Heroes Quiz

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1. What epithet meaning 'The Averter of Evil' was sometimes used for Heracles?

   1. Alexikakos
   2. Philoktetes
   3. Alcides
   4. Alcaeus
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   Answer: Alexikakos

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2. What was the name of Odysseus' maternal grandfather?

   1. Autolycus
   2. Tyndareus
   3. Icarius
   4. Sisyphus
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   Answer: Autolycus

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3. Who was Jason's father?

   1. Aeetes
   2. Creon
   3. Aeson
   4. Pelias
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   Answer: Aeson

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4. Which god sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus and dismount Bellerophon?

   1. Poseidon
   2. Ares
   3. Hermes
   4. Zeus
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   Answer: Zeus

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5. Who shot the fateful arrow that killed Achilles?

   1. Hector
   2. Paris
   3. Aeneas
   4. Deiphobus
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   Answer: Paris

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6. What did the Dioscuri help Jason retrieve during the Argonautic Expedition?

   1. The Golden Fleece
   2. The Apple of Discord
   3. The Scepter of Zeus
   4. The Shield of Achilles
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   Answer: The Golden Fleece

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7. Who was the king of Crete to whom Athens paid the yearly tribute of fourteen young people?

   1. Minos
   2. Aegeus
   3. Daedalus
   4. Pittheus
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   Answer: Minos

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8. Who was Peleus's father?

   1. Telamon
   2. Acastus
   3. Aeacus
   4. Eurytion
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   Answer: Aeacus

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9. What did Perseus turn the Titan Atlas into?

   1. The Pillars of Heracles
   2. Mount Olympus
   3. The Atlas Mountains
   4. The Caucasus Mountains
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   Answer: The Atlas Mountains

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10. What animal adopted Atalanta after her father left her in the woods?

    1. A fox
    2. A deer
    3. A wolf
    4. A bear
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    Answer: A bear

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