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An Ancient Misplacement
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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
What trait do the following names share and which does not belong in this group?
Zeus
Aphrodite
Hades
Odysseus
Hermes
Zeus
Aphrodite
Hades
Odysseus
Hermes
Answer
They are all well known beings in Greek mythology.Odysseus, however, is not one of the gods of Olympus. He is rather the hero of "The Odyssey," a well known story first written by Homer.
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He is, of course, a descendant of Zeus...
gotta admit. It is pretty good. For history, of course.
I am a mythlogy buff
so I knew that one!
really easy!
so I knew that one!
really easy!
that was really easy.
I've recently learned about Greek gods in Social Studies class.
Yes, Omega, indeed he is, but unfortunately, the genes of Zeus didn't swim in Odysseus' gene pool.
Aphrodite is the only female, so that is also a possible answer...
Yes, she is the only female. I didn't notice that at first. Already then, a correction has been sent at 3:38 P.M. CT on 13.Feb.2005.
Easy but interesting.
Long live greak mithology Great teaser spook, keep them coming
Very Nice Teaser Good Job
I thought it was Aphrodite...
the only one not ending with an s...
the only one not ending with an s...
Hades is also a place (The Underworld) as well as a god.
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