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1. Of the five rivers of the underworld (those which separate Earth from Hades), which is the River of Fire?
2. She is a daughter of Uranus and Gaia. She is the personified goddess of a volcano on Sicily, underwhich the giant Typhon lies buried. She is sometimes regarded as the mother of the Palici, the twin Sicilian gods of geysers.
3. Which of these is NOT the name for an Amazon Queen?
4. By Zeus, Alcmene is mother to Heracles. However, Heracles has a 'twin' half-brother, Iphicles, born at the same time but sired by a different father. Which is the father of Iphicles?
5. The Hamadryads are:
6. Which is NOT a son of Zeus?
7. Echidna, wife of Typhon and the daughter of Ceto, has many monstrous children. Which of these are hers?
8. Which three are the Charites (Graces)?
9. They are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, virgin companions of {Artemis;} when Orion pursued them, they pray to the gods who changed them into doves, then later into stars that form a part of the constellation of Taurus. In another myth, they commit suicide after the death of their sisters the Hyades. Who are they?
10. He was mistakenly killed by Hector, who thought he was his best friend, Achilles.
11. Which are members of Jason's famous Argonauts?
12. From which god did King Midas receive his Golden Touch?
13. Who are Briareus, Cottus and Gyes?
14. Eos, the personification of the dawn, was punished by Aphrodite (for sleeping with Ares) in what way?
15. Meleager, lover of Atalanta (he gave her the Calydonian Boar's pelt), was to live as long as what remained unconsumed?
16. Ixion is known to the Greeks as the first human to do what?
17. Despite being a virgin, Athena is considered the mother of which mythical Athenian king?
18. Hermione is the daughter of what two notable figures in Greek mythology?
19. In later mythology Eros is the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares. However, originally he was born of whom?
20. Kronos supposedly could see everything in the realms of the earth, heavens, and the sea, so how did Zeus' nurse hide the infant god after Gaia convinced Kronos to swallow a stone instead?
21. Himerus is the goddess or personification of?
22. Leda, Queen of Sparta, gave birth to two of her children in an unusual way. What was it?
23. The three original muses - Aoide, Melete and Mneme - were the muses of...?
24. Alcippe, daughter of Ares and Aglaulus, was raped by which of Poseidon's sons?
25. He is the Graeco-Roman personified god of the river Nile. In Egyptian he was called Hapi. What is his Greek name?
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