MYTHS & LEGENDS
ETYMOLOGY
HALF-WHAT?
BY THE NUMBERS
CLASSICS IN MODERN MEDIA
100

This god has domains over music, poetry, healing, plague, and even the sun. It's almost like the world revolves around him

Who is Apollo?

100

Now a name for ego-maniacs, this mythological figure fell in love with his own reflection

Who is Narcissus?

100

A centaur (ex: Chiron) is made up of these two animals

What is half-man, half-horse?

100

Disney's Hercules depicts 5 Muses, as opposed to the true amount in mythology

What is 9?

100

On Supernatural, Sam and Dean exorcise demons in this language

What is Latin?

200

Athena, goddess of wisdom, was born from this part of Zeus' body

What is his skull/head?

200

Romans often used terracotta in their pottery. Terra means this in Latin

What is land/earth/ground/soil?

200

Romans call them fauns, Greeks call them satyrs. Either way, they're still made up of these two creatures

What is half-man, half-goat?

200

The number of labors Heracles had to complete as penance for murdering his family

What is 12?

200

In 2023, there was a social media trend regarding men frequently thinking about this

What is The Roman Empire?

300

Daedalus used these materials to make wings for himself and his son, Icarus

What is wax & feathers?

300

This is not the title for an unmarried woman, but the Latin root for "wrong"

What is mis?

300

The monstrous Minotaur was kept in the Labyrinth because he was made of these two creatures

What is half-man, half bull?

300

This many Spartans, Thebans, and Thesbians fought to the death at the Battle of Thermopylae, as depicted in Zack Snyder's 2006 movie. 

What is 300?

300

From 2022-2024, Jorge Rivera-Herrans released albums making up Epic: The Musical, based on this ancient work 

What is The Odyssey?

400

Named after the 7th planet from the sun, she is the muse of astronomy

Who is Urania?

400

The Ancient Greeks invented a form of government called democracy, with the root demos meaning this

What is people?

400

The sirens lured sailors to their deaths as monsters made up of these creatures.

What is half-woman, half-bird?

400

In the Roman army, a century had this many fighting men

What is 80?

400

Ethan Nakamura, an antagonist in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books, is the son of this deity

Who is Nemesis?

500

In 1850, French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized the existence of this planet, which he named after the Roman god of fire

What is Vulkan?

500

This Greek preposition means "above" or "beyond," and may describe a kid who's had too much candy

What is hyper/ὑπέρ?

500

In Greek myth, Bellerophon defeated the Chimera, a monstrous creature with the body parts of these three animals

What is a lion, a goat, and a snake?

500

Sophocles wrote over a hundred plays, but only this many survived to present day

What is 7?

500

In the Broadway musical Hadestown, the tragedy of Orpheus & Eurydice is narrated by this deity

Who is Hermes?