
How was Adonis born
from the Myrrh tree
Who preceded Pelias as king of Iolcus
Cretheus
Who were the parents of Achilles
Peleus and Thetis
Who gave Periclymenus the gift of transformation
Poseidon
What widow of Cresphontes was forced to marry his killer, Polyphontes
Merope
With what king of Trachis did Deianira live while Heracles served Omphale
Ceyx
What was the relationship of Capys and Laomedon
cousins
Who was the father of Megapenthes
Proetus
Who persuaded the women of Boeotia to parch seed grain so that crops wouldn’t grow
Ino
Where does the life of Oedipus end
Colonus
Who was the father of 50 sons that followed Danaus to Argos demanding his sons marry Danaus’ daughters?
Aegyptus
What creatures did Heracles overcome in his 6th labor
Stymphalian Birds
What son of a Muse was killed during a raid of Odysseus and Diomedes
Rhesus
Who told Leucothoe’s father about Helius’ affair with her
Clytie
Through which gate of the underworld do true dreams pass
Gate of Horn
What is the Roman name of Heracles
Hercules
Which of the Argonauts had such keen sight that he could see beneath the earth
Lynceus
On what temple’s metopes were the 12 labors of Heracles depicted
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
What extremely arrogant son of Hipponous shouted that not even Zeus could stop him from invading Thebes, and was struck down by Zeus?
Capaneus
Whom did Apollo kill in response to Asclepius’ death
Cyclopes
Why did Heracles not continue with the Argonauts’ expedition after stopping at Cios
lost his squire Hylas
Who was the father of Anchises
Capys
What was the goddess of Necessity called
Ananke
What cannibals were visited by Odysseus after his second visit to Aeolus
Laestrygonians
What is the Greek term for pride which leads to insolent violence
hubris
With what visitor to Acastus did Astydamia fall in love
Peleus
What couple, changed into kingfishers, called themselves Zeus and Hera?
Ceyx and Alcyone
Who drove Idomeneus out of Crete
Leucus
Who travelled with Diomedes to fetch Philoctetes from Lemnos
Odysseus
Into what were the mourners of Meleager transformed
guinea fowl (meleagrides)
Who brought orders from Zeus for Calypso to let Odysseus go
Hermes
What was the river of forgetfulness in the underworld
Lethe
What type of creature was Marsyas
satyr
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
Ovid
Who was the first to invent firesticks
Hermes
Who was the only one of the Seven Against Thebes to successfully scale the city walls
Capaneus
What deity sprang from Zeus’ head in full panoply (full armor)
Athena
Whose daughters resisted Dionysus at Orchomenus
Minyas
At whose court did Orestes grow to manhood
Strophius
On what hunt did Peleus accompany Euytion
Calydonian Boar
What did Zeus do to stop Salmoneus pretending to be him
hit with lightning
Who put Mt. Pelion on Mt. Ossa in an attempt to reach Olympus
Otus and Ephialtes
What other name, for a daughter of Athamas, was given to the straits sometimes called the Dardanelles
Hellespont
Who ratified the marriage of Cupid and Pysche
Zeus
Who threw a thunderbolt between Heracles and Apollo to stop their fighting
Zeus
In what city did Cassandra die
Mycenae
What goddess was associated with the companion or epithet Nike
Athena
Whose sons killed Alcmaeon for stealing something from their sister
Phegeus
What wife of Aeneas was lost as he fled the city
Creusa
Who were the three daughters of Night who guarded golden apples
Hesperides
On what island was Achilles disguised as a girl
Scyros
According to Stesichorus, who detained Helen in Egypt
Proteus
Who was the father of Pero
Neleus
What Roman author wrote De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Lucretius
What Cyclops was encountered by Odysseus and his men
Polyphemus
Name the members of the Furies (Erinyes, Eumenides, Semnai Theai, Dirae).
Alecto, Megara, Tisiphone
Name the members of the Epigoni.
Aegialeus, Diomedes, Alcmaeon, Amphilochus, Euryalus, Promachus, Sthenelus, Thersander
Who threw the discus that killed Acrisius
Perseus
Who was the mother of Minos
Europa
Who was the husband of Autonoe
Aristaeus
What goddess threw away the flute
Athena
Who died in place of Prometheus
Chiron
Who delayed her suitors by weaving a cloak which she unthreaded each night
Penelope
Which of Priam’s sons had the gift of prophecy
Helenus
What priestess of Hera was the mother of Cleobis and Biton
Cydippe
How did Bellerophon kill Stheneboea
Pegasus dropped her
What goddess disguised herself as an old woman and was helped by Jason in crossing a river
Hera
What staff had two snakes intertwined
caduceus
What kingdom did Perseus trade to Megapenthes
Argos
Who are the parents of Perseus?
Zeus and Danae
What king of Nemea did Hypsipyle later serve, bringing her into contact with the Seven Against Thebes
Lycurgus
Who in the Underworld is faced with eternal hunger and thirst (served his son Pelops as dinner to gods)?
Tantalus
What son of Priam marries Helen after Paris’ death
Deiphobus
What king of the Bebryces was a great boxer?
Amycus
What goddess flew through the city of Ithaca and spread the news of the massacre of Penelope’s suitors?
Rumor
Who dressed as Zeus by driving a chariot hurling torches
Salmoneus
Who murdered Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
Orestes
Whose opportunity for eternal life from Athena was revoked when he ate the brains of his enemy
Tydeus
Who was the father of the serpent which guarded a spring Cadmus used
Ares
Where did Aepytus learn that Iamus would be the greatest of seers
Delphi
What was Orestes told to look for in the land of the Tauri
wooden statue of Artemis
Whom does Solon call the happiest man on Earth
Tellus
What author describes the Argonauts’ journey up the Danube?
Apollonius of Rhodes
How did Tiresias say that the city could be saved from the Seven Against Thebes
if one of the Spartoi sacrificed himself
From what son of Electra did the Trojan race spring
Dardanus
What sister of Procne was seduced by Tereus and turned into a swallow?
Philomela
Why was a coin put in the mouth of someone upon death
to pay Charon
What goddess is sometimes referred to as Tritogeneia
Athena
What brother of Dictys was king of Seriphos
Polydectes
Who was the son of Deianira and Heracles
Hyllus
Which of the Spartoi sacrificed himself to save Thebes
Menoeceus II
What daughter of Nycteus was seduced by a god
Antiope
Who curses Polynices and Eteocles, foretelling the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
Oedipus
Who was the father of Podalirius and Machaon
Asclepius
Who was represented by the Palladium
Pallas
Which of the Nereids was loved by Polyphemus
Galatea
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Peleus & Thetis; loved Briseis; killed by arrow from Paris?
Achilles
From what centaur did Heracles rescue the daughter of Dexamenus
Eurytion
Who is the wife of Orestes
Hermione
Who granted Caenis whatever wish she wanted
Poseidon
Who killed Nestor’s son Antilochus
Memnon
Who was the father of Hippodamia
Oenomaus
Who walked around the horse imitating the voices of heroes’ wives
Helen
What many-headed monster killed by Heracles was a sibling of Orthus and Cerberus
Hydra
What cousins of Cadmus were the sons of Belus
Danaus and Aegyptus
What festival was celebrated in Athens in honor of Athena
Panathanaea
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
Ovid
Who were the nymphs of springs
Naiads
What child of Ino did she carry with her when she jumped into the sea
Melicertes
Who was turned into a river god after being killed by Polyphemus
Acis
What is the meaning of the Greek word Aphros
foam
What Roman poet wrote an epic called “Thebaid” about the Seven Against Thebes
Statius
Who was the god of stealing
Hermes
What was the relationship between Agamemnon and Aegisthus
cousins
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Antenor who defends Scaean gate?
Agenor
Who was the sister of Pelops
Niobe
What god did Melicertes, the son of Ino, become
Palaemon
Who abducted Persephone
Hades
Which character in the Trojan War marries Deiophobus after the death of Paris; Menelaus reclaims her?
Helen
Who guided the arrow, shot by Paris, which wounded Achilles
Apollo
Who was the prophet of the Greek army at Troy
Calchas
What was the relationship of Thetis to Neoptolemus
grandmother
What did Zeus do after Sisyphus reported him to Asopus
sent death to carry him off
From which underworld river was Psyche assigned to get water to fill a jar
Cocytus
What priestess of Athena was the wife of Antenor
Theano
What king, known as the ‘craftiest of men’ told his wife to throw his body into the middle of town square instead of burying him?
Sisyphus
Who lured many ships to their destruction with a false beacon
Nauplius
Where did the Cretan Bull go after Heracles released it
Marathon
What companion of Orestes returns with him to Mycenae
Pylades
To what land did Artemis take the rescued Iphigenia
land of the Tauri
What king of Lydia was visited by Solon in Sardis
Croesus
Who refused to heal Paris after Philoctetes wounded him
Oenone
To whom did Hermes and Apollo take their cattle dispute
Zeus
How did Heracles respond to Augeas’ failure to pay him
he killed him
Who struck down the daughters of Niobe
Artemis
What prince, near the Augean stables, entertained Heracles
Dexamenus
What term refers to the assignment of human characteristics to the gods
anthropomorphism
On what mountain was the funeral pyre of Heracles
Mt. Oeta
Who agreed to die in place of Admetus so that he could live
Alcestis (his wife)
Who made the Palladium
Athena
Which character in the Trojan War is the friend of Achilles who wears his armor and is killed by Hector?
Patroclus
What Greek poet wrote the Idylls (the model for Vergil’s Eclogues, by the way)
Theocritus
What Egyptian goddess was later identified as Io
Isis
Who is described by Homer as “polytropos”
Odysseus
Who was the father of Er
Armenius
What woman did Bias wish to marry
Pero
What was the ceremonial robe presented to the priestess of Athena called
peplos
What happened to Psyche when she looked in the box of Persephone’s beauty
deathlike sleep
Who was the wife of Cretheus
Tyro
What tribe lived in Cyzicus under the leadership of King Cyzicus
Doliones
What goddess helped Epeus build the Trojan Horse
Athena
What judge of the dead is seen by Odysseus during his visit
Minos
What giant was killed by Heracles during the Gigantomachy
Alcyoneus
On what island did Cyparissus live
Ceos
Who were the three judges of the underworld
Minos, Rhadymanthus and Aeacus
Into what were Atalanta and Melanion transformed
lion and lioness
How did the Argonauts keep the Stymphalian Birds away?
clashing their shields
What goddess of doom and destruction inspired the name of Croesus’ son
Ate
Who is turned into bats?
daughters of Minyas, after resisting Dionysus
Who were the two children of Phoroneus
Niobe and Apis
What were the names of the Gorgons
Stheno, Euryale and Medusa
What god had a sanctuary at Cape Taenarum
Poseidon
What did Theseus do to repay Heracles for rescuing him from the Underworld
sheltered him after Megara murder
Who was the son of Heracles and Auge
Telephus
Who was the father of Autolycus
Hermes
Whose punishment was to eternally roll a stone uphill in the underworld
Sisyphus
Who needed to yoke fire-breathing bulls to plow a field and sow it with dragon’s teeth to get the Golden Fleece?
Jason
What was Hades’ relationship to Persephone
uncle
Who was the mother of Sarpedon
Laodamia
How did Heracles kill the Nemean Lion
strangled it
Of what Trojan ally were Glaucus and Sarpedon the leaders
Lycians
Who pursued Alcmaeon after he killed his mother
Furies
Besides a necklace, what other famous gift did Harmonia receive
robe
Where did the encounter of Menelaus and Nereus occur
Egypt
What centaur died when he accidentally dropped Heracles’ poisoned arrow on his foot
Pholus
Who was the priestess of Apollo at Cumae
Sibyl
How did Odysseus escape the Sirens’ song
tied to mast
Which character in the Trojan War has a smelly foot so he stays on Lemnos until the end; shoots arrow that kills Paris?
Philoctetes
Who was the father of Cassandra
Priam
Who was the sister of Creon
Jocasta
Who was the most famous poetess of love in antiquity
Sappho
Who is turned into a(n) bear?
Callisto
For how much of their lives were the Graeae old women
from birth
Who said he would rather be a slave on earth than king of dead souls
Achilles
What tribe did Bellerophon defeat after the Solymi
Amazons
What advisor to Nero wrote a tragedy about Medea?
Seneca the Younger
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Alcmene?
Amphitryon
What instrument did Apollo play
lyre
On what mountain was the infant Oedipus exposed
Cithaeron
What god was worshiped as patron of all arts and crafts
Hephaestus
Who is turned into a(n) owl?
Ascalaphus, for telling Hades that Persephone ate pomegranate seeds
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the Ithacan noble left in charge of Odysseus’s household?
Mentor
According to Pindar, where did Heracles go to find the Cerynean Hind
land of Hyperboreans
Who were the parents of Narcissus?
Cephissus & Leiriope
Who were the sons of Oedipus who agreed to alternate ruling the kingdom yearly?
