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This funtastic quiz will help illustrate how "creative" people were back during the Greek era and how the 2016 election is not the only ridiculous event that has gone on in history before! Homer Simpson fans are welcome!!! :)

And You Think The 2016 Election Is Nuts!!!

In Hesiod's Theogony, the goddess Gaia and her Titan son Ouranos give birth to many children together, all of whom hate their father Ouranos. Kronos, the one who hates him the most, does what out of hatred to his father?

According to Hesiod's Theogony, how exactly was the Goddess Aphrodite, goddess of sexual desire, born?

In Hesiod's Works and Days, Zeus is described cursing mankind from Titan Prometheus' actions of stealing fire to give to humanity. What ultimate punishment does Zeus place on mankind as a result of Prometheus' actions?

How does the author "Homer" contextualize the world of The Odyssey for the reader in his epic?

Which of these events illustrate a time in the Odyssey when temptation led to disaster for Odysseus and his crew?

Which of the following characteristics does not fit the description of the main hero of The Odyssey, Odysseus?

Ancient Greek Philosopher Lucretius' De Rerum Natura was originally geared towards explaining what concept to a Roman audience?

Ancient Greek Philosopher Heraclitus theorized that what was the fundamental principal of the universe?

Ancient Greek Philosopher Anaxagoras helped make what ground-breaking concept possible with his research?

In Homer's Iliad, who was Helen of Troy married to before she was taken away to Ilium, thus causing the Trojan War to commence?

In Homer's Iliad, what Greek gods were on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War?

In Homer's Iliad, what Greek gods were on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War?

According to Homer's Iliad, Trojan King Priam's son, Paris, is ultimately the man who defeats/kills the Greek hero, Achilles. True or False?

According to Homer's Iliad, how is Achilles, the great Greek soldier and hero, ultimately defeated and killed?

In Aeschylus' Agamemnon, why does Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, kill her husband, along with the aid of her lover, Aegisthus, upon Agamemnon's arrival home?

You're someone who likely does not know about all of the events occurring in the world. Perhaps it is better that way!!!

Unaware Citizen

You're someone who clearly knows a little something about Greek history! You must strive to know about what is usually going on at the time!!!

Typical News-Watcher

You're way smarter than the average Joe, perhaps you should be spending more of your time goofing off and less on knowing everything!!!

All-Seeing Eye

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