Mythology Quiz 2
In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Zeus inspires Aphrodite with love for _______, a prince related to the Trojan royal house
Anchises
The god of physicians, who is Apollo's son, is
Asclepius
How did the laurel become sacred to Apollo?
Daphne was turned into a laurel tree to escape Apollo's advances, and in his grief the laurel always had a special place in his heart
From which important cult center of Artemis (home of her famous temple, a Wonder of the Ancient World) did St. Paul flee for his life after being shouted down
Ephesus
Although lame, Hephaestus had a beautiful wife, who was faithful to him
False
Apollo is the protector of Olympia
False
Artemis punished Actaeon for intentionally spying on her while she was bathing
False
Why was Apollo upset with the infant Hermes?
Hermes had stolen the cattle of Apollo
According to the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, who are the three goddesses whom Aphrodite can never trick or inveigle?
Hestia and two A
In which poem is the story of Hephaestus' revenge on Ares and Aphrodite told?
Homer's Odyssey
In the opening of Homer's Iliad, the priest Chryses calls upon Apollo and invokes him as
Lord of Mice
Except for the affair between Ares and Aphrodite, all important stores about Aphrodite are set where?
On the island of Cythera
is one of the few deities in Greek myth whose form was sometimes only partly human
Pan
With what trickster god does Hermes have the most in common
Prometheus
Hermes is the patron of different areas. Which of the following is he NOT patron of?
Sailors
Who fell hopelessly in love with Hermaphroditus, and clung to him so tightly that the two of them became one?
Salmacis
Our word lesbian comes from Lesbos, the home island of which ancient female poet
Sappho
Which of the following are true of Hestia?
She never left Olympus She was always a virgin According to many accounts, Dionysus took her place on olympus
Which statement is NOT true of Hephaestus?
The island, Samos, was the site of an important sanctuary of Hephaestus.
The blood from Adonis' fatal wound gives rise to which flower?
The red anemone
Hestia is the Roman goddess
Vesta
The omphalos was
a conical stone symbolizing Delphi as the navel of the world
After having an affair with Zeus, Callisto was turned into a dog
false
Apollo's unborn son Asclepius was rescued from the corpse of his mother Cassandra
false
Daphne has the gift of prophecy but no-one believes her.
false
Leto is the woman killed by Artemis and Apollo because of her hubris (arrogance)
false
One of the epithets (nicknames) of Hermes is Psychopompus, 'He who leads the souls of good people to heaven.
false
Pygmalion made his ivory statue because Aphrodite told him to do so
false
The goddess Athena burst out of Zeus's thigh wearing a warrior's shield and helmet
false
The goddess Athena was linked to Hephaestus because both were skilled in weaving.
false
The individual, Hermaphroditus, was born with both male and female genitalia
false
The island of Delos was sacred to the god Hephaestus because people on the island took care of him after he was kicked off Mt. Olympus by his father, Zeus.
false
The speaker of these lines is Poseidon: "Sweetheart, off we go, to snuggle down in the blankets. Your husband? He's gone off; by now he must be in Lemnos, amusing himself with Sintian women, with voices like crows.
false
Zeus was Apollo's father and Hera was his mother
false
The festival of the Panathenaic Games incorporated which of the following elements?
just not role resersals
What was Orion punished for? He had
tried to rape Artemis
"When a woman died suddenly without explanation, she was said to be 'struck by the arrows of Artemis.'"
true
A festival for Athena's birthday took place in ancient Athens
true
Ares (Roman, Mars) is the god of war
true
Artemis is both the patroness of the hunt and the protector of wild animals.
true
Hekate was sometimes known as the underworld version of Artemis.
true
Hermes earned his nickname (epithet), Argeïphontes for killing a monster w/ eyes all over his body.
true
Which of the following is not one of the functions of Apollo?
weaving
