Final Cards

Question 1

Gaea

Answer 1

of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation

Question 2

Uranus

Answer 2

was the primal Greek god personifying the sky.

Question 3

Cronus

Answer 3

was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans

Question 4

Rhea

Answer 4

Titaness daughter of the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia,

Question 5

Oceanus

Answer 5

as the Titan god or Protogenos (primeval deity) of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s fresh-water:

Question 6

Iapetus

Answer 6

was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.

Question 7

Zeus

Answer 7

King of Gods

Question 8

Hera

Answer 8

Wife to Zeus

Question 9

Demeter

Answer 9

Mother to Persephone

Question 10

Hestia

Answer 10

is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity

Question 11

Poseidon

Answer 11

God of sea

Question 12

Hades

Answer 12

god of underworld

Question 13

Ares

Answer 13

God of War

Question 14

Hephaestus

Answer 14

God of black smiths

Question 15

Athena

Answer 15

Goddess of Wisdom

Question 16

Apollo

Answer 16

God of Sun

Question 17

Artemis

Answer 17

Goddess of Moon

Question 18

Hermes

Answer 18

Messenger God

Question 19

Aphrodite

Answer 19

Goddess of Love

Question 20

Prometheus

Answer 20

is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of humanity.

Question 21

Typhoeus

Answer 21

The last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, he was known as the “Father of All Monsters”; his wife Echidna was likewise the “Mother of All Monsters.”

Question 22

Persephone

Answer 22

Daughter to Demeter

Question 23

Pytho

Answer 23

always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle,

Question 24

Electra

Answer 24

was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Question 25

Cassandra

Answer 25

was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy.

Question 26

Agenor

Answer 26

history a Phoenician king of Tyre

Question 27

Europa

Answer 27

Phoenician woman of high lineage, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken.[1] The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story

Question 28

Cadmus

Answer 28

a Phoenician prince

Question 29

Harmonia

Answer 29

is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia,

Question 30

Semele

Answer 30

daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother[1] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths.

Question 31

Laios

Answer 31

a divine hero and key personage in the Theban founding myth. Son of Labdacus, he was raised by the regent Lycus after the death of his father.

Question 32

Oedipus

Answer 32

was a mythical Greek king of Thebes

Question 33

Jocasta

Answer 33

a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius, wife and mother of Oedipus by Laius,

Question 34

Eteocles

Answer 34

was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia

Question 35

Polyneices

Answer 35

was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea.

Question 36

Antigone

Answer 36

is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

Question 37

Amphiaraos

Answer 37

was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, and husband of Eriphyle.

Question 38

Eriphyle

Answer 38

daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the raid that initiated the mythic tale of the Seven Against Thebes, though she knew he would die.

Question 39

Alcmaeon

Answer 39

was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. As one of the Epigoni, he was a leader of the Argives who attacked Thebes, taking the city in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died while attempting the same thing.

Question 40

Cecrops

Answer 40

was a mythical king of Athens who is said to have reigned for fifty-six years.

Question 41

Theseus

Answer 41

founder-king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Poseidon,

Question 42

Augeus

Answer 42

was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts.

Question 43

Ariadne

Answer 43

was the daughter of Minos king of Crete,[1] and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan