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NLE 3/4 Prose Mythology Year # Question A B C D A n s 1978 31 Clytemnestra and Aegisthus plotted to murder Ajax Agamemnon Orestes Achilles B 1978 32 Who turned into a laurel tree? Dido Daphne Diana Delphi B 1978 33 Jupiter's golden apples were tended by the Gorgons Hesperides Graces Fates B 1979 22 snake bear elephant wolf D 1979 27 The mythological founding or Rome involves a The sands of the river Pactolus were changed to gold when _____ bathed in it. Meleager Midas Venus Ariadne B 1979 28 Which one is not a muse? Atalanta Clio Calliope Urania A 1979 33 The Eumenides were also known as the The Graiae, the three sisters with one eye, helped the hero ___ in his search for Medusa. The museum proudly announced its acquisition of African JANIFORM figures. The winged lions with eagles' heads which kept vigil over a legendary pile of gold were: Circe had prophesied that _____ would encounter many perils before reaching Ithaca. In Roman mythology, the ____ were responsible for controlling the length of one's life. Furies Graces Gorgons Muses A Perseus Jason Theseus Ulysses A larger than life two-headed contemporary realistic B Gorgons Fates Furies Griffins D Aeneas Orestes Achilles Odysseus D Fates Nymphs Muses made of giant stones 2002 25 When and ancient city is described as having CYCLOPEAN walls, it means that the walls were Who were the spirits of nature, represented as beautiful young women, who inhabited and protected rivers, fountains, mountains, and woods? Furies A in existence for more than a sparkling white easy to destroy century A Graces Muses Sirens Nymphs D 1998 27 The Greek hero who fought the Minotaur in Crete is Theseus Perseus Odysseus B 1998 29 birds that grab monsters that people's food wreck ships warriors armed with swords A Amazons Harpies Furies Gorgons B Minerva Venus Vesta Juno C 2002 27 The Fates were portrayed as When the Argonauts came to the island of the blind king Phineus, they found themselves tormented by huge bird-woman creatures called What Olympian fits this description: "wife of Vulcan, lover of Mars, mother of Aeneas and Cupid, frequent visitor to Cythera and Cyprus"? Three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, were changed into these snaky-haired monsters. Jason women with thread and scissors Furies Fates Harpies Gorgons D 1980 22 Bellerophon and Pegasus battled the monster ______. Medusa Chimaera Cerberus B 1980 24 The Greeks sailed across the ___ to Troy. Black Sea Name the deity from whom the derivative JOVIAL comes. Mercury A plethora of plagues escaped to harass hapless man when _____ opened the box. Persephone Aegean Sea Minotaur Straits of Gibraltar Janus Juno Jupiter D Phaedra Penelope Pandora D The first Olympicc Games were held in: The two famous survivors of the great mythological flood were: The deity whose temple was open during times of war and closed during times of peace was: The twelve giants against whom Zeus successfully waged war were: The epithets PALLAS and PARTHENOS refer to the Greek goddess: Italia Deucalion and Pyrrha Graecia Orpheus and Eurydice Libya Pyramus and Thisbe Britannia Castor and Pollux B Mars Minerva Jupiter Janus D Gorgons Titans Cyclops Atrides B Athena Hera Aphrodite Artemis A 2000 21 2000 25 1989 21 1989 27 2001 20 2001 24 1999 19 1999 30 1980 25 1980 33 1980 35 1981 28 1981 33 1981 35 1982 24 Atlantic Ocean B A NLE 3/4 Prose Mythology 1985 32 The king who ruled Crete and commissioned the building of the labyrinth was The priestess of Hera who was changed into a heifer to protect her from Hera's jealousy was: Zeus gave the AEGIS to ____, his wisest and most beloved daughter. _____, a mortal woman who boasted of her beauty, wealth, and fourteen children, was turned into a weeping stone by Latona. Two characters in Greek mythology who were rewarded by Mercury and Jupiter for respecting the guest-host relationship were: King Phineas told _____ the secret which enabled him to pass through the Symplegades, the clashing rocks which guarded the entrance to the Black Sea. On his way to the city of Thebes, _____ proved to be the only one able to solve the riddle of the Sphinx. 1985 34 The Titans who were overcome by the cohorts of Olympian Zeus were punished by being imprisoned in: Elysium 1982 30 Menelaus Mithridates Midas Minos D Arethusa Iris Callisto Io D Hera Artemis Hestia Athena D Niobe Lucretia Semele Arachne A Castor and Pollux Baucis and Philemon Jason and Medea Deucalion and Pyrrha B Bellerophon Jason Oedipus Orpheus B Theseus Oedipus Hippolytus Hercules B Parnassus Tartarus D killed at Troy Vesuvius punished in Tartarus sun liberal arts winds natural law A Aeolus Aegeus Aesculapius Ascanius C Muses Fates Sirens B Dionysus Arachne Hercules Baucis and Philemon Jason Deucalion and Pyrrha B 1988 26 Clio, Calliope, and Terpsichore were: Graces Who rescue Ariadne when Theseus abandoned her at Naxos? Perseus The