Mythology Basic Level Flashcards
(157 cards)
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Who was the mightiest warrior of the Greek army in the Trojan War?
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Achilles
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Who slew Hector and dragged his body behind his chariot?
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Achilles
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Who was the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis?
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Achilles
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Whose son was Neoptomlemus/Pyrrhus?
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Achilles
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Who is the hero of Vergil’s epic poem the “Aeneid”?
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Aeneas
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Whose father was Anchises, and son was Iulus/Ascanius?
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Aeneas
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Who was the son of Jupiter and Latona?
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Apollo (Phoebus)
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Who killed the Pytho?
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Apollo (Phoebus)
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Who had a twin sister Diana, goddess of the moon?
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Apollo (Phoebus)
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Who is god of the sun, music, prophecy, and sickness?
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Apollo (Phoebus)
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Whose mother was Leto/Latona and sister was Artemis/Diana?
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Apollo (Phoebus)
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What band of heroes included figures such as Hercules, Theseus, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux?
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Argonauts
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What is the name of the band of heroes who sailed with Jason in a ship named Argo?
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Argonauts
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Who brought the Golden Fleece back to Thessaly with the aid of Medea?
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Jason
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Whose name is mistakenly given to a collection of maps in a volume?
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Atlas
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Who was condemned to support the sky on his shoulders?
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Atlas
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Who was the “rosy-fingered” goddess of the dawn?
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Aurora (Eos)
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Which goddess’s name is preserved in the phrase “aurora borealis”?
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Aurora (Eos)
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Who was the goddess of vegetation and agriculture?
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Ceres (Demeter)
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Who was the mother of Persephone/ Proserpina?
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Ceres (Demeter)
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Which goddess was the sister of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto and Vesta?
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Ceres (Demeter)
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Who wandered over the earth in search of Prosperpina/Persephone who had been abducted by Pluto?
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Ceres (Demeter)
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What is Persephone’s name in Latin
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Prosperpina
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What is Demeter’s name in Latin
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Ceres
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What is Eos's name in Latin
Aurora
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What is Eros's name in Latin
Cupid (Amor)
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What is Heracles/Alcides's name in Latin
Hercules
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What is Zeus's name in Latin
Jupiter (Jove)
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What is Ares's name in Latin
Mars
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What is Hermes's name in Latin
Mercury
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What is Athena's name in Latin
Minerva
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What is Poseidon's name in Latin
Neptune
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What is Hephaestus's name in Latin
Vulcan
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What is Hestia's name in Latin
Vesta
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What is Aphrodite's name in Latin
Venus
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What is Odysseus's name in Latin
Ulysses
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What is Hades's name in Latin
Pluto (Dis)
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What is Pan's name in Latin
Faunus
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Which god was the son of Venus?
Cupid (Amor, Eros)
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Which god is represented in art as winged and equipped with bow and arrows?
Cupid (Amor, Eros)
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Who is the god of love?
Cupid (Amor, Eros)
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Who is the goddess of love?
Venus/Aphrodite
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Who was the mightiest warrior in the Trojan army?
Hector
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Who was the most famous hero of classical antiquity?
Hercules (Heracles, Alcides)
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Who performed twelve labors?
Hercules (Heracles, Alcides)
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Who was the Greek maiden loved by Zeus but turned into a bull by him to avoid Hera's anger?
Io
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Who was the deity to whom the first month of the year was sacred?
Janus
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Which god's name is preserved in the English word "janitor"?
Janus
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Who was the king of the gods?
Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)
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Who was the husband of Juno?
Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)
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Who had a monopoly on thunderbolts?
Jupiter (Jove, Zeus)
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Who was the son of Jupiter and Juno?
Mars (Ares)
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Who was the god of war?
Mars (Ares)
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Which god's name was given to the planet with the blood-colored light?
Mars (Ares)
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Who was the fabled father of Romulus and Remus?
Mars (Ares)
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Which god's name is preserved in the words "March" and "martial"?
