Certamen Beginners Packet Mythology

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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 goddes is symbolized by the cornucopia?: Ceres/Demeter
What king turned everything he touched to gold?: 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?: Bacchus
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?: Furies
What Greerk hero killed Hector?: Achilles
Who was the muse of epic poetry?: Calliope
What hero rode Pegasus to kill the Chimera?: Bellerophon
Who was to Roman goddess of the hearth?: Vesta
What daughter of Ceres did Pluto abduct for his wife?: Proserpina
What were the shades in the underworld 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 Anticlea?: Odysseus
Who were king and queen of Troy?: Priam and Hecuba
What mythological figure solved the riddle of the sphinx?: Oedipus
What daughter of Minos helped Theseus kill the Minotaur?: Ariadne
Whose prophecies were never believed?: Cassandra
Who became a laurel tree to escape the embraces of Apollo?: Daphne
What daughter of Cassiopia did Perseus marry?: Andromeda
Who were the original six Olympians?: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera(Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Vesta, Ceres, Juno)
What deity was born from Zeus' head?: Athena
To what deity was Parthenon dedicated?: Athena
Who was Odysseus' loyal wife?: Penelope
Who was the goddess of the rainbow?: Iris
Who was the goddes of victory?: Nike
Who was the ferryman of the Styx?: Charon
What centaur was a tutor to heroes?: Chiron
After whose father was the Aegean Sea named?: Theseus'
What god carried the caduceus?: Hermes/Mercury
Who opened Pandora's box?: Pandora
Whose entrapment did Odysseus avoid when he put wax in the ears of his men?: Sirens
What creature was half goat and half men?: Satyr
What creature was half horse and half man?: Centaur
What was Hercules' first labor?: Nemean lion
What was Hercules' last labor?: Bringing up Cerberus from the Underworld
Where in the Underworld were heroes punished?: Tartarus
What Trojan prince escaped the ashes of Troy and founded Roman Civilization?: Aeneas
What deity was the father of Romulus?: Mars

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