Mythology Flashcards
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Zeus
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Jupiter, Jove
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hera
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Juno
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Poseidon
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Neptune
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hades
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Pluto, Dis
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Demeter
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Ceres
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hestia
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Vesta
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Ares
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Mars
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hephaestus
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Vulcan
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Apollo
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Apollo
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Artemis
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Diana
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Athena
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Minerva
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Aphrodite
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Venus
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Hermes
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Mercury
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Dionysus
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Bacchus
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Give the Roman counterpart(s) for the Greek god(dess) Persephone
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Proserpina
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Jupiter, Jove
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Zeus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Juno
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Hera
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Neptune
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Poseidon
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Pluto, Dis
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Hades
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Ceres
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Demeter
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Vesta
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Hestia
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Mars
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Ares
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Vulcan
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Hephaestus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Apollo
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Apollo
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Diana
Artemis
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Minerva
Athena
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Venus
Aphrodite
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Mercury
Hermes
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Bacchus
Dionysus
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Give the Greek counterpart for the Roman god(dess) Proserpina
Persephone
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Which god(dess) had the job of King, weather?
Zeus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Queen, marriage?
Hera
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Which god(dess) had the job of Sea, earthquakes, horses?
Poseidon
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Which god(dess) had the job of Underworld, wealth?
Hades
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Which god(dess) had the job of Agriculture?
Demeter
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Which god(dess) had the job of Home fire, hearth?
Hestia
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Which god(dess) had the job of War?
Ares
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Which god(dess) had the job of Blacksmith?
Hephaestus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Sun, prophecy, medicine, music?
Apollo
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Which god(dess) had the job of Hunting, moon?
Artemis
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Which god(dess) had the job of Wisdom, war, handicrafts?
Athena
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Which god(dess) had the job of Love and Beauty?
Aphrodite
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Which god(dess) had the job of Messengers, laughter, thieves?
Hermes
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Which god(dess) had the job of Wine, life giving fluids?
Dionysus
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Which god(dess) had the job of Queen of the Underworld?
Persephone
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What were the job(s) of Zeus?
King, weather
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What were the job(s) of Hera?
Queen, marriage
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What were the job(s) of Poseidon?
Sea, earthquakes, horses
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What were the job(s) of Hades?
Underworld, wealth
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What were the job(s) of Demeter?
Agriculture
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What were the job(s) of Hestia?
Home fire, hearth
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What were the job(s) of Ares?
War
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What were the job(s) of Hephaestus?
Blacksmith
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What were the job(s) of Apollo?
Sun, prophecy, medicine, music
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What were the job(s) of Artemis?
Hunting, moon
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What were the job(s) of Athena?
Wisdom, war, handicrafts
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What were the job(s) of Aphrodite?
Love and Beauty
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What were the job(s) of Hermes?
Messengers, laughter, thieves
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What were the job(s) of Dionysus?
Wine, life giving fluids
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What were the job(s) of Persephone?
Queen of the Underworld
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Whose symbols were the Thunderbolt, eagle?
Zeus
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Whose symbols were the Peacock, Cow?
Hera
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Whose symbols were the Trident, Horse?
Poseidon
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Whose symbols were the Bident, Helmet of Invisibility?
Hades
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Whose symbols were the Stalk of Wheat?
Demeter
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Whose symbols were the Hearth, Fire?
Hestia
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Whose symbols were the Spear, Dog, Vulture?
Ares
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Whose symbols were the Forge, Anvil?
Hephaestus
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Whose symbols were the Sun, Oracle at Delphi, Lyre?
Apollo
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Whose symbols were the Bow/Arrow, Moon?
Artemis
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Whose symbols were the Owl, Olive, Helmet?
Athena
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Whose symbols were the Dove, Rose?
Aphrodite
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Whose symbols were the Caduceus, Winged Sandals?
Hermes
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Whose symbols were the Grape Leaves, Thyrsus (stick with pinecone on top)?
Dionysus
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Whose symbols were the Pomegranate?
Persephone
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What were the symbol(s) of Zeus?
Thunderbolt, eagle
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What were the symbol(s) of Hera?
Peacock, Cow
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What were the symbol(s) of Poseidon?
Trident, Horse
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What were the symbol(s) of Hades?
Bident, Helmet of Invisibility
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What were the symbol(s) of Demeter?
Stalk of Wheat
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What were the symbol(s) of Hestia?
Hearth, Fire
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What were the symbol(s) of Ares?
Spear, Dog, Vulture
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What were the symbol(s) of Hephaestus?
