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The Olympian Family of Zeus Trivia Quiz

How well do you know your Greek Mythology? All answers are written in their Greek forms, with their Latin forms in parentheses.

A multiple-choice quiz by Prawnsticks. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Prawnsticks

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
87,999

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4736

Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (9/10), Guest 75 (9/10), Guest 213 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who is Zeus's sister-wife? Hint

Athena (Minerva)

Hera (Juno)

Eros (Cupid)

Aphrodite (Venus)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Eros (Cupid) is a masculine version of the love goddess.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is the god of war in its most savage guise? Hint

Hermes (Mercury)

Demeter (Ceres)

Apollo

Ares (Mars)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the only Olympian for whom no myths were created?

Answer: (She was Zeus's unmarried sister - give her GREEK name only)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Athena (Minerva) was the goddess of wisdom, women's handicrafts and victory in war.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the patron of travelers, merchants, highwaymen, gamblers and thieves? Hint

Artemis (Diana)

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Apollo

Hermes (Mercury)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Apollo was the sole major deity in the Greek Pantheon who was born human, but had to die to achieve immortality

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is the sole Olympian whose name remains the same in Roman myth?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the goddess of love and beauty?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the Olympian goddess of agricultural fertility? Hint

Hera (Juno)

Artemis (Diana)

Hestia (Vesta)

Demeter (Ceres)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Zeus's sister-wife?

Answer: Hera (Juno)

Zeus was the personification of atmospheric phenomena, in particular storms and lightning.

2. Eros (Cupid) is a masculine version of the love goddess.

Answer: False

Eros is not one of the official 12 Olympians, but is the child of Aphrodite.

3. Who is the god of war in its most savage guise?

Answer: Ares (Mars)

This god was unpopular in Greece, but was highly respected in Rome.

4. Who is the only Olympian for whom no myths were created?

Answer: Hestia

Hestia, known to the Romans as Vesta, was devoted exclusively to guarding the Olympian hearth and its life-sustaining fire.

5. Athena (Minerva) was the goddess of wisdom, women's handicrafts and victory in war.

Answer: True

Athenea was supposedly born by springing full-grown from her father's head (it's a complicated story), but took a keen interest in women's handicrafts.

6. Who was the patron of travelers, merchants, highwaymen, gamblers and thieves?

Answer: Hermes (Mercury)

Hermes was also the guide of dead souls.

7. Apollo was the sole major deity in the Greek Pantheon who was born human, but had to die to achieve immortality

Answer: False

Dionysus (Bacchus, Bromius, Liber) was the major deity born human; Apollo was the radiant god of light, music, prophecy and the arts.

8. Who is the sole Olympian whose name remains the same in Roman myth?

Answer: Apollo

Apollo was primarily the giver of rational harmony.

9. Who was the goddess of love and beauty?

Answer: Aphrodite

Aphrodite was the Greek counterpart of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess of love and fertility known to the Sumerians as Inanna and to the Babylonians as Ishtar.

10. Who was the Olympian goddess of agricultural fertility?

Answer: Demeter (Ceres)

She represents the life-giving power of earth's fertile soil.

Source: Author Prawnsticks

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