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100
This ruler of the gods, heavens, earth, and humans was purported to have 115 girlfriends- and over 140 children!
Who is Zeus?
100
This goddess, married to Zeus and queen of the gods, was notorious for punishing anyone who caught her husband's wandering eye.
Who is Hera?
100
This creature was a flying steed tamed and ridden by the hero Bellerophon, who used a magic bridle given to him by the goddess Athena.
Who is Pegasus?
100
One night when this famous hero was a child in the crib the jealous Hera sent two serpents to kill him. They were unsuccessful.
Who is Heracles?
100
This "unsinkable" ship was named after the group of gods born to Gaea and Uranus. This group includes Cronus, Rhea, and Prometheus among its members.
What is the Titanic?
200
This god of war, bloodshed, and violence turned into a venomous boar and killed the handsome immortal Adonis after he found him dating his ex-girlfriend, Aphrodite.
Who is Ares?
200
This goddess of love and beauty was married to ugly Hapheastus, but had several paramours, including Ares and Adonis.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
These three unspeakably horrible sisters had long fangs and a mass of hissing snakes for hair.
Who are the Gorgons?
200
This mortal was a great friend of Heracles. He became king of Athens after he defeated one of its most terrifying scourges, the minotaur of Crete.
Who is Theseus?
200
This NASA space program that is responsible for first putting humans on the moon, is named after the god of prophecy and oracles.
Who is Apollo?
300
This title was the father of several Olympian god and goddess offspring. Fearing that they would overthrow, he ate each one as a baby. His son, Zeus escaped this fate, and did indeed overthrow him.
Who is Cronus?
300
This goddess of chaste love and hunting helped deliver her twin brother, Apollo, the day after she was born.
Who is Artemis?
300
This man-eating monster was kept imprisoned in a labyrinth in Crete beneath the palace of King Minos.
Who is the Minotaur?
300
This hero set out on the ship Argo with a crew of great warriors, and he ended up obtaining the Golden Fleece.
Who is Jason?
300
This Justice League member in the DC comics universe is the daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
Who is Wonder Woman?
400
This god was a titan. He was the leader of the losing side against he Olympian gods, in the war known as the Titanomachy. As punishment, he was sentenced to hold up the sky on his shoulders for eternity.
Who is Atlas?
400
This goddess and personification of the earth was born from Chaos, and is the mother of the Titans, Cyclopes, and Hecathoncheires (the hundred-handed ones).
Who is Gaea?
400
This formidable serpent had poisonous breath and many heads. If one of its heads was cut off, it could grow two new ones.
What is the Hydra?
400
This person, the first human woman created by Prometheus, was given a box or sealed jar and told not to open it. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she realeased a flood of troubles and ills upon the world.
Who is Pandora?
400
This particular area of the foot is named after a warrior in the Trojan War, who was slain after a poison arrow struck his one vulnerability.
What is the Achilles tendon?
500
This god of the Underworld was the original "he who must no be named," because people feared summoning him.
Who is Hades?
500
This goddess of wisdom, war, and handicrafts simply popped out of Zeus' head one day.
Who is Athena?
500
This was a three-headed fire-spitting monster that roamed the ancient district of Lycia (in present-day Turkey). It took the form of a lion with a goat's head on its back and a snake's or dragon's head on its tail.
What is the chimera?
500
This nobleman was so greedy that he asked Dionysus for the ability to turn everything he touched into gold.
Who is Midas
500
This personality disorder is named after a god who saw his reflection in a still pool of water, fell in love with himself, and ultimately turned into a daffodil-like flower.
What is Narcissistic personality disorder?