Mythology trivia
  • gabriel knightgabriel knight
    Okay.This works like any other trivia game except the questions are all about mythology.

    Lets start with an easy one.From where has the proverb "Achilles heel" come from.
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Damn, I can't remember the name of the parable or fable or whatever you call it.

    Although I do know basically what it's based on. Pretty much, Achilles' mother dipped him a river that made him invulnerable on every part of his body that was dipped (The river Styx?), the problem is, his mother dipped him by his heel and didn't bother to dip him again and get his heel. Later when he was grown and was in a battle, an archer shot his heel and killed him. That's why your weakness is always your Achilles Heel.
  • gabriel knightgabriel knight
    Correct you are.

    Go ahead
  • gabriel knightgabriel knight
    Correct you are.

    Go ahead
  • T DogT Dog
    In one variant of the story Achilles was not dipped into the river Styx, he was burned everywhere but his heel.
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    TDog, I'm not sure which variant and
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    TDog, I'm not sure which variant and what story you speak of, but in The Iliad, it is very clear that Achilles is wounded in the "Achilles Heel" with an arrow shot by Paris and guided by Apollo, and so he died.
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Ah, I've been gone for a while. Here have a question.

    Name every god or stellar object that a day is named after.

    Of course I only mean on a common calendar.
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    The Greeks named the days of the week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.
    Sunday -- Sun's day
    Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
    Old English sunnand
  • A.J.A.J.
    wow i never knew that man how long did it take you type that gid?

    that was really useful info thnx!! :thumbsup:
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Hmmm...That's correct, and a bit of it I didn't know, I wasn't sure if Friday was Freyer or Freya, they are a dual god after all.

    EDIT

    Oh yeah, your turn Gid.
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Ok
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    :2bored:
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Aries is the first sign of the zodiac(the Ram) and astrologers believe that Aries is ruled by the planet Mars, which is named for the Roman god of war, who is named for the Greek god of war, Ares.

    Pisces is the twelfth sign of the zodiac(the fishes) and astrologers believe that Pisces is ruled by the planets Jupiter and Neptune who were named for Roman Gods.
  • SusanBSusanB
    Great Googley Moogley WB, you never cease to amaze me in your collection of smut!!!
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Evil Hercules! Bad Hercules! *Smack*

    Killing a poor innocent little lion. :nono:
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Not a lot, KFH.
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Yep, October 26.

    Secretive, curious, fascinating personality :2silly: , outstanding leadership. Yep, that sounds about right.
  • T DogT Dog
    Ok, So what is the next question?

    Since it's Easter, does anyone know the name of the pagan deity which this holiday is based?

    No, it is NOT Peter Rabbit :D
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    TDog, you must answer before you can ask.
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Ok
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Ok, here is my two-cents worth:

    Leo "The Lion".
    Around 240 B.C., Leo was robbed of his splendid tail.
  • SusanBSusanB
    Geeez Lucifer, don't you know anything!!??
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    [quote]Geeez Lucifer, don't you know anything!!??
  • Dan E StaffDan E Staff
    [b][i] Duh' what da ya meeen Loo?!! I iz samrt is da nexst guye.

    Yes, a bit more of
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Luc, you probably missed a few things out, but i suppose i'll let you get away with it just this once
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Hey, I win! I win! YAY!!!!!!!!!

    Ok, here we go with another round:

    Who is described as `The Dioscuri'?


    Good luck! :thumbsup:
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Hhhmmmmm - that would be Nicolas Cage and his on screen brother (Alessandro Nivola) in the film 'Face Off'.

    Castor and Pollox (Troy)
  • SusanBSusanB
    No, it is not!!
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    As much as I would LOVE to tell the two of you to battle it out over "ownership" of the correct answer :2devilish: , Gideon DID answered first. Probably cheated, much like the other underhanded things his Avatar Consultancy has been known for!
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Due to my gentlemanly and altruistic nature i shall act in accordance with the un-pc civility of days gone by:

    Ladies first

    The floor is yours mistress Speedie


    (moi, cheat? I'm as honest as a senator i'll have you know!)

    ;)
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Ladies first[/b]

    :0
  • SusanBSusanB
    Man, that statement is enought to get all the Lezbo's and man-haters of the world in a tizzy![/b]


    Good thing I am too fat to fit into a tizzy!!
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Ok lets have a little look at some Roman / Greek mythology comparisons. I
  • T DogT Dog
    :idea:

    Anybody read 'Incarnations of immortality' series by Sci Fi/Fabtasy author Piers Anthony?