Eteocles and Polynices
What was the magical wallet of Perseus called
kibisis
Name the sons of Phrixus and Chalciope
Argus, Melas, Phrontis, Cytisorus
Who was the daughter of Deianira and Heracles
Macaria
What father of Ajax the Greater was among the Argonauts
Telamon
What payment did Heracles demand of Laomedon for saving Hesione
Laomedon’s immortal horses
After Adrastus, Polynices and Tydeus, name the rest of the Seven Against Thebes
Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Amphiaraus
Phemonoe, Aristonice and Perallus all served as what
Pythia
What happened to Anaxarete after she didn’t mourn for Iphis
turned to stone
Who was the child of Hector and Andromache
Astyanax
Who is turned into a(n) stag beetle?
Cerambus
Who, some say, seduced Anticleia before she married Laertes
Sisyphus
What two deities were wounded by Diomedes
Ares and Aphrodite
Who fatally wounded Paris
Philoctetes
Which of the nine volunteers to fight Hector is chosen and manages to draw blood from Hector?
Ajax the greater
Who were the two children of Tyndareus and Leda
Castor and Clytemnestra
Who gave Diomedes land in Italy
Daunus
Who were the parents of Thetis
Nereus and Doris
What was the flaw in the treasury Trophonius and Agamedes built
movable stone
Which of his daughters did Agamemnon try to sacrifice at Aulis
Iphigenia
Who vowed to sacrifice to Poseidon the first thing that met him upon arriving home
Idomeneus
Who wrote the Olympian Ode
Pindar
Who was the brother of Medea?
Apsyrtus
How did Dionysus punish the killers of Orpheus
turned into trees
Who was the wife of Admetus
Alcestis
With which Greek deity is the sparrow associated
Aphrodite
What pair healed Philoctetes
Podalirius and Machaon
Who gave his daughters in marriage to two exiles, Polynices and Tydeus
Adrastus
Who vengefully contrived the death of Palamedes
Odysseus
What part of Odysseus’ marriage bed could not be moved
live olive tree
What Roman poet wrote the Metamorphoses
Ovid
What wife of Proetus fell in love with Bellerophon
Stheneboea
Who does Achilles allow to use his armor to fight the Trojans
Patroclus
Who is turned into a(n) lions?
Hippomenes and Atalanta
Which of the Seven against Thebes was a prophet
Amphiaraus
Who often stole the cattle of Sisyphus
Autolycus
What goddess was represented in art with a helmet, spear and shield
Athena
What leader of the Amazons was killed by Achilles, who fell in love with her as he killed her and mourned her death?
Penthesilea
What deity did the city of Paphos honor above all others
Aphrodite
On what island did Sappho write her love poetry
Lesbos
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the loyal cowherd?
Philoetius
Who led the Argives at the Trojan War
Diomedes
Who was the daughter of Cupid and Psyche
Voluptas
Who was sacrificed at Aulis to bring favorable winds
Iphigenia
Who was the father of Andromeda
Cepheus
What Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers to Zeus was killed by Heracles
Busiris
Who is turned into a(n) rock?
Daphnis; son of Hermes, threw himself off a cliff and was transformed
Why was Hysipyle driven from the island
deception of hiding her father
How did Polynices get Amphiaraus to join the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
bribed his wife Eriphyle with Harmonia’s robe and necklace
What queen of Lydia was Heracle sold to and forced to serve as her slave dressed as a woman?
Omphale
To what land did Apollo take the nymph Cyrene
Libya
Name two of Leda and Zeus’ children
Clytemnestra/Helen/Castor/Pollux(Polydeuces)
How many sisters did Psyche have
three
Who was the father of Pyrrah?
Epimetheus
What does Pandora mean in greek?
all gifts
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Tydeus; wounds Aphrodite and Ares; exchanges armor with Glaucus?
Diomedes
What did Jason need to bring in order for Pelias to give up the throne
Golden Fleece
Who killed Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons
Heracles
What was the relationship of Cinyras to Pygmalion and Galatea
grandson
What group sprang from the teeth Cadmus sowed
Spartoi
What priest of Apollo was spared in Odysseus’ attack of Ismarus
Maron
Who supplied the chariot to Pelops for his race with Oenomaus, according to some accounts
Poseidon
What did Apollo do to the Greeks in answer to the prayer of Chryses
sent plague
What father of Ajax the Lesser was among the Argonauts
Oileus
Besides being the hound of Geryon, what other relation did the dog have to him
nephew
Who turned the Phaeacian ship, which had safely returned Odysseus, into stone
Poseidon
Who scorned the love of Iphis
Anaxarete
Which helmsman of the Argo died during the visit to the Mariandyni?
Tiphys
What did Poseidon send to Troy to punish Laomedon
sea monster
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the suitor who persuaded others not to kill Telemachus?
Amphinomus
Who was the child of Aegeus and Medea?
Medus
What builders were the sons of Erginus
Trophonius and Agamedes
What deity possessed a magic girdle with irresistible powers of enticement
Aphrodite
What is another name for Eris
Discord
Who was the father of Laocoon
Antenor
What argonaut had x-ray vision?
Lynceus
What objects did Perseus get from nymphs to help him
cap, sandals, wallet
Who led the Thracian allies of Troy
Rhesus
Who was the first helmsman of the Argo
Tiphys
Name the members of the Underworld Rivers.
Styx (hate, oaths), Cocytus (wailing), Lethe (forgetfulness), Acheron (woe), Phlegethon/Pyriphlegethon (fire)
What group was often referred to a the Minyae
Argonauts
On what mountain do most of the Greek gods live
Mt. Olympus
With what island, other than Cythera and Cyprus, does a Homeric Hymn associate Aphrodite
Salamis
Who are the parents of Jason?
Aeson and Polymede (or Alcimede)
What tricky pair of dwarfs were told to ‘beware of the black-bottomed man’
Cercopes
Who founds Thebes?
Cadmus
Who was caught robbing a treasury he had helped build
Agamedes
Who in the Underworld is bound by snake to pillar, back-to-back; screech owl sits atop?
Otus & Ephialtes
Who was the husband of Agave
Echion
Who was the only one of Priam’s sons to survive the Trojan War
Helenus
By what spring did Bellerophon try to tame Pegasus
Pirene
Who was the son of Oileus
Ajax the Lesser
What bard sings of Troy in the Odyssey
Demodocus
How did Ajax the Greater die
suicide
What does the name of the Harpies mean?
snatchers
With whom did Clytemnestra commit adultery while Agamemnon was away at Troy
Aegisthus
How long was the truce between the Greeks and Trojans after Hector died?
11 days
With what bird was Athena associated
owl
Who was the father of Tantalus
Zeus
What birdlike creatures with women’s heads lured passing sailors onto rocks
Sirens
Of what deity was Medea a priestess?
Hecate
How did Heracles kill Linus
hit with lyre
Who was the father of Ajax the Greater
Telamon
What city does Homer refer to as Ephyra
Corinth
Why did Artemis cause unfavorable winds for the Greeks at Aulis
Agamemnon killed sacred stag
Who was the father of Hecate
Perses
Who was the wife of Agamemnon
Clytemnestra
What princess of Troy was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles
Hesione
Who was the brother of Peleus
Telamon
What centaur protected Peleus when his sword was hidden
Chiron
Who put Danae and her infant son into a chest and to sea
Acrisius
What is the Greek word for laurel
Daphne
Who ruled Thebes after the death of Labdacus
Lycus
Who were the paternal grandparents of Amphitryon
Perseus & Andromeda
Where was Oeneus king
Calydon
What was the last task assigned to Psyche by Venus
get Persephone’s beauty
Who is turned into a(n) monkeys?
the Cercopes, dwarves who harassed Heracles
Who snatched Phrixus and Helle to put them on a golden ram
Nephele
Who in the Underworld is placed on spinning wheel of fire (tried to woo Hera)?
Ixion
To what island did the Greek fleet sail when they left the Trojan Horse
Tenedos
Who was the father of Arachne
Idmon
Who gave Aeetes his fire-breathing bulls?
Hephaestus
Who was told he would destroy a mighty empire if he attacked Persia
Croesus
Who killed Eetion
Achilles
Against what tribe did Heracles run out of arrows
Ligurians
What was the River of Hate in the underworld
Styx
With what island are Camirus, Ialysus, and Lindos associated
Rhodes
What daughter of Lycomedes fell in love with Achilles
Deidamia
What Libyan giant was wrestled by Heracles
Antaeus
Who is turned into magpies (or jackdaws)?
Pierides (daughters of Pierus) after losing music contest to Muses
Who was the wife of Acastus
Astydamia
Who was the infant son of Odysseus used by Palamedes to reveal him
Telemachus
What goddess influenced Medea to help Jason?
Hera and Aphrodite
Which Argonaut is a music master?
Orpheus
For how many days did Leto labor with Apollo
nine
What brother of Alcmena was later killed by a son of Heracles
Licymnius
To whose floating island did Odysseus go after escaping from Polyphemus
Aeolus
What child did Demeter try to make immortal
Demophoon
Where was the home of Philoctetes
Thessaly
What goddess was born on Ortygia
Artemis
Who wrote a Greek tragedy called “Medea”?
Euripides
Who was the wife of Capaneus
Evadne
What captured spy told Odysseus and Diomedes of the Thracian camp
Dolon
Who was the Roman equivalent of Eosphoros
Lucifer
Who founds Argos?
Phoroneus
What two sons of Pelops quarreled over the Mycenean throne?
Thysetes and Atreus
How many of Odysseus’ men did Polyphemus eat
six
What is the meaning of the name “Oedipus”
swellfoot
Who founds Mycenae?
Perseus
During what period does Aeolus forbid winds to blow in winter
halcyon days
What does Homer call Stheneboea, the wife of Proetus
Antea
Who wrote the most famous account of Pyramus and Thisbe
Ovid
Who is turned into a(n) hawk?
Daedalion, father of Chione, morning her death at hands of Artemis
Who was the eldest child of Pontus and Ge
Nereus
What king of Tegea killed Hyllus
Echemus
Who was the son of Nauplius
Palamedes
What pious old couple gave hospitality to Zeus and Hermes
Baucis and Philemon
Which character in the Trojan War is the herald of the Greeks at Troy?
Talthybius
Who is the son of Hector
Astyanax
What nurse of Odysseus recognized him by a scar on his leg
Eurycleia
Who was the father of Laodamia and grandfather of Sarpedon
Bellerophon
How did Orestes die
snake-bite
To what island is Achilles required to withdraw for the murder of Thersites
Lesbos
What type of fruit did Persephone eat in the underworld
pomegranate
Name the members of the Muses.
Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love verse), Euterpe (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred music), Terpsichore (choral dancing), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy)
What twins quarrelled even in the womb
Proetus and Acrisius
Who was the child of Hesione and Laomedon
Teucer
Besides husband & wife, what other relationship do Orestes and Hermione hold
cousins
Which character in the Trojan War is Achilles’ charioteer (he also drove Patroclus’ chariot); he killed Aretus?
Automedon
Who swam the Hellespont each night to visit his lover
Leander
Where is Odysseus when Homer’s Odyssey begins
Ogygia
Who purified Peleus for killing Eurytion
Acastus
What river god was horned like a bull and could change himself into different shapes
Achelous
What did Heracles do to be purified for murdering Iphitus
be a slave for 1 year
Who was the father of Ino
Cadmus
What did Odysseus do to the oar he carried
planted it and sacrificed to Poseidon
How many Graces were there
three
Who were the parents of Doris
Oceanus and Tethys
What goddess was a messenger for the Gods
Iris
What mortal married Thetis after Zeus rejected her
Peleus
What was the kingdom of Menelaus
Sparta
Which character in the Trojan War comes from Salamis; loved Tecmessa; loses to Odysseus in the contest for Achilles’ armor?
Ajax the Greater (son of Telamon)
How did Zeus help Heracles when he ran out of arrows against the Ligurians
rained stones
What did Heracles do after flushing out the Stymphalian Birds
shot them with arrows
What king of Pherae entertained Heracles on his way to the Mares of Diomedes
Admetus
Name the son of Menoeceus I
Creon
What daughter of Priam received the gift of prophecy from Apollo
Cassandra
Who guarded Croesus’ son Atys while hunting a boar
Adrastus
What king of the Mariandyni hospitably received the Argonauts?
Lycus
To appease what goddess did Agamemnon plan to sacrifice his daughter to gain favorable sailing winds
Artemis
What did Poseidon do to Inachus after Argos rejected him
dried Inachus up
To what was Opheltes’ name changed
Archemorus
What skilled craftsmen and metalworkers lived on Rhodes
Telchines
Who was Carthaginian queen who falls in love with Aeneas, suicide with sword?
Dido
Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet
Tomb of Ninus
Who in the Underworld does Demeter put a stone on him for telling Hades about pomegranate; becomes owl?
