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Which god/goddess designed the horse?Poseidon
What son of Apollo angered Hades by saving many from death, so Hades complained to Zeus who used a thunderbolt to kill him?Asclepius
What happened to Cronos and the Titans after the battle with Zeus?no one knows
What did Zeus and Poseidon have in common?unfaithful to their wives
What was significant about Medusa?anyone who looked at her turned to stone
What gift did Orpheus have?the gift of music
What was named for King Aegeus?the Aegean Sea
Which goddess was angered by Atalanta's great running skills?Artemis
Which god caused earthquakes?Poseidon
Who pulled the sword from the stone?Theseus
The peacock was the symbol for which god/goddess?Hera
What was one of Artemis' symbols?moon
Who was given the gift of eternal chastity?Artemis
This person was freed by from his chains by Hercules while completing one of his labors.Prometheus
The architect who invented the axe and built the Labyrinth was:Daedalus
What character sowed dragon's teeth and reaped armed men?Cadmus
Who found his father's sword and sandals under a rock and took them to Athens to claim his birthright?Theseus
Which wild animal that ate human beings did Heracles capture, then feed their own master before taking them back the king who sent him on his Labour?Mares of Diomdes
Which river in the Underworld was known as the "river of forgetfulness"?Lethe
Which hero vowed to hoist white sails if he returned alive from Minos after killing the Minotaur?Theseus
Which Greek goddess was considered the goddess of black magic, ghosts, and witchcraft?Hecate
Who tormented Echo, who helped Zeus get away with yet another tryst, by relegating her to only repeating the words of others?Hera
Who was indirectly responsible for the start of the Trojan War because he chose Aphrodite instead of Hera as the most beautiful goddess?Paris
Whose stables did Hercules clean in only one day, in spite of an accumulation of 30 years of waste?Augeas
Who was the son of Maia and Zeus who grew up quickly and stole Apollo's cows soon after he was born?Hermes
Which aloof god had a helmet of invisibility?Hades
The sorceress Medea planned to poison the rival to her sons for the throne of Athens. Who did she attempt to poison, but his father prevented her from succeeding because he recognized some object the young man had as some of his own?Theseus
Hercules stalked a hind for a year on one of his Labours. Fear of which goddess's wrath prompted this careful attention?Artemis
Which man-eating animal did Hercules scare away with a bronze rattle?Stymphalian birds
Which animal did Hercules drive into a snowbank before binding it with a net?Erymanthian boar
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Creator astokes
Created December 12, 2008
Group Coach Carver History 9-Briarwood
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  1. Which wild animal that ate human beings did Heracles capture, then feed their own master before taking them back the king who sent him on his Labour? Mares of Diomdes - 17 misses
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  3. What character sowed dragon's teeth and reaped armed men? Cadmus - 11 misses
  4. Hercules stalked a hind for a year on one of his Labours. Fear of which goddess's wrath prompted this careful attention? Artemis - 9 misses
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