States Questions—Intermediate

Question 1

What fisherman discovered Danae and Perseus on a beach in Seriphos?

Answer 1

DICTYS

B1: Who was Perseus’ great uncle, the brother of his grandfather, who constantly feuded with Acrisius, and later sent Bellerophon to Iobates to be killed?

PROETUS

B2: Who was Proetus’ wife, who convinced him to send Bellerophon away?

STHENEBOEA

Question 2

What healing god was raised by Cheiron on Mt.Pelion?

Answer 2

ASCLEPIUS

B1: What daughter of King Phlegyas is usually said to be the mother of Asclepius with
Apollo?

CORONIS

B2: What kind of bird informed on Coronis to Apollo that she was cheating on him?

CROW/RAVEN

Question 3

What king of Pisa did Pelops challenge to a chariot race so that he could win his daughter’s hand?

Answer 3

OENOMAUS

B1: Who was Oenomaus’ daughter who became Pelops’ bride?

HIPPODAMEIA

B2: What charioteer of Oenomaus did Pelops bribe to throw the race and then kill?

MYRTILUS

Question 4

According to some authors, what bronze giant who patrolled Crete was the last of the Bronze Race of men?

Answer 4

TALUS

B1: Other authors say the giant was given by Zeus to whom for protection?

EUROPA

B2: Regardless of origins, what witch killed Talus by removing the nail in his ankle that
kept ichor in his veins?

MEDEA

Question 5

What woman, chased by Pan, turned into reeds which eventually Pan used tomake his panpipes?

Answer 5

SYRINX

B1 VISUAL Which woman is depicted by plant C, one who died before Helios could save her?

LEUCOTHOE

B2 Which woman, the mother of Adonis, is depicted in plant B.

MYRRHA/SMYRNA

Question 6

Who was snitched on by Ascalaphus, thus leading to her being stuck in the Underworld for part of the year?

Answer 6

PERSEPHONE/PROSERPINA

B1: Into what sort of bird was Ascalaphus changed by Ceres?

OWL

B2: In an alternate version, Ascalaphus was not immediately turned into an owl, but was instead trapped under a large boulder. What hero rescued Ascalaphus by removing the boulder while he was in the Underworld?

HERCULES

Question 7

According to prophecy, what statue had to be stolen from Troy in order for the city to fall?

Answer 7

PALLADIUM

B1: What two Greeks snuck into the city and stole the statue?

ODYSSEUS and DIOMEDES

B2: In addition to the capture of the Palladium, whose bones had to be brought to Troy in order for the city to fall?

PELOPS’

Question 8

Who, unlike her 49 sisters, disobeyed her father’s orders and did not murder her husband on their wedding night?

Answer 8

HYPERMNESTRA

B1: Who was Hypermnestra’s father, who ordered this mass murder?

DANAUS

B2: What was the name of Hypermnestra’s husband, who shared his name with the twin brother of Idas?

LYNCEUS

Question 9

Who was distracted by golden apples while in a footrace for her hand in marriage, causing her to lose

Answer 9

ATALANTA

B1: Give one of the two names of the man who used the golden apples to win the race.

SEE BELOW

B2: Give the other possible name.

HIPPOMENES / MELANION

Question 10

What son of Cephissus and Leiriope, who was promised a long life as long as “he never know himself”, was courted by many lovers including the nymph Echo?

Answer 10

NARCISSUS

B1: What Theban seer gave this prophecy to Liriope about her son?

TEIRESIAS

B2: What goddess, following a prayer to her from one of Narcissus’s spurned lovers, arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection?

NEMESIS

Question 11

What sea-god helped the Argonauts when they were trapped in Libya by directing them to the sea?

Answer 11

TRITON

B1: What gift did Triton give to the Argonaut Euphemus?

A CLOD OF DIRT

B2: In some traditions, what creatures, led by Alcyoneus and Porphyrion, did Triton scare by blowing on his conch?

GIANTS

Question 12

Who was sent to Aulis to “marry Achilles”, even though this was a trick by her father Agamemnon so he could sacrifice her for favorable winds to Troy?

Answer 12

IPHEGENEIA/IPHINASSA

B1: Who was Iphegeneia’s mother, who was reluctant to let her daughter go, thus necessitating the trick by Agamemnon?

CLYTEMNESTRA

B2: Iphegeneia was rescued by Artemis and made a priestess in the land of the Taurians. What brother of hers did she later help when he arrived there?

ORESTES

Question 13

Who, according to some versions, invented the first sail to escape Crete after being released from his imprisonment by Queen Pasiphae, although in the usual versions he escaped on wings of feathers and wax?