Forge, Anvil
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What were the symbol(s) of Apollo?
Sun, Oracle at Delphi, Lyre
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What were the symbol(s) of Artemis?
Bow/Arrow, Moon
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What were the symbol(s) of Athena?
Owl, Olive, Helmet
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What were the symbol(s) of Aphrodite?
Dove, Rose
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What were the symbol(s) of Hermes?
Caduceus, Winged Sandals
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What were the symbol(s) of Persephone?
Pomegranate
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What were the symbol(s) of Persephone?
Pomegranate
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Who was the mother of Theseus?
Aethra
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Who was the father of Theseus?
Aegeus (Poseidon?)
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Who was the mother of Perseus?
Danae
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Who was the father of Perseus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Heracles?
Alcmene
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Who was the father of Heracles?
Zeus (mortal dad = Amphitryon)
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Who was the mother of Achilles?
Thetis
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Who was the father of Achilles?
Peleus
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Who was the mother of Aeneas?
Aphrodite
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Who was the father of Aeneas?
Anchises
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Who was the mother of Hector?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Hector?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Paris?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Paris?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Cassandra?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Cassandra?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Helenus?
Hecuba
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Who was the father of Helenus?
Priam
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Who was the mother of Agamemnon?
Aerope
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Who was the father of Agamemnon?
Atreus
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Who was the mother of Menelaus?
Aerope
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Who was the father of Menelaus?
Atreus
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Who was the mother of Orestes?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Orestes?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Electra?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Electra?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Iphigenia?
Clytemnestra
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Who was the father of Iphigenia?
Agamemnon
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Who was the mother of Jason?
Alcimide
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Who was the father of Jason?
Aeson
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Who was the mother of Odysseus?
Aniclea
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Who was the father of Odysseus?
Laertes
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Who was the father of Medea?
Aeetes
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Who was the father of Daphne?
Peneius
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Who was the mother of Ariadne?
Pasiphae
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Who was the father of Ariadne?
Minos
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Who was the mother of Phaedra?
Pasiphae
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Who was the father of Phaedra?
Minos
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Who was the mother of Astyanax?
Andromache
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Who was the father of Astyanax?
Hector
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Who was the mother of Ascanius (Iulus)?
Creusa
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Who was the father of Ascanius (Iulus)?
Aeneas
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Who was the mother of Andromeda?
Cassiopeia
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Who was the father of Andromeda?
Cepheus
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Who was the mother of Dionysus?
Semele
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Who was the father of Dionysus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Hermes?
Maia
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Who was the father of Hermes?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Apollo?
Leto
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Who was the father of Apollo?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Artemis?
Leto
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Who was the father of Artemis?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Sarpedon?
Europa
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Who was the father of Sarpedon?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Minos?
Europa
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Who was the father of Minos?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Rhadamanthys?
Europa
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Who was the father of Rhadamanthys?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Aeacus?
Aegina
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Who was the father of Aeacus?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Helen?
Leda
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Who was the father of Helen?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Polydeuces?
Leda
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Who was the father of Polydeuces?
Zeus
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Who was the mother of Castor?
Leda
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Who was the father of Castor?
Tyndareus
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Who was the mother of Clytemnestra?
Leda
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Who was the father of Clytemnestra?
Tyndareus
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Who was the mother of Telemachus?
Penelope
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Who was the father of Telemachus?
Odysseus
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Who does this describe: boasted better weaver than Athena; turned into a spider?
Arachne
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Who does this describe: fastest runner; run faster to marry her; Hippomenes used Golden Apples to beat her; forgot to thank Aphrodite – turned into lions?
Atalanta
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Who does this describe: golden touch; said Pan was a better musician than Apollo – donkey ears – reeds?
Midas
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Who does this describe: flew too close to sun with wings dad (Daedalus) made; Icarian sea?
Icarus
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Who does this describe: tamed Pegasus with a golden bridle; killed Chimaera; tried to fly Pegasus to Olympus?
Bellerophon
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Who does this describe: asked dad (sun god) to drive chariot of sun; couldn’t handle horses, burned earth, etc; lightning bolt?
Phaethon
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Which couple does this describe: repopulated earth with stones thrown over their shoulders?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
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Which couple does this describe: hospitable to Zeus and Hermes dressed as beggars; became priests of Zeus’ temple; died together – became trees (oak and linden)?
Baucis and Philemon
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Which couple does this describe: Romeo and Juliet; talked through crack in wall; met at mulberry bush; he kills himself when he thinks she was eaten by a lion, then she kills herself; mulberries turn red.?
