Less Common Greek Mythology

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1. Of the five rivers of the underworld (those which separate Earth from Hades), which is the River of Fire? Styx Acheron Cocytus Phlegethon

2. She is a daughter of Uranus and Gaia. She is the personified goddess of a volcano on Sicily, underwhich the giant Typhon lies buried. She is sometimes regarded as the mother of the Palici, the twin Sicilian gods of geysers. Iaso Ersa Aethra Aetna

3. Which of these is NOT the name for an Amazon Queen? Penthesilea Thalestris Telesto Hippolyta

4. By Zeus, Alcmene is mother to Heracles. However, Heracles has a 'twin' half-brother, Iphicles, born at the same time but sired by a different father. Which is the father of Iphicles? Amphitryon Oeagrus Aeacus Taphius

5. The Hamadryads are: nymphs who live in trees nymphs who guard a tree of golden apples another name for The Muses nymphs of bodies of fresh water

6. Which is NOT a son of Zeus? Orion Arcas Amphion Sarpedon

7. Echidna, wife of Typhon and the daughter of Ceto, has many monstrous children. Which of these are hers? the Nemean Lion, Chimera, and Hydra the Cyclops, Chimera and Sphinx the Nemean Lion, Cerberus and Gorgons the Ladon, Hydra and Charybdis

8. Which three are the Charites (Graces)? Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia Melete, Mneme, and Aoede Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos

9. They are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, virgin companions of Artemis; when Orion pursued them, they pray to the gods who changed them into doves, then later into stars that form a part of the constellation of Taurus. In another myth, they commit suicide after the death of their sisters the Hyades. Who are they? the Pleiads the Litai the Heliades the Thriae

10. He was mistakenly killed by Hector, who thought he was his best friend, Achilles. Ajax Patroclus Pyrrhus Peleus

11. Which are members of Jason's famous Argonauts? Orpheus, Heracles, Laertes and Thersander Theseus, Meleager, Calais and Apsyrtus Pollux, Argos, Atalanta and Boreas Autolycus, Zetes, Castor and Peleus

12. From which god did King Midas receive his Golden Touch? Dionysus Zeus Neptune Hermes

13. Who are Briareus, Cottus and Gyes? The Cyclopes notable Centaurs wind gods the Hecatonchires

14. Eos, the personification of the dawn, was punished by Aphrodite (for sleeping with Ares) in what way? she was made a nymphomaniac she was turned into a footpath for people to walk on she was never allowed to sleep again she was refused love forever

15. Meleager, lover of Atalanta (he gave her the Calydonian Boar's pelt), was to live as long as what remained unconsumed? a piece of cured boar's meat a fire brand a glass of nectar given by Demeter a stick of kindling from Hera's garden

16. Ixion is known to the Greeks as the first human to do what? die murder a kinsman enter the Elysian Fields ride a horse

17. Despite being a virgin, Athena is considered the mother of which mythical Athenian king? Academus Harpocrates Termerus Erichthnonius

18. Hermione is the daughter of what two notable figures in Greek mythology? Perseus and Andromeda Hero and Leander Helen of Troy and Menelaus Jason and Medea

19. In later mythology Eros is the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares. However, originally he was born of whom? Gaia and Uranus Selene Gaia Chaos

20. Cronus supposedly could see everything in the realms of the earth, heavens, and the sea), so how did Zeus' nurse hide the infant god after Gaia convinced Cronos to swallow a stone instead? wrapped him in sheep's skin hung him from a tree hid him in the underworld put him in an active volcano

21. Himerus is the goddess or personification of? deceit sexual desire the marriage feast or song dreams

22. Leda, Queen of Sparta, gave birth to two of her children in an unusual way. What was it? she birthed an egg which hatched her children she was made a star before birthing, and her children fell to earth as shooting stars her unborn children were transferred to a cow, which gave birth to them they were birthed from her chest instead of her womb

23. The three original muses - Aoide, Melete and Mneme - were the muses of...? Song, Poetry and Dance Memory, Meditation and Worship Poetry, Music and Theatre Song, Meditation and Memory

24. Alcippe, daughter of Ares and Aglaulus, was raped by which of Poseidon's sons? Agenor Halirrhotius Eumolpus Neleus

25. He is the Graeco-Roman personified god of the river Nile. In Egyptian he was called Hapi. What is his Greek name? Epaphus Nilus Apophis Proteus