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What son of a Muse lost his bride when a snake bit her ankle?
Orpheus
Orion
Oedipus
Orestes
What disguise did Zeus use to abduct Europa?
an eagle
a bear
a dolphin
a bull
Leander drowned at sea while attempting to swim to his lover, Hero. This tragedy occurred because
Hero's guiding lamp blew out
a sea monster pursued Leander
Hero failed to meet Leander on time
a storm swept Leander out to sea
In her sorrow, Aphrodite caused a flower to spring up from the blood of _____. her lover who was killed by a wild boar.
Hyacinthus
Adonis
Narcissus
Actaeon
Aphrodite was unhappily married to Hephaestus, but her true passion among the gods was
Zeus
Eros
Ares
Dionysus
Achilles fell in love with Penthesilea at the moment
he killed her.
he kissed her.
she was snatched away by the gods.
she was about to marry another man.
What was Persephone doing the moment Hades abducted her?
washing clothes in a river
picking flowers with friends
running away from Zeus
sleeping under a tree
Psyche lost Cupid because of her curiosity. Venus ordered her to accomplish all of the following tasks to get him back, EXCEPT _________.
bring back the golden apples of the Hesperides
sort a roomful of seeds
get a fragment of Persephone's beauty
obtain fleece from man-eating sheep
Dido, queen of Carthage, vowed to remain faithful to the memory of her dead husband,
Aeneas
Pygmalion
Iarbas
Sychaeus
It was prophesied that a certain king Thebes would "kill this father, marry his mother, and sire children the world would shudder to look upon." Who was the wife-mother of this unfortunate king?
Antigone
Jocasta
Ismene
Eurydice
With what gift did Ariadne help Theseus escape from the Labyrinth?
A torch
A dish of poisoned meat
A ball of string
A cap of invisibility
When Stheneboea was rejected by Bellerophon, she
killed herself
accused him of trying to seduce her
gave him a love potion
wrote him a letter
Due to her own short-sightedness, Aurora was eventually forced to turn her mortal lover Tithonus into a
grasshopper.
snake.
woodpecker.
spider.
Why did Thisbe leave the mulberry tree where she was to meet her lover, Pyramus
she saw a dead Pyramus
a god abducted her
she heard her father calling
a lion was approaching
Zeus visited _____ in the form of a golden rain and thus became the father of the hero Perseus.
Danae
Alcmene
Dione
Semele
To win Andromeda as his bride, Perseus
raced her father.
killed a sea-monster.
got the head of Medusa.
tamed Pegasus.
When ______ pursued her, Daphne prayed to her father for help.
Zeus
Apollo
Poseidon
Heracles
Because Baucis and Philemon loved each other, they asked to be temple priest and to
have unlimited wealth.
die at the same time.
be placed in the heavens
live forever.
With which immortal did Zeus NOT have a love affair?
Leto
Demeter
Maia
Hestia
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, has become a symbol of ____________ in marriage.
disgrace
dishonesty
faithfulness
fertility
The Naiad Salmacis prayed to have her body and mine joined together for eternity. Therefore, my form changed rather dramatically. Who am I?
Pirithous
Teiresias
Hermaphroditus
Hippolytus
All Troy mourned for my dear departed husband, Hector, but I mourned most of all. Who am I?
Andromache
Hecuba
Alcmene
Helen
Phaedra wanted to take Hippolytus as her lover, even though she was his
cousin.
sister.
stepmother.
daughter.
What animal does NOT play a part in the story of Zeus and his lover Io?
peacock
cow
gadfly
dove
What lover of Clytemnestra played an instrumental role in the murder of her husband, Agamemnon?
Atreus
Menelaus
Aegeus
Aegisthus
From what were the children of Leda and Zeus born?
sea foam
eggs
their father's head
their father's thigh
Who begged water nymphs to change her into a bed of reeds so that she could escape the advances of Pan?
Smyrna
Syrinx
Semele
Sibyl
Once, Pygmalion of Cyprus hated women. However, according to Ovid, he found "a female figure more exquisite than any woman who was born could ever march," and fell in love with her. How did this happen?
he performed a feat of bravery
a bride sprang from his forehead
a beautiful goddess appeared at his door
he craved an ivory statue
Although this nymph could have cured Paris' fatal wound, she allowed him to die because he had abandoned her for Helen. Who is she?
Oenone
Thetis
Daphne
Clymene
Heracles lost his young companion Hylas when the boy
was killed by a lion.
sailed away with Jason.
was abducted by Zeus.
was abducted by nymphs.
Whose father gave her marriage to a newcomer named Aeneas, thus making her former fiance very angry?
Amata
Dido
Lavinia
juturna
What did Alcestis agree to do for her husband, Admetus?
die in his place
bear him fifty sons
take his place in battle
marry his brother
All of Greece's troops fought a ten-year old war with Troy just to get my wife back for me. Who am I?
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Diomedes
Ajax
Because her love for Jason, Medea gave him a special ointment to
help him defeat a ravenous sea-monster.
use against her father.
protect him from fire-breathing bulls.
make him invisible.
Alcyone mourned so much for her dead husband, Ceyx, that the gods turned them both into _____.
flowers
birds
constellations
lions
Apollo turned the raven black because the bird
told the god that Coronis didn't love him
distracted the Pythia
injured Daphne
lied to Cassandra
Hippodamiea's suitors were forced to compete with her father in
a foot race.
an archery contest.
a chariot race.
a wrestling match.
Zeus gave Pandora to Epimetheus as his wife because he wished to punish Prometheus and
cause trouble for men.
populate the world.
keep Epimetheus from being lonely
get revenge upon Hera
What did Calypso promise Odysseus if he would stay with her on her island?
three wishes
victory in war
fabulous wealth
everlasting life
When Harmonia married the Theban ruler Cadmus, she received a ________ that proved fatal to all its successive owners
crown
golden apple
magic ring
necklace
Consumed in love for her, Meleager insisted that Atalanta be permitted to join the otherwise all-male hunt for the
Lernean hydra.
Calydonian boar.
Stymphalian birds.
Chimaera.
Clytie loved the sun god and would gaze at him as he traversed the sky. Because of her infatuation she was
turned into a sunflower.
forced into servitude.
made blind.
never allowed to sleep.
Aeneas lost his first wife, Creusa, when
she switched to the Greek side during the war
he killed her in a fit of rage.
they were separated while fleeing Troy
she was murdered by Pyrrhus
Spellbound by nymph Arethusa's beauty, the river god Alpheus pursued her through the forest. Arethusa appealed for help to Diana, who then transformed her into a
cow.
laurel tree
sacred spring.
swan.
Selene, goddess of the moon, fell in love with me and still visits me while I sleep. Who am I?
Helios
Orion
Endymion
Pheathon
After the great flood, the faithful couple Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulated the earth by
casting stones behind them.
conceiving numerous children.
planting the seeds of a pomegranate.
sowing the teeth of a dragon.
Identify this creature whose amorous interests are self-directed.
Ares
Adonis
Nessus
Narcissus
This creature is the offspring of a bull and _____, a queen of Crete.
Pasiphae
Pandora
Pomona
Polyxena
Venus gave herself to me on the slopes of Mount Ida, and I disobeyed her command of silence. For this I was made lame. Identify me from the scene.
Ascanius
Astyanax
Apsyrtus
Anchises
Creatures like the one pictured above, a ______, were well known for their romantic escapades and drunkenness.
centaur
titan
satyr
cyclops
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