Which god rules the sky, hurls the thunderbolt, and reigns as king over the other gods on Mount Olympus?

Which god's realm is the sea, and who is called the Earth-Shaker because he sends earthquakes?

Which god rules the dead in the world below and almost never leaves it to sit on Olympus?

Which goddess is queen of the gods, the wife and sister of Zeus, and guardian of marriage?

Which goddess makes the grain grow, so that when she grieves the fields go barren and famine spreads?

Which goddess is honored for wisdom, for skilled handicraft, and for the strategy side of war rather than its slaughter?

Which god is the god of prophecy, music and archery, and owns the oracle at Delphi that Greeks travel to consult?

Which goddess is the huntress, roaming the wild country with her bow and guarding its animals?

Which god stands for war as bloodshed and the fury of battle, and is disliked even by the other gods for it?

Which god works fire and the forge, making the armor, thrones and marvels the other gods use?

Which god carries messages for Zeus, protects travelers, and leads the souls of the dead down to the world below?

Which goddess is the quietest of the Olympians, keeping the hearth fire of the house and the city?

The olive tree and the owl belong to her, and Roman writers call her Minerva. Which goddess?

An eagle and a thunderbolt are his emblems, and the Romans worship him as Jupiter. Which Greek god?

A three-pronged spear and a dolphin mark him out in Greek art, and Roman writers name him Neptune. Which Greek god?

The peacock is her bird, and the Romans call her Juno. Which Greek goddess?

Winged sandals and a herald's staff twined with snakes belong to which god, whom the Romans call Mercury?

A hunting bow, hounds and a deer are her attributes, and the Romans call her Diana. Which Greek goddess?

The dove is her bird, and Roman writers call her Venus. Which Greek goddess?

Hammer, tongs and an anvil belong to which god, whom the Romans call Vulcan?

Grapevines, ivy and a pine-tipped staff belong to which god, whom the Romans call Bacchus?

A sheaf of grain and a torch belong to which goddess, whom the Romans call Ceres?

A shepherd giant with a single eye traps men in his cave and eats them instead of feeding them. What kind of creature is he?

From a cave high in a cliff she thrusts out six long necks at once and snatches a man in each mouth as a ship rows past. Which monster?

Under a rock in a narrow strait she sucks the sea down and spits it up again three times a day, and no ship caught in it survives. Which monster?

Their singing is so sweet that any sailor who hears it steers toward them and is lost on their shore. Which creatures?

A hound with three heads keeps the gate of the underworld, letting the dead in and never out again. Which creature?

She has snakes for hair, and any man who meets her gaze is turned to stone. Which monster?

A creature with a bull's head on a man's body is shut inside a maze on Crete and fed young Athenians. Which monster?

A lion in front, a goat in the middle and a serpent behind, and it breathes fire. Which monster?

A many-headed water snake lives in a marsh, and cutting off one head is useless because more grow. Which monster?

Winged, with a woman's face on a lion's body, she sits outside Thebes and kills everyone who cannot answer her riddle. Which monster?

A ball of thread lets a hero walk into the maze on Crete, kill the monster inside, and find his way back out. Which hero?

One hero cuts off the snake-haired Gorgon's head, and the winged horse Pegasus springs up from her body. Which hero?

Zeus hides fire from human beings, and one Titan steals it back for them inside a hollow fennel stalk. Which one?

The gods make a woman and send her to earth; she lifts the lid of a great jar, every trouble flies out among people, and only Hope stays inside. Who is she?

A father makes wings of feathers and wax so the two of them can escape Crete, but the son flies too near the sun and drowns. Who is the son?

A singer wins his dead wife back from Hades on one condition, then breaks it by looking behind him and loses her again. Who is he?

She is carried off to the world below, and because she eats pomegranate seeds there she can never stay with her mother all year. Who is she?

Twelve labors are laid on one hero, among them killing the Nemean lion and the Hydra of Lerna. Which hero?

A crew of heroes sails east in a ship called the Argo to bring back the golden wool of a ram. Who leads them?

Ten years of siege end when Greek fighters hide inside a hollow wooden horse and Troy drags it inside the walls. Which Greek is credited with the trick?

Again and again in The Odyssey, characters are judged by how well they honor xenia, and Zeus himself enforces it. What does xenia mean?

A Greek hero would rather die young with kleos than grow old without it. What is kleos?

The whole plot of The Odyssey turns on Odysseus's nostos. What is a nostos?

Arachne boasts she can weave better than Athena, challenges the goddess to a contest, and ends as a spider. Which Greek idea does her story show?

In Greek thinking, what is nemesis?

Three sisters spin the thread of every mortal life, measure it out, and cut it. What are they called?

Why does an epic poet open by calling on a Muse instead of just starting the story?

Which statement about the Greek gods is NOT true?