Mythology II

Question 1

Pallas Definition? Who does this refer to?

Answer 1

“Virgin” or “Maiden”, refers to Athena

Question 2

Who Was Cupid’s Love?

Answer 2

Psyche

Question 3

Who Were Pyramus and Thisbe?

Answer 3

Lovers of Babylon separated by a wall

Question 4

Who Fell in Love With His Own Statue?

Answer 4

Pygmalion

Question 5

Galatea?

Answer 5

Statue that Pygmalion fell in love with. Means “Milk White”

Question 6

God of Games of Chance?

Answer 6

Hermes

Question 7

Pan?

Answer 7

Deity with goat horns and body from waist down. Aka “The Feeder”.

Question 8

When Created Moved From Cythera to Cyprus

Answer 8

Aphrodite

Question 9

Athena’s Weaving Wrath?

Answer 9

Changed Arachne into a spider

Question 10

Twins Which Sent Plaques and Death Among Men and Animals?

Answer 10

Castor and Polydeuces (Dioscuri)

Question 11

Actaeon?

Answer 11

Changed by Artemis into a deer and eaten by his own hounds

Question 12

Ares?

Answer 12

God of War-Frenzy

Question 13

Who Was Anchesis? Wife? and Child?

Answer 13

Trojan shepherd(MORTAL), married Venus (Aphrodite), child Aeneas

Question 14

3 Judges of the Underworld?

Answer 14

Rhadamanthys (Asia), Aecus (York), and Minos (Court of Appeals)

Question 15

Formed From the Blood Drops of Medusa?

Answer 15

Corals of the red sea (seaweed and blood)

Question 16

Io

Answer 16

Changed into a white Heifer to escape Hera’s anger

Question 17

Orpheus

Answer 17

Famous mortal musician

Question 18

Lethe

Answer 18

Drinking from this river caused forgetfulness. Drink if you wished to be reincarnated

Question 19

Fell in Love with Himself?

Answer 19

Narcissus

Question 20

Echo?

Answer 20

Nymph who fell in love with Narcissus

Question 21

Name of Wide Brimmed Hat? Who Wore It?

Answer 21

Petasus worn by Hermes

Question 22

Animals Tongue Was Sacrificed to This God to Become a Skillful Speaker?

Answer 22

Hermes

Question 23

Ixion Crime and Punishment?

Answer 23

First man to kill another man and was placed on a fiery wheel in the underworld

Question 24

Sisyphus Crime and Punishment?

Answer 24

Trickster; Haunts wife for not burying him. His punishment is that he pushes boulder up hill and as soon as it reaches the top it rolls back down

Question 25

Tantalus Crime and Punishment?

Answer 25

Pranked Zeus, stole nectar and ambrosia, and chopped up son. He eternally became himself

Question 26

Tityus Crime and Punishment?

Answer 26

Great sinner assaulted Apollo and Leto. His body was stretched and liver was eaten by vultures

Question 27

Bisexual Divinity?

Answer 27

Hermaphroditus

Question 28

Goddess of Justice?

Answer 28

Nemesis

Question 29

"Hellmouth?"

Answer 29

Avernus

Question 30

River Styx Boat Man?

Answer 30

Charon

Question 31

Figure of Death?

Answer 31

Thanatos

Question 32

Symbolizes Good Luck?

Answer 32

Hermes

Question 33

Symbolizes Wealth?

Answer 33

Dis

Question 34

Name of Hades Hat?

Answer 34

Cap of invisibility

Question 35

Why was Hermes called Psychopompos?

Answer 35

Lead souls of the dead to the underworld

Question 36

What did Iris and Hermes Have in Common?

Answer 36

Both messengers and carried caduceus

Question 37

Killed Themselves in Babylon at King Ninus's Tomb?

Answer 37

Pyramus

Question 38

Swam Across Hellespont Every Night to See his "Lighthouse" Love?

Answer 38

Leander to see Hero (woman)

Question 39

Daughter of Aphrodite and Ares?

Answer 39

Harmonia

Question 40

Child of Pygmalion and Galatea?

Answer 40

Paphos

Question 41

Child of Zeus and Maia?

Answer 41

Hermes

Question 42

Child of Aphrodite and Anchises?

Answer 42

Aeneas

Question 43

Children of Rhea Silvia and Mars?

Answer 43

Romulus and Remus

Question 44

Child of Aeneas and Creusa?

Answer 44

Iulus (Troy)

Question 45

Hephaestus ~ ?

Answer 45

? ~ Aphrodite

Question 46

Ares ~ ? = Child?

Answer 46

? ~ Aphrodite= Harmonia (Child)

Question 47

Aphrodite ~ ? (Mortal) = Child?

Answer 47

? ~ Anchises (Mortal)= Aeneas

Question 48

Cupid ~ ?

Answer 48

? ~ Psyche

Question 49

Pygmalion ~ ?

Answer 49

? ~ Galatea

Question 50

Hero ~ ?

Answer 50

? ~ Leander

Question 51

Pyramus ~ ?

Answer 51

? ~ Thisbe

Question 52

Pan ~ ?

Answer 52

? ~ Syrinx

Question 53

Echo ~ ?

Answer 53

? ~ Narcissus

Question 54

Maia ~ ? = Child?

Answer 54

? ~ Zeus= Hermes (Child). Maia daughter of Atlas

Question 55

Orpheus ~ ?

Answer 55

? ~ Eurydice

Question 56

Hermaphroditus Parents?

Answer 56

Hermes and Aphrodite

Question 57

Parents of Heracles?

Answer 57

Alemene and Zeus

Question 58

Parents of Iphicles?

Answer 58

Alemene and Zeus as Amphityron

Question 59

Parents of Centars?

Answer 59

Ixion and Hera as Phantom

Question 60

Hercules Three Wives?

Answer 60

Megara, Delanira, and Omphale

Question 61

Haemon's Fiance?

Answer 61

Antigone

Question 62

Parents of Oedipus?

Answer 62

Laius and Jocasta

Question 63

Oedipus Wife and Children?

Answer 63

Married mother, Jocasta. Had four children: Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene

Question 64

For What King Did Heracles Kill First Lion?

Answer 64

Eurystheus

Question 65

Amphitryon

Answer 65

Hercules Step Father

Question 66

First Six Labors of Hercules?

Answer 66

1. Nemean Lion; Choked lion to death 2. Lernean Hydra; Bashed the hydras heads and held torch to tendons of neck 3. The Hind of Ceryneia; Golden hooves and antlers. Brought it back alive. 4. The Erymanthian Boar; Trapped boar in a net 5. The Augean Stables;

Question 67

Drives Golden Chariot with Black Horses?

Answer 67

Hades

Question 68

Two Headed God of Beginnings and Doorways?

Answer 68

Janus

Question 69

Patron Goddess of Pompeii?

Answer 69

Venus

Question 70

Meaning of the Name Heracles?

Answer 70

The Glory of Hera