Ascalaphus
What helmsman of Aeneas does he see in the underworld
Palinurus
What three heroes did Odysseus meet in the underworld
Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax Greater
Who led the Seven Against Thebes to a spring near Nemea
Hypsipyle
Who was the son of Aeson
Jason
What is another name for the Furies
Erinyes
What daughter of Salmoneus was loved by Poseidon
Tyro
Who killed Laius at a crossroads
Oedipus
Where did Heracles journey for his second labor
Lerna
To whose court did Bellerophon go for purification after fratricide
Proetus
Who purified Ixion for being the first to kill his own kin
Zeus
What was the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx
Man
What does Chrysaor mean
he of the golden sword
Whose horse prophesies his death in Iliad book 19
Achilles
Whom did Zethus and Amphion tie to the horns of a bull that dragged her to death
Dirce
To whom did Aphrodite give the infant Adonis in a chest
Persephone
Who were the parents of Iris and the Harpies
Thaumus and Electra
Who was the father of Deucalion?
Prometheus
Who substituted a stone for the body of Alcmena in her coffin
Hermes
Who is turned into a(n) hyacinth flower?
Hyacinthus, beloved by Apollo but killed by wind from jealous Boreas
Who is turned into a(n) woodpecker?
Picus; rejected Circe’s love for that of the nymph Canens
Who killed Agamemnon
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
What sprang from the blood of Ajax the Greater
flower (with AI-AI on petals)
To whom did Heracles give Hesione as a bride
Telamon
What god gave Peleus his sword
Hephaestus
Who cast Charybdis into the sea with a thunderbolt
Zeus
Who was the son of Amphiaraus
Alcmaeon
What horn did Heracles receive after returning the broken horn of Achelous
horn of Amalthea
How did Hero die
threw herself from tower
Who was shut up in a brazen chamber or tower by her father
Danae
Which Argonaut is the first helmsman of the Argo; died on the journey?
Tiphys
Who taught music to Heracles
Linus
Who was the Greek god of thunder, lightning and rain
Zeus
What queen of the Phaeacians was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa
Arete
Who sent the giant crab to help the Lernaean Hydra
Hera
Where did Hermes throw his sandals after stealing cattle
Alpheus River
Who did Heracles put on the throne of Elis to replace king Augeas
Phyleus (Augeas’ son)
Who founds Praeneste?
Caeculus
Who founds Crete?
Tectamus
Who killed Odysseus
Telegonus
Whose cattle did Bias have to steal to win the hand of Pero
Phylacus
In what form did Zeus seduce Alcmena while Amphitryon was attacking Pterelaus
form of Amphitryon
Who was disguised as Hera for Ixion to seduce
Nephele
What fisherman found Perseus and Danae on Seriphos
Dictys
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
Ovid
What mortal was chosen by Marpessa over Apollo
Idas
What king challenged the verdict of Tmolus in a music contest
Midas
What king had fifty daughters who entertained Heracles
Thespius
Who wrote the myth of Er, which appears in the Republic
Plato
How did Acrisius die
hit with discus
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
P. Ovidius Naso
To what god did the epithet Delian apply
Apollo
Who wove scenes of the gods less honorable amorous conquests
Arachne
In whose honor were the Isthmian Games instituted
Melicertes
Who killed Patroclus
Hector
Who was the founder of Thebes
Cadmus
Who takes the form of an ape in the myth of Er
Thersites
Who were the parents of the Nereid Galatea
Nereus and Doris
What goddess closes the Odyssey by satisfying the blood demand of Penelope’s slain suitors
Athena
What was the Roman name of Polydeuces
Pollux
What oracle told Cadmus where to found his city
Delphi
Who fasioned new armor for Achilles after the death of Patroclus
Hephaestus
What twins were born to Tyro and Poseidon
Neleus and Pelias
Which Argonaut is the only female argonaut?
Atalanta
What was on the shield of Hippomedon
Typhon
What Shakespearean play takes structure from Pyramus and Thisbe
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Who are the parents of Telemachus?
Odysseus and Penelope
What is the third installment of the Oresteia
Eumenides
What does Ortygia mean
quail island
What Greek playwright wrote a tragedy called Heracles
Euripides
What Oceanid who married Tmolus, was the mother of Tantalus?
Plouto
Who wrote the Poetics
Aristotle
Which character in the Trojan War is the love of Agamemnon whom he gives up to Chryses, Apollo’s priest, to stop plague?
Chryseis
Off what cape did Nauplius draw shipwrecks with a false beacon
Cape Caphareus
How did Sisyphus prove Autolycus stole his cattle
brands on hooves
What made the Lernaean Hydra so difficult to beat
two heads grew back when one was cut
Who assumes the form of Deiphobus to deceive Hector in combat
Athena
What deity had the epithet glaukopis
Athena
Who gave Odysseus a bag of winds
Aeolus
How did Heracles skin the Nemean Lion
with its own claw
Who refused to accept leadership of the Argo, in favor of Jason
Heracles
Who was the wife of the sculptor Pygmalion
Galatea
What was Poseidon’s relationship to Pegasus
father (by Medusa)
What does Spartoi mean
sown men
What Roman author wrote the Achilleid
Statius
Name the members of the Curetes.
Cretan spirits, daughters of Hecaterus, clashed their spears for Zeus, stole Epaphus
Who were collectively known as the Oenotropae?
daughters of Anius - Oino, Spermo, Elais
Who was the father of the descendant of the Spartoi who sacrificed himself to save Thebes
Creon
With which deity were Delphi and Delos most closely associated
Apollo
What monster, encircled with a ring of dog’s heads, lived in a cave at the Straits of Messina
Scylla
Who boasted from a rock in the sea that even the Gods couldn’t prevent his escape
Ajax the Lesser
At what city were the Isthmian Games
Corinth
Who were the parents of Argus, Melas, Phrontis and Cytisorus
Phrixus and Chalciope
Who was fated to die if he met a cleverer prophet than himself
Calchas
What did Heracles promise to Meleager in the Underworld
to marry his sister
Who foretold the last portion of the Argonaut’s expedition?
Phineus
On what hill in Athens was the Parthenon located
Acropolis
Over the throne of what kingdom did Atreus and Thyestes quarrel
Mycenae
Who was the second wife of Theseus
Phaedra
To what deity did Thoas become a priest in the land of the Tauri, just as Iphigenia
Artemis
Whom did Phoroneus choose as chief deity for Argos
Hera
Who kills Hector
Achilles
Who caused Aphrodite to fall in love with Anchises
Zeus
Who was crippled father of Aeneas, Aeneas visits him in Underworld?
Anchises
Who was fated to live long and die ingloriously, or die young and gloriously
Achilles
Who was the son of Odysseus and Circe
Telegonus
Who is turned into a(n) hoopoe?
Tereus
Which character in the Trojan War is the Dardanian prince?
Aeneas
What river was the father of Phoroneus
Inachus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the old father of many servants, father of six loyal sons as well as Melantho and Melantheus?
Dolius
Who was Aeneas’ 1st wife, disappears in flight from Troy?
Creusa
Who recognized the corpse of her son wash up on the shore after leaving Troy
Hecuba
In what form did Zeus visit Leda
swan
With whom was the epithet Phoebus associated
Apollo
Who was the father of Calypso
Atlas
Whom did Cadmus have to serve after killing a serpent
Ares
Which character in the Trojan War is the wise old king of Pylos; his son was Antilochus?
Nestor
What do the return stories of Diomedes, Idomeneus and Philoctetes have in common
founded Italian colonies
What mountain king did Heracles wrestle and kill on Sicily
Eryx
What was the relationship of Athamas and Cretheus
brothers
What did Heracles say was his most difficult labor
12th - Cerberus
Who appeared in a dream to Pelias and ordered him to obtain the Golden Fleece
Phrixus
Who is turned into a(n) weasel?
Galanthis (for tricking Eileithyia into allowing Heracles’ birth)
Who lived on the island of Ogygia
Calypso
How many sons did Priam have
fifty
Who was the son of Autonoe and Aristaeus
Actaeon
Which of the Argonauts boxed and killed Amycus?
Polydeuces
What was customarily done for a dead person to help him in the underworld
coin in mouth
Through which gate of the underworld do false dreams pass
Gate of Ivory
What was on the shield of Polynices
woman (Justice) leading an armed man
Into what constellation was Callisto transformed
Arctus; Ursa Major
Who prevented Arcas from killing his mother, the bear, while hunting
Zeus
What son of Atalanta was one of the Seven Against Thebes
Parthenopaeus
Which character in the Trojan War takes the first to step ashore and dies fulfilling prophecy?
Protesilaus
What was the talent of Lynceus
keen eyesight
Who was the daughter of Electryon
Alcmena
Who were collectively known as the Aloadae?
Otus and Ephialtes (sons of Aloeus)
What attendent of Alcmene distracted Ilithyia and was turned into a weasel?
Galanthis
Who sent a great boar to ravage Calydon
Artemis
Who was the hero of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
Lucius
What was the alternative name for Jason’s wife Glauce?
Creusa
What centaur was wounded by Heracles in a fight after Pholus shared his wine
Chiron
What goddess had a center of worship in Argos
Hera
What nymph was called “silver-footed”
Thetis
Who were the two most famous children of Agenor
Cadmus and Europa
Who decreed Leto couldn’t deliver anywhere the sun shone
Hera
With what celestial object is Artemis most closely associated
the moon
What name did Demeter use when disguised as an old woman
Doso
Who split the rock where Locrian Ajax sat, hurling him into the sea
Poseidon
What was the Delphic priestess of Apollo called
Pythia
Who wrotet the Metamorphoses
Ovid
Who loved Cydippe
Acontius
What brother of Iole was killed by Heracles in his anger
Iphitus
Who was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Orestes
Who were the children of Cretheus and Tyro
Aeson, Pheres, Amythaon
To where did Heracles journey for his 8th labor
Thrace
What wife of Amphiaraus was killed by her son Alcmaeon
Eriphyle
What king of Elis, who also had filthy stables, was among the Argonauts
Augeas
What does the name Argo mean
swift
Where did the chariot race with Oenomaus begin
Pisa
What disloyal goatherd of Odysseus was mutilated and killed
Melanthius
On what island did the Greeks abandon Philoctetes due to his noxious wound
Lemnos
Who, besides Chiron, served as a tutor of Achilles
Phoenix
What son of Augeas took the side of Heracles in a dispute over payment
Phyleus
Who were the two daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta
Antigone and Ismene
What monster, killed by Bellerophon, was a sibling of the Orthus and Cerberus
Chimaera
Who was the son of Iolaus
Iphicles
What priestess of Aphrodite lived in Sestos
Hero
Who is turned into oak trees?
the maenads who killed Orpheus
What daughter of Aeetes married Phrixus
Chalciope
Who was the mother of the Pleiades
Pleione
What city’s army did Heracles successfully lead in battle against the Minyans of Orchomenus
Thebes
How did Trophonius die
Earth swallowed him
What athletic contests were held every four years at Delphi
Pythian games
What dog, owned by Odyssues died upon finally seeing his master return?
Argus
Who carried water in leaky jars in the underworld
Danaids
Into the length of how many nights did Zeus stretch his visit to Alcmena
three
What was the term for Demeter’s secret worship rites at Eleusis
Eleusinian Mysteries
Who was the son of Deucalion and Pyrrah?
Hellen
Who was the first husband of Hermione
Neoptolemus
By what other name is the horn of Amalthea known
cornu copiae (cornucopia)
What race sprang from Centaurus and the mares of Magnesia
Centaurs
What god was spurned by Marpessa
Apollo
Who led three goddesses to Paris
Hermes
Who was the second-cleverest of the Greeks at Troy
Palamedes
What was the River of Fire in the underworld
Phlegethon/Pyriphlegethon
Who are the parents of Nestor?
Neleus and Chloris
Who chose a mortal lover instead of Apollo
Marpessa
What does “epigoni” mean
afterborn (the later generation)
Which Argonaut is the 2nd helmsman of Argo; replaces Tiphys?
Ancaeus
Who caused a storm to wreck many of Ajax the Lesser’s ships
Athena
What monster had six dogs’ heads and twelve feet, and snatched sailors from ships
Scylla
Who commanded Pysche’s father that she be placed on a mountaintop to wed a serpent
Apollo
Who was old friend of Acestes, beat Dares in a boxing match at Anchises’s funeral games?
Entellus
Which character in the Trojan War is a wealthy Corinthian; son of Polyeidus;fated to die of disease at home or in fight at Troy?
