Remember the Titans
The personification of the Earth. She was the ancestral mother of all life. The primal Mother Earth Goddess
Who is Gaia/Terra?
This was the weapon of choice for Zeus, the king of the gods and ruler on Mount Olympus
What is a lightning bolt?
Charon was the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across this border into Hades
What is the River Styx?
Invulnerable, except his heel where his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Styx
Who is Achilles?
This tribe of warrior women lends its name to the world's largest river
What is the Amazon?
This three-headed dog guarded the entrance to the underworld
What is Cerberus?
The home of the Olympian gods, except for Hades who lived in the Underworld
What is Mount Olympus?
Stephen Sondheim's first Broadway musical was based on a Plautus farce and was called A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to... this Roman public square
What is the forum?
Father Time who maintained the course and cycles of seasons and the periods of time
Who is Cronos/Saturn?
This is the name of the underworld and the god who ruled there
Eros, Greek god of love and desire, is also know by this Roman name
What is Cupid?
Son of Zeus. Greatest of the Greek heroes. Known for his strength and masculinity.
Who is Heracles/Hercules?
Oedipus unknowingly fulfilled this prophecy
What is kill his father and marry his mother?
Hercules slayed this multi-headed serpent that grew two heads for every head that was cut off
What is the Hydra?
Narcissus was a beautiful youth who fell in love with this
What is his own reflection?
Shakespeare used this tragic Roman love story as the basis for Romeo and Juliet, as well as a farce performed by the Rustics in A Midsummer Night's Dream
What is Pyramus and Thisbe?
Condemned to hold up the sky after losing the last Titan Battle, the name of this Titan also refers to a collection of maps
Who is Atlas?
This goddess of wisdom sprang from Zeus's head, fully grown and in armor. What a headache.
Who is Athena/Minerva?
Triton, the son of Poseidon, was half-man and half-fish, and the first of these mythical beings
What is a mermaid/merman?
A string, called a clue, helped this son of Poseidon escape the labyrinth after slaying the minotaur
Who is Theseus?
The master craftsman and artist Daedalus designed and built this structure to house the minotaur
What is the Labyrinth?
An offended Athena transformed this beautiful woman into a snake-haired Gorgon
Who is Medusa?
The month of January is named for Janus, the Roman god of transitions. He had this feature.
What is two faces?
Shaw's play and the musical My Fair Lady are based on the myth of Pygmalion, an artist who fell in love with this
What is a statue he had carved of a woman?
Prometheus was punished for this act
What is stealing fire and giving it to man?
The goddess of love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite/Venus?
The nine goddesses of inspiration, in both art and the sciences
What are the Muses?
Pollux was the son of Zeus and the mortal Leda. His fraternal twin brother Castor was mortal. They become this constellation and sign of the Zodiac.
What is the Gemini Twins?
Jason sailed with the Argonauts to retrieve this quest item in order to claim his throne
What is the Golden Fleece?
Arachne was transformed into an arachnid for challenging Athena to this contest
Hubris is a recurring theme in the myths that refer to this deadly sin
What is pride, especially before the gods?
In Doctor Faustus, Marlowe said of this most-beautiful demigod "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships,/and burned the topless towers of Illium"
Who is Helen of Troy?
This Portland, Oregon-based athletic shoe, apparel, and sports equipment company is named after the goddess of victory
Who is Nike?
Poseidon is the god of the seas, water, and of this animal, which he created from the foam as the sea touched the shore
What is the horse?
Because Persephone ate 6 pomegranate pips while in Hades, she spent 6 months in the underworld and 6 months in the upperworld, explaining these yearly climate changes?
What are the seasons?
Bellerophon, a son of Poseidon, captured and rode this white, winged creature when he slew the Chimera
What is Pegasus?
Sisyphus had to roll a huge boulder up a hill only to have this happen when he reached the top
What is the boulder rolled down again?
On his journey home, Odysseus had to sail between these two monsters
What are Scylla and Charybdis?
These twin brothers in Roman mythology were raised by wolves. One of them would go on to found a city named for him.
Who is Romulus and Remus?
Eugene O'Neill wrote a collection of plays called Mourning Becomes Electra based on a classic Greek trilogy about this king
Who is King Agamemnon?