Answer 13

DAEDALUS

B1: Daedalus was imprisoned for helping Ariadne help Theseus escape the labyrinth. Why was Daedalus exiled to Crete in the first place?

MURDERED HIS NEPHEW (TALUS/PERDIX)

B2: Name any of the inventions that prompted Daedalus to murder Perdix out of jealousy.

SAW/COMPASS/POTTER’S WHEEL

Question 14

What was unusual about the sheep that Atreus promised to sacrifice to Artemis, the sheep whose wool Psyche had to collect for her second task, and the flying ram that rescued Phrixus and Helle?

Answer 14

THEY HAD GOLD FLEECE

B1: What gave Psyche advice on how to collect the sheep’s wool?

A REED

B2: What was the advice that the reed gave Psyche?

COLLECT WOOL THAT GOT CAUGHT IN BRAMBLES

Question 15

What name is shared by a son of Priam who was captured twice by Achilles in twelve days and a king of Arcadia who tried to serve human flesh to Zeus?

Answer 15

LYCAON

B1: Into what was Lycaon changed by Zeus?

WOLF

B2: According to Apollodorus Lycaon offered up what son of Zeus as revenge for seducing Lycaon’s daughter Callisto?

ARCAS

Question 16

While in the Underworld, who was prompted by the ghost of Meleager to marry his sister Deianeira?

Answer 16

HERACLES/HERCULES

B1: What river god did Heracles have to wrestle for Deianeira’s hand in marriage?

ACHELOUS

B2: How did Deianeira cause Heracles’ death?

GAVE HIM A POISONED TUNIC

Question 17

What ability was shared by the Lapith chieftain Caeneus, the Trojan ally Cycnus, and the Nemean lion?

Answer 17

THEY WERE INVULNERABLE TO WEAPONS

B1: How did Achilles kill Cycnus?

STRANGLED HIM WITH HIS HELMET STRAPS

B2: How did the Centaurs kill Caeneus?

CRUSHED HIM UNDER ROCKS AND TREES

Question 18

What demigod and mythical thief, who can change the color and form of anything he stole, was eventually caught kidnapping the cattle of the Corinthian king Sisyphus?

Answer 18

AUTOLYCUS

B1: Autolycus was said to be the son of Hermes or what other deity who had also loved his mother Chione?

APOLLO

B2: Proud of her beauty that had reeled in two gods, Chione boasted that she was more beautiful than what goddess who took revenge on the proud mortal and killed her?

ARTEMIS

Question 19

In Book V of the Aeneid, Nisus trips Salius to ensure that what friend of his wins the footrace before they both ultimately perish in a sneak attack against the Rutulians in Book IX?

Answer 19

EURYALUS

B1: What man, the king of Eryx on Sicily, fired an arrow that burst into flames at the funeral games of Anchises?

ACESTES

B2: Of Sergestus, Cloanthus, Gyas, and Mnestheus, who won the boat race at the funeral games of Anchises?

CLOANTHUS

Question 20

What Trojan seer told the Greeks what items were needed to take Troy?

Answer 20

HELENUS

B1: Why had Helenus retreated from Troy to Mount Ida, and was willing to impart such useful advice to the Greek cause?

HELENUS WAS SALTY BECAUSE HELEN HAD BEEN AWARDED TO
DEIPHOBUS AFTER PARIS WAS KILLED

B2: What former sister-in-law did Helenus marry after the Trojan War?

ANDROMACHE

Question 21

Fear and Panic are the representations of what two sons of Ares and Aphrodite who often drove their father’s chariot into battle?

Answer 21

PHOBOS AND DEIMOS

B1: What other child of Ares and Aphrodite is the Greek personification of love?

EROS

B2: What other child of Ares and Aphrodite became the first queen of Thebes?

HARMONIA

Question 22

What Thracian king and Trojan ally had horses that would render Troy invulnerable if they
were allowed to drink from the Scamander? (switch with prelims?)

Answer 22

RHESUS

B1: What Greeks killed Rhesus before his horses could drink from the Scamander?

DIOMEDES and ODYSSEUS

B2: What Trojan spy, captured by Diomedes and Odysseus revealed the location of Rhesus’ camp?

DOLON

Question 23

What god, born in Thebes, killed the giant Eurytus with his thyrsus?

Answer 23

DIONYSUS / BACCHUS

B1: What king of Thebes angered Dionysus, and was torn apart by his own mother and
aunts?

PENTHEUS

B2: What aunt of Dionysus was the mother of Pentheus?

AGAVE

Question 24

During which of his labors did Heracles kill a crab and receive help from Iolaus?

