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- What were the food and drink of the Gods?
- Ambrosia and nectar
- Whose face is said to have launched a thousand ships?
- Helen's
- Who stole fire from heaven to give to mankind?
- Prometheus
- What is the Roman name for Athena?
- Minerva
- What goddess is symbolized by the cornucopia?
- Ceres/Demeter
- What king turned everything he touched to gold?
- King Midas
- Who slew the Minotaur?
- Theseus
- What hero went in quest of the golden fleece?
- Jason
- What Greek minstrel went to the Underworld to win back his wife Eurydice?
- Orpheus
- What Titan holds the world on his shoulders?
- Atlas
- Who was the Roman god of wine?
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Bacchus
NB- Greek name is Dionysis - Who was the commander-in-chief of Greek forces at Troy?
- Agamemnon
- What Trojan prince abducted Helen?
- Paris
- Who slew Medusa?
- Perseus
- Name the three fates.
- Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
- Allecto, Megaera and Tisiphone make up what group?
- The Fates
- What Greek hero killed Hector?
- Achilles
- Who was the muse of epic poetry?
- Calliope
- What hero rode Pegasus to kill the Chimera?
- Bellerophon
- Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?
- Vesta
- What daughter of ceres did Pluto abduct for his wife?
- Prosperina
- What were the shades in the underground called?
- Manes
- By what river did the gods swear?
- Styx
- Who were the Atridae?
- Agamemnon and Menelaus
- What great hero was the son of laertes and Anitclea?
- Odysseus
- What mythological figure solved the riddle of the sphinx?
- Oedipus
- Whose propehecies were never believed?
- Cassandra
- Who were king and queen of Troy?
- Priam and Hecuba
- What daughter of Minos helped Theseus kill the Minotaur?
- Ariadne
- What daughter of Cassiopeia did Perseus marry?
- Andromeda
- Who became a laurel tree to escape the embraces of Apollo?
- Daphne
- Who were the original six Olypians?
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Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera
OR
Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Vesta, Ceres, Juno - What deity was born from Zeus's head?
- Athena
- To what deity was the Parthenon dedicated?
- Athena
- Who was Odysseus' loyal wife?
- Penelope
- Who was the goddess of the rainbow?
- Iris
- Who was the goddess of victory?
- Nike
- What flowed through the gods' veins?
- ixor