Mythology Study Guide

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Hercules 31x 7.1% stumper $514 avg J:9 DJ:19 FJ:3

J $100 1997 His 12 labors were performed as penance for killing his wife & children in a fit of madness

J $500 1994 Alcmena gave birth to twin sons: Iphicces by Amphitryon & this great hero by Zeus

DJ $1,000 1997 Linus the Music Teacher was too critical of this "labor"er, his pupil, who hit him with a lyre & killed him

Medusa 27x 3.7% stumper $578 avg J:10 DJ:17

DJ $400 1994 Aegis, a shield often carried by Athena, had the head of this hideous woman at its center

DJ $600 1998 Hair today, snakes tomorrow(6)

DJ $1,200 2013 Early sources have only 1 Gorgon, but that became 3: Stheno, Euryale & her

Pegasus 18x $571 avg J:6 DJ:11 FJ:1

J $200 2025 Sometimes depicted as a giant, Chrysaor was the fraternal twin brother of this winged animal

J $600 2004 When Medusa's head was cut off, this winged horse sprang from her blood

J $1,000 2004 Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera

Odysseus 17x 5.9% stumper $400 avg J:9 DJ:8

J $100 1996 Anticlea gave birth to this hero of "The Odyssey" near Mt. Neriton on the island of Ithaca

DJ $600 1995 Calypso let this man return to Ithaca after keeping him on the island of Ogygia

DJ $1,000 DD 2001 After Achilles was killed, his armor was awarded to this journey man

Cerberus 17x 11.8% stumper $659 avg J:6 DJ:11

J $200 2015 Multi-headed hellhound

J $500 1997 In Greek myth this 3-headed snake-tailed dog guarded the gates of Hades

DJ $1,000 1994 Some say this underworld canine has serpents entwined around his multiple necks

Athena 17x 5.9% stumper $947 avg J:1 DJ:16

DJ $200 1999 This Greek goddess of wisdom sprang fully armed from the head of her father Zeus

DJ $600 2001 In some accounts Zeus' head had to be split with an ax to facilitate her birth in full armor

DJ $1,000 1997 She promised Paris wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess

Aphrodite 17x 5.9% stumper $1,106 avg J:4 DJ:13

J $100 1990 Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes & this goddess of love & beauty

J $500 1995 The statue with which Pygmalion fell in love was brought to life by this Greek goddess

DJ $2,000 DD 1991 After Paris gave her the Apple of Discord, she helped him win Helen

Osiris 16x 31.2% stumper $1,175 avg J:5 DJ:11

J $200 1991 This Egyptian god of the underworld, Isis' husband, is often represented in art as a mummy

DJ $600 1994 This Egyptian fertility god who ruled the underworld was often depicted as a mummy seated on a throne

DJ $1,200 2025 In Egyptian myth, after he was murdered by his brother Set, he was brought back to life & became ruler of the underworld

Odin 16x 6.2% stumper $575 avg J:4 DJ:12

DJ $200 1996 This chief god assumed the name Bolverk when he stole back "the mead of poetry"

J $600 2013 Sounding a little Norse:DN

DJ $1,200 2022 19th century Norwegian artist Peter Nicolai Arbo tried to forge a national identity with works like"The Wild Hunt"of this top god

Apollo 16x 20.0% stumper $733 avg J:6 DJ:9 FJ:1

J $300 1997 The daughters of Clymene & this god of the sun are known as the Heliades

J $600 2006 This Greek god put a curse on Cassandra after she spurned him; she should have seen that coming

DJ $1,000 1995 This lyre-playing god of music is sometimes called Smintheus, which may mean he was also the god of mice

Thor 15x 6.7% stumper $653 avg J:4 DJ:11

J $100 1991 This Norse god of thunder had a huge appetite: he once ate an ox & drank three barrels of mead

J $500 1991 This Norse ruler of the sky had such a huge appetite he once tried to drink the sea dry

DJ $1,000 1997 This Norse god rides through the sky in a noisy chariot pulled by 2 huge billy goats

Atlas 15x $513 avg J:5 DJ:10

DJ $200 1996 This Titan who held up the heavens was the father of the Pleiades

J $600 2007 In the title of an Ayn Rand novel, this mythological figure "Shrugged"

DJ $1,000 1991 A sculptured figure of a man used as a support & named for a Titan; the plural is "Atlantes"

Poseidon 13x 7.7% stumper $715 avg J:4 DJ:9

J $100 1996 In the "Odyssey" Proteus was in charge of tending this Greek god's sea creatures

J $500 1991 This Greek sea god was sometimes called "Earth-shaker"

DJ $1,200 2013 The sea goddess Amphitrite was the mother of Triton & the wife of this god

