Unravel the Mysteries of Greek Mythology
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Who is the wife of Orpheus?

  • Proserpina
  • Eurydice (correct)
  • Ceres
  • Persephone

    • Who descended into the Underworld to capture Cerberus?

  • Hercules (correct)
  • Sisyphus
  • Odysseus
  • Ixion

    • Who was the onetime king in Thessaly who was crucified on a burning, spinning wheel in the Underworld?

  • Sisyphus
  • Ixion (correct)
  • Rhadamanthys
  • Tantalus

    • What is the name of the birdless, joyless lake that marked the entrance to the Underworld?

    <p>Lake Avernus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the River of Forgetting, by whose waters spirits would forget all the events of their life on Earth?

    <p>Lethe (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the Messenger of the Gods, who leads the spirits of the dead to Charon the Ferryman on their journey into the Underworld?

    <p>Mercurius (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the onetime king of Crete, who is the 3rd and final judge in the Underworld and judges the spirits of the great heroes?

    <p>Minos (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the son of Sleep and god of Dreams, who brings visions and messages to people while sleeping?

    <p>Morpheus (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the 3 Fates?

    <p>Three old women who spun, measured, and cut the Golden Thread that measures everyone's lifespan. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the 3 Furies do in the Underworld?

    <p>Tormented evildoers, shrieking and clawing at their tortured spirits. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Acheron?

    <p>The River of pain and woe, the 1st boundary between the lands of the living and the dead. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was Aeneas?

    <p>The Trojan hero who fled burning Troy and once descended into the Underworld. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the Asphodel Fields?

    <p>Regular, commonplace fields in the Underworld where regular people went after death. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Cerberus?

    <p>The guardian of the Underworld. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is Charon?

    <p>The grim ferryman who carried the dead across the river Styx. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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