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What mistake landed Odysseus in hot water (or at least, stormy waters)?
The correct answer is "He revealed his real name to the Cyclops."
Who punishes mortals for hubris?
The correct answer is "Nemesis"
Who got killed while joyriding in his Dad's car?
The correct answer is "Phaethon"
How did Agammemnon show hubris in Aeschylus' play about him?
The correct answer is "He accepted the red carpet treatment given by his wife."
Why was Sisyphus punished in the Underworld by having to roll a boulder up a hill that always rolled back down?
The correct answer is "He kept weaseling his way out of the Underworld."
What was the hubris of Achilles?
The correct answer is "He mistreated the corpse of Hector."
Who offended Aphrodite by declaring he wanted nothing to do with love or sex?
The correct answer is "Hippolytus"
Who bridged the Hellespont, the narrow strait of water between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea?
The correct answer is "Xerxes"
Who killed Orion the Hunter?
The correct answer is "B or C, depending on who's telling the story."
How did Pentheus earn himself a painful death?
The correct answer is "He threw Dionysos in jail and tried to stop his cult."