Oedipus 13x $685 avg J:4 DJ:9

J $100 1990 He was so complex he married Jocasta without knowing she was his mother

DJ $600 1994 Jocasta hanged herself when she discovered that this man, her husband, was also her son

DJ $1,000 1996 The mother of this patricidal king of Thebes is called Epicaste in the "Odyssey" & Jocasta by Sophocles

Medea 13x 16.7% stumper $1,067 avg J:2 DJ:10 FJ:1

DJ $400 1997 Jason spurned her for a king's daughter named Creusa

J $800 2015 Hell hath no fury like this woman scorned--when Jason left her, she murdered their children & Jason's new love

DJ $1,000 DD 1999 Jason's new wife Creusa shouldn't have tried on the gown this sorceress sent her: it was poisoned

Loki 13x 15.4% stumper $946 avg J:2 DJ:11

DJ $400 2021 Fenrir, Hel & Jörmungand were the 3 children of this trickster & the lovely Angrboda

J $500 1986 Norse god of mischief & trickery who's eventually supposed to destroy the world

DJ $1,000 1999 This Norse trickster liked to turn himself into a salmon & frolic in Franang's Falls

Zeus 12x 8.3% stumper $550 avg J:2 DJ:10

DJ $200 1990 According to Collier's Encyclopedia, this son of Cronus had more than 3 dozen kids

J $500 1987 While only some say he was born on Mt. Lycaeus, sources agree that he ruled from Mt. Olympus

DJ $1,600 2006 Rhea stopped Cronus from swallowing him, her sixth consecutive child, by replacing him with a rock

the Minotaur 12x $1,058 avg J:4 DJ:8

J $100 2001 Pasiphae was the mother of this monster, & that's no bull!

DJ $800 2018 The Cretan bull is dad to this monster

DJ $1,200 2012 Thisresident of the labyrinth is seenherein a Greek artwork from the 500s B.C

Paris 12x 8.3% stumper $1,050 avg J:2 DJ:10

DJ $400 2009 He abducted Helen

DJ $600 1995 Harmonides built the ship on which he sailed to carry off Helen

DJ $1,000 1994 He awarded Aphrodite the Golden Apple after judging her the most beautiful goddess

Pandora 12x 30.0% stumper $440 avg J:1 DJ:9 FJ:2

J $200 1997 One account had her opening a jar, not a box, but she still shuts it before hope escapes

DJ $600 1997 The first mortal woman, her name in Greek means "all gifts"

DJ $1,000 1993 This woman whose name means "all gifted" was fashioned out of clay by Hephaestus

Pan 12x 8.3% stumper $358 avg J:4 DJ:8

J $100 1996 Some say Penelope played around with Hermes & produced this god known for playing the pipes

DJ $600 1997 The Romans referred to this pipe-playing god as Faunus

J $200 1996 This god of shepherds & flocks is depicted with a reed pipe

Circe 12x 8.3% stumper $767 avg J:3 DJ:9

J $400 1997 In post Homeric stories, this sorceress bore Odysseus a son named Telegonus

J $500 1999 Odysseus spent a month (or maybe longer) with this sorceress on the island of Aeaea

DJ $1,000 1995 This sorceress so enchanted Ulysses that some say he had 3 sons with her

Cassandra 12x $1,073 avg J:3 DJ:8 FJ:1

J $500 2000 One version says she got the gift of prophecy after her ears were licked by a serpent in Apollo's temple

DJ $1,000 1994 As the result of a curse, her prophecies, though correct, were disregarded

FJ 1996 King Agamemnon was killed on his return to Greece after ignoring the warnings of this woman, his slave

the harpies 12x $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:11

J $400 1984 Tormenting birds with women's heads whose name means a shrewish woman

DJ $600 1988 Described as birds with the faces of maidens, these monsters snatched people & carried them off

DJ $1,000 2001 On one adventure, the Argonauts encountered these fierce female winged monsters

Narcissus 11x $627 avg J:3 DJ:8

DJ $200 1999 Let us pause to reflect upon this vain youth who was fatally attracted to his own reflection

DJ $600 1995 This youth who fell in love with his own reflection was the son of a river god & a nymph

J $1,200 DD 2020 Echo's love for this lad was unrequited; he only had eyes for himself

Mars 11x 11.1% stumper $522 avg J:5 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $100 1986 Masculine names "Mark", "Mario", & "Martin" all derive from this Roman god of war

DJ $600 1996 The wolf was sacred to this Roman god of war whose sons Romulus & Remus were suckled by a she-wolf

DJ $1,600 2012 Cupid, Romulus & Remus

Janus 11x $1,245 avg J:4 DJ:7

DJ $200 1996 This Roman god is sometimes shown with 4 faces, but he usually has 2

