Greek Mythology Flashcards
(20 cards)
Titanomacy
Battle between the gods and titans
Reason for the name “Olympians”
They live in Mount Olympus
Who is Gaia
Mother Earth
What is the underworld called
Tartaus
What does Uranus represent
Heaven
Who represents love
Eros
What does Polytheistic mean
The belief of multiple gods
What is the word for the belief in multiple gods
Polytheistic
What does anthropomorphic mean
Resembling a human
What is the act of spreading or increasing something (In this case a family tree)
Propagation
What does propagation mean
To spread or increase something
Who births Zeus
Rhea and Cronus
Who are the children of Gaia and Uranus
Rhea and Cronus
Who is Uranus’s mother
Gaia
What is common between the god/titan’s marrige
Inbreeding
How does Cronus punish Uranus
Castrates him and emasculates him
What is the word for depriving a person’s power/manhood
Emasculate
What does Uranus do to be punished
Imprisoning his children
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy
That Cronus’s offspring will overthrow hims just like he did to Uranus
How does Zeus attack Cronus
Poisons him causing him to puke up the swallowed children
