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

• Zeus

• Apollo

• Hades

Who is the Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest?

• Demeter

• Hera

• Apollo

• Athena

Zeus' fellow high-Olympians are his _______.

• siblings

• grandparents

• cousins

• parents

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

• Ares and Aphrodite

• Chronos and Gaia

• Zeus and Hera

• Gaia and Uranus

Who is the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus?

• Hades

• Zeus

• Chronos

• Poseidon

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

• True

• False

Who is the designer and builder of the Labyrinth?

• Icarus

• Pelops

• Prometheus

• Daedalus

What happened in the tragedy of Narcissus?

• He died in battle

• He lost the woman he loved

• He drowned by looking at himself

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

• Persephone

• Cupid

• Apollo

• Dionysus

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

• He imprisons them

• He throws them into the fire

• He throws them into the sea

• He swallows them whole at birth

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 son

• The death of his daughter

• 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 Odyssey then the Iliad

• The Iliad then the Odyssey

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

• Hercules

• Hermes

• Prometheus

• Lapyx

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

• Medusa, the Gorgon

• The Hydra

• The Great Lion

• The Minotaur

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

• Orpheus

• Hercules

• Theseus

• Perseus