Verbose Question mode gives you a chance to challenge your memory and recollection of names and events in Greek Mythology. A question is posed, and the answer usually is a specific person, place, or thing. Type in a few letters of a correct answer and a suggestion answer button should appear. Press it to score the question correctly. The game will follow with some back story and an illustration.
For example, Who retrieved the Apples of the Hesperides?
Answers: Heracles, Atlas
The eleventh labor tasked Heracles with retrieving the golden apples of the Hesperides, nymphs who guarded the sacred tree in a garden at the edge of the world. The apples were a wedding gift from Gaia (the Earth) to Hera, and they were watched over by a fearsome dragon named Ladon. However, Heracles didn’t know where to find the garden, so he sought out the sea god Nereus, wrestling him into submission to extract the information.
Once he knew the location, Heracles made his way to the garden. However, instead of fighting Ladon directly, Heracles encountered the Titan Atlas, who had been condemned to hold up the sky. With some quick thinking, Heracles offered to take Atlas’s burden temporarily if Atlas would retrieve the apples for him. Atlas agreed and, once free of his burden, easily got the apples. However, Atlas then tried to trick Heracles into holding up the sky permanently. Heracles cleverly asked Atlas to take the sky back for just a moment while he adjusted his cloak. When Atlas did, Heracles quickly grabbed the apples and left.
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