twin offspring of the goddess Latona were directly responsible for the punishment of: Niobe 1988 35 Quae femina facta est arbor? Arachne Baucis Niobe C 1990 2 In primo labore, Hercules _____ necavit. Aeolus, king of the winds, gave _____ a bag of winds to enable him to return home to Ithaca. Aeneas Woodland creatures who were half-man, half-goat and attended the god Bacchus were: centaurs "Philemon and Baucis" is one of the many stories in the Metamorphoses, which was written by: Livy leo Nemaeus leonis Nemaei leone Nemaeo A Ulysses Perseus Jason B sphinxes gorgons satyrs D Catullus Ovid Aesop C Jupiter : Perseus : : Aegeus : ______ Which of the following stories is an example of fratricide? Ulysses Romulus and Remus Theseus Castor and Pollux Orpheus Aeneas and Anchises B In Greek mythology, Daphne, Baucis, Clytie, and Arachne: Who traditionally inspired the creative efforts of artists in the ancient world? underwent killed their metamorphoses husbands Daedalus Apollo and Mercury had their children taken away were followers of Bacchus A Fates accompanied Jason on the Argo Gorgons B were killed by Hercules A justice illness B 1983 27 1984 22 1984 35 1985 21 1985 30 1986 25 1986 28 1986 32 1987 24 1987 25 1990 23 1990 27 1990 29 1990 34 1991 22 1992 27 1992 31 1992 32 1993 26 1994 24 Ixion, Tantalus, Sisyphus, and the Danaids were all: Cicero studied rhetoric on the island of Rhodes. The patron deity of this island was Helios, a Greek god of the: The son of Apollo, whom the Romans called ___, dared to bring the dead back to life. Echo leonem Nemaeum Graces Muses suffered terrible Tantalus, Sisyphus, Tityos, and Ixion were mythological punishments in fought in the characters who: the Underworld Trojan War The three old women who spin, measure, and cut the thread of life serve as an image of happiness fate to spin, measure, and to care for the cut the thread of gods and What was the role of the nine Muses in mythology? life goddesses judges in Hades sons of Cronus B A A to inspire artists to cause trouble and intellectuals for mortals C NLE 3/4 Prose Mythology 1995 25 1995 31 1996 26 1996 31 1997 25 1997 27 1998 22 2003 21 2003 25 2004 23 2005 22 2005 25 2005 28 2006 22 2006 26 2007 26 2008 24 2009 18 2009 22 2010 25 2010 28 Which goddess, born from the foam of the sea and attended by the three Graces, was known for her beauty? Minerva What did Pandora give to the human race when she opened the box? fire Chiron, who had the body of a horse and the head of a man and was the teacher of heroes was a gorgon the direction of The three old women known as the PARCAE control the winds The Roman emperor Commodus wore a lion's skin and carried a club in an attempt to imitate which legendary hero? Theseus In Greek and Roman mythology, Charon, Proserpina, and Sisyphus were to be found in Greece Achilles' tutor Chiron, who was half-man and halfhorse, was a satyr What mythological group measures out the life-span of each human being? Muses "King Minos may block my way by land or across the ocean, but the sky is open to everybody and that is how we plan to go," said ___ to his son Icarus. Theseus Ovid wrote about the nymph who wasted away with grief and the youth who loved only himself. Who were Daphne and they? Apollo NAIADS, DRYADS, and OREADS, the beautiful divinites in Greek mythology who inhabit rivers, trees, and mountains, are known today as Sirens What Titan created mankind out of clay and stole fire for him from Mt. Olympus? Sisyphus What place was considered the center of the universe and contained an oracle of the god Apollo? Delphi In mythology the three old women who spun, measured, and cut the thread of life represented illness Deucalion and Who were messengers of the gods? Pyrrha In the temple of which Roman goddess did priestesses keep a perpetual fire burning? Venus A task described as SISYPHEAN is What mythological character's name gives us the word which means to torment by offering something desirable only to snatch it away? What youth tragically died because he did not follow his father's instructions? What beautiful girl sparked the jealousy of Venus and was married to a "monster" whom she later discovered to be Cupid? What is the term for the mythological creature that is half-man and half-horse? Vesta Juno Venus D evils music charm B satyr song and memory minotaur Hercules Romulus B on Olympus Bellerophon in the Underworld in Asia Minor C nymph sea monster centaur D Fates Gorgons Graces B Jason Narcissus Daedalus D Orpheus and Eurydice Jason and Medea Echo and Narcissus D Gorgons Muses Nymphs D Prometheus Midas Prometheus B Athens Olympia Mycenae A justice Pyramus and Thisbe joy Juno Vesta Minerva C endless swift fruitful helpful A Ixion Siren Scylla Tantalus D Icarus Jason Cupid Achilles A Psyche Echo Daphne Thisbe A satyr griffin centaur triton C centaur D the thread of the Underworld human destiny D fate D Proserpina and Iris and Mercury Pluto C
