Greek Myth
Who flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
What is the Roman name for Hephaestus?
Vulcan
The background for which cult is found in the Hymn to Demeter?
Cult of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis
Which hero is depicted weaning a lion's pelt and carrying a club?
Heracles
Who were the three virgin goddesses?
Athena, Artemis, Hestia
Agamemnon and Menelaus were part of which house?
House of Atreus
What deities did Augustus claim to be related to?
Venus and Mars
The thyrsus is unique to the cult of who?
Dionysus
Telemachos is the son of which hero?
Odysseus
Which god gave Midas his golden touch?
Dionysus
Daedalus built a dance floor for which princess?
Ariadne
Julius Caesar appeared on which hero’s shield?
Aeneas
The sanctuary of Epidaurus was which god’s cult center?
Asclepius
Which hero’s tomb did Alexander the Great visit?
Achilles
Which god assisted the Trojans in building their walls?
Poseidon
Which blind prophet appears in both the Odyssey and Oedipus Rex?
Tiresias
What figures were added to the Capitoline Wolf statue?
Romulus and Remus
Which pre-Socratic Greek philosopher started a cult that, among other ascetic practices, forbade eating beans?
Pythagoras
Which hero tricked stone warriors into killing each other?
Jason
Metis was which god's first wife?
Zeus
Apollo and Artemis killed all of Niobe’s children. How many did she have?
12
Which goddess is a meteorite brought to Rome from her home in Phrygia?
Cybele/Magna Mater
Who was the last Vestal Virgin?
Coelia Concordia
Which hero kidnapped Helen of Troy before she was married?
Theseus
Who was Rhea and Cronus’ first child?
Hestia