The Underworld
On your adventure to the underworld you may run into this three-headed pet of Hades.
Who is Cerberus?
This character was warned: "Do not fly too close to the Sun!" by his father, Daedalus, during their escape for the Minotaur's labyrinth. He did not listen.
Who is Icarus?
Odysseus's crews first pit stop brought them to an island in which the inhabitants ate this magical flower, making the consumer feel enormous happiness but totally unmotivated to do anything other than continue eating it.
What is the Lotus?
This is the capital of Greece and the birthplace of Democracy.
What is Athens?
This 2x NBA MVP, nicknamed the "Greek Freak" has won one championship for his team, the Milwaukee Bucks
Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo
This Goddess was the Queen of the Underworld, whether she liked it or not.
Who is Persephone?
Bad idea to boast that you are a better weaver than Athena. Even worse idea to challenge her to a weaving contest. This character learned the hard way and was turned into a spider after losing.
Who is Arachne?
This is the name of Odysseus's wife, who refused to remarry countless suitors because she believed Odysseus was still alive.
Who is Penelope?
Madness???!!??! This is!..... this Greek City/State known for producing fierce warriors stifling the Persian Army at the Battle of Thermopylae
What is Sparta?
This Athenian Philosopher is credited as the father of Western Philosophy and known for his belief of 'question everything and everyone'. This ultimately ended him upsetting one too many politicians, who sentenced him to death by consuming poison Hemlock.
Who is Socrates?
The Underworld had 6 Rivers, with none more famous then this one. It served as a boundary between the underworld and the living world. It also was what Achilles was dipped in as a baby to make him invincible... to bad his mother held him by his heel!
What is the Styx?
Cassiopia bragged that her daughter, Andromeda, was more beautiful than the sea nymphs. As punishment, Poseidon demanded Andromeda be sacrificed to one of his sea monsters or else he would send a wave to wipe out their city. Good thing Perseus showed up when he did with this 'weapon' which stopped the monster in it's track.
When traveling through the underworld, Odysseus finds the ghost of this fallen Greek hero. When Odysseus tells the ghost he is blessed both in his life and in his death the ghost responds: "Do not speak soothingly of death to me, Odysseus. I would rather be a hired hand serving a poor man and working someone else's fields than be king over all the perished dead"
Who is Achilles?
What is Mount Olympus?
This Spartan King led a battalion of 300 soldiers against thousands of Persian's at the Battle of Thermopolyea. Though the Spartans fell, their sacrifice provided the time for the rest of Greece to mobilize and eventually defeat the Persians.
Who is Leonidas?
The underworld was a tough place to find, good thing this messenger God was also the guider of lost souls and would show them the way.
Who is Hermes
This word describes something that is highly desirable but just out of reach: named after this king who invited the Gods over and served them his son! The king wanted to know what would happen if he tricked the Gods into breaking their own laws. They sentenced him to an eternity of hunger and thirst as he was cursed to stand in a pool of water under a fruit tree - whenever he bent down to drink water, the water would recede, whenever he reached up for a fruit the tree would lift it's branches.
What is "Tantalizing"
Stuck between a rock and hard place? Imagine being stuck between these two co-operating sea-monsters. One created massive whirlpools, the other had multiple tentacles ready to pluck unlucky sailors off of their boat. Odysseus has to pass between them.
Who are Scylla and Caribdis
This sea-side city was once home to the Colossus, a massive statue of a man who stood with a foot on either side of the port. The Colossus one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World until he collapsed during an earthquake.
What is Rhodes?
Famous for his fables, this Greek writer gave us classics like The Tortoise and the Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Who is Aesop?
The Greek funeral tradition of placing coins on the eyes of the deceased was so that the departing souls had money to pay this underworld ferryman, capable of taking souls painlessly over "the River of Woe"... for a price.
Who is Charon
Finding Who? Odysseus used this alias in the cave of the Cyclops - in Greek meaning "nobody" - so that when the blinded Cyclops called out for Poseidon to curse the man who took his sight he said "NOBODY blinded me!"... Odysseus in a moment of hubris yelled back his true name, thus Poseidon knew who to curse.
Who is "Nemo"
He was the faithful and loyal son of Odysseus who assisted his father in reclaiming his throne.
Who is Telemachus?
This Greek Island was the home of King Minos, the Minotaur, and the fabled labyrinth in which it was housed.
What is Crete?
A part of Greek mythology and of Greek history, this title was given to a young woman who could see the future and provide prophecies at her palace at Delphi.
Who is the Oracle?