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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?: 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?: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera
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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

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