Mars (Ares)
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Who was the son of Jupiter and Maia?
Mercury (Hermes)
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Which god guided souls of the deceased to the underworld?
Mercury (Hermes)
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Who was the swift messenger of the gods with wings on his hat and sandals?
Mercury (Hermes)
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In whose honor was the Parthenon in Athens built ?
Minerva (Athena, Pallas)
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Who was the virgin goddess of wisdom and handicrafts?
Minerva (Athena, Pallas)
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To whom was the owl sacred?
Minerva (Athena, Pallas)
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Who was the patron goddess of Athens?
Minerva (Athena, Pallas)
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Who were the nine daughters of Jupiter?
Muses
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Who was the son of Cronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Pluto (Hades)?
Neptune (Poseidon)
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Whose chief attribute was a trident?
Neptune (Poseidon)
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Who was the god of horses, sea and all waters?
Neptune (Poseidon)
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Who was the proud mother of seven sons and seven daughters?
Niobe
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Who boasted of her superiority to Leto/Latona who had only two children (Apollo and Diana)?
Niobe
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Who was married to Eurydice but lost her by death on their wedding day?
Orpheus
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Who was the most famous musician of classical mythology?
Orpheus
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To whom did Pluto grant permission to take his wife back to the world of the living but on one condition?
Orpheus
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Who was the god of flocks, pastures, woodlands, and wildlife?
Pan (Faunus)
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Who was the half man half goat god?
Pan (Faunus)
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Who was the winged horse which had Bellerophon as his rider?
Pegasus
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Who was the horse tamed by Minerva and presented to the Muses?
Pegasus
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Who helped Bellerophon to slay the Lycian monster, Chimaera?
Pegasus
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Who was the god of the underworld?
Pluto (Dis, Hades)
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Who kidnapped Prosperpina/Persephone and made her queen of the Lower World?
Pluto (Dis, Hades)
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Whose kingdom is guarded by the three headed dog Cerberus?
Pluto (Dis, Hades)
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Which Titan was the creator and benefactor of humanity?
Prometheus
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Who stole fire from heaven and gave it to mankind?
Prometheus
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Who was the ancient Italian deity of seeds and sowing crops?
Saturn
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Who reigned during the Golden Age?
Saturn
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In whose honor was the feast of the Saturnalia, which was held every year in the winter season?
Saturn
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Whose name is preserved in the English word "Saturday"?
Saturn
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Who was the craftiest among the Greeks in the Trojan War?
Ulysses (Odysseus)
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Whose faithful wife Penelope waited twenty years for his return?
Ulysses (Odysseus)
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Who is the hero of Homer's epic poem "Odyssey"?
Ulysses (Odysseus)
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Who was the goddess of love and beauty?
Venus (Aphrodite)
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Which goddess's name was given to the brightest planet in our solar system?
Venus (Aphrodite)
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Who was the mother of the Trojan hero Aeneas by a human husband Anchises?
Venus (Aphrodite)
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Who was the goddess of the hearth, public and private? (what is a hearth?)
Vesta (Hestia)
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Who was the sister of Jupiter, Juno, Naptune, Pluto and Ceres?
Vesta (Hestia)
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Who was the god of fire?
Vulcan (Hephaestus)
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Who was the lame son of Jupiter and Juno? (lame meaning, crippled in a limb)
Vulcan (Hephaestus)
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Who made the chariot of the Sun among other wonders on Mount Olympus?
Vulcan (Hephaestus)
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Who made the famous shield of Achilles and special armor for Aeneas at the request of Venus?
Vulcan (Hephaestus)
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What is the Greek name of the god whose Roman name is preserved in the English words 'vulcanize" and "volcano"?
Vulcan (Hephaestus)
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Aeneas met him in the Underworld, where Aeneas learned about his family's future.
Anchises
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Who is the father of Zeus?
Kronos
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Who is the mother of Kronos?
