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Greek Mythology
How well do you know Greek Mythology?
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Wikipedia
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Last updated: August 5, 2019
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| First submitted | August 4, 2019 |
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1.
The offsprings of Chaos:
Gaea and Eros
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Aether and Day
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Erebus and Nyx
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Uranus and Zeus
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2.
How was Athena born?
Metis gave birth to her
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She was the child of Zeus and Hera
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Leto gave birth to her
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Sprang out of the skull of Zeus
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Zeus swallowed Metis who was pregnant to Athena
3.
Who was Apollo's twin sister?
Artemis
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Daphne
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Calliope
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Athena
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Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto and Artemis was his twin sister. Athena was his sister, too, while Daphne became the unwilling object of the infatuation of Apollo and Calliope a Muse and his lover
4.
In order to approach Europa, Zeus transformed himself into the form of...
Eagle
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Swan
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White bull
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Black horse
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5.
Which was the capital city of the Amazons?
Athens
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Thebes
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Sparta
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Themiscyra
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Themiscyra was situated on the southern coast of the Black Sea
6.
Orpheus went to Hades to...
Restore his dead wife, Eurydice, to the realm of the living
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To sing to Hades
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Out of curiosity
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To escort Persephone back to her mother Demeter
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7.
Aphrodite was married to...
Zeus
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Hermes
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Ares
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Hephaestus
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Zeus was her brother, Ares her lover
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Poseidon was the god of sea, storms, earthquakes and...
Waves
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Hurricanes
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Volcanos
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Horses
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9.
Minotaur was a creature with a human body and...
Goat's head
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Bull’s head
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Eagle's head
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Lion's head
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10.
How did Icarus die?
by drowning
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by crashing with Daedalus while flying
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by flying too near the Sun with waxen wings
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he gοt into a fight
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11.
Which of the below is NOT one of the 12 labours of Hercules?
Capture the Cretan Bull
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Steal the apples of the Hesperides
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Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra
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Killing Hippolyta
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Hercules had to obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, not killing her
12.
"Homecoming" (nostos) took Odysseus how many years?
5
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7
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10
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12
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13.
How did Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth?
Ηe had a map
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Ariadne gave him a ball of thread
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by “wall-following”
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He was leaving breadcrumbs along the way
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14.
Typhon and his mate ... were the progenitors of many famous monsters
Gaia
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Echidna
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Medusa
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Chimera
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Among the fierce offsprings of Typhon and Echidna were Orthrus, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Sphinx, etc
15.
What is the main symbol of Hermes?
Caduceus
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Sandals
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Pouch
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Snakes
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Irishfalcon
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Level 44
Jul 21, 2021
Great Quiz!
Fiflosophia
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Level 20
May 7, 2023
I find question 14 ill-formulated, I thought you were asking which of the proposed answers was an offspring of Typhon and his mate, not who was his mate.
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