Miscellaneous Myths - Heroes & Monsters

Question 1

I was a monster who had the head of a woman but the body of a lioness. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Sphinx

Question 2

I solved the Riddle of the Sphinx. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Oedipus

Question 3

I slew the Gorgon Medusa. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Perseus

Question 4

I built the Labyrinth of Crete. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Daedalus

Question 5

I was the King of Athens, the father of Theseus who killed himself. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Aegeas

Question 6

A lover of Zeus, I was first changed into a bear and later into a constellation. Quis sum?

Accepted Answer

Callisto

Question 7

I was changed into a stag by the goddess Diana and killed by my own hounds. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Actaeon

Question 8

I flew on wings made by my father, but fell after flying too close to the sun. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Icarus

Question 9

I went on a great quest for the sacred Golden Fleece. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Jason

Question 10

I was abandoned by Jason for a younger princess and took revenge, killing our sons. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Medea

Question 11

I slew the Minotaur. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Theseus

Question 12

I was cursed by the god Neptune to lust after the Cretan Bull, and bore the Minotaur. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Pasiphae

Question 13

I won Atalanta by a trick, but Venus turned me into a lion for not thanking her. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Hippomenes

Question 14

I was abandoned by Theseus, after helping him survive and escape the Labyrinth. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Ariadne

Question 15

I was a nymph who ran from Apollo and was turned into a laurel tree. Quis sum?

Accepted Answer

Daphne

Question 16

We are winged monsters Jason defeated, who were stealing food from blind Phineas. Quae sumus?

Accepted Answer

Harpies

Question 17

I was a queen who was forced to sacrifice her daughter Andromeda to a sea monster. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Cassiopeia

Question 18

I sprang full-grown from the severed neck of Medusa. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Pegasus

Question 19

I was loved by Zeus, and thrown into the sea with our son by my father Acrisius. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Danae

Question 20

I am the three-headed guardian of the Underworld. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Cerberus

Question 21

I tried and failed to rescue my dead wife Eurydice from the Underworld. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Orpheus

Question 22

I am the ferryman who poles the dead across the river into the Underworld. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Charon

Question 23

I fell in love with my own reflection, and was changed into a flower. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Narcissus

Question 24

I was the princess who was rescued from a sea monster by the hero Perseus. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Andromeda

Question 25

We lure men to their deaths with our seductive songs. Quae sumus?

Accepted Answer

Sirens

Question 26

I was the Queen of the Amazons, who gave my girdle to the hero Hercules. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Hippolyta

Question 27

We are a trio of hideous, serpent-haired monsters. Quae sumus?

Accepted Answer

Gorgons

Question 28

I was loved by Zeus, who took the form of my husband, and gave birth to Hercules. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Alcmene

Question 29

I slew the Chimera. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Bellerophon

Question 30

I failed to drive the chariot of my father the Sun, and was killed for my hubris. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Phaethon

Question 31

I was a vain weaver, whom Minerva turned into a spider for insulting the gods. Quis sum?

Accepted Answer

Arachne

Question 32

I was a princess and a sorceress who helped a hero recover the Golden Fleece. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Medea

Question 33

I slew the Lernean Hydra. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Hercules

Question 34

I was a terrible, fire-breathing monster, a fusion of lion, goat, and serpent. Quis Sum?

Accepted Answer

Chimera

Miscellaneous Myths - Heroes & Monsters

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Miscellaneous Myths - Heroes & Monsters

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