Mythology
The wife of Perseus, known for being chained against a rock to be sacrificed to a sea monster, who also lends her name to the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way.
Who is Andromeda?
The philosopher known for living in a barrel and critiquing Plato’s argument of what makes a man distinct as a creature.
Who is Diogenes?
A majority of the surviving full body statues of Ancient Greece are made of this stone, though they would have been painted over.
What is white marble?
A popular modern novel which retells the story of Achilles and Patroclus.
What is The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller?
A nephew of Agamemnon. Known for having a homoerotic relationship with his cousin, Orestes.
Who is Pylades?
The Minotaur’s sister, who was abandoned by Theseus on an island and who later married Dionysus.
Who is Ariadne?
An extremely controversial Athenian general, known for spending all of his money on horses.
Who is Alcibiades?
Often highly-decorated architectural features which provide structural support, and whose English name is likely derived from the Ancient Greek word for summit (kolophon).
What is a column?
The author who wrote one of the most famous modernist novels, inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Who is James Joyce?
A figure known for his long lifespan and abilities as a seer in Thebes.
Who is Tiresias?
The three Fates.
Who are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos?
The playwright Aeschylus was charged with impiety for revealing a secret from this cult activity.
What are the Eleusinian Mysteries?
The style of Ancient Greek pottery where the background is in black and figures in the foreground are the original clay color.
What is red-figure?
A type of poetry that is meant to be performed with musical accompaniment.
What is lyric poetry?
The mystic sect from ancient Greece whose creation myth included a primordial egg.
What is Orphism?
One of Odysseus’ men in the Odyssey, known for falling off of a roof and dying.
Who is Elpenor?
The device is known as the oldest analog computer.
What is the Antikythera Mechanism?
An image at the bottom of an Ancient Greek drinking cup (known as a kylix).
What is a tondo?
A Shakespearean play about a pair of star-crossed lovers set in the Trojan War.
What is Troilus and Cressida?
The play by Euripides focused on Dionysus and the Theban royal family.
What is the Bacchae?
A modern Greek island sharing a name with an epithet of Aphrodite.
What is Kythira?
During the Siege of Syracuse by Romans, Greek mathematician Archimedes was said to have defeated entire ships with this device.
What is a death (heat) ray?
The artistic period of Ancient Greek art which flourished during the time of Homer.
What is the Geometric Period?
The meter in which Homer's Iliad is written.
What is dactylic hexameter?
The human king in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, also known for his status as a Grecian hero (whether he deserves it or not).
Who is Theseus?