Euchenor
Who burned the temple of Apollo after the god had an affair with his daughter
Phlegyas
Who had the epithet Lycios
Apollo
With which Greek deity is the goose associated
Aphrodite
How did Leander die
drowned
With which deity was Athens most closely associated
Athena
Who was punished by Apollo for trying to rape Leto
Tityus
Who took Cassandra as his slave
Agamemnon
Who was the husband of Niobe
Amphion
With what city was Sisyphus associated
Corinth
In what god’s sacred grove was the golden fleece hung
Ares
Who destroyed the vineyards of Syleus and then Syleus himself
Heracles
What pair spent alternate days on Olympus and in Hades
Castor and Polydeuces
How did Odysseus escape the cave of Polyphemus
on the belly of sheep
What was the special place of torment in the underworld
Tartarus
Who in the Underworld is forced to plait a rope which a donkey keeps eating; had a spending wife in life?
Ocnus
Who was the father of Autonoe
Cadmus
According to Stesichorus, where was Helen during the Trojan War
Egypt
What goddess most disliked Heracles
Hera
Who killed Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon
Artemis
Who taught archery to Heracles
Eurytus
After rejecting Polyphemus, whom did Galatea love instead
Acis
Who had a spike driven through his ankles as an infant
Oedipus
From what land did Orpheus originate
Thrace
Who was the father of Aeetes?
Helius (the Sun)
What cattle-driving monster was the son of Chrysaor
Geryon
What nurse of Orestes safely secured his escape after Agamemnon’s murder
Cilissa
What does ‘Pityocamptes’ mean?
pine-bender
To whom does Helen describe the Greeks as they fight in the plain
Priam
Who was engaged to marry Haemon
Antigone
What philosopher proclaimed “man is the measure of all things”
Protagoras
What god played the Cithara at the wedding of Cupid and Psyche
Apollo
Who was the queen of Lemnos
Hypsipyle
To what goddess was the Cerynean Hind sacred
Artemis
What did the apple of Eris say
For the fairest
What dragon helped the Hesperides guard their golden apples
Ladon
Who were the children of Amythaon
Bias and Melampus
What was on the shield of Capaneus
man carrying fire
Where was Minos king
Crete
How did Perseus persuade the Graeae to help him
took eye or tooth
What king of Eleusis was visited by the mourning Demeter
Celeus
What son of Gordias came to live with Croesus, according to Herodotus
Adrastus (not 7 against Th.)
Who wrote the Odyssey
Homer
Who did Heracles trick to help him get the Apples of the Hesperides
Atlas
What does Eumenides mean
kindly ones
Who was the father of Orpheus
Apollo
Who was the father of Coronis
Phlegyas
Who was the father of Alcyone
Aeolus
Where was Neoptolemus killed
Delphi
Which god was called the Earthshaker
Poseidon
What son of Nestor fought at Troy
Antilochus
What wife of Latinus opposed a marriage between Lavinia and Aeneas, and preferred Turnus, another suitor?
Queen Amata
What figure was held in the hand of Athena’s statue in the Parthenon
Nike
Who was the wife of Pelops
Hippodamia
Who was the father of Anius
Apollo
What kind of animal suckled infant Paris on Mt. Ida
bear
Who replaced Tiphys as helmsman of the Argo?
Ancaeus
What young Lapith maiden was seduced by Poseidon
Caenis
Which of the Apharidae was killed by Zeus’ thunderbolt
Idas
Who is turned into a(n) laurel tree?
Daphne, pursued by Apollo
Who is turned into a(n) horse?
Ocyrrhoe (or Hippo), daughter of Chiron & Chariclo, because she revealed too much about future
Who are the parents of Heracles?
Zeus and Alcmene
Who was the wife of Ceyx
Alcyone
Who saves Aeneas from being killed in combat with Achilles
Poseidon
What one word best describes Orestes murder of Clytemnestra
matricide
What instrument did Pan play
pipes
Who killed Protesilaus
Hector
Who was the father of Myrtilus
Hermes
Who avoided Thetis because her son would be greater than father
Zeus
How many children did Niobe have
fourteen
To what group did Maia belong
Pleiades
What did Calypso offer Odysseus
immortality
According to Ovid, who first led the Colchian fleet which pursued Jason and Medea?
Apsyrtus
Who founds Telypylus?
Lamus (son of Apollo, Telypylus was home to the Laestrygonians)
What maiden was rescued by Perseus on his return
Andromeda
Which of the Apharidae had perfect sight
Lynceus
To where did Heracles journey for his 7th labor
Crete
Who was the wife of Celeus and queen of Eleusis
Metaneira
According to Herodotus, with what snake woman did Heracles visit
Echidna
To which of the Greeks was Andromache enslaved after the Trojan War
Neoptolemus
How many halcyon days are there in winter
seven
What musician is credited with inventing the dithyramb
Arion
What brother of Cepheus had been betrothed to Andromeda
Phineus
Which Trojan hero was called the ‘tamer of horses’
Hector
Who is turned into a(n) owl?
Nyctimine (Athena pitied her, hiding from her father Epopeus)
Who transformed Callisto into a bear
Hera
Other than Apollo, who could be Orpheus’ father
Oeagrus
Who purified Peleus for killing Phocus
Eurytion
Who are the jury of the Areopagus
Athenian citizens
Who are the parents of Ajax the Greater?
Telamon and Periboea
Which character in the Trojan War stayed behind to trick the Trojans into accepting the horse?
Sinon
How did the Delphic oracle tell Heracles to purify himself for Megara’s murder
serve Eurystheus
What did Poeas receive as a result of lighting Heracles’ funeral pyre
Heracles’ bow and arrows
To whom did Meleager present the Calydonian Boarskin as a trophy
Atalanta
Who was the father of Aeneas
Anchises
Who was the father of Pelops
Tantalus
Who is turned into reeds?
Syrinx, fleeing Pan on the banks of the river Ladon
Who were the parents of Pelias
Poseidon and Tyro
Who purifies Achilles at Lesbos for the murder of Thersites
Odysseus
Who spread over nine acres in the underworld
Tityus
Who accidentally killed his uncle Electryon while throwing a club at the stolen cattle
Amphitryon
Which of Neleus’ sons was spared by Heracles
Nestor
Who was punished on a fiery spinning wheel for his crimes
Ixion
Who was the son of Pygmalion and Galatea
Paphos
To where did Heracles journey for his 4th labor
Mt. Erymanthus
What sons of Aristodemus took over Lacedaemon (Sparta) after the Heraclid victory
Procles and Eurysthenes
Whose daughters were the brides of Aegyptus’ sons
Danaus
What Roman wrote “The Phoenician Women”
Seneca
What did the underworld spirits need to do to be able to speak with Odysseus
drink blood of sacrificial victim
What was the kingdom of Nestor
Pylos
What is the modern name for the region where the Tauri lived
Crimea
What Trojan widow accompanied Neoptolemus home from Troy
Andromache
Which of the Argonauts could take whatever shape he liked in battle
Periclymenus
Who led the Amazons at Troy
Penthesilea
Who had punished the women of Lemnos by making them unattractive to their husbands
Aphrodite
What two objects did the Graeae share
eye, tooth
Who left her children in the sanctuary of Hera in Corinth, where they died?
Medea
Who refused to purify Heracles after he murdered Iphitus, the son of Eurytus
Neleus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the most insolent of the suitors?
Antinous
What type of creature was Doris
Oceanid
Who was the daughter of Oenopion
Merope
Who was the uncle of Lynceus, husband of Hypermnestra
Danaus
What city did Antenor and Theano found in Italy after escaping Troy
Patavium
Who wrote the Satyricon
Petronius
Who inherited the divine armor of Achilles
Odysseus
Why was Laius cursed to die at the hands of his own son
because he abducted Chrysippus
What is the final play of the Oresteia
Eumenides
At whose wedding did Eris throw a golden apple
Peleus and Thetis
What object does Odysseus use to prove his identity to Penelope
marriage bed
To whom did Hermes give the power to steal whatever he wanted
Autolycus
Who was the wife of Sisyphus
Merope
What Greek philosopher wrote the Poetics
Aristotle
Which character in the Trojan War is the Amazon queen killed by Achilles?
Penthesileia
Who is turned into a(n) lizard?
Ascalabus, for laughing at Demeter drinking barley water
Name the members of the Hecatoncheires.
Cottus, Briareus, Gyges
What part of Tityus was eaten by vultures
liver
Who killed Penthesilea
Achilles
Who was the father of Leto
Coeus
What did Athena offer Paris as a bribe
victory in war
What father of Polyphemus cursed Odysseus
Poseidon
Who drove a hot wooden stake into the eye of Polyphemus
Odysseus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the sister of Melanthius and mistress to a suitor; their father was Dolius?
Melantho
What god marched cattle backwards to deceive Apollo
Hermes
What son of Aegyptus wasn’t killed by his bride
Lynceus
Name the four daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia
Ino, Semele, Autonoe, Agave
To which of Heracles’ labor can Melampus adventure be likened
10th (Cattle of Geryon)
What happened to Calchas when Mopsus beat him in a contest
died on the spot
Whom does Homer call the mother of Aphrodite
Dione
What pair murdered Agamemnon and Cassandra
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
What daugther of Oceanus and Tethys loved Apollo and spent nine days staring at the sun without food or drink?
Clytie
Name the members of the Gorgons.
Stheno, Euryale, Medusa
What were the three major orders of Greek architecture
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Who tranformed Odysseus’ men into swine
Circe
What son of Creon was engaged to Antigone
Haemon
What city had the early name Pytho
Delphi
With what other king did Ajax the Lesser begin his journey home
Agamemnon
How did Perseus treat Polydectes on his return
turned to stone
Who is turned into a(n) white poplar?
Leuce
What mythological sculptor lived on Cyprus
Pygmalion
Where does Aeneas enter the underworld
Avernus
What happened to Philoctetes on the island of Chryse
bitten on foot by serpent
What one male resident of Lemnos was not killed with the rest
Thoas
Who were the parents of the Pleiades
Atlas and Pleione
What Roman wrote a tragedy called Ajax
Seneca the Younger
Name the daughter of Menoeceus I
Jocasta
Who killed Polydorus, the son of Priam and Hecuba
Polymestor
For how long did Odysseus live with Calypso
seven years
Whose weaving depicted the contest for Athens and mortals transformed after challenging gods
Athena
How did Heracles tame the Mares of Diomedes
fed Diomedes to them
Where did the Argonauts stop after Cyzicus
Cios
Who are the parents of Hector?
Priam and Hecuba
Besides Delos, what island is given as a location of Artemis’ birth
Ortygia
What centaur was wounded with a poisonous arrow and exchanged his immortality with Prometheus?
Chiron
Why had given Laomedon his immortal horses
given to Tros for Ganymede
What sister of Meleager did he name as a bride for Heracles
Deianira
What favor did Heracles do for the Doliones in exchange for their kindness
killed nearby earthborn giants
Name the members of the Cercopes.
Passalus & Acmon
How did Oxylus have three eyes
riding a one-eyed horse
Who was Heracles serving when he sacked Troy
Omphale
What old man of the sea could foretell the future
Proteus
Which character in the Trojan War is the prophet who predicts war will last 10 years?
Calchas
Who warned Zeus that Thetis was destined to bear a son mightier than his father
Prometheus
Which Argonaut is a boxer; boxes King Amycus on journey?
Pollux / Polydeuces
What nurse of Alcmena broke Eileithyia’s spell by rushing out and falsely shouting “my mistress has born a son!”
Galanthis
What games were celebrated in honor of the death of Opheltes
Nemean games
What two giants tried to climb to Olympus
Otus and Ephialtes
Who was the son of Labdacus
Laius
Who was the mother of Hermes
Maia
Which character in the Trojan War marries Helen after the death of Paris?
Deiphobus
Who accepted Chiron’s immortality to relieve him from his suffering
Prometheus
What city-state recovered the bones of Orestes in order to defeat the Tegeans in battle
Sparta
Whom did Phylacus ask to help heal his son
Melampus
Who turned Iphis into a boy the day before her wedding to Ianthe
Isis
Who was attacked by 50 Thebans, and killed all but one
Tydeus
Who alone of the Naiads was unknown to Diana
Salmacis
Who was the mother of Hecate
Asterie
What was Caenis’ wish
be invulnerable man
Who were the two sons of Electra and Pylades
Strophius and Medon
Who was the son of Hypermnestra and Lynceus
Abas
Who is the male counterpart of Aphrodite
Eros
How did Cydippe avoid marrying suitors other than Acontius
became ill
What son of Cresphontes and Merope returned to Messene to kill Polyphontes
Aepytus
What god had winged sandals
Hermes
What god was tricked by the Cercopes
Zeus
What mother boasted that she was more deserving of honor than Leto
Niobe
Who founds Nauplia?
Nauplius
Who died by falling off Circe’s roof, where he had slept the night before
Elpenor
What enemy did Diomedes discover was his hereditary guest-friend
Glaucus
To what city did Tiresias recommend the Thebans migrate
Hestiaea
Why did Dionysus turn Anius’ daughters into white doves
escape Agamemnon
Who hung herself after challenging Minerva to a weaving contest
Arachne
What did Heracles use to catch the Erymanthian Boar
nets
Who founds Rome?
