In ancient Greek religion, the spirit of the Achelous River was venerated as what type of deity?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. A river god
- Step 1: In ancient times its spirit was venerated as the river god Achelous. Answer: A river god. Why not the others: "A sea nymph" refers to the Nereids such as Thetis who lived in the ocean depths; "A wind titan" refers to the Anemoi including Boreas and Zephyrus; "A fire daemon" refers to subterranean mythical entities associated with Hephaestus.
Practise more Gorges, Caves and Coastal Landmarks.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Greek General Knowledge mock tests.
More Gorges, Caves and Coastal Landmarks questions
- In southeastern Thessaly, Mount Pelion forms a hook-like coastal peninsula between the Aegean Sea and which gulf?
- On a mountain sacred to Dionysus, Apollo and the Muses, which site was called the navel of the world?
- It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since which year?
- Stretching from the Albanian border, which mountain range enters Macedonia and northern Greece down to the Peloponnese?
- The Samariá Gorge is a National Park of Greece since 1962 on the island of Crete – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's…
- Flowing from the Pindus mountains to the Aegean Sea, through which plain does the river empty near Stomio?