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What Trojan prince was taken up to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods?

Ganymede

What is the deepest region of the Underworld?

Tartarus

What region of the underworld did souls pass through as soon as they die?

Erebus, the upper region

What is the name of the blessed place the good go to after judgement in the underworld?

Elysian Fields

What is the name of the three judges that determine a mans fate in the underworld?

• Rhadamanthus

• Minos (yes, that Minos)

• Aeacus

Who formed Zeus’ thunderbolt?

The Cyclopes:

• Brontes (thunder)

• Steropes (lightning)

• Arges (brightness)

Which mountain was the base of the titans during the titanomachy (the war against Zeus and the Olympians)? Hint: The Olympians base camp was Mount Olympus

Mount Othrys

Where were ordinary souls sent to in the underworld after death?

Asphodel Meadows

Besides Zeus’ thunderbolt, what other items were formed by the Cyclopes for Hades and Poseidon?

A hell of darkness and a trident

Who is Heracles twin brother (through their mother Alcmene)?

Iphicles, son of Amphitryon (whose son Iolaus later became chariteer of Heracles)

Who is said to have built the wall of Thebes?

The twin Amphion and Zethus, son of Zeus and Antiope

Who were the twin brothers born from to Nyx (night)?

Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death)

What group of deities pursued Orestes for matricide?

The Furies

What group of men did Achilles lead and later his son as well?

The Myrmidons (means Ant-men)

Who was a prophet of Thebes and was transformed into a women for 7 years?

Tiresias

What city was Minos the king of?

Crete

Who was the women warrior that fought Achilles in single-combat?

Penthesilea

How did Orion the hunter die?

By a giant scorpion sent by Gaia (or Artemis)

What was the name of the golden ram?

Crius Chrysomallus

Who were the parents of the golden ram?

Poseidon and Theophane

The king of the Lapiths of Thessaly that was that was condemned to eternity of a spinning fiery wheel in the underwrold for betraying Zeus

Ixion

How were the centaurs created?

Ixion (the betrayer) mated with Nephele (a cloud shaped like Hera) a