THE OLYMPIANS
The only god to be physically ugly--he makes all the weapons and armor for the gods
Hephaestus
In the beginning the emptiness was known as this
Chaos
The Greeks were the first to stage plays based on this
Current events
Chiron was the wise centaur who raised this future hero
Jason
The oracle made this proclamation to King Acrisius
His grandson would kill him
He discovered there are common stages present in almost every hero/quest story
Joseph Campbell
Name the coin that is used to pay the boatman Charon to carry souls to the Underworld
Obol
Atalanta would only marry a man who could do this
Beat her in a race
Goddess of marriage and childbirth
God of the sea
God of war
Hera, Poseidon, Ares
Creatures who have one large eye in the center of their foreheads AND the child who killed Uranus
Cyclopes; Kronos
Another name for the marketplace AND fathers arranged their daughters' marriage around this age
Agora; 14
An oracle had predicted that a stranger with only one of these would be the downfall of Pelias
Sandal
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Ruler of the island where Danae and Perseus washed up
Polydectes
The common stages present in almost every hero/quest story is called this
Monomyth
Which one is NOT a judge in the Underworld?
A. Minos
B. Rhadamanthus
C. Aeacus
D. Aeaea
D. Aeaea
Peleus was a favorite of the gods and also one of the greatest of these:
Athletes
Goddess of reason, intelligence, war, and weaving
Protector of athletes
Messenger god and protector of the dead
Athena, Apollo, Hermes
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The titan who created man AND the age(s) when war and greed broke out
Prometheus; Bronze and Iron
The "Bible of the Greeks" AND the man who was quoted as saying, "Only the dead have seen the end of war."
The Iliad; Plato
The goddess who put a piece of sacred oak in the prow of Jason's ship
Athena
Theseus was the son of this Athenian king
Aegeus
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The stage of Tests and Obstacles include suffering because with suffering comes this:
Wisdom
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Thanatos, god of death, was tricked by this king
Sisyphus
Who is NOT one of the goddesses who rushed to pick up the apple thrown by Eris?
Hera, Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite
Artemis
Goddess of the hearth
Goddess of love
Goddess of chastity and the moon
Hestia, Aphrodite, Artemis
The first companion of Epimetheus AND the only thing left in the forbidden box after it was opened
Pandora; Hope
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Augury is the technique for telling the future by the use of this AND spotting one of these in daylight indicated death
The flight pattern of birds; an owl
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She purified Jason and Medea from their sin of murder
Circe
Perseus met and fell in love with her on the way to Seriphos AND the daughter of Minos who fell in love with Theseus
Andromeda; Ariadne
In the hero's journey, the elixir can be all but which one?
A. Peace and calm
B. Order
C. Receiving great wealth
D. Ridding the world of evil
C. Receiving great wealth
Which one is NOT one of the three furies of the Underworld?
A. Thanatos
B. Tisiphone
C. Alecto
D. Megaera
A. Thanatos
Zeus commanded this god to lead the three goddesses to Mt. Ida to be judged by this mortal
Hermes; Paris
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Hades is the lord of the Underworld and also the god of this
Money
Which is NOT a gift the Cyclopes gifted the young gods?
A. Zeus got thunder and lightning
B. Poseidon got a magic trident
C. Hades got a helmet of invisibility
D. Pan got a magical flute
D
The number of days the family visited the tomb of the deceased AND the one Athenian citizen who could vote out of women, slaves, free foreigners, and the elderly
12; The elderly
The item that was the cause of Jason's death
The sacred piece of oak in the prow
The father of Theseus killed himself when he saw this color sail approaching
A black sail
Which one is NOT a reason a hero will refuse the call to adventure?
A. Task is overwhelming
B. Simply doesn't want to
C. Someone refuses on the hero's behalf
D. Hero is afraid of death
D. Hero is afraid of death
The Danaides did this to their husbands on their wedding night
Stabbed them to death
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Name the brother of Helen AND the name of the kingdom that Aeneas founded
Pollux; Rome