Pyramus and Thisbe
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Which couple does this describe: She is goddess of Dawn, asks Zeus for immortality for Tithonus – forgets to ask for eternal youth – grasshopper.?
Aurora and Tithonus
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Who does this describe: son of Oeneus and Althaea; kills Calydonian Boar; gives Atalanta trophy; uncles mad – fight – he kills uncles; mom kills him by burning the log that had the same life span.?
Meleager
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by being placed on a spinning wheel of fire?
Ixion
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Who was punished in the Undeworld with a bird eating his liver daily?
Tityus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by having to eternally roll a boulder up a hill?
Sisyphus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld with eternal hunger and thirst?
Tantalus
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Who was punished in the Undeworld by having to carry leaky buckets?
Danaids
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List the 9 Muses and their jobs.
1. Calliope (Epic Poetry)
2. Clio (History)
3. Erato (Love Poetry)
4. Euterpe (Music)
5. Melpomene (Tragedy)
6. Polyhymnia (Hymns)
7. Terpsichore (Dance)
8. Thaleia (Comedy)
9. Urania (Astronomy)
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What is another name for the Graces?
Charities
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List the 3 Graces and their jobs.
1. Aglaia (Beauty)
2. Euphrosyne (Mirth)
3. Thalia (Good Cheer)
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Give two other names for the Fates.
Moirae/Parcae
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List the 3 Fates and their jobs.
1. Clotho (spinner)
2. Lachesis (allotter)
3. Atropos (cutter of the thread/inevitable)
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Give two other names for the Furies.
Erinyes/Eumenides
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List the 3 Furies.
1. Alecto
2. Megaera
3. Tisiphone
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List the 5 river of the Underworld and their traits.
1. Styx (hate/ oaths of gods)
2. Lethe (forgetfulness)
3. Plegethon (fire)
4. Cocytus (wailing)
5. Acheron (pain)
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What monster is described here: whirpool
Charybdis
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What monster is described here: part lion, goat, snake
Chimera
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What monster is described here: 3 headed dog
Cerberus
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What monster is described here: Horse’s body/man’s torso, head, arms
Centaur
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What monster is described here: mother of all monsters – half nymph, half snake
Echidna
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What monster is described here: 2 headed dog
Orthus
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What monster is described here: part goat, part man
Satyr
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What monster is described here: six-headed monster
Scylla
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During the Torjan War, who was King of Sparta, husband of Helen
Menelaus
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During the Torjan War, who was King of Mycenae/king of the Greeks; husband of Clytemnestra
Agamemnon
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During the Torjan War, who was the Best fighter of Greeks; son of Pelias and Thetis
Achilles
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During the Torjan War, who was the 2nd greatest fighter of Greeks, vied with Odysseus for Achilles’ armor (lost)
Ajax the Greater
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During the Torjan War, who thought up wooden horse; King of Ithaka, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus; took 10 years to return home from Trojan War.
Odysseus
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During the Torjan War, who was King of Troy; name means “ransomed one”/ originally named Podarces
Priam
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During the Torjan War, who was the wife of Priam; mother of Hector, Priam, Cassandra, Helenus and others
Hecuba
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During the Torjan War, who was the best fighter of Trojans, killed by Achilles
Hector
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During the Torjan War, who was the son of Priam, “stole” Helen, killed Achilles with an arrow (with help of Apollo)
Paris
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Who was the king of the Titans who was overthrown by Zeus?
Cronus
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What was Cronusʼ Latin name?
Saturn
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After he was overthrown, what became of Cronus?
He fled to Italy
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What is the reign of Saturn in Italy called?
The Golden Age
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What was the name of the Titan that encircled the earth?
Oceanus
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Who was the wife of Oceanus?
Tethys
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What Titan was the father of the sun, moon, and dawn?
Hyperion
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Which Titan who presided over memory is, in some versions of the story, the mother of Athena?
Mnemosyne
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What Titan presided over justice?
Themis
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What Titan was the father of Prometheus, Epimetheus,and Atlas?
Iapetus
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Which child of Iapetus stole fire for mankind?
Prometheus
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Which child of Iapetus had Pandora for a wife?
Epimetheus
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Which child of Iapetus was condemned to hold up the heavens on his shoulders?
Atlas
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On what mountain did the gods live?
Mt. Olympus
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Name the twelve Olympians in Greek.
Zeus, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Hephaestus.
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Name the twelve Olympians in Latin.
Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Diana, Apollo, Mars, Venus, Vulcan, Mercury.
