Review 2 Facts To Know

Question 0

Who is Eurystheus

Answer 0

King if Mycenae; cousin of Hercules

Question 1

Who is Hercules

Answer 1

Greatest if Greek Heros, mortal son of Zeus

Question 2

Who is Atlas

Answer 2

Held up the sky; father of Hesperides

Question 3

Who are Admetus and Alcetis

Answer 3

King and queen of Thessaly

Question 4

Who is omphale

Answer 4

Queen of Lydia

Question 5

Who is Deianira

Answer 5

Wife of Hercules

Question 6

Who is Nessus

Answer 6

Centaur, tried to abduct Deianira

Question 7

Who is Pelias

Answer 7

King of Iolcus; took throne from his older brother AEson

Question 8

Who is Jason

Answer 8

Son of AEson

Question 9

Who is Chiron

Answer 9

Centaur; most famous teacher in Greece; raised Jason

Question 10

Who is Phrixus

Answer 10

Nailed Golden Fleece on a tree sacred to Ares

Question 11

Who is Helle

Answer 11

Sister of Phrixus

Question 12

Who is AEetes

Answer 12

King of Colchis

Question 13

What is the Argo

Answer 13

Jason’s ship

Question 14

Who are the Argonauts

Answer 14

Sailors on Jason’s expedition

Question 15

Who is Orpheus

Answer 15

Greatest musician of mythological Greece

Question 16

Who are Castor and Pollux

Answer 16

Twins; sailed with Jason

Question 17

Who is Lynceus

Answer 17

Lynx-eyed; sailed with Jason

Question 18

Who is Medea

Answer 18

Daughter of AEetes; fell in love with Jason and helped him

Question 19

Who are the sirens

Answer 19

Beautiful maidens; lured sailors to crash on the rocks

Question 20

Who is Cecrops

Answer 20

Wise Greek kings; founder of Athens

Question 21

Who is Theseus

Answer 21

Noted king if Athens

Question 22

Who is AEthra

Answer 22

Mother of Theseus

Question 23

Who is Minos

Answer 23

King of Crete; keeper of the Minotaur

Question 24

Labyrinth

Answer 24

Winding maze where Minotaur was kept

Question 25

Ariadne

Answer 25

Daughter of Minos; took pity on Theseus

Question 26

Agamemnon

Answer 26

King of Mycenae during Trojan war

Question 27

Peleus

Answer 27

King of Thessaly

Question 28

Thetis

Answer 28

Wife of Peleus

Question 29

Paris

Answer 29

Shepherd appointed by Zeus to judge the most beautiful goddess

Question 30

Priam

Answer 30

Father of Paris; king of Troy

Question 31

Menelaus

Answer 31

King of Sparta; brother of Agamemnon

Question 32

Helen

Answer 32

Wife of Menelaus; her abduction set off Trojan war

Question 33

Calchas

Answer 33

Agamemnon's soothsayer

Question 34

Iphigenia

Answer 34

Agamemnon's daughter; Artemis demanded her as a sacrifice but then saved her

Question 35

Achilles

Answer 35

Bravest of the Greek warriors in the Trojan war; son of Peleus and Thetis

Question 36

Styx

Answer 36

River around the underworld

Question 37

Odysseus

Answer 37

Greek chief went to find Achilles

Question 38

Chryses

Answer 38

Father of Agamemnon's slave girl; priest of Apollo

Question 39

Priam

Answer 39

King of Troy

Question 40

Hector

Answer 40

Son of Priam

Question 41

Patroclus

Answer 41

Fought in Achilles armor, killed by Hector

Question 42

Thetis

Answer 42

Mother of Achilles, sea nymph

Question 43

Palladium

Answer 43

Temple of Athena at Troy

Question 44

Pallas

Answer 44

Another name for Athena

Question 45

Andromache

Answer 45

Wife of Hector, given to son of Achilles as captive

Question 46

Odysseus

Answer 46

King of Ithaca; hero of Trojan war

Question 47

Telemachus

Answer 47

Son of Odysseus

Question 48

Cyclops

Answer 48

Race of one eyed giants

Question 49

AEolus

Answer 49

God of the winds

Question 50

Eurylochus

Answer 50

Odysseus' captain

Question 51

Circe

Answer 51

Sorceress; turned men into animals

Question 52

Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 52

Monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool

Question 53

Calypso

Answer 53

Sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for 7 years

Question 54

Nausicaa

Answer 54

Island princess; rescued Odysseus

Question 55

Penelope

Answer 55

Wife of Odysseus