    Brings back memories...anyhow

    Hermes- Mercury
    Aphrodite (my personal fave)- Venus
    Gaia- Earth? not too sure on that one :D
    Ares- Mars
    Zeus- Jupiter
    Chronos- Saturn
    Uranus- Uranus?
    Poseidon- Neptune
    Hades- Pluto
    Dionysus- Bacchus
    Apollo- Apollo
    Hera- Juno
    Demeter- Vesta? Not Sure
    Athena- Minerva
    Artemis- Diana
    Heracles- Hercules

    That's as many as I can remember


    :thumbsup:
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    All present and correct T-Dog.....

    The floor is yours
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    I've read those! They're my third favorite series of books. :thumbsup:
  • T DogT Dog
    Within this constellation, is a group of stars similar in alignment to the postions of the 3 Great Pyramids of Egypt.

    What is the name of this constellation, the astronomical term attributed to this alignment, and the name of the Egyptian mythological figure associated with this constellation?
  • A.J.A.J.
    hmm that guy that is in the sky with arrow man i forgot his name ill edit when i get his name..... ???
  • LolaNicolinaLolaNicolina
    Do you mean Orion AJ?

    Isn't Demeter the Earth goddess? In which case Ceres should be her counterpart (I think!). Vesta is the hearth and home goddess.
  • A.J.A.J.
    yeah thats what i think it is yeah Lola your right am i right?
  • T DogT Dog
    Orion is the name of the constellation, but you still need the term applied to the group of stars aligned in manner to the pyramids, and the Egyptian deity.

    By the way AJ, I like your avatar- is that your pet dog?
  • LolaNicolinaLolaNicolina
    [b]
    Constellation = Orion (Egyptian = Sahu; Syrian = Al Jabbar; Chaldean = Tammuz)
    Egytian Deity = Osiris (Sahu means Spirit of Osiris)
    Location= Memphite Necropolis at Giza (Great Pyramids)
    Pyramids relating to stars:
    Khufu = Zeta
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    Well, my personal thoughts on the subject are that intelligent humans were put on this planet by extra-terrestial beings, the Egyptians being the first of them, and this god that they call Osiris is probably what they think of the "ETs" as, therefore there is probably Extra-terrestial life somewhere in Orion's Belt.

    (Heh, I sounds like some old conspiracy theorist or something) :0
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    (He writes sarcastically) Remember when this thread was about Mythology?............
  • A.J.A.J.
    Yep t-dog that is my little jack russel :thumbsup:
  • Kentucky_Fried_HippieKentucky_Fried_Hippie
    It's still kinda about mythology, my comment was referrring to something that had to do with mythology, but sorry if it was too out of place.
  • T DogT Dog
    Whatever the context, 'Orions belt' is the correct term, and Osiris is the Egyptian deity.

    I don't know about the alien stuff

    CORRECT ANSWER

    Next question is yours, Lola :thumbsup:

    PS: I have not read 'The Orion Mystery' But I am familiar with Robert Bauval and his collaboritve works with Graham Hanc0ck, Fingerprints of the Gods is another great read:)
  • LolaNicolinaLolaNicolina
    Thanks TDog!
    Okay, here's an easy one! According to Norse legend who were the three children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda?
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hel.
  • LolaNicolinaLolaNicolina
    [b]Blimey WB - You could have waited till someone got it wrong and given me the opportunity to wallow in smug mode for a while!!!
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Like our heroine, I choose to go with an easy one:

  • T DogT Dog
    I think the judgement of Paris was a showdown between Athena and Aphrodite, both of which wanting his golden apple. Athena offered him wisdom in exchange for the apple, Aphrodite offered Helen of Troy. He chose Helen because she was the most bodacious babe in all of Greece- but I think she was married or something/betrothed to someone else- The Trojan war was the end result.

    Or maybe I got his name mixed up with someone else?
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    You're on the right track T-Dog, but you don't have all the players yet.
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    It is said that, when Thetis married Peleus, Jupiter invited all the gods to a feast with the exception of Eris, (known as Strife). When, later, she suddenly arrived and was not admitted to the banquet, to make mischief she tossed an apple from the doorway into the middle, declaring that whoever was most beautiful should pick it up.

    Juno, Venus and Minerva each began to claim to be the best looking, and when a bitter quarrel erupted between them, Jupiter ordered Mercury to take them to Alexander Paris on Mount Ida and to tell him to be the judge.

    Juno promised Paris dominion over all lands and greater riches than all men if he favoured her; Minerva, that he would henceforth be braver than all and master of every artifice if she were to depart victorious; Venus however promised to arrange for him to marry the most beautiful of all women, Helen, daughter of Tyndareus.