Gaea
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What was the age called when Kronos ruled?
The Golden Age
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'What titan gave man fire?
Prometheus
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Who is the mother of Uranus?
Gaea
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'What titian keeps the sky from meeting the Earth?
Atlas
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Who is the Titian goddess of modesty and kindness and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe?
Leto
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Who was the River Styx named after and is this titan a male or female?
The titan goddess Styx
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One of the best Greek heroes of the Trojan War, the only vulnerable part of him was his heel.
Achilles
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The hero who was forced to complete 12 labors.
Hercules
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The hero who succeeded in killing the Minotaur.
(Theseus)
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The hero who killed Medusa.
(Perseus)
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The hero who sailed upon the Argo with the Argonauts in order to obtain the golden fleece.
(Jason)
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The hero who almost managed to bring back his wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld, but failed when he looked back to see if she was following him.
(Orpheus)
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The hero who stabbed the cyclops Polyphemus in the eye.
(Odysseus)
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The Trojan prince who took Helen from Menelaus.
(Paris)
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Which god was the father of Hercules?
(Zeus)
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Which hero, as an infant, managed to strangle two snakes sent by Hera to kill him?
(Hercules)
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Hero of the Trojan War and is said to have founded Rome.
(Aeneas)
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Wife of Perseus who was placed among the constellations after her death.
(Andromeda)
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Son of Zeus (in the form of a golden shower) and Danae.
(Perseus)
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Hero whose mother dipped him into the River Styx in order to make him indestructible (except for one crucial spot on his body).
(Achilles)
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Hero who accidentally killed his grandfather, unintentionally completing a prophecy.
(Perseus)
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The hero who abandoned Ariadne after she helped him navigate the labyrinth.
(Theseus)
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Journeyed nearly ten years to get back to his home and wife in Ithaca.
(Odysseus)
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The man who accidentally killed his father and slept with this mother.
(Oedipus)
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What did Perseus use so that he only saw Medusa's reflection and therefore was able to kill her?
(his shield)
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Known as the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.
(Hector)
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Known as "the first true hero of Rome".
(Aeneas)
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Hero who was the son of Aphrodite and the prince Anchises.
(Aeneas)
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Which goddess gave Perseus a shield to use when he slew Medusa?
(Athena)
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Who killed the Nemean Lion?
(Hercules)
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Which hero got Pegasus?
(Bellerophon)
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Who gave flying shoes to Perseus?
(Hermes)
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Who is the father of Perseus?
(Zeus)
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Who is the god of the Underworld?
Hades/Pluto
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Which Olympian goddess resides over the family hearth?
Hestia/Vesta
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Which goddess was Ares known to have an affair with?
Aphrodite/Venus
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How did Hephaestus become crippled?
thrown from Olympus by Hera at birth because he was ugly.
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What animal did Poseidon create?
Horse
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Which god was the father of Perseus?
Zeus/Jupiter
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Who is the goddess of the rainbow?
Iris
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Which god stole Persephone?
Hades/Pluto
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What was Atlas' punishment for eternity?
To hold the heavens on his shoulders.
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Which goddess turned Arachne into a spider?
Athena/Minerva
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What Underworld River did the gods swear oaths on?
The River Styx
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How was Athena born?
From Zeus' head in full battle armor
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Who is Aphrodite's son, also known as the god of love?
Eros/Cupid
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Who were the three goddesses that Paris had to pick from as "The Fairest"?
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
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Which Greek hero became a god?
Hercules
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Which goddess was Persephone's mother?
Demeter/Ceres
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Which goddess was the mother of Aeneas?
Venus
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Who was the goddess that Arachne challenged to a weaving contest?
Athena
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Where was Kronos sent after being overthrown by the Olympians?
Tartarus
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Which goddess was best known for her jealousy?
Hera/Juno
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Which Greek hero did Athena favor?
Odysseus
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Which Titan was punished for giving humans fire?
Prometheus
