Zeus! Keep it in Your Pants!
U-G-L-Y
My Hero
Diggin' up 'em Holes
It's All Greek to Me
100
A Princess of Phoinikia (Phoenicia in West Asia) who was abducted to Krete )in the Greek Aegean) by Zeus in the form of a bull. She bore him three sons: Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys.
Who is Europa
100
A big bully. Beaten by Theseus
What is the Minotaur
100
Rages on the battle field and has a sweet shield from mommy dearest.
Who is Achilles
100
Commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels as well
What is a sherd
100
The language of the Hellenistic phase and Biblical Greek
What is Koine
200
Changed into a cow to hide from Hera
Who is Io
200
Known for bad hair days and scaring people stiff.
What are the Gorgons
200
Performed a dozen trials because he killed his family
Who is Herakles
200
An artifact discovered at Mycenae in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann
What is the burial mask of Agamemnon
200
Number of letters in the Greek alphabet
What is 24
300
Burned to a crisp because Hera tricked her into making Zeus appear to her in his natural form
Who is Semele
300
They love to horse around, ruin weddings, and can't seem to hold their liquor
What are the Centaurs
300
Doesn't know how to listen and took several people and signs to tell him where to go.
Who is Aeneas
300
These are the three types of Greek columns
What is Doris, Ionic, & Corinthian
300
Dialect probably most common around ancient Sparta
What is Doric
400
Mother of Hercules and Iphicles
Who is Alcmene
400
Guarded the oracle of Delphi until slain by a heavenly archer
What is Python
400
That man skilled in all ways of contending; the old soldier; the master mind of war; the wanderer; the great tactician.
Who is Odysseus
400
an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid reflect actual historical events.
Who is Heinrich Schleiman
400
μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε, πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν 5οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι, Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή, ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.
What is the opening lines of The Iliad
500
The number of extramarital affairs of Zeus
What is 115
500
The last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, he was known as the "Father of All Monsters"; his wife Echidna was likewise the "Mother of All Monsters." Scared even the gods.
What is Typhon
500
Mr. Stink-Foot, sometimes a satyr.
Who is Philoctetes
500
One of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 520 B.C. and remained in use until the late 3rd century B.C
What is Red Figure Pottery
500
This percentage range of all English words come from Latin roots
What is 60% to 70%
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