    Paris preferred the final offer to the earlier ones and declared Venus to be the most beautiful; as a result, Juno and Minerva became enemies of the Trojans.

    Urged on by Venus, Alexander seduced Helen away from Sparta and Menelaos, his host, to Troy and married her; with her came two servants, the former queens Aethra and Thisadie whom Castor and Pollux had awarded to her when they were taken prisoner.
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    You just had to complicate it with Roman names, Dintcha?

    Anyway, you are correct.
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    I was feeling extra brainy today. LOL

    Here is our next bit-o-trivia:

    The god of the sea is often pictured with a beard and holding a trident. Although married, he had numerous love affairs. He and the Gorgon Medusa are the parents of who?

    Good luck!
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Chrysaor and Pegasus.
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Geeze......looks like you're on a roll too wb. Good job!
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    OK, this one has two parts:

    1)
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    [quote]1)
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Sorry.
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Ok, this one ought to be fairly easy:

    What remained at the bottom of Pandora's box?

    Good luck!
  • Theve1tchTheve1tch
    The base. :2devilish:
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Pandora's box - ooer missus
  • Edit
    The answer is hope, it is the only thing that remained in the box!~!~!
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Could it have been Hope perchance?[/b]

    Looks to me like a valid answer, so that means that Gid is a
    WINNER!!!
    :thumbsup:
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    OK
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Was it by any chance Sinon?
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    A nice try, but no cigar Luc!!
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    I'm after a dude that was actually inside the horse with the soldiers.[/b]

    Uh......Charleton Heston as Ben Hur?
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Odysseus, Menelaus, Neoptolemus, and a bunch of their tired Greek friends were in that horse.
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    That
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Thank you Gideon.
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Wasn't he stranded on an island belonging to the nymph Calypso, due to a "Great Quake" or earthquakes as a result of blinding the Cyclops?
  • Theve1tchTheve1tch
    Odysseus took ten years to get home, during which he had to face such dangers as the man-eating giant Polyphemus and such subtler threats as the goddess Calypso, who offers him immortality if he will abandon his quest for home,in the end he is reunited with his son, his wife, and his aged father, after going on a ###### masacre of the sutiors who had been living of his wife during his absence.
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    No need to get snippy, thev1tch.
  • Theve1tchTheve1tch
    Me snippy?!?!?!?!?! Never :D
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    The floor is open to the first taker. Fire away anyone. :thumbsup:[/b]

    Well, I don't mind if I do.
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Aius Locutius, or Loquens, or Big daddy Lo-Lo (to his bitches) :D
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Aius Locutius, or Loquens, or Big daddy Lo-Lo (to his bitches) :D[/b]

    [b]"
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Who is mother of Kishar and ruler of salt waters?
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Tiamat (Mother Goddess)

    Poseidon was the ruler of ALL waters, wasn't he?
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Different mythologies, different dieties(at least, different names).
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Why thank you wb. Ok, this next question should prove fairly easy:

    Which daughter of Oceanus wept tears of amber?


    Good Luck!
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Was it Electra?

    :P
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Was it Electra?[/b]

    You nailed that one right on the head!
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Cheers Bud
  • Edit
    I think it was either Syrnix or Pitys but im not sure!~!~! :2silly:
  • Steve F STAFFSteve F STAFF
    Pitys was the answer i was looking for, so the floor is all yours
  • Edit
    okay this one shouldn't be hard!

    who stood in a river amazd by his own reflection?
  • T DogT Dog
    I think it was King Midas
  • Edit
    sorry nope try agian!~!~!
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    Fabio?
  • Edit
    sorry it took me so long but YES that is the answer the fll\oor is yours!~!~!
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    YAY!!

    Ok, here we go again:

    He was the god of volcanos

    Should be simple enough.......good luck!
  • dzdandcunfsddzdandcunfsd
    Ok Lu we've got as follows.....take your pick :D


    Hephaestos
  • Wade_VC STAFFWade_VC STAFF
    [quote]Hephaestos
  • dzdandcunfsddzdandcunfsd
    BTW~ I thought "Dr. Spock" was a Vulcan?[/b]

    heh....yeah that's the one thing the Trekkie writers neglected to mention, that good 'ol dr. spock was also the voyager's very own volcano god
  • Jerry M STAFFJerry M STAFF
    Dr. Spock wrote books about raising children, I think you're meaning Mr. Spock........
  • SusanBSusanB
    Uuhhh.......Parthenopaeus... (makes me think of "menopause"!!
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