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Mythology: a quiz

It has been said that a myth is merely a religion that no-one believes in any longer. If any of these questions strike you as not falling into the category of myth, then my apologies are offered. However, that seems unlikely to me!

  • Question of

    Which goddess was the Greek equivalent of Juno?

    • Aphrodite
    • Hera
    • Eris
    • Demeter
  • Question of

    The days of the week from Tuesday to Friday takes their names from which mythology?

    • Greek
    • Roman
    • Egyptian
    • Norse
  • Question of

    Which of these Shakespeare plays was set during the Trojan War?

    • Julius Caesar
    • Cymbeline
    • Troilus and Cressida
    • Timon of Athens
  • Question of

    Who fell into the sea because he could not keep control of the chariot of the sun?

    • Phaethon
    • Helios
    • Icarus
    • Daedalus
  • Question of

    Who was the wife of Osiris?

    • Astarte
    • Bast
    • Isis
    • Amunet
  • Question of

    Helios, Sol and Re were all gods of what?

    • The Sun
    • The Moon
    • The Underworld
    • Spring
  • Question of

    A statue in Piccadilly Circus, London, is named after which Greek god?

    • Apollo
    • Eros
    • Ares
    • Hades
  • Question of

    According to Virgil, Aeneas was thefounder of which city?

    • Athens
    • Carthage
    • Rome
    • Paris
  • Question of

    Who pined away for Narcissus until only her voice was left?

    • Electra
    • Pandora
    • Penelope
    • Echo
  • Question of

    In Norse myth, where did slain warriors go?

    • Nirvana
    • Valhalla
    • Yggdrasil
    • Ragnarok

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    • Piccadilly Circus is at one end of Shaftesbury Avenue, and the statue is a memorial to Lord Shaftesbury, the 19th century reformer who did much to make the lives of working-class children bearable. Although the statue purports to be Eros, it is actually modelled on an image of his brother, Anteros, who had a different role in the Greek Pantheon. The symbolism is quite complicated!

      • That’s disturbing to me and I hope I’m just mind-in-the-gutter but I really can’t put another read on it. I mean, even Ganymede would be an improvement…