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The Gods
The Heroes
The Myths
The Romans
The Poets
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The king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
The hero named after the goddess Hera.
Who is Heracles (or Hercules)?
100
This woman opened a box full of plagues and terrors, unleashing it to the world.
Who is Pandora?
100
The Roman name for Poseidon.
Who is Neptune?
100
This poet is said to have written the Greek epics the Illiad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
The goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
The hero said to have been impenetrable, except for one spot on his heel.
Who is Achilles?
200
The Greeks used a giant wooden horse to infiltrate this city during a famous war.
What is Troy?
200
The only Greek god to have the same Roman name.
Who is Apollo?
200
This poet wrote the epic the Aeneid.
Who is Virgil?
300
The twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the hunt often called the Lady of Wild Things.
Who is Artemis?
300
The hero who beheaded the Gorgon Medusa.
Who is Perseus?
300
This myth follows Odysseus' ten year journey at sea returning home from the Trojan War.
What is the Odyssey?
300
The Greeks often portrayed this god of war as the villain, while the Romans portrayed him as the hero.
Who is Ares/Mars?
300
This Latin poet, who wrote in the reign of Augustus, is responsible for writing most of the Greek myths.
Who is Ovid?
400
The goddess often described as "grey-eyed" and wise.
Who is Athena?
400
This hero went on to become the king of the city-state Athens.
Who is Theseus?
400
This man accidentally killed his father and married his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
400
The Roman name of Hermes.
Who is Mercury?
400
This poet was a poor farmer who wrote the poem "the Theogony" which is an account of the creation of the universe and gods.
Who is Hesiod?
500
The goddess of the hearth. Every meal began and ended with an offering to her.
Who is Hestia?
500
One of the only female heroes of Greek mythology. This heroine participated in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
Who is Atalanta?
500
The name of Orpheus' wife for whom he travels to the underworld.
Who is Eurydice?
500
The Roman name of Hephaestus.
Who is Vulcan?
500
This poet wrote the poem "Persians" to celebrate the Greeks' victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis.
Who is Aeschylus?