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The Ultimate List #1
Mythology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greek, killed Hector | ACHILLES |
| Greek, married to Clytemnestra, sacrificed daughter, Iphigenia | AGAMEMNON |
| god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, light; associated with Hyperion | APOLLO |
| sent by Juno to watch Io; Hermes put him to sleep; has 100 eyes; the source of Juno's symbol (the peacock) | ARGUS |
| created by Charles Perrault; had seven wives and told them not to open a certain locked door in his house- if they did, they would die (6 of them did) | BLUEBEARD |
| Valkyrie, servant of Odin, loved Siegrfied | BRUNNHILDE |
| fairy tale created by Charles Perrault | CINDERELLA |
| sat under a sword held by a single hair | DAMOCLES |
| 2 really, really, really, loyal friends | DAMON AND PYTHIAS |
| queen of Carthage | DIDO |
| daughter of Agamemnon, helped her brother Orestes kill their mother | ELECTRA |
| ROMAN half-man half-goat creatures | FAWNS |
| hideous female monsters who pursued evildoers | FURIES |
| goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans and Cyclops | GAEA |
| rode naked through the streets of Coventry | LADY GODIVA |
| 3 goddesses of lovliness and charm | GRACES |
| prince of Troy, bravest Trojan warrior, killed by Achilles | HECTOR |
| Trojan priest who warned the Trojans not to accept the horse | LAOCOON |
| mortal who was raped by Zeus, who was in the form of a swan | LEDA |
| god of sleep and dreams | MORPHEUS |
| Greek goddess of vengeance | NEMESIS |
| female spirits who lived in forests, bodies of water, and other places outdoors | NYMPHS |
| ruler of Norse gods, god of wisdom, poetry, farming, and war | ODIN |
| gave fire to man, was chained to a rock with eagles gnawing at his liver as punishment | PROMETHEUS |
| god who served Poseidon and could change his shape at will | PROTEUS |
| father of Zeus, fled from Olympus after Zeus defeated the Titans | SATURN |
| 6 headed monster and whirlpool, respectively | SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS |
| had to roll a rock up a hill forever; when he got it to the top, it would roll right back down and he would have to do it again | SISYPHUS |
| the wind | ZEPHYR |