Mythology Test Study Guide

Question 1

a hero, the leader of the Argonauts, who at the request of his uncle Pelias retrieved the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes of Colchis with the help of Medea.

Answer 1

Jason

Question 2

a king of Ithaca and Greek leader in the Trojan War who after the war wanders 10 years before reaching home

Answer 2

Odysseus

Question 3

a son of Zeus and Danaë and slayer of Medusa

Answer 3

Perseus

Question 4

a king of Athens in Greek mythology who kills Procrustes and the Minotaur before defeating the Amazons and marrying their queen

Answer 4

Theseus

Question 5

a mythical Greek hero renowned for his great strength and especially for performing 12 labors imposed on him by Hera

Answer 5

Heracles

Question 6

capitol of Greece near Saronic Gulf

Answer 6

Athens

Question 7

island Greece in the E Mediterranean

Answer 7

Crete

Question 8

Sanctuary dedicated to Apollo

Answer 8

Delphi

Question 9

Odysseus’ home

Answer 9

Ithaca

Question 10

Underground maze

Answer 10

Labyrinth

Question 11

Home of the 12 main gods

Answer 11

Mount Olympus

Question 12

One of the underworld’s rivers

Answer 12

Styx

Question 13

The underworld

Answer 13

Hades/Tartarus

Question 14

City destroyed by Greeks in Iliad

Answer 14

Troy

Question 15

a king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, brother of Menelaus

Answer 15

Agamemnon

Question 16

Icarus’ father

Answer 16

Daedalus

Question 17

Wife of Menelaus, abducted by Paris causing Trojan war

Answer 17

Helen

Question 18

King of Sparta, started Trojan war

Answer 18

Menelaus

Question 19

Got a golden touch from Apollo

Answer 19

Midas

Question 20

First woman, got a box that once opened released all evil into the world

Answer 20

Pandora

Question 21

Queen of underworld abducted by Hades

Answer 21

Persephone

Question 22

Saved by Perseus when she was going to be eaten by a sea monster

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Andromeda

Question 23

Odysseus’ son

Answer 23

Telemachus

Question 24

Made a statue, fell in love with it so Aphrodite made it into a person

Answer 24

Pygmalion

Question 25

Perseus' mother

Answer 25

Danae

Question 26

Nymph who could only repeat what others said

Answer 26

Echo

Question 27

Turned into a spider by Athena

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Arachne

Question 28

Escaped from Crete using wings that melted

Answer 28

Icarus

Question 29

Looked at a river and was frozen, later turned into a narcissus flower

Answer 29

Narcissus

Question 30

Sent to the underworld to eternally roll a boulder up a hill

Answer 30

Sisyphus

Question 31

Sent to the underworld to be deprived of food and water

Answer 31

Tantalus

Question 32

Odysseus' wife

Answer 32

Penelope

Question 33

Race of female warriors

Answer 33

Amazon

Question 34

Kidnapped Helen, started Trojan war

Answer 34

Paris

Question 35

Has to carry the world on his shoulders

Answer 35

Atlas

Question 36

Supreme god until overthrown by Zeus

Answer 36

Cronus

Question 37

Sun Titan

Answer 37

Helios

Question 38

Gave fire to people

Answer 38

Prometheus

Question 39

Cronus' wife

Answer 39

Rhea

Question 40

Titan of wisdom

Answer 40

Metis

Question 41

Titan that helped overthrow Uranus and Gaia

Answer 41

Hyperion

Question 42

Titan of the sky

Answer 42

Uranus

Question 43

Titaness of earth

Answer 43

Gaea

Question 44

Three headed dog that guards the underworld

Answer 44

Cerberus

Question 45

Goddess that turned some of Odysseus' men into pigs, but also let them stay with her for a year

Answer 45

Circe

Question 46

Spirits of punishment in the underworld

Answer 46

Furies

Question 47

Winged horse that came from Medusa's blood

Answer 47

Pegasus

Question 48

Nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years

Answer 48

Calypso

Question 49

Gorgon killed by Perseus

Answer 49

Medusa

Question 50

Spirits of inspiration

Answer 50

Muses

Question 51

Prophet who told Odysseus about his homecoming

Answer 51

Teiresias

Question 52

Goddesses that personify charm, grace and beauty

Answer 52

Graces

Question 53

Three goddesses that are in charge of a person's life

Answer 53

Fates

Question 54

Person that ferried souls across Styx into the underworld

Answer 54

Charon

Question 55

Cyclops, son of Poseidon, blinded by Odysseus

Answer 55

Polyphemus

Question 56

Animal with lion's head, serpent tail and a goat's body

Answer 56

Chimaeras

Question 57

Had snakes for hair and could to people to stone

Answer 57

Gorgons

Question 58

Bird body woman's head, evil

Answer 58

Harpies

Question 59

A multi headed snake that could regrow lost heads, killed by Heracles

Answer 59

Hydra

Question 60

6 headed sea monster that killed 6 of Odysseus' men

Answer 60

Scylla

Question 61

Whirlpool monster

Answer 61

Charybdis

Question 62

Half man half bull, put in Crete killed by Theseus

Answer 62

Minotaur

Question 63

One eyed giant

Answer 63

Cyclopes

Question 64

Half man half horse

Answer 64

Centaurs

Question 65

Creatures that would sing to lure sailors to their deaths

Answer 65

Sirens

Question 66

the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer's Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot, with an arrow.

Answer 66

Achilles