Here are the greats of ancient Greece—gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters—as freshly described in words as if they were alive today. Test your knowledge with our Herculean Greek Mythology Book Quiz.
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The Herculean Greek Mythology Book Quiz
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#1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood is a retelling of which Greek myth?
Unlucky! Published in 2005, it is a retelling of Odysseus
#2. Theseus slayed the Minotaur on which Greek island?
Unlucky! The half man, half bull Minotaur was slain on Crete
#3. Published in 2013, who wrote Galatea, a reimagining of the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion?
Unlucky! It was written by Madeline Miller
#4. Of the Olympian Gods, Hermes was the God of ….?
Unlucky! Hermes was the God of Commerce, Thieves, Travellers and Messengers
#5. The Iliad by Homer was written when?
Unlucky! It was written in the 8th Century B.C
#6. Published around 440BC, who wrote the play Antigone?
Unlucky! It was written by Sophocles
#7. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis is a reworking of which tale?
Unlucky! It is a retelling of Cupid and Psyche
#8. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, there were the twelve children of Uranus and Gaia, which of these were one of them?
Unlucky! Phoebe was one of the six daughters of Uranus and Gaia
#9. Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus is the third play in the trilogy referred to as ….
Unlucky! The trilogy is Oedipodea
#10. Which war features in the Iliad by Homer?
Unlucky! It was the Trojan War
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