Part 2 — Answer key

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1. Which weapon is most closely associated with Zeus in Greek mythology?
   Thunderbolt
2. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea.
   True
3. The Minotaur was famously kept in which place?
   Labyrinth of Crete
4. Athena is the Greek goddess of love.
   False
5. If a myth uses the Roman name for the Greek war god Ares, which name will you see?
   Mars
6. In Greek mythology, Hades and Zeus are brothers.
   True
7. Which god is most strongly identified by winged sandals and a quick traveler’s staff?
   Hermes
8. Persephone’s annual return is a huge deal in Demeter’s myth. Who is Persephone’s mother?
   Demeter
9. Medusa was a monster from birth in every ancient version of the myth.
   False
10. Apollo is often shown as a musician. Which instrument is most closely linked to him?
    Lyre
11. Who is the hero best known for slaying Medusa?
    Perseus
12. In Greek myth, Styx is both a river of the Underworld and a goddess who personifies it.
    True
13. Artemis is the twin sister of which god?
    Apollo
14. Which domain fits Hephaestus best?
    The forge
15. You spot a painted figure holding a shield with a scary face on it and an owl perched nearby. Which goddess is being identified by these “attribute clues”?
    Athena
16. In the Odyssey, the Sirens endanger sailors mainly by luring them with their song.
    True
17. A logo shows a winged staff with two intertwined snakes. In Greek myth, whose staff is that?
    Hermes
18. In many Underworld maps, where do the ordinary dead drift in a gray, forgetful afterlife, neither punished nor rewarded?
    Asphodel Meadows
19. Cerberus is always described as having exactly three heads in ancient sources.
    False
20. Herakles is sent to fetch the golden apples guarded by a dragon-like serpent. In the usual telling, what is the name of the nymph group whose garden holds those apples?
    The Hesperides
21. Atlas was punished by holding the Earth on his shoulders.
    False
22. The Muses are traditionally nine in Greek mythology.
    True
23. A poet describes a fire-breathing creature that is part lion, part goat, and part snake. Which monster fits that mashup?
    Chimera
24. If a story calls the goddess of love “Venus,” it is using the Roman name for which Greek goddess?
    Venus
25. Aphrodite is married to Ares in most Greek sources.
    False
26. In epic poetry, who is famously called “grey-eyed”?
    Athena
27. The Elysian Fields and Tartarus refer to the same part of the Underworld.
    False
28. Hesiod links the “rosy-fingered” dawn goddess to the winds. Which goddess is described as the mother of Boreas, Zephyrus, and Notus in that tradition?
    Eos
29. You see a relief of a bound Titan punished with a daily eagle attack for giving a powerful gift to humans. Who is it?
    Prometheus
30. A film shows Achilles falling after being struck by an arrow, with a god guiding the shot. In the common myth, who fires the arrow?
    Paris
31. A spell in a modern retelling makes characters forget their past after sipping from an Underworld river. Which river name would be the most accurate myth reference?
    Lethe
32. In one Orphic tradition, the infant Dionysus is dismembered by Titans, but one deity saves a crucial part so he can be reborn. Who rescues his heart?
    Athena
33. An epic calls a god the “Earth-shaker,” hinting at earthquakes and stormy seas. Which god is meant?
    Poseidon
34. A scroll claims “even a woman sailed with the Argonauts,” pushing back against the all-male image of the crew. Which huntress is sometimes included among the Argonauts in later traditions?
    Atalanta
35. A museum label calls the Minotaur “born from Pasiphae’s unnatural union.” In the usual telling, who is the Minotaur’s father?
    The Cretan Bull
36. In the Odyssey, Athena does not always show up as “Athena.” When she first arrives in Ithaca to nudge Telemachus into action, what name does she use?
    Mentes
37. A translator notes that one Underworld river’s name is tied to the idea of “hating” or “abhorring,” which helps explain why oaths sworn by it are so terrifying. Which river is being described?
    Styx