Greek Myths
This “gift” that secretly held soldiers was given to Troy by the Greeks and ultimately secured a Greek victory
What is the Trojan horse?
The affair partner of Aphrodite
Who is Ares?
Eros (as the child of Aphrodite) has an unknown father. These are some of the possibilities for who it could be
Who are Hermes, Hephaestus, and Ares?
The sun god
The Norse tree of life, with angry animals!
What is Yggdrasil?
The child of Zeus and Alcmene who suffered through 12 labors, his name means "glory of Hera"
Who is Heracles?
Hermes' son and the god of wilderness and satyrs
Who is Pan?
Kaos is said to be the mother of many beings in different myths. These are three of her possible children.
Who are Aether, Hemera, Nyx, Erebos, Eros, all birds, and/or the Fates?
The goddess of cats
Who is Bast?
These are Celtic water horses that would lure sailors to their deaths and then stomp on them and drown them! :D
What are Kelpies?
Dionysus was born out of this part of Zeus’ body
What are Zeus's thighs?
The mother of Achilles
Who is Thetis?
Aphrodite was known by this name in Mesopotamia OR this name by the Phoenicians and was the goddess of these things
Who is Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, the planet Venus, justice, and political power OR Astarte, the Phoenecian goddess of love, war, and the planet Venus
The god Set (Seth) tricked Osiris into entering this box-like object before sending him down the Nile
What is a coffin?
This character from the Odyssey was cousin to Helen of Troy. She may have also grown up in the same household as Helen.
Who is Penelope?
This Cretan princess helped Theseus through a maze. Explain the myth and name the maze and princess
What was Ariadne helping Theseus defeat the Minotaur by giving him a ball of yarn to help him find his way through the labyrinth?
The fourth child of Kronos and Rhea
Who is Hades?
Name a reason Tireseas was possibly blinded
1) seeing Athena naked
2) taking Zeus' side in an argument
3) spilling secrets
This is the Egyptian goddess of frogs and fertility.
Who is Heqet?
This Greek goddess was Virgin-Mary-ified for Christianity
Who is Aphrodite?
The name of Circe’s island
What is Aeaea?
The mother of Dionysus
Who is Semele?
This boy prayed to Nemesis to avenge his unrequited love for Narcissus before killing himself in an alternate version of the myth
Who is Ameinias?
The gods used this liquid in a river to put Sekhmet to sleep.
The first murderer, who was tied to a burning wheel to be the "sun" in Tartarus.
Who is Ixion?