This was a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
What is the Minotaur?
100
She was the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
100
Though a strong and courageous warrior, he is most renowned for his cunning and is a favorite of the goddess Athena, who often sends him divine aid, but a bitter enemy of Poseidon, who frustrates his journey at every turn.
Who is Odysseus?
200
Apollo
Who is the god of music, poetry and the sun?
200
While fighting for the Greek army, he developed a fatal pain in his heel.
Who is Achilles?
200
It was the three-headed, giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld.
What is Cerberus?
200
The goddess of the hunt, she was also important in the lives of women, especially when it came to marriage and young creatures.
Who is Artemis?
200
An infant when his father left for Troy, he is about twenty at the beginning of the story.
Who is Telemachus?
300
Hades
Who is the god of the underworld?
300
After his birth, Hera tried to destroy him by putting snakes in his crib.
Who is Hercules?
300
These were creatures with the torso, head and arms of a woman and the talons, tail and wings (mixed with the arms) of a bird.
What are the harpies?
300
She was the goddess of war.
Who is Athena?
300
The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island home and holds him prisoner there for seven years
Who is Calypso?
400
Hermes
Who is the messenger god?
400
Theseus
Who is the hero of Athens who saved the people from having to send off their sons and daughters as human sacrifices to the monstrous minotaur?
400
This was a many-headed, tentacled monster who fed on passing sailors in the straits between herself and Charybdis.
What is Scylla?
400
She was the Queen of the Olympian gods, but she couldn't control her husband's wandering eye.
Who is Hera?
400
Homer portrays her as sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true.
Who is Penelope?
500
Zeus
Who is the king of the gods?
500
He was helped by the gods to obtain the deadly head of snaky-tressed Medusa.
Who is Perseus?
500
This was a three-headed monster with one head of lion, one of a snake, and another of a goat, with lion claws in front and goat legs behind, and a long snake tail.
What is the Chimera?
500
The daughter of Cronos and Rhea, she was the goddess of harvest and fertility.
Who is Demeter?
500
The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors, he leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed.