Q 01/05

Which god of dreams, a son of Sleep, visits sleepers in human form?

A) Phobetor

B) Morpheus

C) Hypnos

D) Phantasos

Answer · why

B) Morpheus

Morpheus; pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner named morphine after him because the drug brings on sleep.

Q 02/05

Which bird, sacred to the goddess of wisdom, was stamped on the silver coins of ancient Athens?

A) Eagle

B) Owl

C) Dove

D) Peacock

Answer · why

B) Owl

The owl; the coins were so identified with it that Athenians simply called their silver tetradrachms glaukes, 'little owls'.

Q 03/05

Which hero beheaded Medusa?

A) Theseus

B) Heracles

C) Odysseus

D) Perseus

Answer · why

D) Perseus

Perseus looked only at her reflection in a polished shield, then used her severed head, which could still turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon.

Q 04/05

Who was the Greek god who ruled over the Underworld and the dead?

A) Poseidon

B) Zeus

C) Hades

D) Thanatos

Answer · why

C) Hades

Hades drew the underworld when he and his two brothers cast lots for the world; later Greeks called him Plouton, 'the wealthy one', for the riches und...

Q 05/05

What type of creature was the Minotaur, famously confined in the Labyrinth?

A) A giant serpent

B) Half-man, half-bull

C) A winged lion

D) A multi-headed dog

Answer · why

B) Half-man, half-bull

Half-man, half-bull: its name means 'bull of Minos', and Athens had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete to feed it.