Mythology Creation and Underworld

Question 1

Who is the principal writer of the creation stories of Greek mythology?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 2

What is the "heaven-like" place in the Underworld called?

Accepted Answer

Elysian Fields

Question 3

Who is the god of the sun, light, reason, music, the plagues, sickness?

Accepted Answer

Apollo

Question 4

A recurring theme/motif in various creation myths is...

Accepted Answer

Son overthrowing father

Question 5

What are the creatures called with 50 heads and 100 hands?

Accepted Answer

Hecatonchires

Question 6

Whose punishment is to continuously push a boulder up a hill?

Accepted Answer

Sisyphus

Question 7

Who is the Roman god Vulcan?

Accepted Answer

Hephaestus

Question 8

Who is the goddess of love and beauty?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 9

Which creatures are half goat and half man?

Accepted Answer

Satyr

Question 10

The Greek parallel to Eve in The Bible is...

Accepted Answer

Pandora

Question 11

What is the food of the gods?

Accepted Answer

Ambrosia

Question 12

What is Hestia's Roman name?

Accepted Answer

Vesta

Question 13

Who is known as Mother Earth?

Accepted Answer

Gaea

Question 14

Who is this creature?

Accepted Answer

Cerberus

Question 15

What is the Greek name for the Roman goddess Minerva?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 16

Who does this belong to?

Accepted Answer

Poseidon

Question 17

What is the Greek name for the Roman goddess Vesta?

Accepted Answer

Hestia

Question 18

Which famous hero freed Prometheus from his torment?

Accepted Answer

Hercules

Question 19

After the flood, how were people recreated?

Accepted Answer

Stone

Question 20

How did Demeter punish the Earth after her daughter was kidnapped?

Accepted Answer

Refused to let things grow

Question 21

How was Athena born?

Accepted Answer

Out of Zeus's head

Question 22

Which god has the Roman name Bacchus?

Accepted Answer

Dionysus

Question 23

What does this man need in order to ferry one across the river Styx?

Accepted Answer

Coin under tongue

Question 24

What is this instrument called?

Accepted Answer

Lyre

Question 25

What are the names of the people who were saved during the Great Flood?

Accepted Answer

Deucalion and Pyrrha

Question 26

Which goddess was born out of Zeus's head?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 27

Which king spends his punishment in eternal thirst and hunger

Accepted Answer

Tantalus

Question 28

Who are the parents of the Titans?

Accepted Answer

Uranus and Gaea

Question 29

Which of the 5 Ages of Mankind involves an inferior, stupid race who killed themselves off?

Accepted Answer

Silver

Question 30

Who are the Furies?

Accepted Answer

Demons who haunt your dreams and murders

Question 31

Why did Zeus flood the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Humans were becoming evil

Question 32

What is the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld?

Accepted Answer

Lethe

Question 33

What did Persephone eat that bound her to the Underworld each year?

Accepted Answer

Pomegranate

Question 34

Which one of Zeus's lovers was transformed into a cow?

Accepted Answer

Io

Question 35

What was the name of Orpheus's wife who was bitten by a snake?

Accepted Answer

Eurydice

Question 36

Who does this symbol belong to?

Accepted Answer

Persephone

Question 37

Who are the 3 sisters who spin, measure, and cut the strings of life?

Accepted Answer

The Fates

Question 38

Who is the creature who guarded the cow Io?

Accepted Answer

Argus

Question 39

What is the 4th place in the Underworld called (for the exceptional)?

Accepted Answer

Isles of the Blessed

Question 40

Where is the place of eternal punishment in the Underworld?

Accepted Answer

Tartarus

Question 41

What gift did Zeus put into the head of Pandora?

Accepted Answer

Curiosity

Question 42

Who is the god of death?

Accepted Answer

Thanatos

Question 43

What is the place in the Underworld where the dead go as soon as they die?

Accepted Answer

Erebus

Question 44

Which gods are the twin brother and sister?

Accepted Answer

Apollo and Artemis

Question 45

Why did Zeus create Pandora?

Accepted Answer

To punish humans for having fire

Question 46

Who is known as Father Heaven? (Father of the Titans)

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 47

What is the Roman name for the Greek god Ares?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 48

Who is this person?

Accepted Answer

Prometheus

Question 49

Which of the 5 Ages of Mankind is the age we are currently in now?

Accepted Answer

Iron

Question 50

What was the last remaining ingredient in Pandora's box?

Accepted Answer

Hope

Question 51

Who is this guy?

Accepted Answer

Ixion

Question 52

Which titan has the punishment of holding the heavens on his shoulders?

Accepted Answer

Atlas

Question 53

Who is this man?

Accepted Answer

Cronus

Question 54

Which goddess came out of the sea foam?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 55

What is a dead person called in the Underworld?

Accepted Answer

Shade

Question 56

Which goddess has this for a symbol?

Accepted Answer

Demeter

Question 57

What was the last remaining ingredient in Pandora's Box?

Accepted Answer

Hope

Question 58

Whose name means "afterthought?"

Accepted Answer

Epimetheus

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