World Book Trivia Quiz For Advanced - 3/25 - Greek Mythology

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Aphrodite was married to the Greek god Hephaestus.

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The god Dionysus gave Midas the power to turn everything he touched into gold, because he had helped Dionysus's teacher Silenus

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There were several groups of minor divinities in Greek mythology. Beautiful lesser goddesses called nymphs guarded various parts of nature.

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Jason led a band of heroes called the Argonauts on a search for the fabulous Golden Fleece, the pure gold wool of a sacred ram.

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Apple of Discord, in Greek mythology, was a gift from Eris, goddess of discord. When Peleus, the king of Phthia in Thessalus, married Thetis, a sea goddess, only Eris, among all the gods and goddesses, was not invited to the wedding feast. Eris was offended and tried to stir up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a golden apple inscribed "To the fairest." Three goddesses—Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite—each claimed the apple, and a quarrel began.

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Achilles was the son of Peleus, the king of Phthia in Thessaly, and Thetis, an immortal sea nymph. Soon after Achilles was born, Thetis dipped him in the River Styx, whose water would make him invulnerable, like a god. However, the immortalizing water did not touch the heel by which Thetis held him. According to some stories, Hector's brother Paris shot an arrow into Achilles's heel, and Achilles died from the wound.

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Athena in Greek mythology, was the goddess of warfare, wisdom, and arts and crafts. She also was the patron goddess of Athens

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Pandora, Play this Pronunciation. «pan DAWR uh», in Greek mythology, was the first woman. Zeus, the king of the gods, ordered Pandora created as a punishment for men. Zeus was angry because men had received fire stolen from the gods by Prometheus (see Prometheus). Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the blacksmith of the gods, to create Pandora. The gods and goddesses then adorned her with many gifts to make her alluring. The name Pandora means all gifts in Greek.

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Argus was a gigantic monster in Greek mythology. He had 100 eyes and was called Panoptes, which means all-seeing.

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Phoenix was a fabled bird in Greek mythology. Only one such bird existed at any time, and it was always male. It had brilliant gold and reddish-purple feathers, and was as large or larger than an eagle.