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MYTHOLOGY – ALL LEVELS Ohio Junior Classical League – 2010 MYTHOLOGY – ALL LEVELS Ohio Junior Classical League – 2010 1. The contest for the role of patron of Athens was between Athena and: a. Apollo b. Dionysus c. Poseidon d. Zeus 2. Who brought the Phoenician alphabet to Greece while chasing a cow? a. Cadmus b. Danaus c. Cecrops d. Atreus 3. Who accompanied Jupiter on a visit to Baucis and Philemon? a. Apollo b. Juno c. Mercury d. Mars 4. What plant did Odysseus’ men eat that caused them to lose all their cares and to dream? a. ambrosia b. ichor c. lotus d. moly 5. Who said “I fear the Greeks, even when bearing gifts”? a. Hector b. Helenus c. Cassandra d. Laocoon 6. Hercules was sent on his labors by: a. Erechtheus b. Eurystheus c. Euryalus d. Eurylochus 7. Which of the following is a common element between the myth of Jason and that of Cadmus? a. Medea b. Harpies c. Talos d. dragon teeth 8. Who was the man who was killed by his son after a confrontation at a crossroads? a. Ancaeus b. Laius c. Pandareus d. Creon 9. The Labyrinth was constructed by: a. Minos b. Icarus c. Daedalus d. Agrippa 10. In the Underworld, which is the river of fire? a. Erebus b. Acheron c. Cocytus d. Phlegethon 11. Infant Zeus was entrusted to Amalthea to be raised. What sort of creature is Amalthea? a. she-wolf b. goat c. cow d. eagle 12. Calliope was the muse of: a. dance b. love poetry c. epic poetry d. comedy 13. Who gave Midas the “golden touch”? a. Dionysus b. Pan c. Silenus d. Marsyas 14. Who killed the Crommyonian Boar? a. Hercules b. Atalanta c. Theseus d. Meleager 15. What sort of creature did Melampus save? a. snake b. bird c. wolf d. bee 16. What is the name of the wand carried by Hermes? a. caduceus b. cestus c. aegis d. Reggie the Stick 17. Agamemnon and the Greeks were kept at Aulis by ____ until Iphigenia was sacrificed. a. Aphrodite b. Hera c. Athena d. Artemis 18. The method of suicide chosen by Dido was: a. hanging b. poisoning c. stabbing d. drowning 19. What was the name of the Clashing Rocks? a. Charybdis b. Symplegades c. Pillars of Hercules d. Eteocles 20. When he killed Medusa, Perseus was not using any gifts from: a. Hermes b. Hades c. Athena d. Artemis 21. Which of the following was not a child of Oedipus? a. Euridice b. Antigone c. Polynices d. Ismene 22. The Roman god Dis was more commonly known as: a. Jupiter b. Pluto c. Apollo d. Mercury 23. Who was the wife of Cronus? a. Hyale b. Daphne c. Thetys d. Metis 24. Who was Bacchus’ tutor? a. Silenus b. Themis c. Chiron d. Vulcan 25. The Roman goddess of the hearth was: a. Juno b. Ceres c. Vesta d. Minerva 26. With whose cult was the almond tree associated? a. Artemis b. Cybele c. Isis d. Aphrodite 27. Whom did Aurora turn into a grasshopper because he kept aging but could not die? a. Tithonus b. Cephalus c. Memnon d. Ceyx 28. Who was the father of Astyanax? a. Hector b. Sarpedon c. Priam d. Deiphobus 29. What did Hercules kill when he was an infant? a. two snakes b. a bear c. two goats d. the hydra 30. Which of the following heroes was not tutored by Chiron? a. Hercules b. Jason c. Perseus d. Peleus 31. Who persuaded Aegeas to try to poison his son? a. Cassandra b. Medea c. Circe d. Ariadne 32. Who are the witches who share one eye and one tooth among the three of them? a. Graeae b. Gorgons c. Erinyes d. Parcae 33. Sciron fed men to what sort of giant animal? a. shark b. whale c. manta ray d. turtle 34. Which of the following is not a Muse? a. Erato b. Urania c. Clio d. Amphitrite 35. Who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and lost? a. Echo b. Io c. Arachne d. Halycone 36. What were the female worshipers of Dionysus called? a. Epicastae b. Thyrsus c. Maenids d. Hyades 37. Who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mankind? a. Atlas b. Epimetheus c. Prometheus d. Helios 38. What was the name of the daughter of Helen and Menelaus? a. Hermione b. Hecabe c. Helena d. Leda 39. What was the name of the Cyclops which Odysseus blinded? a. Laertes b. Polyphemus c. Alcinous d. Antinous 40. Medusa was the mother