Tales from Olympus
I Need A Hero
It's Ancient History
It's Ruined
RANDOM
100
Name the weapon with which Kronos harms his father Ouranos.
sickle
100
Which hero has the golden touch?
Midas
100
Who is the Spartan king who is fated to die before Greece can win the Persian Wars?
Leonidas
100
Where is the Philippeum and why was it built?
Olympia, to commemorate a chariot victory in the Olympics by Philip II
100

Who is the oldest of the 6 original Olympians?

Hestia

200
Name three gods who use a bow and arrow as their primary weapon.
Apollo, Artemis, Cupid (Eros)
200
Which hero is cursed by Artemis (for rejecting her friend) and what is his curse?
Narcissus, to fall in love with himself
200

What are some of Pericles' reforms which make Athenian citizens' lives better?

making plays cheaper, making it easier to own land/vote, building the Akropolis

200
What did the French artists working under Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos do to make more people come visit the site?
painted frescoes on the walls which sort of matched what was already there over the original art
200

Name 4 of Herakles' Labors.

only someone who knows them all would be proctoring this game....

300
On which island does Zeus grow up in secret?
Crete
300
Which hero slays the minotaur?
Theseus
300

What other two places does Alcibiades go to when he is kicked out of Athens?

Persia and Sparta

300
Which complicated temple is dedicated to the first ever Athenian, born from Hephaestus and Athena (kinda)?
The Erechtheum
300

Where is Alexander from in Greece?

Macedon (Macedonia is fine)

400
Which goddess is associated with the peacock and cuckoo bird?
Hera
400
Which hero gets put in a box with his mom and sent out to sea?
Perseus
400

Who was the philosopher who was accused of corrupting the Athenian youth and was forced to drink poison?

Socrates

400
Where can you find the "omphalos" and what does that Greek word mean?
Delphi, "bellybutton"
400

Who wrote Antigone?

Sophocles

500
What animal does Hermes use to make the first lyre?
turtle/tortoise
500
What is the name of Jason's ship?
The Argo
500

How did Themistocles win the Battle of Salamis for the Athenians?

He sent a slave to tell the Persians that the Athenians were trying to escape and drew the Persians into the Bay of Salamis where the Persians' superior numbers could not help them, and their big ships were destroyed by the heavy metal points of the Athenian triremes.

500
If you were walking into the Akropolis, which structure would you be passing through?
The Propylaea
500

Name at least one character from mythology who becomes a constellation.

Orion, Cassiopeia, Callisto (there are others I don't remember right now)

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