Q 01/05

Through his link with the Muses, Pegasus became a modern symbol of inspiration in which art?

A) Dance

B) Music

C) Poetry

D) Theatre

Answer · why

C) Poetry

Poetry: the 'poets' horse' image is mostly modern, because ancient myth tied Pegasus to the Muses only through a spring of theirs that he created.

Q 02/05

Pegasus was born from the blood of which monster as she died?

A) Medusa

B) Scylla

C) Echidna

D) The Sphinx

Answer · why

A) Medusa

Medusa was the only mortal one of the three Gorgon sisters, so she was the only one a hero could kill; Stheno and Euryale could not die.

Q 03/05

Which god sired Pegasus, in his role as god of horses?

A) Poseidon

B) Zeus

C) Apollo

D) Hermes

Answer · why

A) Poseidon

Poseidon ruled horses and the sea alike, and in one Arcadian myth he turned himself into a stallion to pursue the goddess Demeter.

Q 04/05

Which brother of Pegasus, born at the same moment, has a name meaning 'golden sword'?

A) Chrysaor

B) Geryon

C) Orthrus

D) Typhon

Answer · why

A) Chrysaor

Chrysaor got the name because, the myth says, he sprang out already holding a golden blade; he went on to father three-bodied Geryon, whom Heracles ki...

Q 05/05

An ancient derivation ties Pegasus's name to his watery birthplace, from a Greek word meaning what?

A) A wave

B) A well

C) A shore

D) A cave

Answer · why

B) A well

A well, or spring: the Greek word is pege, though this may be a folk etymology, since the name's ending points to a non-Greek origin.