Gods
Aeneas' mother
Who is Venus?
A race of one-eyed giants
Kidnapper of Helen and killer of Achilles, prince of Troy
Who is Paris
Animal which frightened Thisbe away from her rendevous with Pyramus
What is a lioness?
God of travellers, who gives his name to the only metal to be liquid at room temperature.
Who is Mercury?
Killed by Theseus
What is the Minotaur?
The greatest of the Greek warriors
Who is Achilles?
The story of these two lovers can be seen in fairy tales like "Beauty and the Beast" and "East of the Sun, West of the Moon"
Who are Cupid and Psyche?
This god gives his name to lava-spewing mountains, said to be his forges.
Who is Vulcan?
Medusa and her sisters, as a group
What are the Gorgons?
King of Troy, who had fifty sons.
Jason married this sorceress from Corinth. To say their relationship didn't work out would be the understatement of the century.
Who is Medea?
The goddess of agriculture, whose name is often used as metonymy for grain.
Who is Ceres?
The whirlpool opposite the caves of Scylla.
What is Charybdis?
Ethiopian son of the goddess of Dawn, who fought on the side of the Trojans
Daphne was turned into one of these as she fled the god Apollo
What is a laurel tree?
Two children of Saturn and Rhea are not technically part of the twelve Olympians. Name them.
Who are Pluto and Vesta?
Name Medusa's two immortal sisters.
Who are Stethno and Euryale?
A son of Jupiter, killed by Patroculus
Who is Sarpedon?
Helen's mother, seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan
Who is Leda?