WorksheetsGreek Mythology Part III
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Known in Latin as Saturn, this deity rose to power after castrating his father Uranus. He married his sister Rhea, and, with her, gave birth to the Olympian gods. Who was he?
Zeus
Apollo
Prometheus
Cronus
The god of fertility and drink, this fun-loving deity represents the liberation of the affects from the strict control of reason. In Roman mythology he was known as Bacchus. Who was he?
Zeus
Dionysus
Prometheus
Uranus
This beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter was abducted by Hades and made queen of the underworld. She was the goddess of springtime. Who was she?
Diane
Athena
Aphrodite
Persephone
What does Cronus sickle do if someone touches it?
It separates their soul from their body
It glows bright and gets a mind of its own
It turns into a gorgon
It blows up
It falls into ashes and turns into a phoenix
The 3-headed dog who guards the gates of the Underworld. A son of the monster Echidna, he permits new spirits to enter the world of the dead, but will not allow any to leave.
Percy Jackson
Cerberus
Zeus
Harry Potter
These three were mysterious old hags who controlled the destiny of all living beings from birth to death. They spun out each life as a thread and cut it at the moment of death. Even the supposedly immortal gods were afraid of them.
Harpies
Furies
Sirens
Fates
Wild, unruly bird-winged maidens, sometimes pictured as ugly hags. They stole food from the seer Phineas as a punishment from Zeus.
Fates
Furies
Harpies
Witches
Which was the River of the Unbreakable Oath in the Underworld, and into which Achilles was dipped by Thetis?
Ixion
Hermes
Styx
Acheron
Which gorgeous goddess was born from the foam of the sea, and is the subject of a beautiful painting by Botticelli in which she is seen standing on an upturned shell riding the ocean waves?
Aphrodite
Amphitrite
Athena
Nike
One day Zeus had a splitting headache, so he called upon Hephaestus to literally split open his head since it hurt so badly. Who, to his surprise, sprung fully armored from his head?
Artemis
Athena
Dionysus
Iris
Who ferried the dead across a river in the Underworld if they gave him the proper payment, a coin or obol, which the Greeks always placed under a dead person's tongue when given a proper burial?
Charon
Acheron
Achelous
Cerberus
This was the favorite food of the gods.
Nectar
Twinkied poptarts
Ambrosia
Ichor
This mythological winged horse was born from the severed head of Medusa.
Arion
Chiron
Bucephalus
Pegasus
She was the twin sister of Zeus and was beguiled into becoming his wife when Zeus transformed himself into her favorite bird, the cuckoo.
Hera
Demeter
Alcmene
Artemis
This goddess of love and beauty's symbols are the rose and the hand mirror; she is usually considered to be either the daughter of Zeus or the daughter of Uranus, the grandfather of Zeus, thus making her Zeus's aunt.
Hestia
Artemis
Aphrodite
Urania
His primary weapon is the trident; as lord of the sea, the half-horse, half-fish hippocampi pulled his sea chariot, and his son Triton announced his arrival by blowing on a conch shell.
Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Pirithous
Which is the last labor of Hercules?
Taking the apples from the Garden of Hesperides
The Capture of Cerberus
The Killing of the Nemean Lion
Cleaning the dirty stables of King Augeas
The slaying of Geryon
What Immortal being gave Medusa snakes for hair and such an ugly appearance anyone who looked her way would turn to stone.
Athena
Hera
Hades
Hermes
Persephone was the Goddess of _______?
the Underworld
Hatred
the Sun
Sleep
the Moon
What was Minos job after he got to the underworld ?
The assistant of Hades
Director of the fields of punishment
A judge of the dead
Having to roll a rock up a hill and never get done
Helper of Charon who rows the dead across the Styx
