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1. When Cronus castrated his father Uranus, some of his blood fell on the mountains. Which creatures were born out of Uranus' blood?
2. Who were the parents of Prometheus?
3. Iolaus helped Hercules in two of his labours. Iolaus was Hercules' nephew.
4. Athena was the goddess of war strategy, that's why she was carrying a shield. There was something special about her shield. What was it?
5. In what way (in one version of the story) did Zeus and his mother, force his father, Cronus, to vomit his brothers and sisters?
6. Iphigenia, Orestes and Electra were the children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. There was a fourth child that is not so well known. Who was the child?
7. Who were Priapo's parents?
8. Teresias, the blind soothsayer, had lived 7 lives, and in one of them he lived as a woman.
9. An easy one! When Tantalus invited the gods to his famous feast, which one of the gods actually ate a part of Pelope's body?
10. The Muse Calliope was the mother of Orpheus.
11. When the gods had to swear for something very important, they swore to the waters of the river Styx. What was their punishment if they took a fake oath?
12. According to one mythical story, when the Trojan War was ended, Hecuba was turned into a dog after being given to Odysseus.
13. Dionysus was born out of Zeus's thigh.
14. What was the name of the daughter of Priam and Hecuba that was sacrificed by Neoptolemus?
15. What in fact happened in Iphigenia's sacrifice at Aulis?
16. What animals did Hermes use to create the lyre?
17. Zeus fell in love with a beautiful young man, named Yacinthus.
18. Where was the Omphalus of the Earth?
19. Who was the Muse of Comedy?
20. And something easy for the last question: Hercules's labours were ten.
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