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Quiz about Hades The God and his Domain
Quiz about Hades The God and his Domain

Hades: The God and his Domain Trivia Quiz


I noticed that nobody had yet bothered to write a quiz about Hades, one of the three most important Olympian gods. Now the problem is solved!

A multiple-choice quiz by Corkex. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Corkex
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
213,853
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
3 / 10
Plays
2198
Last 3 plays: Guest 109 (9/10), Peachie13 (9/10), Guest 174 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what book of the "Odyssey" does Odysseus describe his visit to the underworld to the Phaeacians? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is often considered the lesser of the judges of the underworld? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which of the following names is that of a god of the Underworld who is the punisher of broken oaths? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What epithet was commonly added in front of "Zeus" to refer to the god of the underworld? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which character from mythology was punished in the underworld by vultures that tore his liver out? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Upon the banks of what river in the underworld do the Elysian fields lie? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of the following groups of people did not belong in the neutral zone of the underworld according to Virgil? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following was not a Fury? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of the following did not enter the Underworld? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Under what unusual name did the Athenians worship the Furies? This name actually means "the kindly ones." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what book of the "Odyssey" does Odysseus describe his visit to the underworld to the Phaeacians?

Answer: 11

Homer's "Odyssey" is the earliest account of the underworld in which Odysseus approaches the entrance. Here he performs the ritual of Nekuia, where he pours out blood into a pit to summon the souls of the dead to drink.
2. Who is often considered the lesser of the judges of the underworld?

Answer: Aeacus

Minos and Rhadamanthus were the other two judges. Minos is the legendary king of Crete and Rhadamanthus was his brother. Milanion challenged Atalanta to a footrace and won by throwing golden apples on the ground. In other versions of the myth Hippomenes is accredited with this feat.
3. Which of the following names is that of a god of the Underworld who is the punisher of broken oaths?

Answer: Orcus

All of these are associated with the Underworld. Hades means "the unseen one", Pluto is the Roman version of his name, and Dis means "the wealthy one."
4. What epithet was commonly added in front of "Zeus" to refer to the god of the underworld?

Answer: Chthonian

Not only is Hades called Chthonian, but this name is also attached to his realm and its inhabitants. This name refers to anything of the earth, as apposed to anything Olympian or of the upper air.
5. Which character from mythology was punished in the underworld by vultures that tore his liver out?

Answer: Tityus

Ixion was punished by being attached to a flaming wheel. Tantalus was punished by standing in a pool of water he couldn't drink from under apple trees he couldn't eat from. As for Prometheus, an eagle instead of a vulture ate out his liver every day upon a mountain instead of in the underworld. Tricky tricky...
6. Upon the banks of what river in the underworld do the Elysian fields lie?

Answer: Lethe

As souls began to depart from the Elysian fields to be reborn on Earth, they drank from the Lethe (the river of forgetfulness) to forget their past life. The Cocytus was the river of wailing, the Styx was the river of hate, or of unbreakable promises, and the Acheron was the river of woe.
7. Which of the following groups of people did not belong in the neutral zone of the underworld according to Virgil?

Answer: unrequited lovers

Virgil had different levels of hell for different categories of crimes committed while alive. This vision of hell was probably the main influence on Dante's vision in "The Inferno".
8. Which of the following was not a Fury?

Answer: Megara

Megara was actually the wife of Herakles whom he murdered in a madness induced by Hera. This crime led to his punishment serving king Eurystheus, for whom he performed the twelve labors.
9. Which of the following did not enter the Underworld?

Answer: Perseus

Psyche entered the underworld after being sent by Venus to fetch her some of Proserpina's beauty. Aeneas entered the underworld with the Sibyl of Cumae to speak with his dead father, Anchises. Pirithous was a friend of Theseus who went down to the underworld with Theseus to steal Proserpina as a wife.

They were tricked into sitting in chairs that didn't let them get up, but Hercules came and rescued Theseus, leaving Pirithous behind.
10. Under what unusual name did the Athenians worship the Furies? This name actually means "the kindly ones."

Answer: Eumenides

The ancients used such a flattering and obviously misleading name for the Furies because they feared that calling the Furies what they really were would anger them, causing them to come after you.
Source: Author Corkex

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