Greek mythology multiple choice

Answer these questions about Greek mythology.
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1. Who slew the Minotaur?
Perseus
Theseus
Minos
Heracles
2. Whose mother bathed them in the River Styx as an infant, while holding them by the heel?
Diomedes
Achilles
Odysseus
Ajax
3. Who was doomed to be chained to a rock for eternity and have an eagle eat their liver every day?
Orpheus
Prometheus
Sisyphus
Atlas
4. Which Titan was the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses?
Tethys
Themis
Mnemosyne
Hera
5. Which goddess was obliged to spend part of every year in the underworld because Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds?
Calliope
Persephone
Aphrodite
Demeter
6. Why was Arachne transformed into a spider?
She pridefully challenged Athena to a weaving contest
She stole the loom of one of the three Fates
Hera got mad because Zeus seduced her
She refused Apollo's amorous advances
7. Who refused to marry anyone, unless they could beat her in a foot race?
Atalanta
Eurydice
Nausicaa
Penelope
8. Who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax?
Daedalus
Aegeus
Pericles
Icarus
9. Who was the twin half-brother of Castor?
Laërtes
Iolaus
Nestor
Pollux
10. Which of these is not true of the sorceress Medea?
She used her magic to help Jason obtain the Golden Fleece
She gained her powers by killing her aunt Circe
She killed two of her own children after Jason spurned her
Her grandfather was the sun god Helios
11. Who was Polyphemus?
Father of the Titan Cronus
A cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus
A general for the Greeks in the Trojan War
The king of the centaurs
12. Which of these was NOT a child of Zeus?
Heracles
Perseus
Helen of Troy
Asclepius
13. Who was born by emerging fully grown from Zeus's head?
Athena
Hephaestus
Hermes
Ares
14. Which goddess is a virgin who swore never to marry?
Demeter
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
15. How did Odysseus avoid being drowned by the Sirens?
He and his men swam underwater so they could not hear them
He prayed to Athena to block his ears
He had his crew drown them out by playing louder music
He had his men tie him to the ship's mast and plug their ears with beeswax
4 Comments
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Level 63
Nov 11, 2021
Prometheus was only doomed to stay there until a son of Zeus came to rescue him.
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Level 60
Nov 27, 2021
Athena was also a virgin goddess.
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Level 60
Jan 8, 2023
Only in Roman mythology would that clue apply, I think.
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Level 75
Jan 22, 2023
Apparently no one knows the answer to Q12. The results with almost 2000 takes are worse than random chance (23%).