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Helen and Hercules: Greek Mythology Quiz

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fate
noun
the three goddesses of destiny, known to the Greeks as the Moerae and to the Romans as the Parcae
hero
noun
a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity
aegis
noun
the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon
griffin
noun
a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion
cornucopia
noun
a horn containing food or drink in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea
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satyr
noun
one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for lasciviousness
siren
noun
one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing
ambrosia
noun
the food of the gods
nectar
noun
the life-giving drink of the gods
faun
noun
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat
basilisk
noun
a creature, variously described as a serpent, lizard, or dragon, said to kill by its breath or look
Dionysus
noun
the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus
Achilles
noun
the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War, hero of Homer's Iliad, who was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot
Elysium
noun
the abode of the blessed after death
Sisyphus
noun
ruler of Corinth, who was obliged to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again
Cimmerian
adjective
suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness
Prometheus
noun
a Titan who taught humans various arts, said to have shaped humans out of clay and who stole fire from Olympus for humans in defiance of Zeus
chthonian
adjective
of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth
Ariadne
noun
a daughter of Minos and Pasipha? who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth, she became the bride of Dionysus
Charybdis
noun
a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool Charybdis
Odysseus
noun
king of Ithaca, one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey, also shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War
Minotaur
noun
a monster that had the head of a bull on the body of a man housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus killed it
Atlas
noun
a Titan, brother of Prometheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains
Paris
noun
a Trojan prince who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen
Helen
noun
the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War
Erato
noun
the Muse of love poetry
Midas
noun
a Phrygian king who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold
Styx
noun
a river in the underworld, over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon, and by which the gods swore their most solemn oaths
Thalia
noun
the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry; one of the Graces
Penelope
noun
the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy
Trojan horse
noun
a gigantic hollow wooden horse; when the Trojans took it into Troy, Greek soldiers hidden within it opened the gates to the Greek army and conquered the city
Python
noun
a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged, killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site
Oceanus
noun
a Titan, the father of the river gods and Oceanids; a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers and lakes
apple of discord
noun
a golden apple inscribed ?For the fairest,? thrown by the goddess of discord among the gods but awarded to Aphrodite, causing the Trojan War
Linus
noun
a musician and poet, the inventor of melody and rhythm often identified with the harvesting or withering of crops and vegetation
Trojan War
noun
a ten-year war waged by the Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen and ending in the burning of Troy
labors of Hercules
noun
the 12 extraordinary feats performed by Hercules for Eurystheus in order to gain immortality
lotus-eater
noun
a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus
Golden Fleece
noun
a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Ae?tes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Ae?tes's daughter, Medea
Islands of the Blessed
noun
islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were transported after death
Amazon
noun
one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea
Andromeda
noun
an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster
Antigone
noun
a daughter of Oedipus who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother and condemned to be immured alive in a cave
Bronze Age
noun
the third of the four ages of the human race, marked by war and violence regarded as inferior to the silver age but superior to the following iron age
centaur
noun
one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse
Cyclops
noun
a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead
echo
noun
a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained
fury
noun
the daughters of Gaea who punish crimes at the instigation of the victims: Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone
golden age
noun
the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age
Hades
noun
the underworld inhabited by departed souls, also the god ruling the underworld
Hercules
noun
a celebrated hero possessing exceptional strength: among his many adventures were the twelve labors performed in order to gain immortality
hydra
noun
a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two, finally killed by Hercules
Iron Age
noun
the present age, following the bronze age; the last and worst of the four ages of the human race, characterized by danger, corruption, and toil
Muse
noun
any goddess presiding over a particular art, one of the Sacred Nine
Psyche
noun
a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros
sphinx
noun
a monster with the head and breast of a woman, body of a lion and wings of an eagle, who asked riddles to travelers
Titan
noun
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea or any of their sisters of these, all with enormous strength and power

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