Answer 24

KILLING THE HYDRA

B1: During which of his labors did Heracles coerce the assistance of the Alpheius and Peneius rivers?

AUGEIAN STABLES

B2: What river did Heracles fight for the hand of Deianeira?

ACHELOUS

Question 25

What daughter of Idmon was changed by Minerva into a spider?

Answer 25

ARACHNE

B1: What builder of the Trojan Horse was aided by Athena in his task?

EPEIUS

B2: What builder of the Argo was also aided by Athena?

ARGUS

Question 26

Who was king of the Phaeacians when Odysseus washed up on theirshores?

Answer 26

ALCINOUS

B1: Who was Alcinous’ wife and closest adviser?

ARETE

B2: What name was given to the island on which the Phaecians lived?

SCHERIE/DREPANE

Question 27

Leontopholus, Ptoliporthes, Telegonus, and Telemachus were all children of what Ithacan king?

Answer 27

ODYSSEUS

B1:What sea goddess rescued Odysseus off the coast of Scherie by giving him her veil which served as a life preserver?

LEUCOTHEA

B2: What had Leucothea’s name been when she was a mortal woman?

INO

Question 28

Who was envisioned by his mother in a dream as a hundred headed monster or a torch setting fire to the city of Troy?

Answer 28

PARIS / ALEXANDER

B1: Who was Paris’ mother, who had this dream?

HECUBA

B2: Who interpreted this nightmare, leading to Paris’ exposure on Mount Ida

CASSANDRA / AESACUS / HEROPHILE

Question 29

Stheno and Euryale were the immortal sisters of what monster, the mother of Chrysaor?

Answer 29

MEDUSA

B1: What was unusual about Chrysaor?

HE HAD A GOLDEN SWORD

B2: What three-bodied monster who ruled in Spain was the son of Chrysaor?

GERYON

Question 30

What monster is said to be the child of either Hera or Gaia, depending on the author, and was the father of Ladon, the Sphinx, Orthus, and the Chimaera, among other monsters?

Answer 30

TYPHOEUS/TYPHON/TYPHAON

B1: According to the versions in which Hera is Typhon’s mother, what monstrous snake from Delphi raised Typhon?

PYTHON

B2: What snake woman was the mother of the monsters Typhon fathered?

ECHIDNA

Question 31

Whatsea god was the father of Ladon, Echidna, the Graeae, and the Gorgons?

Answer 31

PHORCYS

B1: What sea-god, the husband of Doris, and refered to by Homer as the Old Man, was Phorcys’ brother?

NEREUS

B2: Phorcys and Nereus were sons of Gaia and what personification of the sea, the brother of Ouranos?

PONTUS

Question 32

Who was the father of Phrixus and Helle, who was tricked into sacrificing them?

Answer 32

ATHAMAS

B1: Which of the two siblings did not make it to Colchis because they fell off the ram into the sea?

HELLE

B2: What cloud woman was Phrixus and Helle’s mother?

NEPHELE

Question 33

Which of the Argonauts killed the king of the Bebryces in a boxing match?

Answer 33

POLLUX/POLYDEUCES

B1: Which of the Argonauts, one of the crew’s two seers, was killed by a boar?

IDMON

B2: What sort of animal killed Mopsus, the other member of the Argonauts with
prophetic powers, in North Africa?

SNAKE/ASP

Question 34

What sort of creatures were Caerus, Xanthus, Balius, Arion, and Pegasus?

Answer 34

HORSES

B1: Arion was responsible for saving which of the Seven Against Thebes, the only member to survive?

ADRASTUS

B2: What two divinities were the parents of Arion?

POSEIDON and DEMETER

Question 35

Who gave Jason his name as he trained him on Mt. Pelion?

Answer 35

CHEIRON

B1: What Titan was Cheiron’s father, thus explaining why in some versions a horse was able to pass for Poseidon when he was eaten?

CRONOS

B2: Who did Cheiron make a statue of in order to comfort the man’s grieving dogs, who had unwittingly torn their master apart thinking he was a deer?

ACTAEON

Question 36

What Greek goddess installed a talking wooden beam in the Argo, helped Epeius construct the Trojan Horse, and changed Arachne into a spider?

Answer 36

ATHENA

B1: What magic item did Athena give Bellerophon to aid him in his adventures?

A (GOLDEN) BRIDLE

B2: What mythical man did Athena advise to sow half of the teeth of the dragon he had slain?

CADMUS

Question 37

What king and queen of Trachis were changed into kingfishers to spare the queen from grief after her husband’s death at sea?

