Greek Quizzes Online & Trivia

1. jaques de molay-friday the 13th of october in 1307 saw the beginning of the official end for the templars. their property was seized, members were arrested and charges were laid (mostly false). the fact is that philippe iv le bel, king of france, with the aid of his avignon puppet pope clement v wanted the templars money and an end to templar power. de molay was nailed to the back of a door in a parody of christs crucifixion. he survived this torture and lived for another 7 years until he was burned at the stake in 1314. at his execution he proclaimed that he would meet both the king and the puppet pope at a higher court within a year. both philippe and clement were dead less than 12 months after this proclamation.

Apollo and Artemis are twins and they represent the sun and the moon.

1. 1-you might think you already know all about hercules (the greeks called him herakles) from watching the disney movie, but if you read this youll see that the greeks told this story very differently!according to the greeks, hercules was the son of a woman named alcmene and the god zeus. he was a great hero, and very strong. even when he was only a few days old, hercules was very strong. the goddess hera was angry, because zeus was her husband and she didnt want him to have children with other women. so she sent two huge snakes to strangle the little baby. but hercules just sat up and grabbed those snakes and strangled them!

Circular

1. false-the first grand lodge was founded in london in 1717 but this was hardly the beginning of masonry. many english-heritage masons wanted this to be seen as true however, but in reality it was only to distance itself from masonrys jacobite roots. it is a known fact that masonic lodges existed as far back as the 15th century and almost certainly as far back as the 14th or even 13th century. the origins however go back even further to a time before the roots had crystalised into a proper corpus. masonry was originally esoteric rather than philanthropic although under the grand lodge, after 1717, it became more of a mens club than a repository for fraternity and occulted wisdom.

700BC-200BC

1. anton szandor lavey-interesting fact about lavey: if you have an album copy of the eagles hotel california have a look at the inside cover. look for a balcony. on the balcony you will see a man holding a devil by a leash. the man holding the leash is anton lavey. no im not paranoid, its really him although unfortunately i cannot find the story behind why and how he got there, though strangely enough the lyrics to hotel california mirror in a very thinly disguised fashion of the early history of the church of satan and the woes of an initiate. not to suggest that the eagles were satan worshippers in any way; i am a great fan but a great sceptic of almost all conspiracy theories. i figure if lavey could have had a verifiable affair with marilyn monroe he may have been able to insinuate himself into other celebrity circles via his magic circle group meetings which were popular within various san francisco society circles for a number of years.

Odysseus disguises himself as a beggar and when he meets Penelope (his actual wife) he weaves a complex story about how he came from Crete, fought in Troy and then later played as a host to Odysseus himself. Penelope has been planning on marrying another suitor because she has given up on the return of Odysseus. When she asks for proof the beggar describes Odysseus down to the clothing he wore, the weapons he carried, and the men he had with him. Thus a complex tale is woven on how the beggar met Odysseus. Penelope is skeptical but she also wants to believe him. She ends up offering the beggar to stay the night.

1. all of these-i believe it began with plato (although many differing opinions prevail) who saw in individuals characteristics being associated with their birthdates and other significant numbers associated with a person. in a much more highly developed form it is an approach to deciphering scripture through the assignment of values to numbers and letters: a way of reading betweeen the lines. cabala is practiced mostly among esoteric jews and also many esoteric christians. many magical societies have dedicated themselves at least in part, to the study and application of cabala.