Can You Score Better Than 80% On This Greek Mythology Quiz?

Who is the wife of Zeus and the Goddess of Childbirth and family?

• Dionysus

• Nymphia

• Aphrodite

• Hera

Who is the God of the Sea in Greek mythology?

• Poseidon

• Hades

• Apollo

• Zeus

Who is the Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest?

• Hera

• Demeter

• Athena

• Apollo

Zeus' fellow high-Olympians are his _______.

• cousins

• siblings

• grandparents

• parents

Who are the two best known primordial gods who were the first to exist in the universe?

• Chronos and Gaia

• Gaia and Uranus

• Zeus and Hera

• Ares and Aphrodite

Who is the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus?

• Zeus

• Hades

• Poseidon

• Chronos

Perseus was Hercules' great-grandfather and half-brother.

• False

• True

Who is the designer and builder of the Labyrinth?

• Pelops

• Daedalus

• Prometheus

• Icarus

What happened in the tragedy of Narcissus?

• He lost the woman he loved

• He drowned by looking at himself

• He died in battle

Who is the God of wine-making, wine, fertility, ritual Madness, theatre, and ecstasy?

• Persephone

• Dionysus

• Cupid

• Apollo

How did the titan Chronos keep his children from growing to challenge him?

• He throws them into the fire

• He imprisons them

• He swallows them whole at birth

• He throws them into the sea

This Greek hero gave his name to the idea of a sole weakness.

• Achilles

• Ares

• Hercules

• Perseus

What causes Orpheus to seek out the realm of Hades?

• The death of his daughter

• The death of his son

• The death of his wife

• The death of his father

Who was the master blacksmith employed by the gods?

• Apollo

• Artemis

• Hephaestus

Which is the correct sequence?

• The Iliad then the Odyssey

• The Odyssey then the Iliad

To whom do the Greeks accredit with the gift of fire?

• Hercules

• Prometheus

• Lapyx

• Hermes

Which monster did Perseus decapitate and carry around the head of?

• Medusa, the Gorgon

• The Minotaur

• The Hydra

• The Great Lion

Which Greek hero is known for killing the Minotaur of Minos?

• Hercules

• Theseus

• Orpheus

• Perseus