Famous Duos and Pairs of Mythology - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
King of the Olympian gods	Zeus	100%
Main Greek hero of the Troyan war who was nearly unwoundable except for where his mother held him. His woundable body part became a metaphorical weak point.	Achilles	94%
His sister and wife he cheated on with countless others	Hera	89%
Norse trickster god, shape-shifter, responsible for the death of Baldr, often antagonist of 1, symbolizes chaos	Loki	83%
Norse god of thunder and strength. Wields a might hammer only he can lift. Straightforward protector, symbolizes order	Thor	83%
King of the Greek underworld with the same name	Hades	78%
Son of 1, flew to close to the sun out of hybris and crashed into the sea	Icarus	78%
Bull-headed monster, demanded a yearly tribute of seven young men and women, slain by 1	Minotaur	78%
Twin of the above, slain by the above	Remus	78%
One of the twins raised by a she-wolf, later slew his brother to name city after him	Romulus	78%
Brother of 1, killed by 1, offered livestock to god	Abel	72%
Twin of 2, son of Zeus and Leto, god of the sun, music and prophecy. Sometimes considered the slayer of Achilles.	Apollo	72%
Son of Adam and Eve, slayed 2 because god favored him	Cain	72%
His three headed dog, guardian of the underworld	Cerberus	72%
Egyptian mother goddess and loving wife of 2, reassembled his body when he was cut into pieces	Isis	72%
Egyptian god and husband of 1, often portrayed as a mummy cause his reincarnated body is stitched together, ruler of the underworld	Osiris	72%
Winged horse which was flown by 1 and later served the Olympians	Pegasus	72%
Hinduistic god, renewer and destroyer, symbolized conciousness with a third eye	Shiva	72%
Twin of 1, daughter of Zeus and Leto, godess of the moon, hunting and young women.	Artemis	67%
A massive whirlpool on the opposite side of the strait, became a metaphorical twin danger of which Humans had to chose the lesser evil, between a rock and a hard placev for Greeks	Charybdis	67%
Shepherd and well known slinger, slew the one below. Name is synonymous with winning underdog today	David	67%
Six-headed snake monster who attacks seafarers, twin danger with 2 which guard the strait of Messina. Attacks Odysseus men when he chose to sail closer here rather than risking 2	Scylla	67%
Twin of 2, son of Leda but with different father to 2. Son of Tyndareus, Got killed in a fight. One half of the zodiac sign Gemini	Castor	61%
Builder who constructed the Minoan labyrinth to contain the Minotaur and flew away with his son 2 on self made waxen wings.	Daedalus	61%
Tall muscle man of ill intend, all feared him, yet he was slain by a mere shepherd	Goliath	61%
Twin by different father to 1. Son of Zeus. After his twin gets killed he is heartbroken and ask Zeus to let him be mortal, which is granted. They are placed as two stars in the sky, Gemini	Pollux	61%
Son of Aegeus and Hero who volunteered as a tribute to 2. Minos daughter Ariadne gave him a ball of thread to help him find his way back out after slaying 2	Theseus	56%
Son of Apollo, Musician and Poet that impressed even the gods. Travels to Hades to get back 2 but is forbidden to look back at her. Turns around and 2 vanishes again to the underworld	Orpheus	50%
Son of the ruler of the underworld, falcon god, ruler of the gods and law	Horus	44%
Prophet ordered by god to Niniveh, his ship sunk and he got eaten by the one below	Jonah	44%
His cousin and lover who posed as 1 in his armour, got slain by Hector. 1 went on a rampage after learning of his death	Patroclus	44%
Lover of 1, is bitten by a snake and goes to Hades. 1 is granted permission to take her back after impressing Hades but a look at her is her undoing	Eurydice	39%
Twin city of 1, both are filled with greed, immorality and violence and are therefore destroyed by God/Jehovah	Gomorrah	39%
Hometown of biblical Lot which god warns about the impending destruction of 1	Sodom	39%
The above lived inside him after he ate him	Whale	39%
Main character of the epic story named after him, King of Uruk	Gilgamesch	33%
Second-born twin son of Isaac and Rebecca, traded a bowl of stew for the inheritence right of 1 when 1 came form a hunt, decieved their father to recieve a blessing meant for 1. Ancestor of the Israelites	Jacob	33%
Evil Egyptian god, killer of his brother, opponent of 2, personification of a jakal, lord of chaos	Seth	33%
First-born twin son of Isaac and Rebecca, skilled hunter, betrayed by 2, tried to harm 2 but later forgave him. Ancestor of the Edomites	Esau	22%
Corinthian Hero who slew the Chimera and tried to fly up Mount Olympus on 2. Zeus sent a gadfly which stung 2 and thus threw off 1	Bellerophon	17%
Beast-man, semi-god, rival and later friend of the above	Enkidu	17%
Priestess of Aphrodite on the European Hellespont, lighted a candle for her partner, later drowned herself when he died	Hero	17%
Lived on the Asian side of the Hellespont, swam towards the candle of 1. Drowned when a storm blew out the candle and he got lost at sea	Leander	17%
Goddess of energy, feminine, wife of 1	Partavi	6%

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