JigsawGreek Mythology Quiz: Questions and Answers
A free Greek mythology quiz with answers for kids and adults, with easy and hard levels: trivia questions on the Greek gods like Zeus, Athena and Poseidon, heroes like Hercules and Achilles, monsters like Medusa and the Minotaur, and the places of the myths on the map.
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About this quiz
Each round of this Greek mythology quiz has ten questions. In some, a place of the myths appears in a photo or is marked on the map, from Mount Olympus and Delphi to Troy and the palace of Knossos, and you pick its name from four; the others are trivia questions about the Greek gods and heroes, the monsters they fought and the stories behind words we still use, like panic, echo and atlas.
After every answer you see a short fact and, for the places, a photo from our puzzles of Greece: the Parthenon, the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, Delphi, the Lion Gate of Mycenae, Knossos and more. Tap it to play the same place as a jigsaw puzzle.
It is a free quiz for anyone: the Easy level suits kids and students reading the Greek myths at school (KS2 in the UK, 5th grade in Russia), while All is a real test for adults, with the questions and answers to read through after each round. Play on your own, against a friend with the challenge link, or in class on a big screen.
Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). The photos are credited under each picture and on their puzzle pages.
Greek Gods List with Their Powers and Roman Names
The twelve great gods of Mount Olympus, with Hades, and the best-known heroes of the Greek myths. The Romans took over the Greek gods under their own names, shown in brackets. Tap a name to play the puzzle of a place linked with it.
Greek gods and their Roman names
- Zeus (Jupiter) · king of the gods, god of the sky and thunder
- Hera (Juno) · queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and the family
- Poseidon (Neptune) · god of the sea, earthquakes and horses
- Hades (Pluto) · god of the underworld and the dead
- Athena (Minerva) · goddess of wisdom, crafts and just war
- Apollo (Apollo) · god of the sun, music, poetry and prophecy
- Artemis (Diana) · goddess of the hunt, the moon and wild animals
- Aphrodite (Venus) · goddess of love and beauty
- Ares (Mars) · god of war
- Hephaestus (Vulcan) · god of fire and metalworking, the smith of the gods
- Hermes (Mercury) · messenger of the gods, god of travellers and traders
- Demeter (Ceres) · goddess of the harvest and the seasons
- Dionysus (Bacchus) · god of wine, festivals and the theatre
Famous Greek heroes
- Heracles (Hercules) · the strongest of all, who did twelve labours
- Perseus · killed Medusa and, in the myth, founded Mycenae
- Theseus · killed the Minotaur in the Labyrinth on Crete
- Achilles · the greatest Greek warrior at Troy, weak only in his heel
- Odysseus (Ulysses) · thought up the wooden horse and sailed ten years to get home
- Jason · sailed with the Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece
Greek Mythology Quiz Questions and Answers
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Who was the king of the Greek gods, who threw thunderbolts?
Answer: Zeus. Zeus ruled the gods from Mount Olympus as god of the sky and thunder; the Romans called him Jupiter.
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Which god ruled the sea and carried a trident?
Answer: Poseidon. Poseidon, Zeus’s brother, also made earthquakes and gave people the horse; the Romans called him Neptune.
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Who ruled the underworld, the land of the dead?
Answer: Hades. Hades took Persephone as his queen; while she spends part of each year with him below, her mother Demeter grieves and the earth has winter.
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Which goddess gave her name to Athens?
Answer: Athena. Athena won Athens by giving it the olive tree, beating Poseidon’s salt-water spring; the Parthenon on the Acropolis was built for her in 447–432 BC.
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What came out when Pandora opened the jar she was told never to open?
Answer: All the evils of the world. Sickness, toil and sorrow flew out, and only hope stayed inside; it was a jar in the Greek story, and became a “box” through a later mistranslation.
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Where could Achilles be wounded?
Answer: In his heel. His mother Thetis dipped him in the river Styx holding him by the heel, and Paris killed him at Troy with an arrow there; we still speak of an “Achilles heel” and the Achilles tendon.
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How did the Greeks finally get inside Troy?
Answer: Hidden in a wooden horse. Odysseus had the idea: soldiers hid in a huge wooden horse left as a “gift”, and the Trojans pulled it into their city themselves.
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What was the Minotaur?
Answer: Half man, half bull. King Minos kept it in the Labyrinth on Crete and fed it young Athenians, until Theseus killed it and found his way out with the thread given to him by Ariadne.
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Who could turn people to stone with one look?
Answer: Medusa. The hero Perseus cut off her head while looking at her only in his polished shield, and the winged horse Pegasus sprang from her neck.
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Who flew too close to the sun on wings of feathers and wax?
Answer: Icarus. His father Daedalus made the wings to escape from Crete and warned him not to fly too high; the wax melted and Icarus fell into the sea.