Q 01/05

After Dionysus's mother died while pregnant, Zeus sewed the unborn god into which part of his own body?

A) His chest

B) His skull

C) His thigh

D) His belly

Answer · why

C) His thigh

His thigh became the baby's shelter after Zeus snatched him from the flames that consumed his mother. Zeus carried him there until he was ready to be ...

Q 02/05

Pirates who kidnapped Dionysus leapt overboard in terror and were transformed into which sea creatures?

A) Dolphins

B) Octopuses

C) Sharks

D) Seals

Answer · why

A) Dolphins

Dolphins were all that remained of the crew. Only the helmsman, who had recognised the god and tried to stop the kidnap, was spared.

Q 03/05

Which Phrygian king asked Dionysus for the power to turn everything he touched into gold?

A) Croesus

B) Priam

C) Minos

D) Midas

Answer · why

D) Midas

Midas regretted the wish as soon as his food and drink turned to gold in his hands. Dionysus told him to wash the power away in the river Pactolus.

Q 04/05

Which Cretan princess, abandoned by Theseus, does Bacchus leap from a chariot to greet in Titian's painting?

A) Phaedra

B) Ariadne

C) Pasiphae

D) Europa

Answer · why

B) Ariadne

Ariadne became the god's wife in most tellings of the myth. Titian painted the chariot being pulled by two cheetahs, and the canvas now hangs in Londo...

Q 05/05

What name was given to the female followers of Dionysus, who wore fawn skins in their mountain rites?

A) Maenads

B) Nereids

C) Amazons

D) Furies

Answer · why

A) Maenads

Maenads literally means 'raving ones', from a Greek verb for being mad or enraged. They were the most important members of the god's travelling retinu...