In Olden Times
Gaea, the earth, came out of _______.
Darkness
Mother of Eros, also known as Cupid. Her son who went around shooting arrows of love at unwary victims.
Aphrodite
There were 9 muses who were daughters of Zeus. The muse, Polyhymnia, was the muse of ...
hymns
Was granted his wish that everything he touched would turn to gold.
King Midas
The god of shepherds, travelers, merchants, thieves, and all others who lived by their wits.
Hermes (Mercury)
Uranus, the lord of the universe, came from the __________.
sky
Ares (Mars)
Phaethon, the son of Helios, asked his father to grant one wish...
To drive the "sun" chariot across the sky
He performed 10 labors to make amends for killing his children.
Hercules (Heracles)
Dionysus (Bacchus)
Name the first group of children of Mother Earth.
Titans
The goddess of wisdom. (sprang fully grown out of Zeus' head)
Athena (Minerva)
A box was named after her. It contained a horde of miseries AND hope.
Pandora
Name the man who finally defeated the Minotaur who lived in the dungeons of King Minos.
Theseus
Sisyphus of Corinth was the cleverest king who ever lived. Which god did he chain to a post thus forestalling his own death.
Hades (Pluto)
Which son of Uranus defeated him with a sickle.
Cronus
Drove a chariot drawn by white swans and was the god of music.
Apollo
Pan
Solve the riddle of the Sphinx:
What creature is it that walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?
man
One of three horrible Gorgon sisters, so gruesome that all living creatures turned to stone at sight of her.
Medusa
How did Zeus survive more than a few minutes after his birth?
His mom gave his dad, Cronus, a blanket wrapped stone to swallow instead of her newborn baby.
This goddess asked her father, Zeus, to grant her one wish: to remain forever a wild young maiden hunting through the woods.
Artemis
He stole fire from Mt. Olympus and carried it down to earth.
Prometheus
Jason was on a quest to obtain ...
the Golden Fleece
This centaur was kind and wise and fond of teaching children.
Chiron