of which of the following: a. Cerberus b. Pegasus c. the Hydra d. the Sphinx 41. Who found Ariadne after she had been abandoned by Theseus and married her? a. Apollo b. Perseus c. Polyphemus d. Dionysus 42. How did Daedalus and Icarus escape from Crete? a. they swam b. they walked c. they sailed d. they flew 43. Who were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos? a. Fates b. Graces c. Muses d. Furies 44. What giant was imprisoned by Zeus under Mt. Etna on Sicily? a. Polyphemus b. Geryon c. Typhon d. Tityus 45. Four Titans held down Uranus as Cronus attacked him. Which of the four choices did not take part? a. Oceanus b. Hyperion c. Krios d. Iapetos 46. Pentheus rejected the worship of which new eastern god? a. Mithras b. Dionysus c. Cybele d. Isis 47. Which god saved Achilles from being drowned by Scamander? a. Athena b. Hephaestus c. Ares d. Thetis 48. Who was considered by the Greeks to be the first woman in the world? a. Hera b. Pandora c. Euridice d. Psyche 49. Whom was Orpheus allowed to take from the underworld, as long as he didn’t turn around? a. Europa b. Danae c. Eurydice d. Io 50. Who was Aeneas’ wife before he married Lavinia? a. Creusa b. Hecuba c. Anna d. Dido 51. Who wore a lion skin and carried a club? a. Dionysus b. Theseus c. Perseus d. Hercules 52. Before Theseus killed him, Procrustes stretched travelers to fit his: a. boat b. bed c. shoes d. clothes 53. According to Ovid, Tiresias lost his sight because he angered _____, but got his gift of prophecy from _____ to make up for it. a. Artemis; Apollo b. Hera; Zeus c. Athena; Poseidon d. Persephone; Hades 54. Carcinus was sent to pester Hercules as he battled which monster? a. Geryon b. Cerberus c. Hydra d. Cerytinian Hind 55. What creatures were the half man, half goat followers of Dionysus? a. centaurs b. hamadryads c. moirae d. satyrs 56. What did Cronus do when his children were born? a. banished them b. killed them c. swallowed them d. tied them up 57. Who was the first man to murder a member of his own family? a. Ixion b. Sisyphus c. Tantalus d. Tityus 58. Whose family did Tiresias serve for seven generations? a. Cecrops’ b. Atreus’ c. Cadmus’ d. Teucer’s 59. To which Olympian did Perseus give the head of Medusa? a. Athena b. Hermes c. Zeus d. Ares 60. Whose song saved the crew of the Argo from the Sirens? a. Hercules b. Orpheus c. Apollo d. Jason 61. Who led the Rutulians against Aeneas? a. Mezentius b. Latinus c. Turnus d. Evander 62. Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus? a. Nausicaa b. Scylla c. Penelope d. Calypso 63. Who was cursed by Juno to repeat whatever was last said to her? a. Io b. Europa c. Leda d. Echo 64. Which god did Vulcan capture and embarrass because he was having an affair with Vulcan’s wife? a. Pluto b. Mercury c. Mars d. Apollo 65. Who is the eastern god of light that kills the bull of darkness and is worshiped underground? a. Athos b. Atis c. Psecas d. Mithras 66. Who was the wife of Priam and queen of Troy? a. Cassiopeia b. Hecuba c. Merope d. Andromache 67. Who was the witch that turned Odysseus’ men into pigs? a. Calypso b. Nausicaa c. Cassandra d. Circe 68. Where did Hercules have to go in order to complete his first labor of killing a lion? a. Cernea b. Lernea c. Nemea d. Stymphalia 69. Which of the following does Jason NOT have to accomplish in order to gain the Golden Fleece? a. wrestle a giant b. yoke bulls c. sow dragon’s teeth d. plow a field 70. The Aegean Sea is named after the father of: a. Perseus b. Jason c. Theseus d. Hercules 71. As he was falling, Athena changed Daedalus’ nephew into what? a. Icarus b. a partridge c. the Minotaur d. an owl 72. Who is the mother of such monsters as the Hydra and Cerberus? a. Hecate b. Gaia c. Echidna d. Nemesis 73. Which god invented the lyre? a. Artemis b. Apollo c. Hermes d. Dionysus 74. Who let the world become barren while she searched for her missing daughter? a. Artemis b. Demeter c. Hera d. Persephone 75. Who was the leader of Cretan forces at Troy? a. Ialmenus b. Leonteus c. Schedius d. Idomeneus .
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