Romulus
What was the divine horse of Adrastus called
Arion
Who was the son of Nana
Attis
Which Argonaut has perfect sight; could see beneath the earth?
Lynceus
Who is turned into a(n) flamingo?
Caeneus; punishment for making people worship his spear in the marketplace
With whom did Heracles wrestle in order to bring back Alcestis
Thanatos (Death)
Who was the daughter of Phlegyas
Coronis
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Achilles and Deidamia (daughter of Lycomedes)?
Neoptolemus/Pyrrhus
With what tree was Athena associated
olive tree
Where did Peleus defend Andromache
Delphi
Who was the mother of Asclepius
Coronis
What deity helps Priam reach Achilles in the Trojan camp
Hermes
What hunter lost his way and had the misfortune of seeing Artemis naked
Actaeon
Where did the spring of Arethusa emerge as a fountain
Syracuse in Sicily
Who committed suicide after Odysseus was awarded the armor of Achilles
Ajax the Greater
Who gave Periclymenus the power of transformation
Poseidon
What goddess is sometimes called kore
Persephone
Who were collectively known as the Danaides?
50 daughters of Danaus (all of whom are punished except for Hypermnestra)
Who was the father of the Pleiades
Atlas
From what land did the oak in the prow of the Argo come
Dodona
What son of Heracles fled to Rhodes after killing his uncle Licymnius
Tlepolemus
Who was turned into a sunflower after betraying Helius
Clytie
Who was defended against Neoptolemus and Hermione by Peleus
Andromache
Who was punished in the underworld with eternal thirst and hunger
Tantalus
Who was the mother of Memnon, king of the Ethiopians
Eos
Who lit the funeral pyre of Heracles
Poeas
What son of Phylacus suffered from impotence
Iphiclus
Who alone was allowed by Persephone to retain his faculties in the underworld
Tiresias
What god was called ‘earth-shaker’
Poseidon
With what city was the festival called Stepteria associated
Delphi
Whom did Achilles wound during an invasion of Mysia
Telephus
Where did Heracles journey for his first labor
Nemea
Name the Furies
Allecto, Megara, Tisiphone
Who was the father of Thetis
Nereus
What seer could understand the speech of animals
Melampus
What daughter of Priam foretold the truth of the Trojan Horse
Cassandra
What baby was killed by a serpent during the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
Opheltes
With what daughter of Eurytus did Heracles fall in love
Iole
What robber forced strangers to work in his vineyard
Syleus
By what better name is the Trojan Podarces known
Priam
What Greek tragedian wrote Iphigenia at Aulis
Euripides
What goddes favored Jason throughout his adventures
Hera
By what other name was Neoptolemus known
Pyrrhus
With what Phoenician goddess is Aphrodite sometimes confused in the myth of Adonis
Astarte
Who is turned into linden and oak trees?
Baucis (linden, or lime) & Philemon(oak) for hospitality to Zeus & Hermes
What child was born to Sthenelus and Menippe, 2 months early
Eurystheus
What was the first city Odysseus came to after leaving Troy
Ismarus
What merman was human above the waist, fish below, and blew a conch shell
Triton
Who was the father of Penelope
Icarius
What son of Ixion was friends with Theseus and attempted to steal Persephone which got him imprisoned in a chair for eternity?
Pirithous
With whose bones were those of Achilles mixed in a golden urn
Patroclus
Which goddess most favored Diomedes
Athena
Who was the son of Zeus and Alcmena
Heracles
What patronymic name is applied to Otus and Ephialtes
Aloadae
Who succeeded Atreus as king of Mycenae
Agamemnon
Name the first 5 kings of Thebes
Cadmus, Pentheus, Labdacus, Lycus, Zethus & Amphion
In what disguise did Zeus abduct Europa
Bull
What Trojan boy was abducted by Zeus to be cupbearer to the Gods
Ganymede
To where did Zetes and Calais pursue the Harpies?
Strophades Islands
Who was the lover of Medusa
Poseidon
What was the hometown of Sisyphus?
Corinth
Who was chasing Eurydice when she was killed
Aristaeus
What was the relationship of Creon and Antigone
uncle/niece
What does Oenopion mean
wine-face
What is the term for a side adventure of Heracles’ labors
parergon
Who did Aeneas go to the underwolrd to visit?
Anchises - his father
Who returned the golden apples to the Hesperides after Eurystheus saw them
Athena
Who was the father of Proetus and Acrisius
Abas
Who was son of Evander, killed by Turnus, his belt is taken?
Pallas
Who was bound to a forever spinning wheel in the underworld
Ixion
What foe king who forced travelers to wrestle him before killing them?
king who forced travelers to wrestle him before killing them
Who was the daughter of Helen and Menelaus
Hermione
Who was the father of Byblis
Miletus
What daughter of Nycteus married a son of Cadmus
Nycteis
What woman murdered Cassandra
Clytemnestra
Who was lost while drawing water when the nymphs pulled him into the spring
Hylas
What instructions did Sisyphyus give to Merope
don’t give funeral sacrifice
What effect did the Lotus flowers have in the Land of the Lotus-Eaters
forget everything, not want to leave
From whose blood were the Furies born
Uranus
What iron-working tribe did the Argo steer past?
Chalybes
What is the meaning of Pallas
maiden
Why did Artemis send the Calydonian Boar
Oeneus didn’t sacrifice
What animal is associated with Ares
boar
What is the name of Achilles’ talking horse, which prophesies his death
Xanthus
Who were collectively known as the Leucippides?
Hilaera & Phoebe; daughters of Leucippus; Dioscuri and Apharides fight over
Whom did Apollo convince with wine to allow Admetus to live
Moirai (Fates)
What companion of Achilles had killed a friend over a dice game as a child
Patroclus
What is the meaning of Kore, associated with Persephone
girl
Who invented the flute
Athena
What did Hermes give Apollo to settle for his cattle
lyre
From what region did Ixion originate
Thessaly
Who wrote the Socratic dialogue called the Phaedo
Plato
Who gave Heracles the brazen castanets he used to flush out the Stymphalian Birds
Athena
What did Meleager’s mother and wife do after his death
hanged themselves
Who were the parents of Paris
Priam and Hecuba
Into what was Lucius transformed in Apuleius’ story
Golden Ass
What was the armor of Glaucus made of
gold
What fountain sprung from the kick of Pegasus
Hippocrene
Name the second 5 kings of Thebes
Laius, Oedipus, Eteocles, Creon, Laodamas
Who told the Argonauts how to pass through the Symplegades?
Phineus
Who was helmsman who falls into the sea as a sacrifice to Neptune for safe passage?
Palinurus
What happened to the Symplegades after the Argonauts passed through?
never opened again
Who gave Deianira his blood, which he said would cure Heracles’ wandering eye
Nessus
To what city did Jason and Medea flee after being driven out of Iolcus?
Corinth
What name was given to the nymphs of trees
Dryads (or Hamadryads)
Who kills Thersites
Achilles
Name the members of the Seven Against Thebes.
Adrastus, Polyneices, Tydeus, Parthenopaeus, Hippomedon/Mecisteus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus
What was the River of Wailing in the underworld
Cocytus
What two uncles of Meleager were killed after arguing about the prize of the Boar’s hind?
Toxeus and Plexippus
What mother of Theseus persuaded him to attack Thebes to give the dead a proper burial
Aethra
What goddess was called “ox-eyed”
Hera
Who was the first wife of Priam
Arisba
What was the special talent of Oenone
healing
What queen of the Lydians bought the right to Heracles as a slave for a year
Omphale
How did Odysseus’ men escape the Sirens’ song
wax in ears
In Aristophanes ‘The Frogs’, who rows across the Styx
Dionysus
Who is turned into a(n) comet?
Julius Caesar
Which character in the Trojan War is the Thracian king with magnificent horses; killed by Odysseus and Diomedes?
Rhesus
From the lamentations of what creatures was the invention of the flute inspired
Gorgons
To whom is the golden bough of Aeneas sacred
Proserpina
What daughter of Nisus was turned into a cirus after cutting off her father’s purple lock of hair?
Scylla (not the six headed monster)
What creatures name meant “he of the golden sword”
Chrysaor
Who was the most insolent of Penelope’s suitors
Antinous
Where was Midas king
Phrygia
Whom did Hesione marry after being taken by Heracles
Telamon
Who was the father of Amphitryon
Alcaeus
Who was the son of Zeus and Callisto
Arcas
What bird is associated with Zeus
eagle
Who wrote the Apology, recording the defense of Socrates
Plato
Who was the patron deity of sorceresses and witches
Hecate
In what mountain chain was Prometheus enchained
Caucasus Mts.
How did Jason die?
timber from Argo stern fell on head
Into what type of animal was Actaeon transformed
stag
What city, besides Eleusis, shared in some Eleusinian Mysteries
Athens
Which Argonaut is a shipwright builds the Argo; its prow could talk?
Argus
What god was called “cloud-gatherer”
Zeus
What flower sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus
Hyacinth
What did two serpents feed Iamus on the banks of the Alpheus
honey
What was the most important center of Demeter’s worship
Eleusis
Who was the wife of Sisyphus
Merope
Who was the goddess of the rainbow
Iris
Who wrote Iphigenia at Tauris
Euripides
Who first called Heracles by the name Heracles
Delphic oracle
What leader of the Calydonian boar hunt was among the Argonauts
Meleager
Who was the infant son of Celeus and Metaneira
Demophoon
Who were the sons of Atreus, called the Atredae
Agamemnon and Menelaus
What Roman poet wrote the Heroides
Ovid
What was the talent of Periclymenus
transformation
Name the five children of Pontus and Ge
Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybie
What daugheter of Helen and Menelaus married Neoptolemus?
Hermione
What was the relationship of Phaedra to Hippolytus
stepmother
Who was the child of Hypermnestra and Lynceus
Abas
Who had told Odysseus to carry an oar until people thought it was a winnowing fan
Tiresias
Near what mountain did Leto deliver Apollo
Mt. Cynthus
Who was the father of Symaethis
Symaethus
What couple murdered Agamemnon
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
What birds helped Zeus decide where to put the omphalos
eagles
On what island did Helius pasture his herds
Thrinacia
What statue did Athena make to honor her childhood friend
Palladium
What was the talent of Euphemus
fast running
Where did Idomeneus go after being driven out of Crete by Leucus
Calabria, in Italy (the heel of the boot)
Which of Anius’ daughters had a name meaning “Olive Girl”
Elais
Who accidentally dripped hot wax on the shoulder of her lover, Cupid
Psyche
What brothers does Solon call the second happiest men on Earth
Cleobis and Biton
Who was the father of Deianira
Oeneus
Which character in the Trojan War is the wife of Hector; her son Astyanax is thrown from walls; she leaves with Pyrrhus?
Andromache
What son of Priam was known for his love of Cressida
Troilus
Who founds Athens?
Cecrops
What common name was shared by works of Apollonius of Rhodes and the Roman Valerius Flaccus?
Argonautica
Who gave a series of impossible tasks to Psyche
Venus
Who were the two children of Echidna and Orthus
Theban Spinx and Nemean Lion
What term refers to the miraculous appearance of a deity at a play’s end
deus ex machina
Who was the first wife of Athamas
Nephele
In what book of the Aeneid does Vergil describe the fall of Troy
second
Which of the Seven Against Thebes descended from Melampus
Amphiaraus
What was the relationship of Echidna to Poseidon
granddaughter
Which Argonaut is a tamer of horses?
Castor
Who was the mother of Phaethon
Clymene
Who was the son of Glaucus and grandson of Sisyphus
Bellerophon
What names was given to the nymphs of water, springs, lakes and rivers
Naiads
Who was the mother of Iasion and Dardanus by Zeus
Electra
Which Argonaut is a prophet; son of Apollo and Cyrene; knew he wouldn’t survive; killed by boar?
Idmon
Who answered the riddle of the Sphinx
Oedipus
Who taught Achilles music and other skills
Chiron
At what battle did the Dioscuri appear in 496 BC
Lake Regillus
Who was drowned by Triton, Aeneas buries him to get access to the Underworld?
Misenus
What foe also called Damastes or Polypemon, the stretcher, made people fit his bed?
also called Damastes or Polypemon, the stretcher, made people fit his bed
Who are the parents of Orpheus?
Oeagrus and Calliope
Which character in the Trojan War breaks truce by shooting Menelaus; killed by Diomedes (Iliad Book 5)?
Pandarus
What city was the kingdom of Eurystheus
Tiryns
Who was the mother of Clytemnestra
Leda
What father of Palamedes was among the Argonauts
Nauplius
What was the special skill of Castor
taming horses
What king of Salmydessus was encountered by the Argonauts?
