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Fun Trivia: G : Greek Myth

Special Sub-Topic: Mythologia 2


For whom did Hercules steal the girdle of Hippolyta?

    Admete. Admete was the daughter of Eurystheus. Deinera was Hercules' wife and Alcmene was his mother.

Who are the three original muses?
    Aoide, Melete, Mneme.. Thalia, Aglaea and Euphrosyne were the Graces. Enyo, Deino and Pemphredo were the Graeae.

Who was Rhea's latin counterpart?
    Cybele. Cybele was also known as Kybele and Magna Mater and the Mother of the Gods, the worship of this goddess spread throughout the Roman Empire. Originally Phrygian, she was the goddess of the Earth in its primitive state. Rhea was one of the Titans, mother of the Olympian Gods.

Zephyrus was the personification of what?
    The west wind.. He had three brothers. Boreas(north wind), Notus(south wind) and Eurus(east wind).

Who of the followings are the Hesperides?
    Hespere, Aegle, Erytheis.. These three nymphs were the daughters of Atlas and Hesperis. They guarded the golden apple tree that Gaea gave Hera as a wedding present but replaced by the dragon Ladon when Hera realized they had been steaaling the apples. Sterope, Taygete, Celeano, Electra, Maia, Alcyone and Merope were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. They were known as the Pleiades (constellation).

What is the Roman name for goddess Tyche?
    Fortuna. Tyche was the Goddess of Fortune. Victoria is the Roman name for Nike, Goddess of Victory. Poena is a name for Nemesis, the Goddess of Vengence. Aurora is the Roman name for Eos, the Goddess of Dawn.

Which animal was most sacred to Hestia?
    Ass.

Cronus reigned the first race of man. How was that Age called?
    The Golden Age. When Cronus was killed by Zeus, he created the Silver Race (Age). With the Iron race, the last one in Greek Mythology, came evil. Stone Age does not exist in Greek Mythology.

Phobos, the son of Ares(God of War), was the personification of what?
    Fear. He was brother of Deimos(dread). He was always accompanying his father in battle, instilling fear in all he saw.

Whose name means 'twice born' or 'child of the double door'?
    Dionysus & Dionisos & Dionisus. Dionysus was born to Zeus and Semele. Hera convinced Semele to ask Zeus to see him in all his glory. She was burned to death at the sight, and Hermes saved the unborn baby and sewed it up inside Zeus' thigh from where he born again, in time.


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