Q 01/05

Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt and of which celestial body in later tradition?

A) The Sun

B) Venus

C) The Pole Star

D) The Moon

Answer · why

D) The Moon

The Moon came to Artemis late: the Greeks' own lunar goddess was Selene, and once her twin was equated with the sun god Helios, it seemed natural to p...

Q 02/05

Who was Artemis's twin brother?

A) Hermes

B) Apollo

C) Ares

D) Dionysus

Answer · why

B) Apollo

Apollo was Artemis's twin; by some accounts she was born first and, as a newborn, helped her mother deliver him.

Q 03/05

Who was the mother of Artemis?

A) Hera

B) Leto

C) Demeter

D) Maia

Answer · why

B) Leto

Leto, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, had fierce defenders: in most tellings her children shot down the giant Tityos when he tried to carry h...

Q 04/05

On which island, in most accounts, was Artemis born?

A) Crete

B) Lesbos

C) Rhodes

D) Delos

Answer · why

D) Delos

Delos, then a floating island, took in the persecuted mother when no fixed land dared, and the story goes that it has stood anchored to the sea floor ...

Q 05/05

Which goddess forbade Leto from giving birth anywhere on solid land?

A) Athena

B) Hera

C) Aphrodite

D) Demeter

Answer · why

B) Hera

Zeus's wife also sent the serpent Python and the giant Tityos to pursue Leto.