Phineus
What goddess was associated with Kallichoron
Demeter
What did Heracles do with the blood of the Hydra
put it on his arrows
What happened to Meleager when Althaea put his log in the fire
he died
Who sent Bellerophon on a number of death-defying missions
Iobates
From what city did Arachne come
Colophon
What city did Leander live in
Abydos
Who was the son of Aphrodite and Anchises
Aeneas
In what city did Pyramus and Thisbe live
Babylon
What son or pupil of Orpheus had his characteristics
Musaeus
Who is turned into a(n) swallow?
Philomela/Procne; daughter of Pandion
Who did Heracles put on the throne of Troy after sacking the city
Podarces
What two heroes had to be summoned to capture Troy, according to Helenus
Neoptolemus and Philoctetes
Who killed Argus, earning the name Argeiphontes
Hermes
Why did the Argonauts stop at Cios
for Heracles to replace broken oar
What was the relationship of Ganymede to Laomedon
uncle
Who was the wife of Admetus
Alcestis
How many times did Talus walk around Crete each day?
three
What comrade must Aeneas bury before visiting the underworld
Misenus
To whose land did Odysseus go after the Cicones
Land of the Lotus-Eaters
What brother of Hecuba strongly opposed the Trojan War
Antenor
What nephew of Deadalus was turned into a partridge?
Perdix
Who killed Laomedon
Heracles
What is the more common name of the Trojan prince Alexander
Paris
Who is turned into a(n) grasshopper?
Tithonus, beloved of Eos (Aurora) who didn’t obtain for him eternal youth
What bird tormented Prometheus when he was enchained in the Caucasus Mts.
eagle
What daughter of Priam was sacrificed on the tomb of Achilles
Polyxena
Who were collectively known as the Boreades?
Zetes & Calais, the sons of Boreas (North Wind) and Oreithyia
Who mated with Demeter in the form of a stallion
Poseidon
Who was chained to a rock to appease a sea monster
Andromeda
From what port did the Greek army sail for Troy
Aulis
To whose land did Odysseus go after the Land of the Lotus-Eaters
Cyclops
What did Eos ask from Zeus on behalf of Tithonus
eternal life
What did Heracles set up at the Atlantic entrance to the Mediterranean
Pillars of Heracles
How many of Odysseus’ men survived after visiting Thrinacia
none
What was on the shield of Amphiaraus
nothing
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the a suitor who threw a cow hoof at Odysseus?
Ctesippus
Who founds Argyripa?
Diomedes
What king of Megara turned into an osprey after his purple lock of hair was cut off?
Nisus
What goddess is called Cytherea and Cypris
Aphrodite
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Laertes & Anticleia; king of Ithaca; killed by Telegonus (son by Circe)?
Odysseus
What love of Aphrodite was killed by a boar’s tusk
Adonis
Who was the brother of Circe?
Aeetes
Who demanded that Bias steal the cattle of Phylacus
Neleus
What secret instructions to Iobates accompanied Bellerophon
to kill Bellerophon
What theban king, husband of harmonia, was turned into a snake?
Cadmus
Who was daughter of Latinus, courted by Aeneas and Turnus?
Lavinia
Into what was Baucis transformed
linden tree
According to Homer, who wounded Hades among the corpses of Pylos
Heracles
What job was held by both Tiphys and Ancaeus?
helmsman of the Argo
What mortal man was seduced by Aphrodite in the form of a mortal woman
Anchises
What was Sisyphus’ punishment for telling on Zeus
roll boulder uphill
Whose island did Odysseus end up at after his men opened the bag of winds
Aeolus
What priestess of Apollo was originally awarded to Agamemnon
Chryseis
By what river did Heracles catch the Cerynean Hind
Ladon River
What special power did the wood in the prow of the Argo have
speech
Who was the father of Callisto
Lycaon
What god was called Earthshaker
Poseidon
Who does Aphrodite claim as her father when she seduces Anchises
Otreus, king of Phrygia
What beggar saunters into the palace of Odysseus and challanges him to a boxing match?
Arnaeus/Irus
Who saved Hesione from the sea monster of Poseidon
Heracles
Who was the husband of Leda
Tyndareus
Who wrote Works and Days
Hesiod
Who pleads with Zeus to help the Trojans while her son Achilles sat out
Thetis
Who was the father of Callidice, Cleisidice, Demo & Callithoe
Celeus
What does ‘heraclidae’ mean?
the descendants of Heracles
What island nymph was loved by Helius
Rhode
What was the relationship of Anchises and Priam
2nd-cousins
What invulnerable man was buried under a pile of trees
Caeneus
Who are the parents of Bellerophon?
Glaucus and Eurynome
Into what was Philemon transformed
oak tree
Who killed the Chimaera
Bellerophon
What one-word describes the battle of the Olympian gods against the Giants
Gigantomachy
What did Eos forget to ask from Zeus on behalf of Tithonus
eternal youth
Of Adydos and Sestos, which was on the European side
Sestos
Which Greek tragedian wrote the Agamemnon
Aeschylus
Of Apollo and Artemis, who is born first
Artemis
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the unfaithful goatherd?
Melanthius
According to Ovid, who transformed Daphne into a laurel tree
Peneus, her father
Who were collectively known as the Apharides?
Idas and Lynceus (sons of Aphareus, rivals to Castor and Pollux)
What was the kingdom of Oenomaus
Pisa
Who wounded Patroclus with a spear after he was dazed by Apollo
Euphorbus
What bird ate parts of Tityus
vultures
Who was the son of Semele
Dionysus
Who wrote Oedipus Tyrannus (Oedipus Rex)
Sophocles
Who was the lover of Troilus
Cressida
Who is turned into a(n) cow?
Io (to hide her from Hera)
What was the middle installment of Aeschylus’ Oresteia
Cheophori (Libation Bearers)
Who was king of Sicily?
Acestes
What bird reported to Apollo of Coronis’ infidelity
raven
Who was the daughter of Thyestes
Pelopia
Which character in the Trojan War is the wife of Aeneas and mother of Ascanius/Iulus; lost as Aeneas flees burning Troy?
Creusa
Which character in the Trojan War does Odysseus frames him for revealing trick and he is killed; son of Nauplius?
Palamedes
Who was the first to wound the Calydonian Boar
Atalanta
What did the Argo lose while passing through the Symplegades?
part of the stern
Who led the Cretan forces during the Trojan War
Idomeneus
What priest of Apollo was the father of Chryseis
Chryses
Who was the queen of the underworld
Persephone
What age of people fought at the Trojan war?
The age of Heroes
What was the island of Circe
Aeaea
What seer did Odysseus visit in the underworld
Tiresias
What river god purified Alcmaeon for the murder of his mother
Achelous
What did Maron give Odysseus in return for being spared
12 jars of red wine
Who appeared to Pelias wearing one sandal
Jason
What creature’s teeth did Cadmus sow in the ground
serpent’s
Who was the daughter of Bellerophon
Laodamia
Whom did Aphrodite put in a chest as an infant
Adonis
What deity was known for bearing a torch
Hecate
In stories which call Zeus the father of Aphrodite, who is the mother
Dione
What son of Cadmus married a daughter of Nycteus
Polydorus
Name the members of the Cyclopes.
Arges, Brontes, Steropes
What instrument was carried by Poseidon
trident
What king of Troezen raised Hippolytus
Pittheus
Who makes Phaedra fall in love with Hippolytus
Aphrodite
Who was the father of Periclymenus
Neleus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the dog who dies upon finally seeing his master return?
Argus
Near what island did Athena cause many of Ajax the Lesser’s ships to wreck
Mykonos
Who dug a pit of fiery coals to trap his father-in-law Eioneus
Ixion
What one part of Achilles remained vulnerable
heel
Where does Medea spend the last years of her life?
Colchis
What had to happen for Meleager to die
log must burn
Which character in the Trojan War is the 2nd wife of Priam; taken by Odysseus; turns into a female dog?
Hecuba
What aunt of Medea was also a sorceress?
Circe
What Trojan killed in the first skirmish was transformed into a swan
Cycnus
Who was the son of Neleus
Nestor
Who provided the golden ram to Nephele
Hermes
Who killed himself in sadness after Antiope fled to Sicyon
Nycteus
What foe a wild pig named Phaea, offspring of Echidna and Typhon?
a wild pig named Phaea, offspring of Echidna and Typhon
How did Heracles flush out the Stymphalian Birds
clashing brazen castanets
What goddess was called Cypris
Aphrodite
How did Laomedon treat Heracles after he saved Hesione
didn’t pay him
What Greek comic playwright wrote the Frogs
Aristophanes
Who was summoned by Amphitryon to interpret the miracle of the two snakes sent to Heracles
Tiresias
Which character in the Trojan War is the has the voice of 100 men; dies after losing to Hermes in a shouting match?
Stentor
What god wore a traveling hat
Hermes
Who cursed Pelops as he fell to his death, leading to the misfortunes of his descendants
Myrtilus
What was the talent of Castor
horsemanship
What is the term for a mixed offspring of gods and mortals
demigods
What group of sisters did Ladon help in guarding golden fruit
Hesperides
With what city were Sisyphus, Glaucus and Bellerophon associated
Corinth
Who is turned into a(n) tortoise?
Chelone (punishment from Hermes for refusing invitation to Zeus & Hera’s wedding)
Who was unable to kill Paris because Aphrodite rescued him
Menelaus
What did the terrified Eurystheus use to protect himself from Heracles’ prey
a large jar
Who were the brothers of Aeson
Amythaon and Pheres
Who was the father of Salmoneus
Aeolus
Who sculpted the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon
Pheidias
What great Greek physician had a school at Cos
Hippocrates
Who was the father of Evadne
Poseidon
Who was the father of Cadmus
Agenor
Who discovers the presence of her brother by two locks of his hair on their father’s grave
Electra
Who does Odysseus say was the one fellow warrior not afraid in the horse
Neoptolemus
Which of the Argonauts could run across the waves without getting his feet wet
Euphemus
What handsome Spartan youth of Amyclae was loved by Apollo
Hyacinthus
How many of Neleus’ 12 sons did Heracles kill after Neleus refused to purify him
eleven
With what city was Solon associated
Athens
Who was the brother of Lycus
Nycteus
Who was the ferryman of the underworld
Charon
Who was the father of Apollo and Artemis
Zeus
Why did Aphrodite cause Aegialia to be unfaithful to Diomedes
Diomedes wounded Aphrodite
If Laertes wasn’t the father of Odysseus, who was
Sisyphus
Who killed the robber Cycnus, son of Ares
Heracles
How did Jason lose one sandal
helping Hera across the Anaurus
Who is turned into a(n) spider?
Arachne (by Athena)
What daughter of Oeneus married Heracles
Deianira
Where was Anchises when Aphrodite found him
Mt. Ida
What Centaur carried Deianira across a river
Nessus
Who was the husband of Hypermnestra
Lynceus
Who was the father of Marpessa
Evenus
Which of Odysseus’ men was not transformed into swine
Eurylochus
Who is turned into kingfishers?
Alcyone and Ceyx
What does Archemorus mean
bringer of death
Who was the father of Hermes
Zeus
Who served Thyestes’ sons to him in a stew
Atreus
To what god was a shrine at Dodona dedicated
Zeus
What island was the home of Iphis, daughter of Ligdus
Crete
Name a daughter of Asclepius
Hygeia
With what animal is Apollo’s epithet Lycios associated
wolf
What does Nike mean
victory
Who beheaded Medusa
Perseus
What was the island of the Phaeacians
Scheria
Who were the parents of the Gorgons
Phorcys and Ceto
What king of Athens received Alcmena after the death of Heracles
Demophon
Who were the daughters of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Iphigenia, Electra and Chrysothemis
What did Odysseus first tell Polyphemus his name was
Nobody (Outis)
Who is turned into a(n) cypress tree?
Cyparissus
With what city’s destiny was the Palladium tied
Troy
What daughter of Laomedon was exposed to a sea monster
Hesione
What bard was spared while Odysseus slew the suitors of Penelope
Phemius
To what group did Medusa belong
Gorgons
On what island did Anius live
Delos
What name had been applied to Heracles before the Delphic oracle called him Heracles
Alcides
Who revealed to Demeter that Hades abducted Persephone
Helius
Who killed Myrtilus
Pelops
What was the relationship of Typhon to the Theban Sphinx
grandfather
What Greek tragedian wrote Agamemnon
Aeschylus
Who were the sons of Bellerophon
Hippolochus & Isandrus
Who is turned into a(n) nightingale?
Thebe, after accidentally killing her son Itylus
What kingdom did Megapenthes trade to Perseus
Tiryns
Who helped Heracles recognize Periclymenus in the form of a bee
Athena
Who was the wife of Amphiaraus
Eriphyle
Who sent Cadmus in search of Europa
Agenor
On what mountain was the Hippocrene fountain
Mt. Helicon
On what peninsula do Heracles’ first six labors take place
Peloponnese
What did Heracles do to Periclymenus after recognizing him in the form of a bee
shot him with arrow
Who brings about the death of Hippolytus
Theseus
What was Athena’s gift to Athens
olive tree
Who were punished in underworld carrying leaking jars
Danaides
What bronze giant was encountered by the Argonauts?
