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Thebes B / Gods & Goddesses
Athens B / Breakups & Betrayals
Corinth B / Creatures & Monsters
Sparta B / Death
Potpourri
100
The god/goddess of lightning, he/she was the youngest of six children.
Who is Zeus?
100
At the end of the "Argonautica," Jason left her.
Who is Medea?
100
Heracles killed this creature by cutting off the heads and burning the neck stumps.
What is the Hydra?
100
This character shot Achilles in the ankle at the end of the Trojan War.
Who is Paris?
100
This dour and reclusive playwright may have written many of his works, such as Medea, in a cave.
Who is Euripides?
200
This god/goddess of the moon declared that he/she would never marry.
Who is Artemis?
200
This goddess brought Ilithia, the goddess of childbirth, to Leto so she could give birth to Artemis and Apollo.
Who is Iris?
200
Theseus used this weapon to kill the Minotaur.
What are his hands?
200
Chiron died when this pelt-wearing hero dropped a poison arrow on him.
Who is Heracles?
200
This 5th-century BC war between Athens and Sparta ended Athens' maritime dominance.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
Known as the "rich one," this god/goddess was given an invisible cap.
Who is Hades?
300
The goddess of discord, she caused the Trojan War in a jealous rage.
Who is Eris?
300
Zeus punished Prometheus for giving fire to humans by making this creature eat the Titan's liver every day.
What is the Caucasian Eagle?
300
This democratic leader slayed the Minotaur.
Who is Theseus?
300
This son of Zeus killed Medusa and rescued Andromeda.
Who is Perseus?
400
The god of music, he was sometimes called Phoebus by Roman poets.
Who is Apollo?
400
This god abandoned Demeter for a white horse.
Who is Poseidon?
400
This goddess's cousins were half-woman, half-bird creatures.
Who is Iris?
400
This guy was romantically involved with Heracles. Also he died.
Who is Hylas?
400
This sea borders Greece and Turkey.
What is the Aegean?
500
Shepherds and farmers in the woods prayed to this god/goddess to make their animals fertile.
Who is Pan?
500
He used this name to betray Polyphemus in the land of the cyclops.
Who is Nobody?
500
During his fourth labor, Heracles killed this beast by running it into snow, where it couldn’t move, then strangled it.
What is the Erymanthian Boar?
500
This family member died in the arms of Odysseus.
Who is his dog, Argos?
500
This Greek author, a farmer, composed Works and Days, the first origin story of Western civilization.
Who is Hesiod?