Ancient Literature Trivia Questions
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What Homerian war epic is the early Greek play 'The Rhesus' based on?
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iliad
Which Homeric work is satirized by Euripides' satyr play 'The Cyclops', specifically an episode from its book 9?
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odyssey
In which ancient work would you find a reference to the Land of the Lotus-Eaters originating from the 8th or 9th century B.C.?
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odyssey
Which ancient playwright authored about 40 plays, with only 11 surviving intact, including works like 'Clouds' and 'Frogs'?
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aristophanes
Who is the hero of the earliest known epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia?
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gilgamesh
What is the name of the Sumerian king who embarked on a quest for immortality and whose story includes a great flood?
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gilgamesh
Who is the Trojan hero and son of Aphrodite that was the subject of a poem by Virgil?
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aeneas
Whose epic, consisting of 12 tablets, was discovered in the ruins of Nineveh?
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gilgamesh
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