🧠 Greek Mythology Quiz

Zeus's thunderbolts were forged by the Cyclopes, who gave them to him as a reward for freeing them from Tartarus during the Titanomachy.

According to myth, wherever Pegasus struck his hoof on the ground, a spring of water would burst forth — the most famous being the Hippocrene spring on Mount Helicon.

The Nemean Lion's hide was said to be impervious to weapons, so Heracles had to strangle it with his bare hands — he then wore its skin as armour for the rest of his labours.

As punishment for stealing fire, Zeus had Prometheus chained to a rock where an eagle would eat his liver every day — only for it to regenerate overnight, making his torment eternal.

Perseus gained the upper hand over the Graeae by snatching their shared eye as they passed it between them, refusing to return it until they revealed the location of the nymphs who held the equipment he needed for his quest.

Charon required payment for his services — the ancient Greeks would place a coin (an obol) in the mouth or on the eyes of the deceased to ensure they could pay the ferryman.

According to the myth, while Demeter searched for Persephone, she neglected the earth entirely, causing crops to wither and die — Zeus eventually had to intervene and negotiate Persephone's partial return to prevent humanity from starving.

The Giants born from Uranus's blood would later wage a great war against the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy, which the gods only won with the help of the mortal hero Heracles.

Homer describes moly as having a black root and a white flower, and scholars have long debated whether it corresponds to a real plant — one popular candidate is the snowdrop, which contains compounds that can counteract certain toxins.

After the Argo passed through, the Symplegades were said to have become fixed in place forever, as it had been prophesied they would stop moving once a ship successfully navigated them.