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Quiz about Classical Greek Mythology For Everyone

Classical Greek Mythology For Everyone Quiz

This is a quiz on some known characters in mythology. It is a mixed of multiple choice and fill-in-the-blanks. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Tricia15. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Tricia15

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,790

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
3902

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Question 1 of 20

1. Who is the only son of Odysseus and Penelope according to the epic, 'The Odyssey'? Hint

Telemachia

Telemachus

Mentor

Phyleus

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who is the ferryman of the dead who transports the spirits over Acheron? Hint

Ilia

Gyas

Charon

Idmon

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who ordered Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera, a beast which took its shape from both a goat and a lion? Hint

Chione

Hygieia

Leto

Iobates

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who is known as the 'spring of forgetfulness'? Hint

Charila

Mnemosyne

Lethe

Lemures

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who were Jason's companions in his search for the Golden Fleece?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 20

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?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 20

7. An oracle declared that this man would kill his father and marry his mother. Who was the man? Hint

Cadmus

Oedipus

Laius

Tiresias

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Question 8 of 20

8. Who is the Roman equivalent of Hera?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who is said to be the first woman, created by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus? Hint

Iris

Jocasta

Pandora

Daphne

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Question 10 of 20

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? Hint

Orithya

Ornytus

Orpheus

Orestheus

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who is the father of Zeus? Hint

Demeter

Hestia

Croton

Cronus

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who is the daughter of Catreus, wife of Atreus, and mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who is Achilles' charioteer? Hint

Automedon

Troy

Neoptolemus

Menelaus

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who is the personification of Strife? Hint

Eros

Eris

Iris

Irene

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is the dog of Hades called?

Answer: (one word. begins with a C)

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who are the Greek and Roman goddesses of Love, respectively?

Answer: (Three words, middle word and)

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Question 17 of 20

17. What was the name of a winged-horse that was eventually changed into a constellation?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 18 of 20

18. This sea goddess and daughter of Nereus was loved by Polyphemus, a Cyclops, but she loved Acis. Who was she? Hint

Galatea

Entoria

Leucippus

Aegina

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who is the Greek god of War?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who is the soothsayer that predicted to Polyphemus, a Sicilian Cyclops, that Odysseus would blind him? Hint

Ulysses

Tiresias

Telemus

Peleus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the only son of Odysseus and Penelope according to the epic, 'The Odyssey'?

Answer: Telemachus

Telemachus grew up at the court of Ithaca under the care of Mentor, Odysseus' old friend. Time came that he became annoyed with his mother's suitors and decided to evict them, so he went on a voyage to seek news about his father.

2. Who is the ferryman of the dead who transports the spirits over Acheron?

Answer: Charon

3. Who ordered Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera, a beast which took its shape from both a goat and a lion?

Answer: Iobates

Iobates was the king of Lycia who played an important role in the legends of Acrisius and Bellerophon.

4. Who is known as the 'spring of forgetfulness'?

Answer: Lethe

The dead drink from this spring to make them forget their earthly lives.

5. Who were Jason's companions in his search for the Golden Fleece?

Answer: Argonauts

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?

Answer: Achilles

The Styx is a river said to have the power to make anyone who stepped or bathed in it invulnerable.

7. An oracle declared that this man would kill his father and marry his mother. Who was the man?

Answer: Oedipus

He was given the hand of Laius' (his father's) widow when he bested the Sphinx, a half-lion, half-woman monster who ate anyone who passed the gate to Thebes. The widow turned out to be his mother, Jocasta. The Oracle's prophecy came true then.

8. Who is the Roman equivalent of Hera?

Answer: Juno

Hera was the protector of women and the wife and sister of Zeus.

9. Who is said to be the first woman, created by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus?

Answer: Pandora

Pandora was designed by Zeus as punishment for the human race because of the fire that Prometheus gave them, she was designed to bring men misfortune.

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?

Answer: Orpheus

Orpheus was able to convince the people in the Underworld to take Eurydice back with him because of his beautiful music, but he did not keep his promise not to look back until he reached the end, so he lost Eurydice and was not able to get her back again.

11. Who is the father of Zeus?

Answer: Cronus

12. Who is the daughter of Catreus, wife of Atreus, and mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus?

Answer: Aerope

An oracle had told Catreus that he would die at the hands of one of his children, so he gave Aerope and her sister to the traveller, Nauplius, who took them to Argos. There Aerope married Atreus and gave birth to Agamemnon and Menelaus.

13. Who is Achilles' charioteer?

Answer: Automedon

14. Who is the personification of Strife?

Answer: Eris

Eris threw the apple intended for the fairest of the godesses, which Paris had the task of awarding. This started the Trojan War.

15. What is the dog of Hades called?

Answer: Cerberus

He watched over the Underworld and prevented living people to enter, and the dead to leave.

16. Who are the Greek and Roman goddesses of Love, respectively?

Answer: Aphrodite and Venus

17. What was the name of a winged-horse that was eventually changed into a constellation?

Answer: Pegasus

Pegasus was said to spring from the Gorgon's neck when it was killed by Perseus. After his birth, Pegasus flew to Olympus and was the one who brought thunderbolts to Zeus.

18. This sea goddess and daughter of Nereus was loved by Polyphemus, a Cyclops, but she loved Acis. Who was she?

Answer: Galatea

19. Who is the Greek god of War?

Answer: Ares

20. Who is the soothsayer that predicted to Polyphemus, a Sicilian Cyclops, that Odysseus would blind him?

Answer: Telemus

Source: Author Tricia15

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