DJ $1,200 2021 The medieval artwork seenheredepicts this ancient Roman god

DJ $200 1994 This two-faced Roman god was always the first to be mentioned in prayers

Hera 11x 9.1% stumper $564 avg J:4 DJ:7

DJ $200 1996 She was the goddess of marriage, even though her marriage to Zeus was far from blissful

DJ $600 1993 Zeus once punished this jealous wife by suspending her from the sky with Anvils tied to her feet

J $1,000 2013 Callisto made the mistake of fraternizing with Zeus & was turned into a bear by this jealous goddess

Artemis 11x 9.1% stumper $1,173 avg J:3 DJ:8

J $500 1995 After this Greek goddess of the hunt turned Actaeon into a deer, some hounds tore him to pieces

J $1,000 2025 Only fragments remain of the once grand Templeof her in Western Turkey

DJ $800 1996 This goddess of the hunt turned the nymph Arethusa into a fountain so she could escape a river god

Penelope 11x 9.1% stumper $1,573 avg J:2 DJ:9

DJ $600 1995 Odysseus won the hand of this woman by winning a foot race organized by her father

J $1,000 2012 A project that is, by design, never finished is called the web of this woman, Ulysses' wife

DJ $600 1991 During the absence of her husband, Odysseus, she was courted by more than 100 suitors

the phoenix 11x $564 avg J:1 DJ:10

DJ $400 1995 When this mythical bird felt its death impending, it constructed a nest of aromatic plants & spices

DJ $800 2007 Every 500 years or so, this bird was reborn from its own ashes

DJ $1,600 2013 At the end of its life cycle, this mythical bird builds a nest of aromatic twigs that it then ignites

the Hydra 11x 27.3% stumper $1,355 avg J:2 DJ:9

J $400 1996 The breath of this multi-headed Greek serpent could kill you

J $500 1996 Typhon, who had a hundred heads, was the father of this multi-headed serpent

DJ $1,200 2008 The name of this multi-headed water serpent means "water serpent"

Helen 11x $300 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $200 1986 After Menelaus got her back from Troy, it's reported they lived happily ever after

J $500 1997 Some say she was reunited with her husband Menelaus after the fall of Troy

J $400 1994 She left Menelaus for Paris—the man, not the city

the Muses 11x 18.2% stumper $627 avg J:3 DJ:8

J $200 1990 Mnemosyne, who names means memory, was the mother of these goddesses of the arts & sciences

DJ $600 1995 Inspiration may be called the Pierian Spring after a place sacred to these 9 goddesses of arts & learning

DJ $1,600 2013 These 9 daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne presided over the arts & sciences

the Amazons 11x $364 avg J:4 DJ:7

J $200 2020 Hippolyta is the queen of these women

DJ $800 2013 In some accounts, a naiad named Harmonia was the mother of these warrior women

DJ $200 1995 Penthesilea, a queen of these warrior women, was killed in battle by Achilles

the Aztecs 11x $418 avg J:5 DJ:6

DJ $400 2016 Centeotl, a god of these people aka the Mexica, was big into solar & also associated with feasting & pleasure

DJ $800 2006 Ometotl (who created himself) was the first god to exist in this culture's mythology

J $400 2007 Not a bad gig: Omacatl was the god of joy, festvity & happiness in the pantheon of these people

Valhalla 10x $640 avg J:2 DJ:8

J $300 1997 In Norse myth a she-goat called Heidrun provides mead for the slain heroes of this hall

J $500 DD 1994 In Norse myth a boar named Saehrimnir is always the entree du jour at this banquet hall

DJ $400 1985 The Valkyries led the Vikings to this Norse heaven

Romulus 10x 10.0% stumper $250 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $100 2000 For Remus looking at him must have been like looking in a mirror

DJ $600 1994 This founder of Rome eventually disappeared & became the god Quirinus

J $100 1992 Tradition holds Numa was the second king of Rome & the successor of this founder

Isis 10x 20.0% stumper $790 avg J:2 DJ:8

DJ $200 1997 The Egyptians called this great goddess Eset; we know her by this, the Greek form of her name

J $500 1992 There's a temple for this Egyptian goddess preserved at Pompeii

DJ $1,600 2025 To learn hidden secrets & mysteries is to "lift the veil" of this Egyptian goddess associated with death & rebirth

Helen of Troy 10x 10.0% stumper $370 avg J:3 DJ:7

J $100 1998 As a child, she was abducted by Theseus & his friend; later she was carried off by Paris

DJ $800 2015 This daughter of Zeus & Leda was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world

