Semester 2 Mythology

Question 1

greatest warrior on greek side in trojan war. when he was an infant, his mother dipped him in the river styx but forgot his ankle. quarreled with the commander Agamemnon.

Answer 1

Achilles

Question 2

an extremely beautiful boy loved by aphrodite

Answer 2

Adonis

Question 3

a leader in the trojan war on the trojan side. fled with father and son shipwrecked in island of carthage. Dido fell in love with him there. hero of aeneid of virgil

Answer 3

Aeneas

Question 4

king who led the greeks against troy in the trojan war . sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis. murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

Answer 4

Agamemnon

Question 5

nation of warrior women. burned or cut off their right breasts so that they could use a bow and arrow more efficiently in war

Answer 5

Amazons

Question 6

food of the gods. makes those who have it get immortality

Answer 6

ambrosia

Question 7

daughter of king oedipus. disobeyed king oedipus and buried her brother. condemned to death for her crime

Answer 7

Antigone

Question 8

roman name venus. goddess of love and beauty. mother of eros and aneas. won the first beauty contest with apple of discord and born out of the foam of the sea

Answer 8

Aphrodite

Question 9

god of poetry, prophecy and medicine. represents aspects of of civilization and order. worshiped at delphic oracle . zeus was his father. artemis his sister. identified with Hyperion, Titan he beat

Answer 9

Apollo

Question 10

apple of gold thrown into banquet of gods by goddess Discord. For the fairest written on apple

Answer 10

apple of discord

Question 11

god of war, brutal and bloodthirsty. son of zeus and hera and father of amazons.

Answer 11

Ares

Question 12

companions of jason in quest for the golden fleece . ship was the Argo

Answer 12

Argonauts

Question 13

creature who had a hundred eyes. hera set him to watch over Io. Zeus could not get past him to rescue Io. Hermes did melody that set him to sleep so zeus killed him. yes were put on peacock feathers.

Answer 13

Argus

Question 14

greek name for diana. virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon. daughter of zeus sister of apollo. also called cynthia

Answer 14

Artemis

Question 15

roman name minerva. goddess of wisdom. sprung fully grown out of head of her father zeus. help greeks start trojan war. protector of odysseuss on his trip

Answer 15

Athena

Question 16

once an island in atlantic ocean was swallowed up in an earthquake and is now covered by the sea.

Answer 16

Atlantis

Question 17

titan famous for his strength. condemned for eternity to hold up the earth on his hands and shoulders

Answer 17

Atlas

Question 18

roman name for demeter goddess of agriculture

Answer 18

Ceres

Question 19

monster who had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon or a serpent

Answer 19

chimera

Question 20

roman name of eros, god of love. son of venus

Answer 20

cupid

Question 21

king sat damocles under a sword held by a string

Answer 21

sword of Damocles

Question 22

sinbad

Answer 22

Damon and Pythias

Question 23

famous oracle loaction of temple of apollo known as oracle of delphi priestess gave messages from apollo

Answer 23

delphic oracle

Question 24

goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest her daughter is persephone

Answer 24

demeter

Question 25

roman name of artemis

Answer 25

diana

Question 26

founder and queen of carthage. committed suicide in grief over the departure of her lover Aneas

Answer 26

Dido

Question 27

greek name for bacchus god of wine and revelry

Answer 27

dionysus