Answer 37

CEYX and ALCYONE

B1: According to Apollodorus, Ceyx and Alcyone were transformed into kingfishers as a punishment for what crime against the gods?

THEY CALLED THEMSELVES “ZEUS” AND “HERA”

B2: Ceyx was said to be the son of the morning star, who was known by what name?

EOSPHOROS

Question 38

Who, while running from the Calydonain Boar, used his spear to vault into a tree?

Answer 38

NESTOR

B1: Who killed the Calydonian Boar?

MELEAGER

B2: What two uncles did Meleager kill, thus ultimately sealing his own death at the hands of his mother, Althea?

TOXEUS & PLEXIPPUS

Question 39

What daughter of Oedipus was sentenced to death for defying the Theban government and burying her brother Polyneices?

Answer 39

ANTIGONE

B1: What son of Creon was Antigone’s betrothed and committed suicide after finding that she had hanged herself?

HAEMON

B2: Who was Haemon’s mother and the wife of Creon, who killed herself in turn after learning that her son had committed suicide?

EURYDICE

Question 40

Atropos, Lachesis, and Clotho all belong to what mythological group that defined the course of each human life?

Answer 40

THE FATES / MOIRAI (do not accept “PARCAE”)

B1: What name was given to this group’s Roman equivalent, which had Nona, Decima, and Morta as its members?

FATA / PARCAE

B2: The Fates came to Zeus’ aid on Mt. Nysa when they convinced what monster to consume human food, knowing it would weaken him?

TYPHON / TYPHOEUS / TYPHAON

Question 41

What beautiful boy from Amyclae perished when Apollo accidentally sent a discus flying at his head?

Answer 41

HYACINTH(US)

B1: Which malicious god of the west wind is sometimes said to have changed the course of Apollo’s discus to hit Hyacinthus because he was jealous of their love affair?

ZEPHYR(US)

B2: We all know Apollo was not very lucky in love. When his beloved Marpessa was asked to choose between the god and the mortal Idas, what reason did she have for picking Idas?

APOLLO WOULD NOT LOVE HER / WOULD LEAVE WHEN SHE GREW OLD

Question 42

What hero sailed past Anthemoëssa tied to his own mast so he could gain wisdom from the song of the Sirens?

Answer 42

ODYSSEUS

B1: How did Circe advise Odysseus to protect his crewmen from the Sirens’ song?

PLUG THEIR EARS WITH WAX

B2: What horrific duo did Odysseus and his crew run into immediately after passing safely by the Sirens?

SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS

Question 43

What Greek hero spent the night at the hut of a man named Molorchus before setting out to slay the Nemean lion for his first labor?

Answer 43

HERACLES

B1: What beast did Heracles best by trapping it deep in the snow?

ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

B2: When Heracles returned to Eurystheus with a live boar in tow, how did Eurystheus respond to the sight of this formidable creature?

HE HID IN A (BRONZE) JAR

Question 44

Who abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos on his way back to Athens?

Answer 44

THESEUS

B1: What Greek deity found Ariadne there and married her?

DIONYSUS

B2: What sister of Ariadne later married Theseus and fell in love with her step-son Hippolytus?

PHAEDRA

Question 45

What man carried both the Trojan penates and his elderly father to safety as the city of Troy burned around him?

Answer 45

AENEAS

B1: Who was Aeneas’ wife, whom he was forced to abandon at Troy?

CREUSA

B2: By what two names was the son of Aeneas and Creusa known?

IULUS and ASCANIUS

Question 46

A son of Zeus and Pluto, what Lydian king permanently lost his invitation to dine with the gods when he attempted to serve his son in a stew?

Answer 46

TANTALUS

B1&2: For five points each, what are two other alternative crimes which may have led to Tantalus’ everlasting punishment in Tartarus?

STEALING NECTAR AND AMROSIA; REVEALING GODS’ SECRETS TO MORTALS

Question 47

Which of the wind gods, often represented with snake tails in place of feet, claimed his residence in Thrace, a region which lay to the north of Greece?

Answer 47

BOREAS

B1: What Athenian princess was courted by Boreas along the Ilissus River?

OREITHYIA

B2: Identify the two winged sons of Boreas and Oreithyia.

ZETES & CALAIS

Question 48

What collective name was given to the mythological brothers, one a horse tamer and the other a boxer, whose skills distinguished them among the Argonauts and the hunters of the Calydonian boar?

Answer 48

DIOSCURI

B1: Which of their sisters did the Dioscuri rescue after Theseus had carried her off to be his bride?

HELEN

B2: To further enact their revenge, which rival of Theseus did the Dioscuri place on the Athenian throne?