DJ $1,200 2020 Her marriage to the king of Sparta went kinda sideways after her abduction but some stories have the 2 reconciling later

Achilles 10x 10.0% stumper $510 avg J:2 DJ:8

J $100 1989 His mom 1st tried to bathe him in fire to make him immortal & was stopped; later she dipped him

DJ $600 1990 Ajax & Odysseus contended for his armor after he was killed in the Trojan War

DJ $2,000 2021 In the "Iliad" this mighty warrior drags the body of Hector behind his chariot

the Sphinx 10x $1,400 avg J:2 DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $200 1986 An Egyptian monument or the monster of Thebes who killed those who couldn't answer her riddle

DJ $800 2013 In Greece this creature was said to guard the entrance to Thebes; in Egypt, it guards the pyramids

DJ $1,000 1996 Though her name was Greek for "strangler", this riddler usually ate her victims or threw them from her rock

King Midas 10x $510 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $100 1994 This man with a golden touch was the son of Gordius & Cybele

DJ $1,200 2017 To rid himself of a gift he no longer wanted, this king of Phrygia bathed in a river whose sands then became gold

J $100 1991 When he lost his golden touch by swimming in the River Pactolus, it was left with gold in its sands

Prometheus 9x $1,089 avg J:2 DJ:7

DJ $200 2001 Some legends say that in addition to stealing fire from heaven, this Greek also created man from clay

J $600 2023 Let's just say Zeus was disappointed this god gave fire to humans, nailing him to a big rock & having his liver eaten repeatedly

DJ $2,000 DD 2017 This Titan is mentioned in the subtitle of "Frankenstein"

Hermes 9x $1,100 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $100 1992 A herm is a pillar often topped with a head or bust of this god for whom it was named

J $500 1996 Under the name Psychopompos, this Greek messenger god conducted souls to the underworld

DJ $1,600 2018 Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods; he was the Greek equivalent

a Centaur 9x $644 avg DJ:9

DJ $200 1995 One of these creatures had 4 horses' hooves & 2 human arms

DJ $600 1987 When the son of a cloud mated with the mares of Thessaly, these creatures resulted

DJ $1,200 2010 A man/horse is this, of course, of course; Hercules shot one with a poisoned arrow

the Sun 9x $344 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $200 1997 In Slavic myth, Svarozic, the god of fire, is the brother of Dazhbog, god of this heavenly body

J $500 1991 The Egyptians believed Nuit gave birth to it every morning

J $100 1986 Heavenly body most associated with Ra & Apollo

Cupid 9x 11.1% stumper $389 avg J:2 DJ:7

J $100 1986 He's usually shown in art as a naked, winged infant, often blindfolded, carrying a bow & arrow

J $600 2020 This god of love fell in love with the mortal Psyche, of whom his mom Venus was jealous

DJ $200 1989 At the end of their story, Psyche & this cute Roman love god lived happily ever after

the Argo 9x $475 avg J:4 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2001 It's the name of the ship on which Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece

J $500 2001 The first 3 ports of call of this ship were Lemnos, Samothrace & Cyzicus

DJ $1,000 1989 Its mast was from the forest of Dodona where the trees were endowed with the power of prediction

a cyclops 9x $322 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $200 2015 Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, one of these one-eyed giants

J $1,000 2006 This creature whose name means "round eye" may be inspired by workers with concentric circle forehead tattoos

J $300 1991 One of these creatures had his eye on the nymph Galatea

Vulcan 8x 12.5% stumper $962 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $400 1995 Originally, this Roman fire god was the god of volcanic fire

J $500 1990 Though he was quite unattractive, this Roman blacksmith married Venus

J $1,000 2011 This blacksmith was lame--physically, not mythically--the only physically imperfect major Roman god

Orpheus 8x 25.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:7

DJ $400 2021 This supreme musician was the son of a muse, & I'm no lyre

DJ $600 2001 It's said that his singing & lyre-playing "drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek"

J $1,000 DD 2018 This son of Apollo & Calliope could enchant gods, people, animals & even trees with the sound of his lyre

Orion 8x $500 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 1998 Good heavens! This mighty hunter was slain by Artemis in a fit of jealousy

DJ $600 1986 Son of Poseidon who hunts in the night sky

J $1,000 2020 At his death, this great hunter was changed into a constellation

Mercury 8x 12.5% stumper $638 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 1987 His winged foot appears between the "Good" & the "Year" in the company logo

J $600 2011 It's a planet, an element, a brand of car & a Roman god

DJ $2,000 2015 The Romans equated this god with the Norse god Wotan; both lent their names to the same day of the week

Juno 8x 25.0% stumper $512 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 2011 She's Jupiter's sister! his wife! his sister! his wife! she's Jupiter's sister & his wife

