God Name
Known as Jupiter to the Romans, this king of the gods carries a thunderbolt.
Who is Zeus?
This three-headed dog guards the Underworld.
Who is Cerberus?
This hero performed twelve labors, beginning with killing the Nemean Lion.
Who is Heracles / Hercules?
After challenging Athena to a weaving contest, Arachne became this creature.
What is a spider?
This wife of Odysseus delayed her suitors by weaving and unweaving a shroud.
Who is Penelope?
This goddess of wisdom has an owl as her symbol and is called Minerva by the Romans.
Who is Athena?
For each head cut off this monster, two more grow back.
What is the Hydra?
This hero used his shield’s reflection to avoid looking directly at Medusa.
Who is Perseus?
Daphne became this tree while fleeing Apollo.
What is a laurel tree?
This greatest Trojan fighter was killed by Achilles.
Who is Hector?
This messenger god wears winged sandals and carries a caduceus.
Who is Hermes / Mercury?
This monster combines parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake.
What is the Chimera?
This daughter of Minos helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth using a thread.
Who is Ariadne?
This young man fell in love with his own reflection and became a flower.
Who is Narcissus?
This sorceress on Aeaea transforms men into animals.
Who is Circe?
Called Vesta by the Romans, this goddess presides over the hearth.
Who is Hestia?
This Underworld river is associated with forgetfulness.
What is Lethe?
This sorceress helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece and escape from Colchis.
Who is Medea?
This woman became a weeping rock after boasting that she was a greater mother than Leto.
Who is Niobe?
This loyal swineherd helps Odysseus after his return to Ithaca.
Who is Eumaeus?
Smintheus, meaning Mouse God, is an epithet of this god of prophecy and music.
Who is Apollo?
These 49 sisters are punished by carrying water in leaking containers.
Who are the Danaids?
This hero’s life depended on a log that his mother Althea eventually burned.
Who is Meleager?
These sisters became poplar trees while mourning Phaethon; their tears became amber.
Who are the Heliades?
This nurse recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg.
Who is Eurycleia?