Other characters

Question 1

Halios Geron

Answer 1

“old man of the sea”
generally refers to any ancient sea diety (nereus, proteus, triton)
gives prophecies to anyone who can wrestle them

Question 2

nereids

Answer 2

daughters of the sea god nereus ,represent good aspects of the ocean

Question 3

Scylla

Answer 3

sea monster depicted as woman with a snake tail

Question 4

gorgons

Answer 4

lesser deities, descended from the sea. 2 are immortal, medusa is mortal.
statues of them are used to scare away evil.

Question 5

Lycurgus

Answer 5

King of Thrace, bans worship of Dionysus. Suffers similar fate to Pentheus, except he kills his son and is driven out of town

Question 6

Cassandra

Answer 6

pursued by Apollo, when she turns him down, he curses her will knowledge of the future, but nobody will ever believe her.

Question 7

Coronis

Answer 7

Apollo’s girlfriend, mother of Asclepius. Cheats on Apollo & gets killed

Question 8

Hyacinthus

Answer 8

Apollo’s boyfriend, accidentally killed by a discus, gets turned into a flower.

Question 9

Daphne

Answer 9

Pursued by Apollo after he is shot by Eros’ bow. Gets turned into laurel tree by her dad to save her.

Question 10

Leto

Answer 10

mother of Apollo and Artemis

Question 11

Niobe

Answer 11

queen of Thebes, name means ‘excessiveness,’ represents arrogance of mortals. insults Leto, Apollo kills her 7 sons, Artemis kills her 7 daughters

Question 12

Actaeon

Answer 12

prince of Thebes, runs into Artemis while hunting, sees her naked without her permission, gets torn apart by a pack of dogs.

Question 13

Tantalus

Answer 13

invites the gods for dinner, tries to feed them his infant son, gets thrown into tartarus where he is punished with eternal hunger and thirst

Question 14

Sisyphus

Answer 14

insults Zeus, punished to eternally push a boulder up a hill

Question 15

Ixion

Answer 15

tries to sleep with Hera, sent to Tartarus & chained to a flaming wheel.

Question 16

Danaids

Answer 16

50 princesses who all kill their husbands, forced to fill baths with seives for eternity.

Question 17

Thanatos

Answer 17

god of death

Question 18

Hypnos

Answer 18

god of sleep

Question 19

Orpheus

Answer 19

son of Apollo & argonaut. Befriends animals with music. goes to the underworld to retreive his wife, but fails Hades’ test, gets turned gay as a punishment. This upsets the Maenads, who rip him apart

Question 20

Bellerephon

Answer 20

captures pegasus & kills the chimera

Question 21

Chimera

Answer 21

monster that is a cross between a lion, a goat, and a snake

Question 22

Leda

Answer 22

mortal woman who sleeps with zeus (disguised as a swan), has 2 sets of twins: Helen & Pollox, Castor & Clytemnestra

Question 23

Aeneas

Answer 23

refugee from Troy, who’s descendents are destined to establush Rome (grandson Ascanius founds city of Alba Longa)

Question 24

Marsyas

Answer 24

Challenges Apollo to music contest, loses, gets skinned alive as punishment

Question 25

Pythia

Answer 25

high priestess at temple of Apollo in Delphi, gave people prophecies