The personification of the Earth. She was the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess.
Who is Gaia/Terra?
This was the weapon of choice for Zeus, the king of the gods and ruler on Mount Olympus.
What is a lightning bolt?
Charon was the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across this, which is the border into Hades.
What is The River Styx?
Invulnerable, except his heel where his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Styx.
Who is Achilles?
This tribe of warrior women lends its name to the world’s largest river.
Who are the Amazons?
Father Time who maintained the course and cycles of seasons and the periods of time.
Who is Chronos/Saturn?
This is the name of the underworld and the god who ruled there
Who (or what) is Hades?
Eros, Greek god of love and desire, is also known by this Roman name.
Who is Cupid?
Son of Zeus. Greatest of the Greek heroes. Known for his strength and masculinity.
Who is Hercules?
Oedipus unknowingly fulfilled this prophecy.
What is killing his father and marrying his mother?
Condemned to hold up the sky after losing the last Titan Battle, the name of this Titan also refers to a collection of maps.
Who is Atlas?
This goddess of wisdom sprang from Zeus’s head, fully grown and in armor. What a headache.
Who is Athena/Minerva?
Triton, the son of Poseidon, was half-man and half-fish and the first of these mythical beings.
What is a merman/mermaid?
A string, called a clue, helped this son of Poseidon escape the labyrinth after slaying the minotaur.
Who is Theseus?
The master craftsman and artist Daedalus designed and built this structure to house the Minotaur.
What is The Labyrinth?
Prometheus was punished for this act.
What is stealing fire and giving it to man?
Goddess of love and beauty. That’s quite an aphrodisiac.
The nine goddesses of inspiration, both in the arts and sciences.
Who are The Muses?
Pollux was the son of Zeus and the mortal Leda. His fraternal twin brother Castor was mortal. They become this constellation and sign of the Zodiac.
Who are the Gemini Twins?
Jason sailed with the Argonauts to retrieve this quest item in order to claim his throne.
What is The Golden Fleece?
This Portland, Oregon–based athletic shoe, apparel, and sports equipment company is named after the goddess of victory.
Who is Nike?
Poseidon is the god of the seas, water, and of this animal, which he created from the foam as waves touched the shore.
What is The Horse?
Because Persephone ate six pomegranate pips while in Hades, she spent six months in the underworld and six months in the upper world, explaining these yearly climate changes.
What are The Seasons?
Bellerophon, a son of Poseidon, captured and rode this white, winged creature when he slew the Chimera.
Who/what is Pegasus?
Sisyphus had to roll a huge boulder up a hill only to have this happen when he reached the top.
What is the boulder rolled down again?