Figures

Question 1

Abderus

Answer 1

A hero

Participated in the eighth of the Labours of Heracles

Question 2

Aethra

Answer 2

The name given to different figures

Question 3

Agrius

Answer 3

a name given to a number of different characters

Question 4

Amazons

Answer 4

A race of female warriors

Question 5

Amphion

Answer 5

Built the city of Thebes with his twin brother, Zethus

Question 6

Callirrhoe

Answer 6

A name attributed to seven Different characters

Question 7

Ceyx

Answer 7

A name give to two different figures.
The first became the king of Thessaly
The other was the king of Trachis

Question 8

Chloris

Answer 8

A name givento various characters.

One was a nymph that lived in the Elysian Fields

Question 9

Clutius

Answer 9

Name given to many characters

Question 10

Deucalion

Answer 10

Son of Prometheus

Question 11

Doris

Answer 11

An oceanid

Question 12

Epaphus

Answer 12

Became the king of Egypt

Question 13

Eurytus

Answer 13

The king of the area of Oechalia, Thessaly. Considered to be the archery teacher for Heracles.

Question 14

Glaucus

Answer 14

Aman who became immortal by eating a magical herb and turned into a prophetic god of the sea

Question 15

Iacchus

Answer 15

a name given to Dionysus when he participated in the Eleusinian Mysteries

Question 16

Iasus

Answer 16

A name given to multiple characters including the son of Zeus and electra, the king of Argos, the father of Atalanta and finally the father of Phaedimus

Question 17

Macaria

Answer 17

the name was given to 2 characters, the daughter of Heracles and also a diety who was the daughter of hades and represented a blessed death

Question 18

Maera

Answer 18

A name given to various figures. the daughter of Atlas, a daughter of the river god Erasinus. The better known Maera is a hound that belonged to Erigone, the daughter of Icarius of Athens

Question 19

Minos

Answer 19

The king of Crete, he was famous for creating a successful code of laws, he became one of the judges of the dead in the underworld because of this.

Question 20

Myrtilus

Answer 20

son of Hermes, the charioteer of king Oenomaus

Question 21

Nereids

Answer 21

Sea nymphs that helped sailors when they faced fierce storms

Question 22

Nereus

Answer 22

also know as the old man of the sea, considered to be a gentle and trustworthy god who never lied

Question 23

Phaethon

Answer 23

a name given to multiple figures, the best known being the son of the oceanid nymph Clymene, was killed by Zeus when he almost flew Apollos chariot into the earth

Question 24

Pleisthenes

Answer 24

A name given to various figures, all of them descendants of Tantalus.

Question 25

Rhadamanthus

Answer 25

a king that was the son of Zeus and Europa

Question 26

Teiresias

Answer 26

the most famous of all ancient Greek seers. he was blinded by either Athena or Hera

Question 27

Telchines

Answer 27

original inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, skilled in metallurgy, made a trident for Poseidon. they were able to shapeshift, create poisons, and cause hailstorms, snow and rain. they were killed by either Zeus, Poseidon or Apollo after they started using their powers for evil

Question 28

the Pleiades

Answer 28

the seven daughters of Atlas, were transformed into stars by Zeus after their father was given the fate of holding up the heavens to help the evade Orion who had started pursuing

Question 29

Triton

Answer 29

a merman who was the messenger god of the sea and son of Poseidon.