Unusual Birth in the Greek Myth Quiz

Answer: Pegasus

Medusa was one of the Gorgons - a monster whose gaze could turn a man into a stone. Pegasus was born from Medusa's head cut off by the hero Perseus. Another creature, which sprang from Medusa's head, was Chrysaor, a warrior. Pegasus was later tamed by Bellerophon and helped him in his fight against the Chimaera.

Answer: Athena

Zeus, after swallowing Metis, Athena's mother, got a terrible headache and asked Hephaestus to open his head with an axe. This is how Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, was born.

Answer: sea foam

The sea foam from which Aphrodite was born, was impregnated by the genitals of the god Uranus, the first ruler of the universe, who was overthrown and mutilated by his son Cronos.

Answer: Dionysus

Dionysus, the god of wine, was a son of Zeus, the king of gods, and a mortal woman named Semele. Hera, Zeus' wife, plotted to kill Semele. Dionysus was rescued by Zeus, who sewed him into his leg until he was ready to be born a few months later.

Answer: Erichthonius

Hephaestus, the god of fire, tried to rape the virgin goddess Athena. Athena managed to escape, but Hephaestus' semen fell upon the earth and impregnated her. This is how Erichthonius was born. Athena took him to her temple, where he was brought up.

Answer: Adonis

Adonis was born from a myrrh tree, into which the gods turned his mother Myrrha, who was running away from her father (with whom she had had an incestuous relationship).

Answer: Perseus

Danae's father Acrisius, the king of Argos, was foretold by the Delphi oracle that he would be killed by a grandson of his. In order to prevent his daughter from having children, he imprisoned her in a tower. But Zeus, who fell in love with Danae, united with her in the form of a golden rain.

Answer: swan

Leda, the queen of Sparta, actually laid two eggs, of which four children were born. But only two of them were fathered by Zeus: Helen and Polydeuces. The father of Clytemnestra, Helen's twin sister and Castor, Polydeuces's twin brother, was Tyndareus, Leda's husband. Later Helen, who was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was kidnapped by Paris, which started the Trojan War.

Answer: Poseidon

The Molionids were born of a silver egg. They had a single body with two heads, four arms and four legs. They took part in the war against Heracles and were killed by him.

Answer: Titans

Men were born from the ashes of Titans annihilated by Zeus in revenge for the killing of his son Dionysus. Dionysus was later resurrected by his father.