Greek mythology trivia questions and answers
According to Ovid, a giant called Argus had his hundred what preserved forever in a peacock’s tail, by the goddess Hera?
(a) Noses
(b) Eyes
(c) Ears
(d) Tongues
Which wooden religious offering allowed the Greeks to get inside the walls of Troy?
(a) Trojan Horse
(b) Trojan Goat
(c) Trojan Cow
(d) Trojan Dog
According to Greek legend, who ferried the souls of the dead across the river that divided the world of the living from that of the dead?
(a) Aeneas
(b) Hermes
(c) Orpheus
(d) Charon
In Greek mythology, Zeus disguised himself as a swan to seduce whom?
(a) Leda
(b) Secunda
(c) Runrup
(d) Luza
Greeks wanting to encipher a text used the scytale to perform what?
(a) Telegraph code
(b) Transposition cipher
(c) Stream cipher
(d) Symmetric key algorithm
Which flower of Greek legend was said to cover the Elysian Fields?
(a) Aconite
(b) The asphodel
(c) Anemone
(d) Chloris
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What figure of Apollo stood from around 280 BC until destroyed by an earthquake around 224 BC?
(a) Lighthouse of Alexandria
(b) Statue of Liberty
(c) Gilgamesh
(d) Colossus of Rhodes
In Greek mythology, a female hybrid monster with the front half of a lion, the middle part of a goat, and the back half of a dragon is known as a __.
(a) Chimaera
(b) Satyr
(c) Anemone
(d) Minotaur
In Greek mythology, what was left in Pandora’s box after the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labour had escaped?
(a) Charity
(b) Faith
(c) Hope
(d) Tolerance
In Greek mythology, who was the father of Icarus?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Daedalus
(c) Solon
(d) Aristotle
Which character in Greek mythology sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia?
(a) Zeus
(b) Dionysus
(c) Agamemnon
(d) Alexander I
According to Greek legend, which of the 9 muses was the muse of Comedy?
(a) Calliope
(b) Euterpe
(c) Clio
(d) Thalia
In Greek legend, who was invulnerable except for his heel?
(a) Pelagon
(b) Asteropaeus
(c) Achilles
(d) Aeneas
In Greek legend, who was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter?
(a) Videophone
(b) Persephone
(c) Sousaphone
(d) Mobilphone
Who was the goddess of youth and spring in Greek mythology?
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Hebe
(c) Poseidon
(d) Artemis
According to Greek legend, which of the Muses was the muse of Dance?
(a) Euterpe
(b) Melpomene
(c) Thalia
(d) Terpsichore
In Greek mythology, who rode Pegasus, the flying horse?
(a) Perseus
(b) The Medusa
(c) Icarus
(d) Demeter
Who was the Greek goddess of the moon?
(a) Selene
(b) Hera
(c) Athena
(d) Artemis
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According to Greek legend, who was the king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue he had made and married her after Aphrodite brought her to life?
(a) Oedipus
(b) Midas
(c) Sisyphus
(d) Pygmalion
According to Greek legend, Leander was visited nightly by whom, who swam across the Hellespont?
(a) Sophocles
(b) Achilles
(c) Zeus
(d) Hero
Who was the famous monster of Greek legend, part woman, part beast, who dwelt near Thebes?
(a) Sphinx
(b) Typhon
(c) Echidna
(d) Medusa
Which of these are creatures from Greek mythology that had the head and body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird?
(a) Lutenists
(b) Pianists
(c) Trumpeters
(d) Harpies
Who was the Greek goddess of love?
(a) Athena
(b) Aphrodite
(c) Demeter
(d) Hera
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Which Roman god of the sea is identified with the Greek god Poseidon?
(a) Minerva
(b) Juno
(c) Jupiter
(d) Neptune
What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet?
(a) mu
(b) lambda
(c) kappa
(d) Zeta
Who was represented in Greek mythology as wearing winged sandals?
(a) Hera
(b) Hermes
(c) Apollo
(d) Demeter
Which ancient Greek city was the site of the most famous oracle of Apollo?
(a) Abydos
(b) Abila
(c) Abdera
(d) Delphi
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In Greek mythology, who was the giant watchman with one hundred eyes?
(a) Argos
(b) Scylla
(c) Charybdis
(d) Harpie
Which character in Greek mythology was able to charm all living things with his lyre playing?
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Dionysus
(c) Orpheus
(d) Hestia
In Greek mythology, which legendary king of Corinth was condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a hill?
(a) Eurydice
(b) Tantalus
(c) Merope
(d) Sisyphus
Who was the Greek god of war identified with the Roman Mars?
(a) Poseidon
(b) Athena
(c) Ares
(d) Hermes
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In Greek mythology, who was the last king of Troy?
(a) Herodotus
(b) Socrates
(c) Pericles
(d) Priam
In Greek mythology, which race of creatures was part‑horse and part-man?
(a) Theodoros
(b) Centaurs
(c) Konstantinos
(d) Chimera
The famous armless statue of Venus, or Aphrodite, was first discovered in CE times (in 1820 CE) in what ancient city ruins?
(a) Nice
(b) Verona
(c) Milos
(d) Syracuse
Who is the father of Greek Democracy?
(a) Minerva
(b) Herodotus
(c) Cleisthenes
(d) Ludwig