MENESTHEUS

Question 49

Which of Zeus’ lovers was immortalized among the stars as the constellation Ursa Major?

Answer 49

CALLISTO

B1&2: The constellation Taurus commemorates Zeus’ courtship of two mortal women. For five points each, identify both.

EUROPA & IO

Question 50

What nymph, the daughter of the river god Cebren, allowed her husband Paris to die after her rejected her in favor of Helen?

Answer 50

OENONE

B1: Where did Paris live with Oenone before he was approached by Zeus to judge the contest that would seal not only his own fate, but the fate of Troy itself?

MT. IDA

B2: Just before she bore Paris, what vision appeared to Hecuba in a dream that foreshadowed Troy’s destruction?

HECUBA DREAMT THAT GAVE BIRTH TO A
TORCH / FIREBRAND THAT BURNED THE CITY

Question 51

Who traveled to Delphi only to be told that he should kill his father’s murderers and therefore journeyed to Argos where he killed Aegisthus and Clytemnestra?

Answer 51

ORESTES

B1: What loyal friend accompanied Orestes to Argos?

PYLADES

B2: What man, the father of Clytemnestra, brought Orestes to trial for his crimes?

TYNDAREUS

Question 52

The Meliae, Giants, and Furies were all born from the earth following whose violent, early mythological misfortune?

Answer 52

URANUS

B1: By what other name were the Furies known?

ERINYES / EUMENIDES / SEMNAI THEAI

B2: Over what did the Meliae preside?

ASH TREES

Question 53

Which of the following Greek heroes was NOT reared by Chiron: Achilles, Perseus, Actaeon, Jason

Answer 53

PERSEUS

B1: Which young Greek god was also raised by the Centaur and instructed in the art of healing?

ASCLEPIUS

B2: Which of the Titans was the father of the Chiron?

CRONUS

Question 54

The epithets “Ergane,” “Promachus,” and “Parthenos” are all attributed to what Greek goddess?

Answer 54

ATHENA

B1&2: For five points each, identify the two epithets attributed to Aphrodite based on the two islands upon whose shores she arrived after her birth in the sea?

CYPRIS & CYTHEREA

Question 55

What goddess left Olympus and dwelt on the earth as an old woman named Doso after learning that her daughter had been abducted by the lord of the underworld?

Answer 55

DEMETER / CERES

B1: At what city near Athens did Demeter cease her wanderings?

ELEUSIS

B2: What queen welcomed the disguised Demeter into her home, but cast her out when she erroneously believed that the goddess was trying to burn her child in a fire?

METENEIRA

Question 56

After rescuing and raising the offspring of a snake, what young boy developed the ability to understand the language of birds and animals and went on to become one of the greatest Greek seers?

Answer 56

MELAMPUS

B1: How specifically did Melampus acquire this ability?

THE SNAKES LICKED HIS EARS

B2: While imprisoned in Thessaly, how did this special ability come in handy for Melampus?

HE OVERHEARD WOODWORMS/TERMITES SAYING THE ROOF WOULD COLLAPSE

Question 57

When Heracles allowed himself to be sold into slavery, what woman purchased him and allegedly embarrassed the hero by forcing him to wear dresses and spin like a woman?

Answer 57

OMPHALE

B1: How long was Heracles’ servitude under Omphale?

3 YEARS

B2: What thievish brothers was Heracles tasked with capturing during his service to Omphale?

CERCOPES / PASSAULS & ACMON

Question 58

According to a prophesy, what son of Deidamia and Achilles, had to fight at Troy in order for the Greeks to capture the city?

Answer 58

NEOPTOLEMUS / PYRRHUS

B1: Who predicted that Pyrrhus must fight with the Greeks?

HELENUS

B2: What two men travelled to Skyrus in order to persuade Pyrrhus to fight at Troy?

ODYSSEUS & PHOENIX

Question 59

What young man from Abydos, following a beacon of light across the Hellespont, swam to his lover each night?

Answer 59

LEANDER

B1: Who was Leander’s lover, a priestess of Sestos?

HERO

B2: Of which goddess was Hero a priestess?

APHRODITE

Question 60

Although this young woman was exposed at birth by her father Iasus, she was nursed by a she-bear and became both athletic and a great huntress because of her upbringing in the forests of Greece. Eventually reunited with her parents she refused to marry any except the man who could defeat her
in a foot race. Name her.

Answer 60

Answer: ATALANTA

B1. Name the young man who finally won a foot race with Atalanta.

Answer: HIPPOMENES/MILANION

B2. Atalanta and Hippomenes are eventually turned into lions for sleeping together in the temple of Cybele, but it was Aphrodite who caused them to lose their self control there. Why did Aphrodite do this?

