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Mythology Quiz

Who swallowed his own children?
Cronos
Prometheus
Uranos
Zeus

Which of the following is most likely to be told as if it were an historical event?
Fairy Tale
Folk Tale
Legend
Myth

Which category best fits Prometheus?
God
Hero
Hundred-Handed
Titan

Who won the Apple of Discord?
Aphrodite/Venus
Athena/Minerva
Hera/Juno
Paris/Alexander

In Greek mythology, who created woman?
Epimetheus
Hephaestus
Prometheus
Zeus

After the Trojan War, which Greek was killed by his wife?
Agamemnon, killed by Clytemnestra
Menelaus, killed by Helen
Nestor, killed by Chloris
Odysseus, killed by Penelope

A cosmogony is ?
A story of the creation of the world
A story of the fall of man
A synonymn for cosmopolitan
A flood myth

Which Age do we live in?
Bronze
Gold
Iron
Silver

Which Greek hero was sent after the Golden Fleece?
Hercules
Jason
Perseus
Theseus

What is the name of the second best Greek hero who lost out to Odysseus?
Achilles
Agamemnon
Ajax
Atreus

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