Lessons 1-4 Review

Question 1

First king of the gods; swallowed his own children

Answer 1

Cronus

Question 2

wife of Cronos

Answer 2

Rhea

Question 3

son of Cronos and Rhea; saved by Rhea; name means “brightness”; known by the Romans as Jupiter; became king of the gods by defeating Cronos

Answer 3

Zeus

Question 4

giants who aided Cronos in his battle against Zeus; hurled mountains

Answer 4

Titans

Question 5

“round-eye”; giants who made thunder and lightning for Zeus

Answer 5

Cyclops

Question 6

sister of Zeus; queen of the gods; goddess of the clouds

Answer 6

Hera (Juno)

Question 7

brother of Zeus; god of the ocean

Answer 7

Poseidon (Neptune)

Question 8

brother of Zeus; god of the underworld

Answer 8

Hades (Pluto)

Question 9

sister of Zeus; goddess of the grains, fruits, flowers

Answer 9

Demeter (Ceres)

Question 10

sister of Zeus; goddess of fire and the hearth

Answer 10

Hestia (Vesta)

Question 11

river around the underworld; “hateful”

Answer 11

Styx

Question 12

ferryman of the Styx

Answer 12

Charon

Question 13

watchdog of the underworld

Answer 13

Cerberus

Question 14

goddess of the underworld; daughter of Demeter

Answer 14

Persephone (Proserpine)

Question 15

maidens; helpers of Demeter

Answer 15

nymphs

Question 16

son of Zeus; messenger of the gods

Answer 16

Hermes

Question 17

son of Zeus; god of fire; friend of metalworkers

Answer 17

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Question 18

son of Zeus; god of war

Answer 18

Ares (Mars)

Question 19

son of Zeus; twin of Artemis (Diana); god of the sun

Answer 19

Apollo

Question 20

daughter of Zeus; twin of Apollo; goddess of the moon

Answer 20

Artemis (Diana)

Question 21

daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom

Answer 21

Athena (Minerva)

Question 22

goddess of love; most beautiful of the goddesses

Answer 22

Aphrodite (Venus)

Question 23

son of Aphrodite; god of love

Answer 23

Eros (Cupid)

Question 24

brought rainbow; bore messages form heaven

Answer 24

Iris

Question 25

sisters; made mortals gracious and lovable

Answer 25

three Graces

Question 26

sisters; punished and tormented the wicked

Answer 26

three Furies

Question 27

sisters; higher than all the gods and goddesses

Answer 27

three Fates

Question 28

mountain in Greece; home of the gods

Answer 28

Olympus

Question 29

goddess of youth

Answer 29

Hebe

Question 30

nine goddesses of poetry, arts, sciences

Answer 30

Muses

Question 31

demigod, "forethought"; stole fire from the gods and gave it to man

Answer 31

Prometheus

Question 32

sonf of Prometheus; survived the flood

Answer 32

Deucalion

Question 33

wife of Deucalion; survived the flood

Answer 33

Pyrrha

Question 34

mountain where Deucalion's ark landed

Answer 34

Parnassus

Question 35

the Greeks; Greece

Answer 35

Hellenes; Hellas

Question 36

"Cast behind you the bones of your mother!"

Answer 36

Parnassus oracle

Question 37

king of Phoenicia

Answer 37

Agenor

Question 38

Agenor's beautiful daughter

Answer 38

Europa

Question 39

son of Agenor; consulted the Parnassus oracle

Answer 39

Cadmus

Question 40

city founded by Cadmus

Answer 40

Thebes

Question 41

magical musician; built the walls of Thebes with a lyre

Answer 41

Amphion

Question 42

daughter of Venus; given to Cadmus as a wife

Answer 42

Harmony

Question 43

"Building is better than killing."

Answer 43

Cadmus