Talus
Who gave Harmonia her famous necklace
Cadmus
What was the name of the goat that suckled Zeus when he was hidden as a baby
Amalthea
What labor was Heracles performing when he ran into the centaur Pholus?
4th - Capture te Ermanthion Boar
Who accidentally killed Eurytion while hunting Calydonia Boar
Peleus
What does the name “Harpies” mean
snatchers
Of what city was Niobe queen
Thebes
Who freed Ares from a jar where he was imprisoned for 13 months?
Hermes
Who are the parents of Theseus?
Aegeus and Aethra
What goddess was spurned by Hippolytus
Aphrodite
Who was the child of Pygmalion and Galatea
Paphos
With whose funeral does the Iliad conclude
Hector
What name was given to the nymphs of rivers in particular
Potomiads
Who was the only one of the Seven Against Thebes to survive
Adrastus
To where did Heracles journey for his 3rd labor
Cerynea
What famous work by Plato is set at a dinner party at the house of Agathon
Symposium
Which Argonaut is a prophet; interpreted flight of birds, killed by a snake while Argonauts are in Libya?
Mopsus
In what city was the Palladium kept
Troy
Who had the deciding vote in the trial of Orestes on Areopagus?
Athena
Who was the queen of Babylon during Pyramus and Thisbe’s lives*
Semiramis
What district of western Greece was founded by the sons of Alcmaeon
Acarnania
Who was these two people try to warn Aeneas but are captured; one returns to save the other; both die?
Nisus & Euryalus
What was on the shield of Tydeus
moon
Who was the craftiest and wisest of the Greeks at Troy
Odysseus
What god was called Phoebus
Apollo
What group of sisters shared an eye and a tooth
Graeae
Who was the father of Hippolytus
Theseus
What priest hurled a spear at the Trojan Horse
Laocoon
What had the first prostitutes, as a result of a curse from Aphrodite
Cyprus
What contingent did Ajax the Lesser lead at Troy
Locrians (people of Locris)
Who tries to get Aegeus to poison his son Theseus?
Medea
Who were the two seers among the Argonauts
Idmon and Mopsus
What god gave Pegasus to Bellerophon
Poseidon
At whose worship was the drink of the Kykeon associated
Demeter
Who killed her children to spite their father Jason?
Medea
Which character in the Trojan War is the son of Atreus & Aerope; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen?
Menelaus
Who was the son of Faunus and Symaethis
Acis
Who was the mother of Meleager
Althaea
Who delivered a golden fleece to Atreus
Pan
Who sent the Sphinx to plague Thebes
Hera
Who was the father of Memnon, king of the Ethiopians
Tithonus
Who repelled the love of Polyphemus
Galatea
What god created a sanctuary at Crisa
Apollo
What expedition did Orpheus join
Argonauts
Into what was Niobe transformed
weeping stone
Who was the father of Diomedes
Tydeus
Why didn’t Menelaus go to Hades
son-in-law of Zeus
Who was the son of Pheres
Admetus
What pair deceptively delivers to Clytemnestra an urn that supposedly contains the ashes of Orestes
Orestes and Pylades
Who warned Melampus that his jail cell was about to cave in
worms
What was the name of Caenis after she became a man
Caeneus
Who brought Protesilaus back to Laodamia from the underworld for a few hours
Hermes
What rival Heraclid killed Cresphontes
Polyphontes
Into what constellation did Hera transform the crab
Cancer
What daughter of Hera was goddess of childbirth
Eileithyia
With what city was Bellerophon associated
Corinth
Who carried an oar until people thought it was a winnowing fan
Odysseus
From what island did the musician Arion originate
Lesbos
Who pursued the Harpies so that they wouldn’t bother Phineus?
Zetes and Calais
What Homeric Hymn was translated by Percy Shelley
Hymn to Hermes
What does parthenos mean
virgin
Who are the parents of Andrmeda?
Cassiepea and Cepheus
What Roman poet wrote the Argonautica
Valerius Flaccus
Who was the brother of Athamas, Salmoneus and Cretheus
Sisyphus
Who is turned into a(n) pine tree?
Pitys, avoiding Pan’s pursuits
Who did Heracles marry on Olympus
Hebe
Who told Odysseus that he must go to the underworld to speak with Tiresias
Circe
What pair fetched Philoctetes from Lemnos
Odysseus and Diomedes
What swift-footed maiden joined the Calydonian Boar hunt
Atalanta
Who was the father of Dia, bride of Ixion
Eioneus
Who was the father of Telephus, wounded by Achilles
Heracles
Who had provided the Cretan Bull to Minos
Poseidon
What did Melanion use to delay Atalanta in a footrace
3 golden apples
How did Amphitryon treat Comaetho for helping him take her city
he killed her
Who became archon of Athens in 594 BC
Solon
Name the five sons of Perseus and Andromeda
Perses, Alcaeus, Electryon, Sthenelus, Mestor
What poem is often described as ‘the wrath of Achilles’
Iliad
What curse had been laid upon Phoenix by his father
childlessness
Which character in the Trojan War is the prophet son of Priam?
Helenus
Who loses to Odysseus in the contest for Achilles’ armor
Ajax the Greater
What name was given to the Clashing Rocks encountered by the Argonauts?
Symplegades
Who was brought back to life by Asclepius
Hippolytus
Who were the parents of Aristaeus
Apollo and Cyrene
What creature did Heracles capture for his 3rd labor
Cerynean Hind (stag/deer)
Name the members of the Spartoi.
Echion, Udaeus, Chthonius, Hyperenor, Pelorus
What Greek tragedian wrote the Trojan Women
Euripides
Who insisted on giving Polynices a symbolic burial with three handfuls of dust
Antigone
What titaness of divine justice bore the Horae and the Fates?
Themis
Who was the son of Apollo and Cyrene
Aristaeus
Who is the son of Orestes and Hermione
Tisamenus
Into what did Zeus transform the Cercopes after they tricked him
apes or stones
Into what were Memnon’s brothers transformed after his death
birds (flew around his tomb)
What Greek poet wrote Odes, such as the Pythian Odes, to athletic champions?
Pindar
Whose jokes make Demeter smile and eat in Eleusis
Iambe
Who carried off Aegina, the daughter of a river god
Zeus
What Roman poet wrote the Thebaid
Statius
Who comes to the Trojan camp to ransom the body of Hector
Priam
What hero was also called Amphitryoniades
Heracles
Complete the analogy: Hell:Tartarus::Heaven: ________
Elysium (Elysian Fields)
Who advised Psyche to forget her grief and win back Cupid’s love
Pan
Who was the father of Tros
Dardanus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the minstrel forced to perform for Penelope’s suitors?
Phemius
What was the name of the first Pythia
Phemonoe
What two relationships did Anaxo have to Heracles
aunt and grandmother
Who was flayed alive after losing a music contest to Apollo
Marsyas
What nymph was called ‘silver footed’
Thetis
What brother of Heracles was killed in his campaign against Hippocoon
Iphicles
Where was the corpse of Achilles buried
Sigeum
What king of Crete came voluntarily rather as Agamemnon’s bound ally
Idomeneus
Who was the father of Odysseus
Laertes
What daughter of Cisseus was turned inot a dog for blinding Polymnestor?
Hecuba
Who captured Helenus
Odysseus
What beautiful animal did Cyparissus accidentally kill
stag
According to some accounts, into what were the followers of Diomedes transformed
birds
What Greek epic poet composed the Odyssey
Homer
Who was the mother of Priapus
Aphrodite
Whom did the Graeae help Perseus find
nymphs with tools
Who replaced the shoulder of Pelops
Demeter
Who was the child of Epaphus
Libya
What companion of Theseus could not be saved by Heracles in the Underworld
Pirithous
Who seduced his brother’s wife to steal his golden fleece
Thyestes
Who blinds Orion
Oenopion
Which of the Argonauts was killed by a boar during the visit to the Mariandyni?
Idmon
Who told Oedipus he would murder his father and marry his mother
Delphic Oracle
Who was offended that Atalanta received the prize of the hunt
Meleager’s uncles
Who was Latin horseman who catches and kills Euryalus, killed by Nisus?
Volcens
Who was the son of Demeter and Iasion
Plutus
Who was the father of Acastus?
Pelias
Who composed the Odyssey
Homer
Where was Agamemnon when he was killed, according to the usual account
bath
What goddess derives her name from the Greek word for foam
Aphrodite
Where were the mysteries of Demeter celebrated
Eleusis
What mortal tried to seduce Hera
Ixion
What dragon was a brother of the Graeae and Gorgons
Ladon
Where was Proetus, the purifier of Bellerophon, king
Tiryns
What happened to Laocoon and his two sons
two serpents attacked them
Who were the children of Athamas and Nephele
Helle and Phrixus
What herald was spared while Odysseus slew the suitors of Penelope
Medon
For how long did Heracles pursue the Cerynean Hind
one year
In what disguise did Helius seduce Leucothoe
Eurynome (her mother)
Who held Antaeus aloft and crushed him to death
Heracles
Which of the sons of Heracles and Echidna was able to string Heracles’ bow
Scythes
What two warriors killed Deiphobus after he is betrayed by Helen
Menelaus and Odysseus
Who was punished on a spinning fire wheel
Ixion
What winged steed did Bellerophon ride
Pegasus
Which character in the Trojan War is loved and cursed by Apollo; assaulted by Ajax the Lesser; leaves with Agamemnon?
Cassandra
Who said that he would rather be a slave on earth than king of dead souls
Achilles
What had Lycaon been transformed into
wolf
What creature does Artemis create to defend herself from Orion
scorpion
Who helped Bias steal the cattle of Phylacus
Melampus (his brother)
In what city did Creon purify Amphitryon for the murder of Electryon
Thebes
Who asked Medea to help Jason?
Chalciope (her sister)
What sea-goddess did Ino become
Leucothea
Who were the children of Heracles and Echidna
Agathyrsus, Gelonus and Scythes
Who carried off the tripod of Delphi when the priestess refused to help him
Heracles
Who was the father of Cycnus
Poseidon
Why was Apollo exiled to Thessaly for nine years
killing Python
According to Ovid, at whose shrine did Jason meet Medea?
Hecate
Who told Asopus that it was Zeus that abducted his daughter, Aegina
Sisyphus
Who was the mother of Orthus, Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimaera, the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion
Echidna
What was promised to Tros to soften the blow of losing Ganymede
eternal life for Ganymede
Who first guided the Greek fleet to the island of Chryse
Philoctetes
Which of Danaus’ daughters didn’t kill her husband
Hypermnestra
What Lapith chieftain was the son of Ixion
Pirithous
Who killed Pallas
Athena
What type of nymph was Eurydice
Dryad
Who was the mother of Helle and Phrixus
Nephele
How did Mopsus win his contest with Calchas
guessed # of unripe figs on tree
What mythological girl gave her name to the Dardanelles
Helle
What do the gods drink
nectar
What did the women of Lemnos do to the men of the island
killed them
How did Jason overcome the fire-breathing bulls?
protective ointment from Medea
What is the kingdom of Aegeus?
Athens
Who was the son of Amphitryon and Alcmena, half-brother of Heracles
Iphicles
What son of Neleus could transform into any bird, beast or insect
Periclymenus
After whose castration was Aphrodite born
Uranus
Who was the wife of Diomedes
Aegialia
What magic herb was given by Hermes to Odysseus
moly
Why did Nauplius lure Greek ships to their doom with a false beacon
avenging his son Palamedes
What pair exposed Achilles’ disguise on Scyros
Odysseus and Diomedes
Name the members of the Graces (Charites).
Thalia, Aglaea, Euphrosyne; or Pasithea; or Charis
Where did Iamus receive the gift of prophecy
Olympia
What was the priestess of Delphi called
Pythia
What was the island of Calypso
Ogygia
What bird is associated with Athena
owl
Who was the father of Euphemus
Poseidon
Who was the king of Scyros where Achilles hid, disguised as a girl
Lycomedes
Who was the brother of Agamemnon
Menelaus
Who was the grandfather of Anchises
Assaracus
From what herald of Heracles did Deianira learn of Iole and the sack of Oechalia
Lichas
Who told Odysseus that his men had been transformed into swine
Eurylochus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the forced Odysseus to land at Thrinacia and convinced the others to eat Helios’ cattle?
Eurylochus
Who were the parents of Charybdis
Pontus and Ge
Who discovered that Midas had donkey ears
his barber
By what name is Podarces better known
Priam
What daughter of Coeus and Phoebe truned into a quail in an attempt to escape Zeus and later the island, Ortygia?
