Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology

Question 1

What myth explains why we have seasons?

Accepted Answer

Demeter and Persephone

Question 2

What is the name of Aphrodite's son - the one who shoots Hippomenes with a love arrow?

Accepted Answer

Eros

Question 3

Who is married to Zeus and the queen of all gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus?

Accepted Answer

Hera

Question 4

Why did the Greek city-states rarely work together?

Accepted Answer

Mountains separated the city-states

Question 5

What happened to Icarus?

Accepted Answer

He flew too close to the sun and fell into the ocean

Question 6

_____________________ is the goddess of love and beauty.

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 7

__________________ is the god of fun and the grape harvest.

Accepted Answer

Dionysus

Question 8

Why did Sparta have two kings?

Accepted Answer

In case one king died in battle

Question 9

Who gave Athens the gift of the olive tree? She is also the goddess of wisdom and war.

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 10

Why was Hercules exiled or banished?

Accepted Answer

He was strong and had a bad temper

Question 11

Artemis is the goddess of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

hunting

Question 12

_________________ was the goddess of harvest and flowers.

Accepted Answer

Demeter

Question 13

What was released from Pandora's box?

Accepted Answer

all the bad feelings in the world

Question 14

What was Athens known for?

Accepted Answer

Their art, architecture, and philosophy

Question 15

How many Spartans gave their lives to win the battle of Thermopylae?

Accepted Answer

300

Question 16

Hephaestus is the god of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

blacksmithing and fire

Question 17

Who did the Greeks beat when they did all work together?

Accepted Answer

The Persians

Question 18

Who holds up the sky?

Accepted Answer

Atlas

Question 19

What walks on 4 feet in the morning, 2 feet at noon, and 3 feet in the evening?

Accepted Answer

A man

Question 20

In the story Prometheus and Pandora, who created humans?

Accepted Answer

Prometheus

Question 21

How did Hercules defeat the Nemean lion?

Accepted Answer

He used his own claws to kill him

Question 22

Hermes is known as the ______________ god

Accepted Answer

messenger

Question 23

Zeus is the king of _________________________

Accepted Answer

all gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus

Question 24

Who is the god of the sea and earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Poseidon

Question 25

Who was angry with Atalanta for mocking love?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 26

Who were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?

Accepted Answer

Philosophers

Question 27

Apollo is the god of ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

music, poetry, and light.

Question 28

Who is the god of war?

Accepted Answer

Ares

Question 29

Why did Persephone have to spend 6 months in the underworld?

Accepted Answer

She ate 6 pomegranate seeds

Question 30

Why couldn't the Ancient Greeks grow crops?

Accepted Answer

The land was rocky and dry

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