Answer: HIPPOMENES DID NOT SHOW PROPER THANKS FOR
THE GOLDEN APPLES SHE GAVE TO HIM.

Question 61

This important Greek god is said to have first been born at Thebes when his mother demanded to see Zeus in his godly form. Name this god.

Answer 61

Answer: DIONYSUS

B1. Dionysus was said to have been born twice. How was he born the second time?

Answer: FROM ZEUS’ THIGH

B2. Who was Dionysus’ mother?

Answer: SEMELE

Question 62

What young woman falls in love with Jason at first sight?

Answer 62

Answer: MEDEA

B1. Medea’s father had set a task for Jason that would kill him. What does Medea do for Jason
to save him?

Answer: CREATES AN OINTMENT/POTION THAT MAKES JASON
INVULNERABLE/INVINCIBLE

B2. Spell Medea’s father’s name

Answer: A-E-E-T-E-S (A-I-E-T-E-S)

Question 63

Sons and mothers in myth! Sometimes they love one another dearly. The pair I have in mind, however, ended up with the son killing the mother. Name the matricidal son of Agamemnon and his parricidal mother.

Answer 63

Answer: ORESTES/CLYTEMNESTRA

B1. Which of the gods ordered Orestes to kill his mother?

Answer: APOLLO

B2. What goddesses pursue Orestes and make him insane for killing his mother?

Answer: FURIES/ERINYES (Eumenides)

Question 64

What king of Thebes refused to honor Dionysus and paid with his life?

Answer 64

Answer: PENTHEUS

B1. Pentheus’ mother, driven to bacchic frenzy by Dionysus, kills her own son and carries his
head into the city as a trophy. What did she think she was holding?

Answer: A LION’S HEAD

B2. Name the unfortunate mother who killed her own son.

Answer: AGAVE

Question 65

Name the Athenian princess who marries King Tereus of Thrace.

Answer 65

Answer: PROCNE

B1. Name Procne’s sister who was abducted by Tereus.

Answer: PHILOMELA

B2. Procne ends up killing her own son to avenge her sister. What was his name?

Answer: ITYS

Question 66

First named Alcaeus after his grandfather, this hero later performed many labors to expiate a crime he had committed. Name this famous hero of Greek and Roman myth.

Answer 66

Answer: HERACLES/HERCULES

B1. How many labors did Heracles finally perform?

Answer: 12

B2. Heracles’ third labor involved a year of running after the Cerynitian hind. To which goddess was this deer sacred?

Answer: ARTEMIS/DIANA

Question 67

What prophetess foretells her own death and that of Agamemnon only to be disbelieved by the old men of Argos?

Answer 67

Answer: CASSANDRA

B1. Clytemnestra kills both Cassandra and Agamemnon, but what lover of hers helps her?

Answer: AEGISTHUS

B2. Who was Aegisthus’ father?

Answer: THYESTES

Question 68

Name the wise centaur who was a trainer of heroes.

Answer 68

Answer: CHEIRON/CHIRON

B1. Who accidentally wounded Chiron with an incurable wound?

Answer: HERCULES/HERACLES

B2. Where did Chiron live?

Answer: (IN A CAVE) ON MT. PELION

Question 69

What Greek deity had the town of Dodona for his oracle, a place where the rustling of the oak leaves were interpreted to give oracles, fitting since the oak was this god’s tree.

Answer 69

Answer: ZEUS

B1. As Homer says, Zeus is “father of gods and men” and some of his earliest offspring are the
Seasons. Which consort of Zeus is mother to the Seasons?

Answer: THEMIS

B2. Name two of the three Seasons that Zeus fathered.

Answer: EUNOMIA/DIKE/EIRENE (ORDER, JUSTICE, PEACE)

Question 70

Name the ruler of Seriphos who fell in love with Danaë and sent Perseus on the quest for Medusa’s head.

Answer 70

Answer: POLYDECTES

B1. Which deity gave a sword to Perseus?

Answer: HERMES/MERCURY

B2. Which deity gave a shield to Perseus?

Answer: ATHENA/MINERVA

Question 71

While out hunting, this prince of Thebes stumbles on a maiden bathing and dies for it?

Answer 71

Answer: ACTAEON

B1. Who is the maiden that Actaeon finds bathing?

Answer: ARTEMIS/DIANA

B2. How does Actaeon die?

Answer: CHANGED INTO A DEER HE IS HUNTED DOWN AND
KILLED BY HIS OWN DOGS.

Question 72

Name the satyr who dared to challenge Apollo to a music contest and lost.

