Who ruled the underworld?
Zeus
Apollo
Poseidon
Hades
Medusa's hair was made of:
worms
snakes
maggots
cats
Who was the Greek god of metal-working?
Plato
Socrates
Hephaestus
Hades
A satyr is half human, half:
horse
bull
bear
goat
What Greek god ruled the sea, wind, and waves?
Zeus
Hephaestus
Poseidon
Hades
Who was the Greek goddess of Love?
Hera
Artemis
Aphrodite
Athena
Who was the Greek goddess of grain & harvest?
Leto
Apollo
Hera
Demeter
Who was the Greek goddess of the hunt and twin brother of Apollo? She was also sometimes called the goddess of the moon.
Medusa
Hera
Artemis
Aphrodite
The Sirens' song lured sailors to:
happiness
death
wisdom
madness
Who was the god of light?
Hera
Zeus
Leto
Apollo
The Minotaur was part:
cat
bull
goat
horse
The Fates were three women who spun, measured and cut thread. What does the thread represent?
immortality
good and evil
a human lifespan
nothing: it's just a thread
Which god and goddess were twins?
Dionysus and Aphrodite
Hades and Demeter
Athena and Ares
Apollo and Artemis
Who is this?
Hades: god of the dead
Apollo: god of light
Zeus: king of the gods, god of thunder
Poseidon: god of the sea
A demi-god is a hybrid of
woman & bird
human & god
woman & fish
man & lion
According to Greek mythology, what existed before the earth and sky?
people
fire
water
chaos
Who was the Greek goddess of wisdom and justice (born from Zeus's head, patron of Athens))
Artemis
Aphrodite
Hera
Athena
Where did the 12 principal Greek gods live?
K2
Mount Everest
Mount Olympics
Mount Olympus
What does "polytheistic" mean?
Believing in many gods
Believing in animal spirits
Believing in one god
Believing in no god
What are the names of the gods that live on Mount Olympus?
the Olympians
the Beatles
the Titans
the cyclops
What were the Greek gods most like?
perfect in every way
all-powerful but flawed human beings
completely mysterious
always good and just
Winged goddesses of vengeance were known as the:
Gorgons
Fates
Muses
Furies
A cyclops has only one:
hand
ear
leg
eye
Who was the Greek god of war?
Zeus
Apollo
Ares
Hades
Who was Zeus's wife?
Artemis
Aphrodite
Athena
Hera
What role did mythology NOT play in ancient civilizations?
video games
religion
explanations for the natural world
entertainment
Who was the messenger of the Greek gods and conductor of the underworld?
Muses
Ares
Hades
Hermes
The centaur is a hybrid creature that is part man and part:
snake
bull
goat
horse
After the war between the Olympians and the Titans, Atlas was condemned to carry the world on his shoulders for all eternity. Which was Atlas?
a god
a mortal
a cyclops
a Titan
What blind poet created two famous stories about the gods and the Trojan War?
Homer
Hesiod
Ovid
Shakespeare