Mythology quiz: how well do you know the old stories?
Which epic actually tells the Trojan Horse story, and was Pandora's container really a box? Nine questions spanning Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, the North and India.
Myths change as they travel: a storage jar becomes a box, a bridge becomes a rainbow. This quiz has nine questions, and every answer is written down in an ancient text.
Anatolian, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Norse and Indian stories are mixed together. Guessing is allowed.
In which of Homer's epics is the Trojan Horse described?
In the original Greek text, what was the container Pandora opened?
On which island is the labyrinth of the Minotaur set?
In Norse mythology, what is Bifrost?
In a Hittite myth, whose disappearance brings the land's fertility to a halt?
In which script are the known tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh written?
In ancient Egyptian belief, what sits on the other side of the scale when the heart is weighed?
In the Book of Dede Korkut, which one-eyed giant does Basat overcome?
The Bhagavad Gita is part of which great Indian epic?
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