J $500 1996 This wife of Jupiter was considered the queen of heaven

DJ $1,600 2015 According to Ovid, this jealous goddess turned the nymph Callisto into a bear for being Jupiter's lover

Hades 8x $471 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2012 It's where the goddess Persephone spends a third of the year away from home

DJ $600 1995 Tartarus was a dark region far beneath this abode of the dead

FJ 2017 With depths of up to 30,000 feet, ocean trenches make up a zone named for this brother of Poseidon & his domain

Ares 8x $575 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $200 2013 Battle ready god:RS

DJ $600 1998 This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months

DJ $1,600 2009 Some myths say that Aphrodite's affair with this Greek god of war produced Eros & brothers Phobos & Deimos

Adonis 8x 25.0% stumper $1,450 avg J:1 DJ:7

DJ $400 2008 A very handsome young man is sometimes called this, after the handsome youth loved by Aphrodite

DJ $600 1990 The name of this young man beloved by Aphrodite has become a synonym for a handsome youth

DJ $1,200 2021 An avid hunter, this handsome youth was killed by a wild boar

the Titans 8x $550 avg J:4 DJ:4

DJ $200 2000 The Olympians came to rule after these earlier gods were banished to Tartarus

J $500 DD 1995 Zeus' parents, Cronus & Rhea, were among this early group of gods

DJ $1,000 1995 It's the group name given to the 12 children of Uranus & Gaea

the Sirens 8x 12.5% stumper $362 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1984 Long before Vanity 6, their songs drive men wild

J $500 1997 In early Greek art, these singing water nymphs had the bodies of birds & the faces of beautiful women

DJ $200 2001 To get a few good men to chow down on, they lured sailors to their shores with their music

Should-Know (66)

Venus 7x $314 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $100 1991 Appropriately, Miss America 1944 had the same name as this Roman goddess of love & beauty

DJ $800 2007 In a Botticelli painting, Zephyrus, the West Wind, is blowing this full-figured newborn to shore

J $100 1989 In a 1988 TV movie Vanna White played this goddess of love

Styx 7x $457 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $200 1991 The name of this netherworld river is Greek for "hateful"

J $500 2001 The Greek gods swore their most solemn oaths in the name of this river of Hades

DJ $1,000 1987 River "sailed" by Charon, or the rock group who sang "Come Sail Away"

Quetzalcoatl 7x 14.3% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:6

J $400 2005 Here's your "Q": This Mesoam. god created a tornado that wiped out man, except for those he changed into monkeys

DJ $800 2009 Toltec Indians:QTZLCTL

DJ $1,000 1988 Aztecs credited this "feathered serpent" with inventing the calendar

Pygmalion 7x $957 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $500 1991 This king of Cyprus fell in love with a statuesque beauty: a statue named Galatea

J $1,000 2010 Him & Galatea

DJ $800 1989 Paphos was the son of this sculptor & his statue-come-to-life wife

Icarus 7x $517 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1996 After losing his wings, he washed up on an island known thereafter as Icaria

J $500 1996 He was the son of Daedalus & Naucrate, one of Minos' slaves

FJ 2024 Ovid says he "toppled, beating wild with naked arms the unsustaining air... shrieking for succour from his sire"

Antigone 7x 60.0% stumper $1,600 avg DJ:5 FJ:2

DJ $600 1989 This Sophocles heroine was walled up in a cave as punishment for burying her brother's body

DJ $1,000 1991 For a time Creon thought that both Ismene & this sister were guilty of burying Polynices

FJ 2023 The name of this woman, the product of an incestuous union, means "against birth"

the satyrs 7x $686 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $400 1993 These creatures, part goat, part man, were famous for chasing wood nymphs

DJ $800 1987 Hoofed & horned attendants of Dionysus

DJ $1,200 2016 What a life! These creatures with goats' horns, hooves & tails spent their time drinking & chasing nymphs

a unicorn 7x 14.3% stumper $614 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $200 1994 Pliny said this mythical beast had "a single black horn... standing out in the middle of its forehead"

DJ $2,000 2009 If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer

DJ $200 1989 The Chinese call it a "ch'i-lin", the French a "licorne" & the Germans "einhorn"

the moon 7x 28.6% stumper $371 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $200 1996 As a goddess of this heavenly body, Artemis was sometimes called Phoebe

DJ $500 DD 1987 Soma was god, Isis & Artemis goddesses of this in Indian, Egyptian & Greek mythology respectively

DJ $1,000 1998 The Chinese goddess Ch'ang-O was turned into a toad, & her shadow may be seen on this heavenly body

