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1. Which Greek goddess sent a wild boar to kill Adonis because she was jealous of his superior hunting skills?
2. Which Greek god, the father of Theseus, was raised by the Telchines on the island of Rhodes after his father, Cronus, tried to devour him at birth?
3. Which Olympian god abducted Persephone whilst she was picking flowers, taking her to his realm in the underworld?
4. When Zeus was born, his mother handed his father a stone wrapped in clothes for him to swallow, so that the baby wouldn't be devoured along with his siblings. Who was this mother, a daughter of Uranus?
5. Which son of Apollo and Calliope was a member of the Argonauts, whose lyre-playing drowned out the voices of the Sirens, enabling the Argo to pass them by safely?
6. King Midas is famous for his wish that everything he touched be turned into gold, but which Greek god was it that granted him this wish?
7. What was the name of the nymph who was seduced by Zeus, and then turned into a heifer to avoid detection by Zeus' wife Hera?
8. The "father of all monsters" is a nickname given to which son of Gaia, who is described as being part human and part dragon?
9. What was the name of the nymph from Greek mythology who fell in love with Narcissus, who himself was only in love with his own reflection?
10. If you have answered the previous nine questions correctly, the initial letters of those answers, in order, will spell out the name of a Greek goddess.
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