General Mythology: Pars III

Demeter/Hades

100

The spring of forgetfulness

Lethe

200

The man whose brother hears screams on the day of the kidnapping

Triptolemus

300

Women who whip evil-doers in the underworld

Erinyes

400

a.k.a. the Hospitable One. Give three names (one Greek, two Roman).

Hades / Pluto / Dis

500

He who acts as a judge handing out punishments originally came from this Greek island. Name the judge and name the island.  

Rhadamanthus, Crete

Artemis/Apollo

100

Artemis usually likes to hunt with Nymphs, but an exception can be made when it comes to this individual, a son of Poseidon, who could walk on water.

Orion

200

The Greeks called this sacred place the "omphalos" or bellybutton, the center of the entire universe. 

Delphi

300

This is the dimwitted giant who wanted to marry Hera.

Ephialtes

400

This deity is the original owner of the oracle of Delphi.

Gaea

500

This women who boasted that her children were better than Leto's was the queen of this city-state. Name this woman and name the city-state she ruled.

Niobe, Thebes

Persephone

100

This is the only type of tree that bears fruit in the underworld.

Pomegranate

200

These animals fell into the crevice during Persephone's abduction.

Pigs

300

Persephone's Roman name

Proserpina

400

The deity that Zeus sent to bid Hades restore the girl to her mother was none other than this wily god. Give both Greek and Roman names.

Hermes / Mercury

500

Like Persephone, this mortal knows how gloomy, dark, and barren the underworld can be, where the only vegetation that grows is a strange weed called asphodel. In Homer's famous poem The Odyssey, he tells Odysseus, "It is better to be a serf to a poor man on earth than to be ruler of all the dead." 

Achilles

Dionysus

100

She, a mere mortal, is the mother of Dionysus.

Semele

200

Dionysus was not all alone hiding from Hera while growing up; he had these two for his playmates.

Tigers & Leopards

300

These women, who later on became followers of Dionysus when he becomes a fully grown, handsome god, were the nymphs that took care of him in the faraway valley of Nysa.

Maenads

400

This is the color typically associated with Dionysus. It is the color of his cloak, and the color of something else that he typically symbolizes. 

Purple

500

Before Dionysus introduced the culture of the vine and the making of wine to the Greeks and way before he turned the pirates into dolphins, one version of the myth reveals that Dionysus actually wandered to this country and learned Eastern wisdom.

India

Hermes

100

Hermes was known sometimes as "Cyllenius" in Latin because his goddess-mother lived in a cave in Arcadia called "Cyllene." Name the goddess-mother.

Maia

200

Apollo gave this in exchange for this with Hermes, thereby ending the animosity that Apollo felt toward Hermes for stealing his cattle. Name the two objects.

magic wand & lyre

300

Hermes is known as "Argiphontes" for "slaying" this favorite of Hera.

Argus

400

Whenever Hermes gets angry, he has a tendency to turn his enemies into stone, probably having some connection with the "stony" aspect of his personality. The irony is that a heap of little stones or pebbles were thrown at him by the gods and goddesses who showed their support for him in the "trial". Based on this incident, today these piles of stones are built by travelers to ensure their safety on a long journey.

Cairns

500

This son of Hermes is the woodland god of Arcadia, patron of shepherds and their flock, represented as part man, part goat, usually with ears, tail, and hind legs of a goat. He is like the satyrs of Dionysus and is sometimes said to be the father of Silenus. He is playful and unpredictable, sometimes inspiring groups with a sudden "panic" fear.

Pan