Greek Mythology Museum

Of Greek Mythology

During the transport to the new museum, there was a severe mix up.

Please help to reorganize the items with your knowledge about Greek Mythology.

What realm does the head god Zeus rule over?

Sky

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Human and Horse

Human and Bull

Human and Wolf

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What species was Medusa?

Nymph

Harpy

Gorgon

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Delphi

Athens

Sparta

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Which deity was responsible for granting fire to humanity?

Zeus

Gaia

Prometheus

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The Oracle of Delphi was famously featured in many myths and tales and usually served the role of giving the hero direction

While Zeus rules over the sky and Olympus, other gods rule over their own respective realms

The Minotaur of Crete lived in his labyrinth and was offered human sacrifices until he was slain by Theseus

Medusa was a Gorgon, famous for her petrifying gaze. She was killed by Perseus, who used his reflective shield to view and decapitate her

Prometheus was a titan that not only created the humans with Athena's help, but also brought them fire, for which he was punished by Zeus

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You seem to know enough to help us out

Well done!

Next, we will look at our collection about Heracles. Hopefully you can remember or find the facts somewhere.

Did Heracles eventually kill the Hydra by choking it to death?

Yes

No

The Labors of Heracles

He trapped it with a pitfall

He chased it until it was tired

The Labors of Heracles

He used a river

He build new stables

The Labors of Heracles

Metallic beaks and feathers

The Labors of Heracles

What made the Mares of Diomedes special?

They ate humans

They could fly without wings

The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of Heracles

We're halfway there. Next we have to identify some of our statues

Try to use your knowledge and common sense to categorize these statues of the Greek Pantheon

Which statue shows the goddess of wisdom and war Athena?

Which of these statues show the god of the Underworld? What was his name again?

Amazing! This takes cares of these statues

Apollo had a vast amount of realms to rule over, Truth being just one of them. Other examples are Light, Music and Healing.

Hades was the god of Erebus, the Greek Underworld, and also ruled over the shades or souls of the dead.

Hermes used his winged Boots to deliver important messages between gods and also occasionally to mortals

The god of war and often called the least liked child of Zeus.

Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war and also gave Athens its name as the patron deity. She was born by bursting out of Zeus' head in full regalia

Careful not to break anything!
Please start over

Now we only need to complete the section about the Trojan War

IIt might be a good idea to find some kind of summary about the Illiad or an encyclopedia in order to do this, unless you feel confident without one of course.

Achilles

Menelaus

Odysseus

Agamemnon

Who fired the arrow that killed Achilles?

Priam

How long did the Trojan War last

5 Years

10 Years

Odysseus came up with the idea to construct a hollow wooden horse as a gift of surrender, but in truth there were several Greeks hidden inside, who caught the sleeping Trojans off guard