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