Q 01/05

Which goddess, uninvited to Peleus and Thetis's wedding, threw the apple 'to the fairest'?

A) Athena

B) Hera

C) Eris

D) Aphrodite

Answer · why

C) Eris

Hermes stopped her at the door on Zeus's orders; Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all claimed the apple.

Q 02/05

What did Aphrodite offer Paris to win the golden apple?

A) Immortal life

B) Rule over all Asia

C) Wisdom and battle skill

D) Helen's love

Answer · why

D) Helen's love

Hera offered power over Asia and Athena wisdom and prowess; Paris was herding sheep on Mount Ida, unaware he was a Trojan prince.

Q 03/05

Why was Paris being raised as a shepherd on Mount Ida rather than in Troy?

A) His mother died in childbirth

B) A prophecy said he would destroy the city

C) He was Priam's illegitimate son

D) Herdsmen had kidnapped him

Answer · why

B) A prophecy said he would destroy the city

After the judgement he was recognised by his royal family and returned to Troy.

Q 04/05

How, in the best-known version, did Thetis try to make the infant Achilles invulnerable?

A) By dressing him in the Golden Fleece

B) By hiding him in Hades

C) By dipping him in the River Styx

D) By feeding him ambrosia

Answer · why

C) By dipping him in the River Styx

She held him by the heel, leaving that spot mortal; other versions have her burning away his mortal parts over a fire at night.

Q 05/05

Which god fathered Helen, taking the form of a swan with Leda?

A) Apollo

B) Poseidon

C) Ares

D) Zeus

Answer · why

D) Zeus

Some accounts make Nemesis her mother instead; Tyndareus of Sparta was her stepfather.