Statistics for 101 Figures from Greek Mythology

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Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
King of the godsZeus
99%
God of the underworldHades
96%
God of the seaPoseidon
96%
Sister and wife of the aboveHera
91%
Main hero of the Greeks during
the Trojan War
Achilles
86%
Goddess of love and beautyAphrodite
86%
Muscular demi-god who performed
twelve labors
Heracles
86%
God of warAres
85%
Goddess of wisdomAthena
85%
Messenger god with winged sandalsHermes
83%
One of the above who was beheadedMedusa
83%
Half-human, half-horse creatureCentaur
79%
Three-headed dog that guards
the underworld
Cerberus
79%
Half-man, half-bull who lived in
the labyrinth
Minotaur
79%
God whose oracle was found at DelphiApollo
78%
Giant one-eyed creatureCyclops
78%
Winged horsePegasus
78%
River that forms the border
of the underworld
Styx
78%
Goddess of the hunt and the moonArtemis
77%
Goddess who was kidnapped
by the above
Persephone
77%
Woman kidnapped by the aboveHelen
74%
King with the "golden touch"Midas
72%
She opened a box containing all
the world's problems
Pandora
72%
Son of the above who flew too
close to the sun
Icarus
71%
Mountain where the gods resideOlympus
71%
Commonly depicted holding the world
on his shoulders
Atlas
70%
God of wineDionysus
69%
Creatures who lured sailors to their
deaths with their irresistible calls
Sirens
69%
Race of warrior womenAmazons
67%
God of love and sexEros
67%
Former chief deity who devoured
his children
Cronus
66%
Hero who searched for the
Golden Fleece
Jason
66%
Hero who slayed the abovePerseus
65%
Primordial goddess of the EarthGaia
64%
God of the forge and volcanoesHephaestus
64%
Trojan prince who shot the
above in the heel
Paris
64%
Term for the earlier generation of
deities which included the above
Titan
63%
Multi-headed monster. When one
head is cut off, two grow in its place.
Hydra
62%
Goddess of discordEris
61%
Clever king of Ithaca who built the
Trojan Horse
Odysseus
61%
Goddess of the harvest and fertilityDemeter
60%
Hunter whose belt is seen in
the stars today
Orion
60%
King cursed to kill his father and
marry his mother
Oedipus
59%
He made men, and gave them firePrometheus
59%
He fell in love with his own reflectionNarcissus
57%
Ship sailed by the aboveArgo
56%
Nine inspirational goddesses of science,
literature, and the arts
Muses
55%
Type of creature with hair made of
snakes whose gaze turned men to stone
Gorgon
54%
Main Trojan heroHector
53%
Winged goddess of victoryNike
53%
Hybrid creature who eats those who
cannot answer its riddle
Sphinx
53%
Term for a minor female nature deityNymph
50%
Wife of the above; namesake of a galaxyAndromeda
48%
Personification of the sun who drives
a chariot through the sky
Helios
48%
Hero who slayed the aboveTheseus
48%
Body of a lion, head and wings
of an eagle
Griffin
47%
He built the labyrinth for the above,
was imprisoned within it, but escaped
with wings made of wax
Daedalus
46%
Virgin goddess of the hearthHestia
46%
King of Mycenae. Main Greek leader
during the Trojan War.
Agamemnon
44%
Ugly half-woman / half-bird creatureHarpy
43%
A deep abyss where the above are
now imprisoned
Tartarus
43%
Lion / goat / snake hybrid. Today a
word that refers to any hybrid creature.
Chimera
41%
Island enchantress who turned
men into swine
Circe
41%
Personification of the moonSelene
41%
Primodial god of the skyUranus
41%
Legendary king of CreteMinos
40%
Personification of the nightNyx
38%
The void which existed prior to the
creation of heaven and earth
Chaos
34%
Place for heros in the afterlife{Elysian} Fields
34%
Wife of the abovePenelope
33%
Creature with a horse's tail and a
perpetual erection
Satyr
33%
Sailors might find themselves betwixt
these two sea monsters
Scylla
32%
Wisest of the above, skilled in medicineChiron
31%
Wife of the aboveRhea
31%
Personification of deathThanatos
31%
Son of the above who blows
a conch like a trumpet
Triton
31%
Personification of sleepHypnos
29%
King of TroyPriam
29%
He could charm even the stones
with his music
Orpheus
28%
She kept the clever king on an island
and offered to make him immortal
Calypso
27%
Trojan hero who was the father
of the Roman people
Aeneus
26%
Gifted with prophecy, she was cursed
never to be believed
Cassandra
26%
Sailors might find themselves betwixt
these two sea monsters
Charybdis
26%
Phoenician princess kidnapped by
Zeus in the form of a bull
Europa
25%
Three angry sisters who
punish oathbreakers
Furies
25%
Personification of fearPhobos
25%
Twins who together make up
the constellation Gemini
Pollux
25%
Twins who together make up
the constellation Gemini
Castor
24%
Sorceress who helped and married
the Golden Fleece seeker
Medea
24%
God of medicine who carries a
serpent-entwined rod
Asclepius
22%
Very handsome mortal lover of the aboveAdonis
21%
Goddess of the soul; consort of the abovePsyche
21%
Hero who rode the aboveBellerophon
20%
Personification of the dawnEos
20%
Snake killed by the abovePython
19%
Goddess who punishes people
with too much hubris
Nemesis
17%
Mother of the aboveJocasta
15%
Plant that caused people to sleep
in peaceful apathy
Lotus
12%
Personification of the river which
encircles the Earth
Oceanus
12%
King of Pylos who owned a large cup
which only he could lift
Nestor
9%
Livestock and fertility deity who also
has a perpetual erection
Priapus
9%

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