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Greek Mythology Love Stories Trivia Quiz

Questions on Greek stories of unfulfilled love.

A multiple-choice quiz by cozmicgoddess. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cozmicgoddess

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
8,920

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3929

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who fell in love with Endymion, grandson of Zeus and king of Elis? Hint

Selene

Hebe

Syrinx

Helen

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Question 2 of 10

2. With whom did Achilles fall in love the minute he drove a spear into her throat? Hint

Pentheus

Parnassus

Pallas

Penthesileia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which 2 goddesses fell in love with Adonis and had to share him? Hint

Aphrodite and Hera

Artemis and Persephone

Hera and Hestia

Aphrodite and Persephone

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who had Orpheus lost forever in the Underworld?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who covered the sky with clouds to conceal his act of making love to Io, who was changed into a beautiful white cow? Hint

Zeus

Hades

Posiedon

Apollo

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who fell in love with Narcissus, but could not express her feelings so wasted away until she was merely a voice?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Narcissus had also fallen in love, but with whom?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who fell in love with Syrinx, but could not fulfill that love because she was turned into a reed-bed? Hint

Apollo

Pan

Hades

Zeus

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who prayed to Gaia for help because Apollo pursued her, and was turned into a laurel? Hint

Aura

Hebe

Daphne

Syrinx

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who had, not knowingly, killed his father and made love to his mother who later hung herself. After learning the truth he gouged out his own eyes?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who fell in love with Endymion, grandson of Zeus and king of Elis?

Answer: Selene

Selene had put Endymion to sleep for eternity so he wouldn't age.

2. With whom did Achilles fall in love the minute he drove a spear into her throat?

Answer: Penthesileia

They were in battle, Penthesileia was an amazon.

3. Which 2 goddesses fell in love with Adonis and had to share him?

Answer: Aphrodite and Persephone

Eventually Adonis was killed during a wild boar hunt.

4. Who had Orpheus lost forever in the Underworld?

Answer: Eurydice

Orpheus had gone down to the Underworld to get her back, he had used his lyre. He looked at her before they could get out, which he was not supposed to do, and she was gone.

5. Who covered the sky with clouds to conceal his act of making love to Io, who was changed into a beautiful white cow?

Answer: Zeus

Hera had caught Zeus in one of his affairs, but he had changed Io into a white cow. She got her revenge by sending the cow away.

6. Who fell in love with Narcissus, but could not express her feelings so wasted away until she was merely a voice?

Answer: Echo

Hera had punished her. She could not talk only the last words spoken from someone else.

7. Narcissus had also fallen in love, but with whom?

Answer: himself

He saw his own reflection in the water and could not turn away.

8. Who fell in love with Syrinx, but could not fulfill that love because she was turned into a reed-bed?

Answer: Pan

She promised to the Goddess Artemis that she would remain chaste (a virgin) and when pursued by Pan called for help, so the Nymphs turned her into a reed-bed.

9. Who prayed to Gaia for help because Apollo pursued her, and was turned into a laurel?

Answer: Daphne

Eros struck Apollo with an arrow; and Daphne promised as well to remain chaste.

10. Who had, not knowingly, killed his father and made love to his mother who later hung herself. After learning the truth he gouged out his own eyes?

Answer: Oedipus

His real father, a king, had his fortune told that his first son would one day kill him. Oedipus also had a fortune told that one day he would kill his father and make love to his mother.

Source: Author cozmicgoddess

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