Asteria
Who took revenge on Polymestor by killing his children and blinding him
Hecuba
Who was the father of Niobe
Tantalus
Who were the twin sons of Jason and Hypsipyle
Euneos and Thoas (or Nebrophonus)
What foe asks you to wash his feet and kicks you off cliff?
asks you to wash his feet and kicks you off cliff
Who was the tutor of Jason
Chiron
Who was the son of Zeus and Laodamia
Sarpedon
Which character in the Trojan War led the Cretan forces to Troy; killed by Meda (his wife) and Leucus upon return?
Idomeneus
In what year was Alcibiades charged with defiling Herms
415 BC
Who borrows Aphrodite’s girdle during the Trojan War to seduce her husband
Hera
Who is turned into a(n) quail?
Asteria, sister of Leto, who was fleeing Zeus; she also becomes the island Ortygia
Who was king of Pallanteum, ally of Aeneas?
Evander
With what deity is the Sibyl, guide of Aeneas, associated
Apollo
What does of polytropos mean
man of twists and turns
Who combed his hair with a rake and cut his beard with a scythe
Polyphemus
What serpent was slain by Apollo
Python
What was special about Rhodes while Zeus apportioned the lands
had not yet risen from sea
Who was the husband of Helen
Menelaus
Who founds Paphos?
Cinyras
Who was the wife of Hector
Andromache
Who is turned into a(n) linden tree?
Philyra
Who shot Nessus for assaulting Deianira
Heracles
How many suitors had failed to win Hippodamia before the arrival of Pelops
thirteen
What was the kingdom of Pelias
Iolcus
Who was the father of Aegina
Asopus
What family heirlooms did Polyneices take to Argos while Eteocles ruled Thebes
Harmonia’s robe and necklace
Who is turned into sirens?
(perhaps) daughters of Melpomene & Achelous; didn’t tell Demeter about Persephone
What goddess is associated with the island Cyprus
Aphrodite
Who was punished by reaching for food and water
Tantalus
Who kills Eupeithes, father of Antinous
Laertes
What was orestes on trial for at Areopagus?
Murdering Clytemnestra - his mother
Where did Iphigenia have to be fetched from to go to Aulis
Mycenae
Who founds Megara?
Car (son of Phoroneus)
Who decided that Paris should decide the golden apple judgment
Zeus
Who was the youngest argonaut and had to be escorted on the journey by his uncle Laocoon?
Meleager
How did Pyramus and Thisbe usually communicate with each other
chink in wall
Who were the paternal grandparents of Alcmena
Perseus & Andromeda
What son of Hyperion saw Hades abduct Persephone
Helius
What did Homer call Jocasta
Epicasta
Who saved Paris from being killed in combat with Menelaus
Aphrodite
What did Alcmaeon give to the daughter of Phegeus
Harmonia’s necklace
Who is turned into a(n) narcissus flower?
Narcissus
What Phaeacian king and queen agreed to protect Medea from the Colchians if she marry Jason?
Alcinous and Arete
What twin giants tried to storm Olympus
Otus and Ephialtes
What was Athena’s Roman name
Minerva
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Aegina?
flame
Who was leader of Rutulians, suitor of Lavinia?
Turnus
Who was the son of Anticleia
Odysseus
What daughter of Zeus did Theseus abduct?
Helen
What had been Poseidon’s expectation for Minos to do with the Cretan Bull
sacrifice it
Who refused to honor his pact with Jason to hand over the throne when he brought the Golden Fleece?
Pelias
Who is turned into white doves?
daughters of Anius, transformed by Dionysus to escape Agamemnon
How did Zeus disguise himself to seduce Callisto
as Artemis
What daughter of Pterelaus betrayed her city to Amphitryon
Comaetho
From whose blood did poisonous African snakes spring
Medusa
Who hanged himself in sorrow at the door of Anaxarete
Iphis
Who taught wrestling to Heracles
Autolycus
What goddess was followed by Arethusa
Artemis
What great temple in Athens was dedicated to Athena
Parthenon
Who was the father of Eurystheus
Sthenelus
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
P. Ovidius Naso
Which character in the Trojan War does Neoptolemus kill at an altar in front of Priam (Aeneid - Book 2)?
Polites
What daughter of Orchamus was loved by Helius
Leucothoe
Who made the sun travel in the opposite direction in anger over Thyestes deception
Zeus
What body of water separated Abdydos and Sestos
Hellespont
Along what river did the fleeing Amphiaraus die
Ismenus
What does Peloponnese literally mean
Pelop’s Island
What mother of Chiron cared for Jason while he was being tutored
Philyra
Who was the daughter of Autolycus
Anticleia
What herald was hurled to his death into the sea after delivering a poisoned robe
Lichas
Who was the wife of Sthenelus and mother of Eurystheus
Menippe
What was the kingdom of Agamemnon
Mycenae
What was the hound of Geryon called
Orthus
What wise king of Pylos participated in the Trojan War
Nestor
What city was also referred to as Ilium
Troy
Who purified Amphitryon for the murder of Electryon
Creon
Who was the son of Midas
Gordias
According to Petronius, what did the Sibyl in a bottle want
to die
What was the first of Heracles’ labors
Nemean Lion
Who instituted the Isthmian Games
Sisyphus
Who told Odysseus how to overcome Circe’s charms
Hermes
What monster lived in a cliff opposite Charybdis
Scylla
Who sacrilegiously assaulted Cassandra during the sack of Troy
Ajax the Lessser
What herb’s had a black root and flower as white as milk
moly
On what island was the city of Paphos
Cyprus
Who blew the trumpet that caused Achilles to strip his disguise
Agyrtes
Who was the father of Ixion
Phlegyas
What does Cynossema, the place of Hecuba’s burial, mean
dog’s tomb
Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus
Penelope
What was Medea’s relationship to Circe?
niece
What son of Triopas cut down an oak tree that grew in a grove sacred to Demeter?
Erysichthon
Name the members of the Underworld Judges.
Aeacus, Minos, Rhadamanthys
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the spurs remaining suitors on after death of Antinous-most favored suitor by Penelope?
Eurymachus
What king pretended to be mad when summoned to fight at Troy
Odysseus
Who was the father of Odysseus
Laertes
From what creatures did Melampus learn to understand animals
snakes
Who wrote a dramatic trilogy called the Oresteia
Aeschylus
Who tried to get Anius’ daughters to join the Trojan expedition
Agamemnon
Who wrote the Metamorphoses
Ovid
Who was the mother of Tiresias
Chariclo
What prize did Creon, regent of Thebes, give to Heracles for helping the city
his daughter Megara as wife
Who made the necklace of Harmonia
Hephaestus
What was the relationship of Actaeon, Dionysus, Pentheus, Melicertes and Learchus
cousins
What did Alcmaeon steal from his first wife
Harmonia’s necklace
Who were the twin sons of Abas
Proetus and Acrisius
Who dreamed that she gave birth to a snake and nursed it
Clytemnestra
What daughter of Pandion killed her son Ity’s out of revenge and was turned into a nightingale?
Procne
Who was the second wife of Priam
Hecuba
Which three goddesses vied for the apple of Eris
Hera, Aphrodite, Athena
Who asked Diomedes to help him fight against Aeneas
Latinus
Who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis
Leto
Who gives asylum to Medea after she killed her children by Jason?
Aegeus
What did Myrtilus do after being bribed by Pelops
removed linchpins from Oenomaus chariot
What animal did Heracles kill near Mt. Cithaeron
lion
Who were the parents of Iphigenia
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Which Argonaut can take any shape?
Periclymenus
Where was Oeneus king
Calydon
What mother of Demophoon shrieked seeing him in the fire
Metaneira
Who, in a fit of madness, killed his wife Megara and three children
Heracles
Who was the father of Zetes and Calais
Boreas (the North Wind)
What was the kingdom of Diomedes
Argos
Who was the son of Amphitrite and Poseidon
Triton
Who was the father of Jason
Aeson
From what spring did Tiresias drink, before falling dead on the spot
Telphusa
Where was the trail of Orestes held?
Areopagus
What epithet of Apollo associates him with dolphins
Delphinius
Whom did Agamemnon take from Achilles to compensate for losing Chryseis
Briseis
What goddess saved Iphigenia, according to some sources
Artemis
Which of the Argonauts had wings
Zetes and Calais
Who succeeded Cadmus as king of Thebes
Pentheus
Which member of the court of Odysseus was the nurse who recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg (earned in a boar hunt)?
Eurycleia
Who was the mother of the Aloadae
Iphimedia
Who is turned into a(n) female dog?
Hecuba
Who was the first Greek to leap ashore at Troy
Protesilaus
Who taught chariot driving to Heracles
Amphitryon
Who rejected Thetis upon learning her son would be greater than his father
Zeus
Who was the wife of Bias
Pero
Who advised the citizens of Thebes to abandon their city before the Epigoni arrived
Tiresias
Whom did Apollo have to serve after killing the Cyclopes
Admetus
What daughter of Cinyras fell desperately in love with her own father
Myrrha
What daughter of Triton was a playmate of Athena’s
Pallas
Who was ally of Turnus, son of Vulcan, conceived with a spark?
Caeculus
Who was the mother of Pentheus
Agave
Where was Eurytion king
Phthia
What king of Sparta was punished for assisting Neleus against Heracles
Hippocoon
How did Trophonius and Agamedes use a treasury’s movable stone
to rob it
Who was the father of Melampus and Bias
Amythaon
Who was the first husband of Dido, whom she rejoins in the underworld
Sychaeus
What Trojan prince accompanied Neoptolemus home from Troy
Helenus
Who told Croesus he would destroy a great kingdom if he attacked Persia
Delphic oracle
What does periphron mean
circumspect (wary)
Who wrote the Heroides
Ovid
Who killed Sarpedon
Patroclus
What was the capital city of Lydia
Sardis
What god was called the cloud-gatherer
Zeus
What Greek tragedian wrote Agamemnon
Aeschylus
What goddess is associated with the island Cythera
Aphrodite
Who was the mother of Odysseus
Anticleia
Who was the father of Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede
Tros
Where did Priam expose the infant Paris
Mt. Ida
What was the name of Hecuba’s burial place
Cynossema
Who hurled a thunderbolt to knock Capaneus from the walls of Thebes
Zeus
What does the name of Neoptolemus mean
new recruit’
What is the modern name of Patavium
Padua
What was the shield of Athena called
aegis
Who founds Ardea?
Danae (ancestor of Turnus)
What deity seduced Antiope
Zeus
What did Hera send to harass Io as she wandered
gadfly
Who hid the sword of Peleus on Mt. Pelion
Acastus
What does kore mean
girl
Who was cursed to offer prophecies that no one would believe
Cassandra
Who wrote the Theogony
Hesiod
With what city was Theseus primarily associated
Athens
What other creature helped the Hydra against Heracles
crab
Who was the father of Atalanta
Schoeneus or Iasus
What man, who found Athena bathing, was blinded and given the gift of prophecy?
Tiresias
Which Argonaut runs so fast across waves that his feet don’t get wet?
Euphemus
What city was ruled by Acrisius
Argos
Who was the child of Apollo and Coronis
Asclepius
Who wrote the Aeneid
Vergil
What must Aeneas procure in order to visit the underworld
golden bough (tree branch)
What two creatures were the children of Poseidon and Medusa
Pegasus and Chrysaor
Who was the king of Arcadia whose daughter married Alcmaeon
Phegeus
To what father of Stheneboea did Proetus send Bellerophon
Iobates
Who was the daughter of Phorcys and Hecate
Scylla
Who were the twin sons of Antiope
Zethus and Amphion
Who was the son of Aeneas
Ascanius (Iulus)
Who was the Greek goddess of the dawn
Eos
Who was the uninvited guest at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Eris (Discord)
Who were collectively known as the Atreidae?
Agamemnon and Menelaus (sons of Atreus)
Who won the contest of Pan and Apollo according to Tmolus
Apollo
What child of Telethusa was disguised as a boy
Iphis
Who was the mother of Iamus
Evadne
Into what does Zeus transform to seduce Leda (and Nemesis, who was in the form of a goose)?
swan
Who was the son of Sisyphus
Glaucus
Who succeeded Pentheus on the throne of Thebes
Labdacus
Who was the son of Zeus and Laodomia
Sarpedon
What city was famed for the Scaean gates
Troy
Who encouraged Orestes to return to Mycenae
Electra
What lover of Evadne was the father of Iamus
Apollo
Who had transformed Scylla into a monster
Amphitrite
What did Heracles do with the immortal head of the Hydra
buried it under rock
What childbirth deity was called by Zeus to bring a great descendant of Perseus
Eileithyia
Where did Syleus live
by Straits of Euboea
Who is the mother of Hyppolytus?
Hyppolyta
Where was Admetus king
Pherae
Who told Menelaus how to return home safely
Nereus
By what underworld river did the gods swear oaths
Styx
Who was the wife of Neoptolemus
Hermione
Of what group was Tydeus a member
Seven Against Thebes
Who received Hecuba as part of the spoils of Troy
Odysseus
