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Heroes Quiz

If you can't quite remember the great Greek heroes, please refresh your memory by reading Top Greek Heroes before you take this quiz. These questions include familiar and more esoteric topics.

Heroes Families of Origin

1. Which of these heroes could claim Apollo as father?
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Jason.
Orpheus.
Perseus.

2. Which of these heroes could claim Poseidon as father?
Bellerophon
Heracles.
Jason.
Odysseus.
Orpheus.

3. Which of these heroes could claim Zeus as father?
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Orpheus.
Perseus.
Theseus.

4. Which hero was an ancestor of Heracles?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

5. Which hero was a descendant of Salmoneus?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

Deeds of the Greek Heroes

6. Which hero was especially Athens' hero?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

7. Which hero did not return from the Underworld?
Heracles.
Odysseus.
Orpheus.
Perseus.
Theseus.

8. Which hero helped Hera in disguise across a river and lost a sandal in the process?
Heracles.
Jason.
Odysseus.
Perseus.
Theseus.

9. Which hero destroyed Procrustes - the villain who stretched or cut everyone in order to make them fit his iron bed?
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Orpheus.
Perseus.
Theseus.

10. Which hero rescued Theseus from the Underworld?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Perseus.
Theseus.

11. Which hero was killed by his own boat?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

12. Which hero rode a winged horse?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Jason.
Theseus.

13. Which pair were not sexual partners?
Achilles and Briseis.
Heracles and Alcmene.
Jason and Medea.
Perseus and Andromeda.
Theseus and Phaedra.

14. Which hero is associated with the Cyclops Polyphemus?
Achilles.
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Odysseus.
Perseus.

15. Which hero is most closely associated with the Gorgon Medusa?
Bellerophon.
Jason.
Odysseus.
Perseus.
Theseus.

16. Which hero is most closely associated with Medea?
Bellerophon.
Heracles.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

17. Which hero is associated with the half-man half-bull Minotaur?
Bellerophon
Heracles.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

18. Which hero went to the Underworld on a mission to help a friend take Persephone?
Bellerophon
Heracles.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

19. Which hero tricked Atlas?
Bellerophon
Heracles.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

20. Which hero turned Atlas into a mountain?
Bellerophon
Heracles.
Jason.
Perseus.
Theseus.

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