Greek Mythology Quiz - World Literature
Studied by 0 people
Knowt Play
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards1/52
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced |
|---|
No study sessions yet.
53 Terms
Who opens the box full of all the bad things in the world?
Pandora
Who is similar to the biblical ‘Eve’ in Greek Mythology?
Pandora
Who did Hephaestus create as a model after Aphrodite?
Pandora
Who wears a lion hyde as an iconic armor?
Hercules
Who completed the 12 labors?
Hercules
What labors do we need to remember that Hercules did?
The Nemean Lion, the Augean Stables, and Cerberus
What is a victory that comes at a devastating price?
Pyrrhic victory
“Another such victory and we shall be utterly ruined” - ?, after significant casualties in his army
Pyrrhus
What is the untieable knot called?
Gordion knot
Who slashes through the Gordion Knot?
Alexander the Great
Who tied the Gordion knot?
Gordias
Who is Gordias’ son?
King Midas
What bird can be reborn from its own ashes for ~500 years?
Phoenix
What’s special about phoenix’s (4 things)?
Rebirth, healing tears, super strength, and burst into flames
Who was successfully punished for trying to lead a rebellion against his father?
Atlas
Who is forced to hold the sky (Ouranos) away from the earth (Gaia)?
Atlas
Who was turned into a mountain range?
Atlas
Who showed Medusa’s head to Atlas and turned him to stone?
Perseus
Who was turned into a gorgon out of jealousy?
Medusa
Who slayed Medusa?
Perseus
Who raped and ruined Medusa’s life?
Poseiden
Who was given the ability to turn anything he touched into gold?
Midas
Who ventured through the Labyrinth and slayed the minotaur?
Theseus
Who fell in love with Minos’ daughter, Ariadne?
Theseus
Who gave Theseus a thin string and helped him slay the minotaur?
Ariadne
Who is King Minos’ daughter?
Ariadne
Who does Ariadne get with after Theseus leaves her?
Dionysus
What was built to contain the minotaur?
The Labyrinth
Where did the minotaur rampage through?
Crete
Where did King Minos rule over?
Crete
Who refused to sacrifice the sacred bull and sent a fake in its place?
Minos
Who was Minos’ wife?
Dexithea
Who punished Minos by making his wife fall in love with the sacred bull?
Poseiden
How was the minotaur created?
Dexithea made a fake bull statue to sleep with the sacred bull and gave birth to the minotaur
Who did Dexithea commission to build her a bull costume?
Daedalus
Who did Minos commission to build the Labyrinth?
Daedalus
Who was trapped in the Labyrinth for helping Theseus escape it?
Daedalus and his son, Icarus
Who escaped the Labyrinth using wax wings?
Daedalus and Icarus
Who flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
Who was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection and died looking at it?
Narcissus
Who was spurned by Narcissus?
Echo
Who withered away to only her voice, which repeats others?
Echo
Who cursed Narcissus for spurning Echo?
Nemesis
Goddess or retribution?
Nemesis
Who created humans?
Prometheus
Who was punished for giving humans fire by getting tied to a mountain and attacked by birds every day for eternity?
Prometheus
Who was the great-warrior demigod who died from heel injuries?
Achilles
Who is Hercules’ mom, Hera or Alcmene?
Alcmene
Was Hercules a god a or a demigod for most of his life?
Demigod
Who did Gaia and Ouranos make first?
The titans
Who are the colossal, inhuman beings?
The titans
Who came after the Titans?
The gods
What is a mix between a god and a human called?
A demigod