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This was the weapon of choice for Zeus, the king of the gods and ruler on Mt. Olympus.
What is a lightning bolt?
This three-headed dog guarded the entrance to the underworld.
Who is Cerberus?
Invulnerable, except his heels where his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Styx.
Who is Achilles?
Chiron was the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across this river into Hades.
What is the River Styx?
This tribe of warrior women lends its name to the world's largest river.
What is the Amazon?
This is the name of the underworld and the god who ruled there.
Who is Hades?
Hercules slayed this multi-headed serpent that grew two heads for every for head that was cut off.
Who is Hydra?
Son of Zeus, greatest of the Greek heroes. Known for his strength and masculinity.
Who is Hercules?
Eros, Greek god of love and desire, is also known by this Roman name.
What is Cupid?
Oedipus unknowingly fulfilled this prophecy.
Kill his father and marry his mother.
This goddess of wisdom sprang from Zeus' head, fully grown and in armor. What a headache!
An offended Athena transformed this beautiful woman into a snake-haired Gorgon.
Who is Medusa?
Bellerophon, a son of Poseidon, captured and rode this white, winged creature when he slew the Chimera.
What is Pegasus?
Triton, the son of Poseidon, was half-man and half-fish and the first of these mythical beings.
What is a merperson?
The master craftsman and artist Daedelus designed and built this structure to hold the Minotaur.
What is the Labyrinth?
Goddess of love and beauty. That's quite an aphrodisiac.
Who is Aphrodite?
Arachne was transformed into this insect for challenging Athena to a weaving contest.
What is a spider?
Pollux was the son of Zeus and the mortal Leda. His twin brother was mortal. They became this constellation and sign of the Zodiac.
What is Gemini?
The nine goddesses of inspiration, both in the arts and sciences.
Who are the muses?
Jason sailed with the Argonauts to retrieve this quest item in order to claim his throne.
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 a horse?
On his journey home, Odysseus has to sail between these two monsters.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
A string helped Theseus, son of Poseidon, escape the labyrinth after slaying this monster.
What is the minotaur?
Because Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds 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?
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?