Troy 6x $440 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 2001 The priest Laocoon was dead set against letting a large wooden horse into this city

J $600 2010 The wooden statue Palladium kept this city safe until Odysseus & Diomedes took it

FJ 1986 Though it's said he fathered 50 sons, Priam was the last king of this city-state

the Gorgons 6x $400 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1995 These sisters had wings & claws but were more famous for their reptilian tresses

DJ $600 1991 Ceto, a goddess of the sea, was the mother of these three frightful sisters

FJ 2019 In Homer there's only one of these, from the Greek for "terrible"; later they became 3 scary sisters

the Golden Fleece 6x $375 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:2

DJ $200 1989 Jason assembled the Argonauts to help him fetch this item

DJ $600 1996 This object sought by Jason hung in a sacred grove, guarded by a dragon

FJ 2023 Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object

Scylla 6x 33.3% stumper $1,250 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1996 This sea monster with 6 dogs' heads lived "strait" across from Charybdis, another man-eating monster

J $600 2004 This 6-headed sea monster who ate sailors lived in a cave opposite the whirlpool Charybdis

DJ $1,000 1986 Jason & his Argonauts had to sail between the whirlpool Charybdis & this 6-headed monster

Psyche 6x 50.0% stumper $667 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1989 According to Reader's Digest, psychology was named for this Greek goddess who personified the soul

J $500 1988 Because Venus was jealous, this lover of Cupid had to go through many trials before they were united

DJ $1,000 DD 2018 Cupid's lover, she loses Cupid for a time after disobeying his request to not seek his identity

Pele 6x 40.0% stumper $920 avg DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $600 2001 She's the Hawaiian goddess who lives in the crater of Kilauea

DJ $1,000 1995 In Polynesian mythology, this Hawaiian volcano goddess is the daughter of a nature goddess named Haumea

FJ 2000 Retired since 1977, he said, "All I can say is I'm glad I never had to go up against Mia Hamm"

Pandora's box 6x $600 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $200 2000 Traditionally, this container that held all the world's evil was a jar or vase

DJ $600 1994 After all the evils of the world escaped from this container, only Hope remained

DJ $400 1991 Something that produces many unforeseen troubles is often compared to this container

Nike 6x 40.0% stumper $540 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2025 This shoe company named for a Greek goddess is valued at... $100 billion? You have gotta be kidding!

DJ $600 1984 Goddess of victory, now name of major athletic shoe company

DJ $1,200 DD 1995 She was the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Victoria

Minerva 6x 33.3% stumper $967 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 2009 Roman:MNRV

J $500 DD 1997 She was Athena's Roman counterpart

DJ $1,600 2023 Athena's Roman equivalent, this goddess had a shrine on the Aventine that was a meeting place for writers & actors

Eurydice 6x 16.7% stumper $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $500 1989 Sadly, she died of a snakebite soon after she married Orpheus

DJ $1,000 1996 Orpheus nearly saved her from the underworld, but he looked back & lost her forever

DJ $1,000 1995 While she was fleeing Aristaeus, this wife of Orpheus was bitten by a snake & died

Echo 6x 16.7% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $200 1989 She loved Narcissus She loved Narcissus

DJ $1,200 2019 This nymph was punished by Hera to only repeat what she heard

J $300 2001 Rejected by Narcissus, she faded away until all that was left was a voice, a voice

Dionysus 6x $850 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 2007 This Greek god of wine gave Midas his "golden touch"

J $500 1995 The Maenads were frenzied followers of this God of wine & vegetation

DJ $1,200 2024 In one tale this partyin' god gets his boy Hephaestus drunk & has him agree to free Hera from a chair

Diana 6x $917 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1993 Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt & she's the Roman goddess of the hunt

J $500 1994 Camilla & this Roman goddess of the hunt got along famously, unlike the British women who bear their names today

DJ $1,000 1990 The Romans worshipped this huntress in a grove south of Rome

Daedalus 6x $560 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1990 He designed the labyrinth at Minos & was later imprisoned there with his son Icarus

DJ $800 2015 This father of Icarus was hired to construct the Labyrinth & was then held prisoner

DJ $1,000 1994 Since he couldn't escape from King Minos' prison by land or sea, he devised a way to do it by air

Castor & Pollux 6x 16.7% stumper $833 avg J:1 DJ:5

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DJ $800 2025 Stronger than dirt, this great warrior eventually went mad & killed himself

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J $200 1987 Thor Heyerdahl named the 2 papyrus boats in which he sailed the Atlantic for this Egyptian god

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DJ $400 2019 In Greek mythology, the Epigoni were the sons of Greek chieftains known as the "Seven Against" this

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J $200 2018 Nessiteras rhombopteryx has been suggested as a scientific name for this Scottish creature

