The answers to these questions about Ancient Greece may be found by clicking on the link below each one. You could write the answers down when you find them or you could try a spot of multi-tasking by clicking here and copying these questions into a word processor and typing in the answers as you find them. Good luck!

1.  How did Apollodorus describe the monster Cerberus?

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/cerberus.html

2.  Click on the link and do the "Container Quiz". What was a kylix used for?

http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/GREECE/cntnrgme.html

3.  Who was the king of "The Olympians" and who were his parents?

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html

4. What was the ancient Olympic sporting event called the pankration?

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/pankration.html

5.  Where does the word "alphabet" come from?

http://www.parkerpen.co.uk/history/greek.html

6.  Explore the statue of Athena in the Parthenon. What materials was it made from?

http://www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/whact/U3/U3main.htm

7.  Look at the sculptures in the Acropolis Museum. What is "the Moschophoros"?

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21101m/e211am01.html

8.  Which creature is Heracles pictured fighting on this jar in the British Museum?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/allsouls/bm/room4.html

9.  View the "cyclorama". What could be seen in the Temple of Zeus?

http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/pama/ztempjp.htm

10. Read the newspaper article. How did Heracles die?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/40903026a/heracles/hercdeth.htm


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