Greek Mythology

Question 0

Gaea-

Answer 0

Mother Earth.

Question 1

Chaos

Answer 1

In the beginning there was Chaos from him came Gaea.

Question 2

Eros-

Answer 2

God of love.

Question 3

Nyx-

Answer 3

The night.

Question 4

Tartarus-

Answer 4

Lowest region if the underworld.

Question 5

Uranus-

Answer 5

Father heaven.

Question 6

Hecatonchires-

Answer 6

A giant with 100 arms and 50 heads with incredible strength.

Question 7

Cyclops-

Answer 7

A mythical race of giants with a single eye in the middle of there forehead. They made some of the most well known weapons in Greek mythology such as Zeus’s lightning bolt.

Question 8

The titans-

Answer 8

The titans were a group of 12 gods and goddesses the youngest of them was Cronus who overthrew his father Uranus with the help of his mother Gea.

Question 9

Cronus and Rhea-

Answer 9

Cronus was scared that his kids were going to overthrow him so he ate them all as soon as they were born. Rhea got mad at this and when her 6th child (Zeus) was born she hid him when Cronus asked for the child so he could eat him. Instead she gave him a rock and he ate it not noticing it was a rock. She hid zeus in a cave until he was old enough to fight his father.

Question 10

Zeus-

Answer 10

God of the sky and nature. Leader of the Gods and he was the one who overthrew his father Cronus and made him throw up all his siblings.

Question 11

Hades-

Answer 11

Lord of the underworld. He owns the helmet of invisibility. His wife is Persephone. To get to the underworld when u die u must give a man (Charon) at the gates of hell a coin to get in.

Question 12

Poseidon-

Answer 12

God of the sea. His weapon is a trident. Lives in a palace under the sea. Second to Zeus in power.

Question 13

Hera-

Answer 13

Queen of the Gods.

Question 14

Hestia-

Answer 14

Virgin Goddess of the hearth.

Question 15

Demeter-

Answer 15

Goddess of agriculture and harvest. Bringer of the seasons. Taught mankind the art if agriculture.

Question 16

Persephone-

Answer 16

Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Abducted by Hades and she then became queen of the underworld.

Question 17

Athena-

Answer 17

Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and the arts.

Question 18

Ares-

Answer 18

God of war.

Question 19

Hephaestus-

Answer 19

God of blacksmith. Born deformed. His mother Hera banished him from mount Olympus because she was ashamed if him. To get back at her he built a gold throne for her which made whoever it in it stuck to it. He refused to go help her until they got him drunk and brought him back to Olympus here he lifted the spell.

Question 20

Aphrodite-

Answer 20

Goddess of love. No beauty.

Question 21

Apollo-

Answer 21

God of light, poetry, and healing. Son of Zeus. Rides a flying horse drawn carriage. He is also an oracle.

Question 22

Artemis-

Answer 22

Virgin moon goddess.

Question 23

Hermes-

Answer 23

Messenger of the gods.

Question 24

Prometheus-

Answer 24

Crafted god-like creatures.

Question 25

Epimetheus-

Answer 25

This god was supposed to give every living thing a special trait he lost or gave away the last trait so there was nothing left for the humans.

Question 26

Nymphs-

Answer 26

Female entities that accompany goddesses.