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J $800 2023 Song titles applying to the plight of this Corinth king: "Like A Rolling Stone" & "Running Up That Hill" (& back down again, forever)

DJ $1,000 1998 King of Ephrya who was the first rock & roll star

J $800 2016 In the Homeric description, "the pitiless stone would come thundering down again" every time he pushed it up

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J $200 2006 This Spring Hill, Tennessee car company runs rings around the competition with its Ion & Sky models

DJ $600 1997 This Roman god of sowing & harvesting had a planet named for him

DJ $400 1986 God who reigned over Rome's "golden age" and now "runs rings" around the sun

Pecos Bill 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1997 This Texas legend was raised by coyotes after falling out of the family wagon

J $500 DD 1989 Legend says he staked out New Mexico, fenced in Arizona & dug the Rio Grande

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Jason 5x $620 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1998 His uncle Pelias promised him the throne of Thessaly if he could retrieve the Golden Fleece

DJ $600 1995 When this Argonaut leader betrayed Medea, she murdered their children

J $1,000 2003 In Greek mythology, Medea falls for this man & helps him steal the Golden Fleece

Ireland 5x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 2002 Celtic myth tells us the Tuatha De Danann often live underground in this country

DJ $600 1993 Cu Chulainn, a hero of this country's Ulster Cycle, is sometimes compared to Achilles

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J $500 1989 A priestess of Aphrodite, or a kind of sandwich

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flora 5x 20.0% stumper $260 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1996 The plants of a particular region are called this, after the Roman goddess of flowers

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J $200 1987 She, not Fauna, was the Roman goddess of flowering plants

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J $300 1996 The sister of Orestes, mourning became her

J $1,200 DD 2004 Psychologist Carl Jung named a complex after this Greek woman famous for her attachment to Agamemnon

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DJ $500 DD 1997 She's best remembered for being turned into a spider

J $1,000 2004 After a weaving contest, Athena turned this maiden into a spider so that she'd spend the rest of her life spinning

J $500 1997 She & Athena had a weaving contest

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DJ $400 1995 Geoffrey of Monmouth called this queen Guanhumara

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J $400 1997 After Zeus mated with Leda, disguised as this bird, Castor & Pollux were born in an egg

DJ $1,000 1989 Castor & Pollux were mothered by Leda & fathered by Jupiter in this disguise

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DJ $800 2021 Arachne was changed into this type of animal, the origin of the name of its zoological class

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DJ $600 1990 Born from the blood of Uranus, they punish those who escape punishment

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DJ $200 1991 In Norse mythology Fenrir is a huge one these lupine animals

J $800 2012 In Norse mythology's great final battle, Fenrir, a giant one of these animals, is destined to swallow Odin

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DJ $800 1993 In her sanctuary in the Forum, she was not represented by a statue but by a flame tended by virgin priestesses

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DJ $800 1988 6 virgins attended to the sacred flame of this Roman goddess

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DJ $400 1990 In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the hand somest youth & she was the fairest maiden

J $800 2010 Pyramus & her

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DJ $400 1991 We assume that Themis, a consort of Zeus, was destined to the mother of this trio

DJ $600 1994 These 3 goddesses who control human destinies are also called the Moirai

DJ $400 1986 Term for the 3 goddesses who, in Greek mythology, controlled the destiny of every man

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J $100 1995 A shepherd named Faustulus found this pair being suckled by a she-wolf

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J $200 1997 They were the twin founders of Rome

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DJ $800 1988 Pegasus, the winged horse, was born from the neck of the Medusa after this man cut off her head

DJ $1,600 2015 Athena gave this Gorgon slayer a shield to use as a mirror when confronting Medusa

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DJ $1,000 1996 After her abduction by Hades, she became the goddess of the underworld

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J $100 1985 In Roman myth he was originally god of just water, not the sea

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Gaia 4x $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2021 The Earth personified as a goddess; Hesiod says she was the first to emerge from the void of chaos

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J $1,000 2013 Earth mother:G

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J $100 1996 Part goat & part lion, the Chimera breathed out this

DJ $600 1994 In Norse myth Niflheim is a land of ice & Muspellsheim is a land of this

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J $600 2025 Built by Hephaestus, Talos was a bronze robotlike figure who guarded this largest Greek isle

J $1,000 2008 Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur

DJ $600 1993 A bronze giant named Talos guarded this island of King Minos

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DJ $800 2019 The dark void before creation (basically a huge mess) was called this 5-letter word

DJ $1,000 1995 It was the formless abyss that existed before the world was created; now it's a synonym for total anarchy

