Q 01/05

Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and what third domain?

A) Handicraft

B) The harvest

C) The moon

D) Love

Answer · why

A) Handicraft

Handicraft, above all weaving: in Hesiod it is Athena who teaches Pandora, the first woman, how to work a loom.

Q 02/05

Which bird is Athena's most famous symbol?

A) The owl

B) The eagle

C) The peacock

D) The dove

Answer · why

A) The owl

The owl became the emblem of her city, and it is through Athena that the bird came to stand for wisdom.

Q 03/05

In Greek myth, Athena was born fully grown from which part of her father Zeus?

A) His forehead

B) His thigh

C) His shoulder

D) His heart

Answer · why

A) His forehead

His forehead: in most tellings a god split Zeus's aching skull with an axe, and Athena leapt out in full armour, a sight that made the sun god halt hi...

Q 04/05

On Athena's advice, the hero Cadmus sowed what in the ground, raising a crop of armed warriors?

A) A giant's bones

B) A boar's tusks

C) A dragon's teeth

D) A lion's claws

Answer · why

C) A dragon's teeth

A dragon's teeth: the warriors who sprang up turned on one another, which is why 'sowing dragon's teeth' still means planting the seeds of strife.

Q 05/05

What gift did Athena give the Athenians to win their patronage?

A) A salt-water spring

B) The first olive tree

C) The first horse

D) The first grapevine

Answer · why

B) The first olive tree

The first olive tree gave the city wood, oil and food, and it won her Athens over Poseidon's offer of a salt-water spring.