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

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

• Aphrodite

• Hera

• Nymphia

• Dionysus

Who is the God of the Sea in Greek mythology?

• Hades

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Apollo

Who is the Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest?

• Hera

• Athena

• Demeter

• Apollo

Zeus' fellow high-Olympians are his _______.

• grandparents

• parents

• siblings

• cousins

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

• Zeus and Hera

• Gaia and Uranus

• Chronos and Gaia

• Ares and Aphrodite

Who is the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus?

• Chronos

• Hades

• Zeus

• Poseidon

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

• True

• False

Who is the designer and builder of the Labyrinth?

• Prometheus

• Daedalus

• Pelops

• Icarus

What happened in the tragedy of Narcissus?

• He died in battle

• He drowned by looking at himself

• He lost the woman he loved

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

• Cupid

• Persephone

• Dionysus

• Apollo

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

• He swallows them whole at birth

• He throws them into the fire

• He imprisons them

• He throws them into the sea

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

• Ares

• Achilles

• 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 father

• The death of his wife

Who was the master blacksmith employed by the gods?

• Hephaestus

• Artemis

• Apollo

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?

• The Hydra

• The Minotaur

• Medusa, the Gorgon

• The Great Lion

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

• Orpheus

• Hercules

• Perseus

• Theseus