DJ $1,000 1995 According to Hesiod, it was from this void that all things arose

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J $300 1996 In the 1960s & 1970s, she won 20 Wimbledon titles: 6 singles, 10 doubles & 4 mixed doubles

J $800 2008 In 1963 she appeared in her first Wimbledon singles title match under her maiden name, Moffitt

DJ $300 1984 In 1971, became first woman athlete to win over $100,000 in a year

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J $100 2000 He's the slugger seen here

FJ 2013 A bio from 1974, 26 years after his death, quotes him: "I swing big... I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can"

J $100 1991 Hey, we knew he could hit, but in the 1923 season this Yankee drew a record 170 walks

Atlantis 4x $725 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1984 Mythical lost island said to lie at the bottom of the Atlantic

DJ $1,000 1987 The legend of this lost land is related in Plato's "Timaeus"

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DJ $1,000 1986 Name of this creature w/lion's head, goat's body & dragon's tail has come to mean anything fantastic

DJ $1,600 2020 Seen here is an Etruscan sculpture of this creature with the head of a lion, a goat's head on its back & the tail of a serpent

DJ $1,600 2019 The Greek word for "she-goat" gave us this part-goat creature whose name also means "a hybrid"

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J $400 1991 In some accounts, these goat-men are the sons of Hermes & a naiad

J $500 1984 A hoofed & horned beast, or an oversexed male

DJ $1,200 2009 The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature

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DJ $200 1991 "To cut" this "knot" means to solve a difficult problem in an easy, decisive way

DJ $600 1985 According to legend, whoever could untie it would become Lord of Asia

FJ 1987 The father of King Midas was famous for this, which he used to connect his ox cart's pole & yoke

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J $200 2016 After suffering a mortal wound in his final battle, he's taken to the mythic isle of Avalon

FJ 2003 He's been written about by Aneirin in "The Gododdin" around 600 A.D. & by Fay Sampson in the "Daughter of Tintagel" series

J $100 1997 When Sir Kay needed a sword, this young man, his foster brother, fetched him the sword in the stone

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Yogi Berra 3 the Vestal Virgins 3 the roc 3 the labyrinth 3 the Flying Dutchman 3 the Argonauts 3 Terpsichore 3 Pyramus 3 Priam 3 Pollux 3 Paul Bunyan 3 nymphs 3 nectar 3 Mount Olympus 3 Maui 3 Lancelot 3 John Henry 3 Hippolyta 3 Hephaestus 3 Ganymede 3 Galatea 3 Eros 3 Dido 3 death 3 Ceres 3 Calypso 3 Bacchanalia 3 astronomy 3 Asgard 3 Andromeda 3 an eye 3 a mermaid 3 a bull 3 Valkyries 3 the Trojan War 3 snakes 3 golden apples 3 cornucopia 3 caduceus 3 a snake 3 a lion 3 Zephyr 2 Wotan (Odin) 2 wind 2 William Tell 2 wax 2 Vince Lombardi 2 Uther Pendragon 2 Ty Cobb 2 Tristan 2 Thursday 2 Theseus 2 the Nile 2 the Hesperides 2 the Earth 2 the Book of the Dead 2 the Aztec 2 the ankh 2 Tantalus 2 Tantalize 2 swans 2 stars 2 Sagittarius 2 Rocky Marciano 2 Robin Hood 2 rice 2 rainbow 2 Queen Mab 2 Pythias 2 Pluto 2 Phaedra 2 Peeping Tom 2 panic 2 panacea 2 Nolan Ryan 2 Nemesis 2 Morpheus 2 Merlin 2 mercurial 2 Menelaus 2 Memphis 2 Leda 2 Leander 2 Jupiter 2 Jove's cloves 2 Johnny Appleseed 2 Joe Montana 2 Jesse Owens 2 Jack Nicklaus 2 Ishtar 2 Iris 2 Hypnos 2 Horus' choruses 2 Horus 2 horses 2 Heliopolis 2 Helen's melons 2 Hel's bells 2 heart 2 griffins 2 Gold 2 Gemini 2 eyes 2 Excalibur 2 Eos 2 Egypt 2 egg 2 dragons 2 Dawn 2 Cronus 2 China 2 Charybdis 2 Charon 2 Cassiopeia 2 Casey Jones 2 Capricorn 2 Camelot 2 Bobby Jones 2 Bill Russell 2 banshees 2 Balder 2 Athens 2 Argus 2 Anubis 2 amber 2 Aeolus 2 Adam 2 a tree 2 a scarab 2 a harpy 2 a griffin 2 a goat 2 a crocodile 2 a cow 2 Ulysses 2 Sweaty yeti 2 the Aegean Sea 2 the peacock 2 the flute 2 the golden apple 2 Roland 2

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