NGE Intro (Mythology, History, Authors)

Who challenged Athena (disguised as an old woman) to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider?

• Atalanta

• Arachne

• Icarus

• Aethra

Who was a famous architect, inventor of the labyrinth and subsequently imprisoned by King Minos?

• Perseus

• Theseus

• Daedalus

• Icarus

Which statements below apply to the heroine of Greek mythology Atalanta?

• She participated in Calydonian Boar Hunt with the Argonauts.

• She promised to marry any man who could outrun her in a footrace.

• She was loved by Meleager and Hippomenes.

• She is the mother of the famous hero Theseus.

Medusa was one of the three Gorgons, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, was killed by the hero ____.

• Theseus

• Perseus

• Herakles

• Achilles

What is the name of the Athenian hero who defeated the Minotaur in the Labyrinth with the help of Ariadne, whom he later abandoned?

• Theseus

• Perseus

• Herakles

• Achilles

Who had a golden touch, said Pan was a better musician than Apollo and got donkey ears as a punishment?

• King Croesus

• King Oenomaus

• King Midas

• King Cecrops

Which of the following authors was NOT a tragedian?

• Aeschylus

• Aristophanes

• Sophocles

• Euripides

Who was never judged lower than 2nd place in dramatic competitions?

• Aeschylus

• Aristophanes

• Euripides

• Sophocles

Who was called “The Father of Tragedy” and produced the Oresteia

trilogy about Agamemnon’s son?

• Sophocles

• Aeschylus

• Euripides

• Aristophanes

Who produced Medea, about the witch married to the Argonaut, Jason, and Hippolytus, on the tragic death of Theseus’ son?

• Euripides

• Sophocles

• Aeschylus

• Aristophanes