Forges and Flames
A god of the forges, who was thrown off of Mount Olympus by his mother, Juno.
Who is Vulcan?
The bovine form adopted by Io in order to hide from Juno.
What is a cow?
The goddess of the hearth, who used to be one of the twelve Olympians but was removed to make room for Bacchus.
Who is Vesta?
The brother of the founder of Rome, who was killed in an argument over the height of Rome's border wall.
The wooden animal that allowed the Greeks to win the war.
What was the Trojan Horse?
The smiths of Jupiter's forges, also famous for trapping Ulysses.
What are the Cyclopes?
The form taken by Zeus to seduce Leda, leading to her laying eggs containing Helen and her siblings.
What is a swan?
The deified hero who slayed the Cretan Bull, the three-headed rancher Geryon, the Hydra, and many others.
Who is Heracles?
The animal who sheltered Romulus and Remus after finding them washed up on a river shore.
What is a wolf? / What is a she-wolf? / What is lupa?
The invulnerable warrior who was mortally wounded after an arrow was shot through his heel.
Who was Achilles?
The often overlooked goddess of the hearth, whose flame could never die.
Who is Vesta?
The animal Zeus transformed into in order to abduct Europa and carry her to Crete.
What is a bull?
Minor forest spirits in Roman mythology. Apollo was known for constantly trying to seduce them.
What is a dryad?
The river that Romulus and Remus were cast into.
What is the River Tiber?
The scandalous couple that sparked the war.
Who were Helen and Paris?
A craftsman who was most known for creating the labyrinth trapping the Minotaur.
Who was Daedalus?
The form that Zeus's wife Metis took when Zeus swallowed her, later leading to the birth of Minerva.
What is a fly?
The goddess of luck. There was a feast held every year in her name.
Who is Fortuna?
The mother of Romulus and Remus.
Who was Rhea Silvia?
The hero whose story is most known, written by Homer.
A mythical sticky fire that would never extinguish.
What is Greek fire?
The inorganic form that allowed Zeus to seduce Danae, leading to the birth of Perseus.
What is a shower of gold?
The two-faced god of doorways and beginnings and endings.
Who is Janus?
The king who cast Romulus and Remus into a river, and was later killed in a dispute involving the two.
Who was King Amulius?
The commander of the Greek forces.
Who was King Agamemnon?