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1. Who is the only son of Odysseus and Penelope according to the epic, 'The Odyssey'?
2. Who is the ferryman of the dead who transports the spirits over Acheron?
3. Who ordered Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera, a beast which took its shape from both a goat and a lion?
4. Who is known as the 'spring of forgetfulness'?
5. Who were Jason's companions in his search for the Golden Fleece?
6. Who is the hero of the Iliad who was said to have been bathed in the river Styx except for his heel which was used to hold him?
7. An oracle declared that this man would kill his father and marry his mother. Who was the man?
8. Who is the Roman equivalent of Hera?
9. Who is said to be the first woman, created by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus?
10. Who is the son of Oeager who descended into the Underworld to fetch his wife Eurydice who had stepped on a snake and died?
11. Who is the father of Zeus?
12. Who is the daughter of Catreus, wife of Atreus, and mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus?
13. Who is Achilles' charioteer?
14. Who is the personification of Strife?
15. What is the dog of Hades called?
16. Who are the Greek and Roman goddesses of Love, respectively?
17. What was the name of a winged-horse that was eventually changed into a constellation?
18. This sea goddess and daughter of Nereus was loved by Polyphemus, a Cyclops, but she loved Acis. Who was she?
19. Who is the Greek god of War?
20. Who is the soothsayer that predicted to Polyphemus, a Sicilian Cyclops, that Odysseus would blind him?
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