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Sample Greek Gods questions

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1. 1 Easy

   Which king in Greek mythology must eternally roll a boulder?

   Answer: Sisyphus

   Why: Homer puts him in the underworld heaving the stone up the slope only to watch it roll back down, and Camus took him as the emblem of absurd persistence.

2. 2 Medium

   Why did Hera throw baby Hephaestus from Olympus in Greek mythology?

   Answer: Born ugly and lame

   Why: In the Iliad the sea goddesses Thetis and Eurynome caught the fallen child and hid him nine years in a cave, where he learned to forge.

3. 3 Hard

   In Hesiod's Theogony, which deity was the first to come into being after Chaos?

   Answer: Gaia

   Why: Chaos came first, then Gaia, Tartarus and Eros; Erebos and black Nyx were the pair Hesiod says came out of Chaos itself.

4. 4 Easy

   How did mythical Sirens lure passing Greek sailors toward fatal shipwrecks?

   Answer: Enchanting songs

   Why: Odysseus plugged his crew's ears with beeswax and had himself bound to the mast so he could listen to the Sirens safely.

5. 5 Medium

   Which Greek goddess represented the earliest light of day before the sun?

   Answer: Eos

   Why: Eos, the dawn goddess, was cursed by Aphrodite with an insatiable appetite for handsome mortal men.

6. 6 Hard

   Which Hecatoncheires was considered the mightiest and summoned to rescue Zeus from rebellion?

   Answer: Briareus

   Why: Homer's gods call him Briareus, mortals Aegaeon. Thetis fetched him, and Hera, Poseidon and Athena took fright and left Zeus unbound.