Memorize these and recognize 38.7% of all Greek Mythology clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeus | 3 | Like father like son—Cronus deposed his father Uranus & this god deposed his father Cronus |
| 2 | Medusa | 3 | Perseus cut off the head of this gorgon & presented it to King Polydectes |
| 3 | Hermes | 3 | Because he was clever & inventive, this speedster with winged sandals was sometimes called the "master thief" |
| 4 | Aphrodite | 3 | In some myths, Eros is the son of this love goddess |
| 5 | Achilles | 3 | In one version Thetis killed 6 of her children in her attempts to make them immortal; this warrior was her seventh |
| 6 | the Minotaur | 2 | A "bull" of a man, he lived in a labyrinth |
| 7 | Poseidon | 2 | Though Rhea was his mother, in one tradition this god was brought up by Capheira, the daughter of Oceanus |
| 8 | Pegasus | 2 | Athena gave Bellerophon a golden bridle for this wild horse |
| 9 | Jason | 2 | He ultimately got "fleeced" by Medea |
| 10 | Daedalus | 2 | Ariadne got the ball of twine that she gave to Theseus from this man before his flight from Crete |
| 11 | Castor & Pollux | 2 | Of the Argonauts seeking the Golden Fleece, these 2 from the same family were from Sparta according to Homer |
| 12 | Athena | 2 | She was the patron goddess & guardian of what is now Greece's capital city |
| 13 | Adonis | 2 | As a baby, this handsome youth was put into the care of Persephone, who later had to share custody |
| 14 | The Styx | 2 | To make her son invulnerable, Achilles' mother bathed all but the famous heel in this river |
| 15 | the centaurs | 2 | The men of Thessaly were such superb horsemen that they may have inspired these horse-men |
| 16 | a snake | 2 | Kind of animal associated with Hygeia, the goddess of health, & Asclepius, the god of medicine |
| 17 | Paris | 2 | Achilles was killed when an arrow shot by this son of King Priam struck his heel |
| 18 | Helen | 2 | Clytemnestra's sister, she was the subject of a famous abduction |
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