Gods And Goddesses

Question 0

Apollo

Answer 0

Ruler of: God of the sun
Nickname: God of light and reason
Symbol: lyre, sun
Weapon: golden chariot, bow and arrow, harp

Question 1

Aphrodite

Answer 1

Ruler of: Goddess of Love
Roman name: Venus
Symbol:

Question 2

Artemis

Answer 2

Ruler of: the moon, the hunt
Nickname: the Huntress
Symbol: she-bear, deer
Weapon: silver chariot, bow and arrow

Question 3

Athena

Answer 3

Ruler of: wisdom
Nickname: grey-eyed goddess
Symbol: owl
Weapon: the Aegis (shield of Zeus)

Question 4

Demeter

Answer 4

Ruler of: the harvest
Nickname: Goddess of the Harvest, Earth Mother
Symbol: sheaf of grain, poppy, ear of corn
Weapon: immortality, scepter

Question 5

Hephaestus

Answer 5

Ruler of: the Forge (blacksmith)
Nickname: The Friendly God, The Lame God
Symbol: Quail
Weapon: hammer and anvil

Question 6

Hera

Answer 6

Ruler of: marriage
Nickname: jealous protector of marriage
Symbol: cow, peacock, lion
Weapon: can inflict madness

Question 7

Hermes

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Ruler of: commerce/ banks
Nickname: Messenger of the gods
Symbol: stick, crane
Weapon: Winged-helmet and sandals

Question 8

Hestia

Answer 8

Ruler of: Home
Nickname: Goddess of the Hearth
Symbol: Hearth, lamp, fire
Weapon: powerful protecting ability

Question 9

Poseidon

Answer 9

Ruler of: Seas and Waters
Nickname: the Earthshaker
Symbol: horse, dolphin
Weapon: Trident

Question 10

Zeus

Answer 10

Ruler of: all the gods
Nickname: The Thunderer, Lord of Sky/ Cloud
Symbol: eagle
Weapon: lightning bolt, thunder

Question 11

Aeolus

Answer 11

Ruler of: the winds
Nickname: Hippotades
Symbol: jar,open bag,harp
Weapon: wind

Question 12

Alcinous and Arete

Answer 12

Ruler of: King of Phaiacians (Arête was his wife and Queen)
Nickname: none
Symbol: none
Weapon: none

Question 13

Callisto

Answer 13

Ruler of:

Question 14

Calypso

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Beautiful goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years: home is the island of Olgygia

Question 15

Charybdis

Answer 15

Mythological whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. Together with Scylla, one of the twin perils faced by Odysseus

Question 16

Cronus and Rea

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Cronus: youngest of the 12 Titans; master of time, married his sister Rea; Parents of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus

Question 17

Cyclops

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Member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in they middle of their forehead

Question 18

Lotus eaters

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Showed no harm, anyone who eats a lotus blossom falls asleep and has no desire to go back home or do anything.

Question 19

Polyphemus

Answer 19

Cyclops who captured and almost devoured Odysseus. Prevailed upon his father Poseidon to delay the hero’s return home.

Question 20

Scylla

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A beautiful maiden transformed into a monster, sometimes described as having 6 dog’s heads on long necks. Menaced Odysseus when he passed her lair off the coast of Sicily.

Question 21

Titans

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Sons of Earth, older than the Gods of Olympus. Zeus’s father, Cronus, was a Titan.

Question 22

Important places

Answer 22

Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Cicones, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Numidia, Olympus, Troy