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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was the most renowned of the Athenian heroes.
Theseus
Perseus
Hercules
none of the above
Father of Theseus
Aristophanes
Aegeus
Aulus
none of the above
Who did Theseus fall in love with?
Megara
Cleopatra
Aethra
none of the above
Name of Aethra's child
Philoctetes
Alexander
Theseus
none of the above
There was a rumor that Theseus' true father was...
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
none of the above
Who did Theseus want to be like?
Hercules
Achilles
Alexander the Great
none of the above
Who was the bandit Theseus stole his club from?
Periphetes
Phaea
Sciron
none of the above
The name of the female pig Theseus killed
Procrustes
Phaea
Sciron
none of the above
Who would swing people to their death on a tree?
Procrustes
Sciron
Sinis
Who kicked his victims off a cliff to be devoured by his enormous pet turtle
Phaea
Sciron
Periphetes
none of the above
Who owned the bed he would force people to lie upon and stretch or cut them if they could not fit it.
Sciron
Phaea
Periphetes
none of the above
What was the name of the creature within the labyrinth
Dragon
Crommyonian Sow
Minotaur
none of the above
Who was the king who created the labyrinth?
Iechtes
Minos
Philoctetes
none of the above
Who slipped Theseus a ball of yarn?
Ariadne
Andromeda
Artemis
none of the above
How did Theseus kill the minotaur?
He crushed it
He stabbed it
He beat it to death
none of the above
According to one version of the story, which god fell in love with Ariadne?
Jupiter
Mars
Bacchaus
none of the above
On what island did Theseus leave
Ariadne?
Crete
Athens
Sparta
none of the above
Who was Theseus' 2nd wife?
Andromeda
Megara
Hippolyta
none of the above
Which daughter of Jupiter did Theseus want to marry?
Thisbe
Eurydice
Helen
none of the above
Who was Theseus' last wife?
Phae
Phaedra
Hippolyta
none of the above
Which island did Theseus go to after the death of his son?
Sardinia
Scyrus
Crete
none of the above
