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Underworld
Love
Music
Gods
Mortals
100
Persephone
Who was Hades' queen?
100
They usually end tragically. This is thought to be due to the fact that many people died young in ancient times.
How do many of the love stories end in Greek Mythology and why is it thought to be this way?
100
The word lyre.
Where did the word lyric originate from?
100
Baucis and Philemon helped Zeus and Hermes
Who helped Zeus and Hermes when they took a journey down to the mortal world?
100
She killed herself because Pyramus killed himself by his own hand
Why did Thisbe kill herself?
200
Achilles
Who said "Better to be a slave and see the sun, then be the greatest king in Hades?"
200
Their bodies became two trees that shared a single trunk.
When Baucis and Philemon died what did their bodies become?
200
The words are amuse, music, and museum, among others.
What modern words came from the Muses?
200
He was the patron god of shepherds
What was Pan the patron god of?
200
The god Dionysus
Satyrs are the constant companion of what god?
300
An obol(coin)
What was the required fee to pass the Styx into the Underworld?
300
The goddess Aphrodite
What goddess made the statue come to life?
300
The instruments were the lyre, the Greek flute, and the pan flute or Shepard's pipe.
What are three common instruments the Greeks used?
300
He is often represented as half-man, half-goat.
What is Pan often represented as?
300
He thought this because he found her cloak, bloody with the paw prints of a lion.
Why did Pyramus think Thisbe had been killed?
400
Caron, the aged boat-man of the Underworld, ferried the dead across the Styx. One couldn't pass without the coin of coins that signified a proper burial.
Who ferried the dead across the Styx and how could one pass the river?
400
The blood of Pyramus and Thisbe spilt on the fruit of the mulberry tree, when they died, so as a testament to Pyramus and Thisbe, the gods turned the white berries of the mulberry tree eternally red.
Why were the white berries of the mulberry tree turned eternally red by the gods?
400
The lyre
What instrument was Hercules expected to play?
400
Orpheus
Who is the only person to ever melt Hades heart?
400
The musician Marsyas
Who mastered the Greek flute made by Athena?
500
As the first and most famous of the rivers, Styx formed the boundary between the world above and the world below. Its waters were responsible for Achilles' near perfect coat of invincibility.
What was the most famous river that intersected the Underworld, and what was it's purpose? what was a magical power that it had?
500
Pygmalion created a sculptor of a perfect lady because she was surrounded by imperfect women. Aphrodite saw the love that Pygmalion nod for the statue, she turned it into a real women and this became Galatea.
Who created Galatea and why?
500
The muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urana. Many modern words come from the muses- amuse, music, and museum are a few.
What were the names of the nine muses, and how has the word muses effected the world today?
500
He asked him to serve in his temple for the rest of his days.
What did Zeus ask Baucis to do after he granted them a temple?
500
Cerberus, the three-headed hell hound
If a mortal was trespassed where no mortal should in Hades who attacked the mortals?