Answer 72

Answer: MARSYAS

B1. Marsyas was playing the flute. Who had invented this instrument and discarded it?

Answer: ATHENA/MINERVA

B2. What victory prize did Apollo take from Marsyas?

Answer: FLAYED HIM ALIVE

Question 73

What nymph was the first love of Apollo but rejected his advances and ran from him?

Answer 73

Answer: DAPHNE

B1. Daphne knew she would be unable to escape from Apollo and prayed to her father for help. Who was Daphne’s father?

Answer: PENEUS

B2. What does Peneus do to help Daphne?

Answer: CHANGES HER INTO A LAUREL TREE

Question 74

According to some modern writers, the goddess Leucothea was “unimportant,” but it is doubtful that this Greek hero found Leucothea unimportant when she gave him a life-preserving garment that kept him afloat when he was shipwrecked at sea. Name this hero.

Answer 74

Answer: ODYSSEUS

B1. The goddess Leucothea had once been a mortal woman. What had her name been before?

Answer: INO

B2. Where had Odysseus just come from when he was shipwrecked?

Answer: (ISLAND OF ) CALYPSO/OGYGIA

Question 75

Who was the father of the ill-fated Oedipus?

Answer 75

Answer: LAIUS

B1. Laius has Oedipus exposed. Name the people who adopt Oedipus?

Answer: POLYBUS AND MEROPE

B2. Oedipus goes into exile and dies. Where does he die?

Answer: COLONUS

Question 76

Which nymph wandered though the world until she reached the Nile, was restored to human form and gave birth to Epaphus, the son of Zeus?

Answer 76

Answer: IO

B1. What immortal, who foretells that Io will return to human form in Egypt, does Io find in the
Caucausus mountains.

Answer: PROMETHEUS

B2. Who was Io’s father?

Answer: INACHUS

Question 77

Who devised the plan to build a huge wodden horse and hide Greek soldiers inside in order to capture Troy?

Answer 77

ODYSSEUS

B1: What Trojan priest threw a spear into the side of the horse and warned the Trojans against bringing it into the city?

LAOCOON

B2: According to Vergil, which of the following Greeks was NOT in the Trojan Horse: Achilles,
Agamemnon, Odysseus, Diomedes, Nestor?

ACHILLES

Question 78

Who appeared to Althea after the birth of her son and presented her with a log which was tied to his life?

Answer 78

THE FATES

B1: Who was Althea’s son?

MELEAGER

B2: Althea threw log into the fire after Meleager killed Toxeus and Plexippus. What was Althea’s relationship with them?

THEY WERE HER BROTHERS

Question 79

What Cypriot man created a statue called Galatea and then fell in love with it?

Answer 79

PYGMALION

B1: According to Ovid, what goddess brought Pygmalion’s statue to life?

VENUS

B2: Who was the son of Pygmalion and Galatea?

PAPHOS

Question 80

Complete this mythological analogy: Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Nestor ________.

Answer 80

PYLOS

B1: …Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Tyndareus :

SPARTA

B2: …Agamemnon: Mycenae :: Telephus :

TEUTHRANIA

Question 81

What daughter of Evenus chose the mortal Idas over the god Apollo?

Answer 81

MARPESSA

B1: Why did Marpessa chose Idas over Apollo?

SHE THOUGHT APOLLO WOULD LEAVE HER WHEN SHE GREW OLD

B2: What god, Idas’ father, provided him with a chariot so that he could compete with Apollo?

POSEIDON

Question 81

What river god wrestled with Heracles for the hand of Deineira?

Answer 81

ACHELOUS

B1: How did Heracles injure Achelous in the fight?

BROKE OFF ONE OF HIS HORNS

B2: What constellation did this horn become?

CORNUCOPIA

Question 82

What son of Cephisus and Liriope fell in love with his own reflection?

Answer 82

NARCISSUS

B1: What nymph loved Narcissus?

ECHO

B2: What prophet told Liriope that her son would live a long life provided that he never know
himself?

TEIRISIAS

Question 83

Which Greek god was the father of Amphion, Sarpedon, Arcas, and Helen?

Answer 83

ZEUS

B1: Which Greek god was the father of Parthenopeus & Harmonia?

ARES

B2: Which Greek god was the father of Pelias, Neleus, and Bellerophon?

POSEIDON

Question 84

What lover of Zeus was worshipped as the Egyptian goddess Isis?

Answer 84

IO

B1: What child of Zeus and Io was worshipped as the Egyptian bull god Apis?

EPAPHUS

B2: What Titan told Io of her wanderings and predicted that they would end in Egypt?

PROMETHEUS

Question 85

What youth, loved by Apollo, was accidentally killed by the god with a discus?

