Expressions from Greek mythology
The ability to make money or be successful easily.
What is the Midas touch?
Titan that ate his children.
Who is Kronos?
A flying horse.
What is Pegasus?
A carved stone or wooden slab or pillar used as a funeral monument or marker.
What is a stele?
A source of many unforeseen troubles or problems.
What is a Pandora's box?
The god of sky and thunder.
Who is Zeus?
A giant one-eyed creature.
What is a Cyclopes?
A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
What is a frieze?
A point of vulnerability, from the myth of the hero Achilles.
What is an Achilles' heel?
Race of powerful deities in Greek mythology.
Who were the Titans?
Mythical creatures from Greek mythology, traditionally depicted as part-bird, part-woman monsters that represent storm winds.
What are Harpies?
A long-standing rival; an archenemy.
What is a nemesis?
A task that requires great strength or effort.
What is a Herculean task?
Race of deities residing on Mount Olympus.
Who are the Olympians?
Described as a woman with living snakes in place of hair; her appearance was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone.
Who is Medusa?
Traditional stories, often with supernatural elements, that explain a culture's worldview, such as the origins of the world, the nature of gods, or why things happen.
What are myths?
To be ambitious and overreach, leading to failure.
What is flying too close to the sun?
God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
Who is Poseidon?
Creatures with a head and the torso of a human, and the body of a horse.
What is a Centaur?
The ability to live forever; eternal life.
What is immortality?