Answer 85

HYACINTH(US)

B1: Which of the Muses was the mother of Hyacinth?

CLIO

B2: Whose jealousy caused Apollo’s discus to strike Hyacinth?

ZEPHYR(US)’S

Question 86

What princess did Pelops win the right to marry in a chariot race?

Answer 86

HIPPODAMEIA

B1: Who was Hippodameia’s father who was defeated and killed in this race?

OENOMAUS

B2: What charioteer of Oenomaus cursed the descendants of Pelops after Pelops refused to
pay him for sabotaging Oenomaus’ chariot?

MYRTILUS

Question 87

On what island did Jason meet a queen named Hypsipyle?

Answer 87

LEMNOS

B1: Why did Odysseus and Neoptolemus visit Lemnos?

TO RETREIVE PHILOCTETES / THE BOW OF HERACLES

B2: How was Philoctetes convinced to return to Troy with them?

HERACLES APPEARED AND ORDERED HIM TO GO

Question 88

Which of the daughers of Cadmus and Harmonia raised Dionysus as a girl after the death of Semele?

Answer 88

INO

B1: Which of Ino’s sisters was the mother of Acteon?

AUTONOE

B2: What happened to Ino after she leaped into the sea with her son Melicertes?

SHE BECAME A GODDESS (LEUCOTHEA)

Question 89

According to Book II of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, whose sisters were transformed into poplar trees after they mourned for his death near the Eridanus river?

Answer 89

PHAETHON’S

B1: The Heliades, Phaethon’s sister, cried tears made of what substance?

AMBER

B2: Which of Phaethon’s friends was transformed into a swan?

CYCNUS

Question 90

To whom did Eetion, the king of Hypoplacian Thebes, marry his daughter Andromache?

Answer 90

HECTOR

B1: Who killed Eetion and all of his seven sons on one day?

ACHILLES

B2: Which Greek took Andromache captive after the war?

NEOPTOLEMUS / PYRRHUS

Question 91

Which sea god was loved by Circe?

Answer 91

GLAUCUS

B1: Glaucus rejected Circe because of his love for what beautiful maiden?

SCYLLA

B2: Which son of Saturn was turned into a woodpecker for rejecting Circe?

PICUS

Question 92

Who asked Zeus to allow him to share his immortality with his brother, Castor?

Answer 92

POLYDEUCES / POLLUX

B1: For what skill was Polydeuces known?

BOXING

B2: What king of the Bebryces did Polydeuces kill with one blow?

AMYCUS

Question 93

Which Trojan seer revealed to the Greeks the conditions under which Troy would fall?

Answer 93

HELENUS

B1: What two Greeks captured Helenus?

ODYSSEUS & DIOMEDES

B2: What king’s bones did Helenus say must be brought to Troy?

PELOPS’

Question 94

What twins were born after Iphimedeia poured seawater into her lap?

Answer 94

OTUS & EPHIALTES

B1: By what collective name, derived from their mortal father, were Otus & Ephialtes known?

ALOADAE

B2: Which goddess were Otus and Ephialtes pursuing when they accidentily killed each other?

ARTEMIS

Question 95

Which of the bandits encountered by Thesus was also called “Pityocamptes”?

Answer 95

SINIS

B1: Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus was also called “Corynetes”?

PERIPHETES

B2: Which of the bandits encountered by Theseus was also called “Damastes”?

PROCRUSTES

Question 96

Which of the Seven Against Thebes proudly boasted that not even Zeus himself could prevent him from scaling the walls of Thebes?

Answer 96

CAPANEUS

B1: What happened to Capaneus?

ZEUS KILLED HIM WITH A THUNDERBOLT

B2: What wife of Capaneus threw herself upon his burning funeral pyre in her grief?

EVADNE

Question 97

Which of the Argonauts had such keen eyesight that he could see into the depths of the earth?

Answer 97

LYNCEUS

B1: Which of the Argonauts was so fast that he could run over water?

EUPHEMUS

B2: Which of the Argonauts could change his shape?

PERICLYMENUS

Question 98

Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Taygete, Electra, Merope, and Maia were collectively known by what name in mythology?

Answer 98

PLEIADES / PLEIADS

B1: Which of the Pleiades was the mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus?

TAYGETE

B2: Which of the Pleiades was the mother of Lycus?

CELAENO

Question 99

What man, ignoring the desperate cries of a dryad, cut down a tree in a grove sacred to Demeter?

Answer 99

ERYSICHTHON

B1: How did Demeter punish Erysichthon?

WITH HUNGER

B2: How did Erysichthon die?

HE ATE HIMSELF