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Which of Zeusʼs sisters is not one of the twelve Olympians?
Demeter
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What god of wine is not one of the twelve Olympians?
Dionysus
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What was the aegis?
the breastplate of Zeus (often worn by Athena) on which she placed the Gorgonʼs head
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Which god is sometimes called “Dis”?
Pluto
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What does “Dis” mean?
rich
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Although Apollo is often listed as god of the sun, what child of the Titan Hyperion is more accurately the sun god?
Helios
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Who was the goddess of witchcraft and the dark side of the moon?
Hecate
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Aphrodite is usually listed as the wife of Hephaestus. When she is not, which of the Graces is his wife?
Aglaia
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Name the three Graces and the meaning for each name.
Aglaia (Splendor), Thalia (Good Cheer) and Euphrosyne (Mirth).
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Name the 9 Muses and their fields.
Melpomene - tragedy, Thalia - comedy,Polyhymnia - songs to the gods, Terpsichore - dance, Clio - history, Urania - astronomy, Erato - love poetry, Calliope - epic poetry, and Euterpe - lyric poetry.
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Name the 4 mountains of the Muses.
Helicon, Pierus, Olympus and Parnassus.
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What god presided over underground rivers?
Poseidon
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What sea godʼs name means “Deep Sea”?
Pontus
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What sea god was known as the “Old Man of the Sea”?
Nereus
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What were the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris called?
Nereids
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What kind of nymphs are nereids?
sea nymphs
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What kind of nymphs are Oceanids?
Nymphs of the river Ocean
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What kind of nymphs were dryads (hamadryads)?
tree nymphs
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What kind of nymphs were naiads?
fresh water nymphs (springs and grottos)
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What kind of nymphs were oreads?
mountain nymphs
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What kind of nymphs were the Melias?
ash tree nymphs
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Name the 5 rivers of the underworld.
Acheron - river of woe, Cocytus - river of lamentation, Styx - river of unbreakable oaths, Phlegethon - river of fire, and Lethe - river of forgetfulness.
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Name the ferryman who carries souls across the river Styx
Charon
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Name the three judges of the Underworld.
Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus.
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Who were the godesses in the Underworld who punished unnatural crimes?
the Furies
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What is another name for the Furies?
the Erinyes
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What does “Erinyes” mean?
the “Appeased”.
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Name the 3 Furies.
Tisiphone, Allecto, and Megaera
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There are two gates in the Underworld. Name them.
the gate of ivory and the gate of horn.
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What comes out of the gate of ivory?
false dreams
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What comes out of the gate of horn?
true dreams
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Castor and Pollux also became gods. Whom did they protect?
shipwrecked sailors
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What deities were known as the Dioscuri and the Tyndaridae?
Castor and Pollux
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What is the Greek form of Polluxʼs name?
Polydeuces
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Dioscuri and Tyndaridae are patronymics, that is, they are words that name someoneʼs father. When Castor and Polydeuces are called the Dioscuri, who is the father named?
Zeus
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When Castor and Polydeuces are called the Tyndaridae, who is the father named?
Tyndareus
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What were the Sileni?
creatures part man, part horse, that walked on two legs, had horses hooves and tails and sometimes horsesʼ ears.
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What is a satyr?
half man, half goat
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Who was the King of the Winds?
Aeolus
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Name the four major winds in Greek and Latin.
Zephyr or Favonius - West Wind; Notus or Auster - South Wind; Boreas or Aquilo - North Wind; Eurus - East Wind (Greek name is given first in this answer, followed by Latin. Eurus is the same in both)
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What were centaurs?
creatures half man, half horse.
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Name the three gorgons.
Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa
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Which of the gorgons was mortal?
Medusa
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Who killed Medusa?
Perseus
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Who were the sisters of the gorgons who shared one eye and one tooth between them?
the Graiae
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Who/what were the Sirens?
creatures with beautiful voices who lured sailors to their death
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Name the 3 fates and the job of each.
Clotho - spun thread of human lifeLachesis - twisted and measured the threadAtropos - cut the thread of human life
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Besides Bacchus, what Latin name was given to Dionysus?
Liber
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Who was the Roman god of boundaries?
Terminus
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Which Roman god was considered a strengthener of cattle?
Pales
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Which Roman god was the helper of plowmen and woodcutters?
Sylvanus
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Of what was Saturn the god?
Sowers and Seed
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Who was the wife of Saturn and the “harvest helper”?
Ops
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What is Opsʼ name in Greek?
Rhea
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Who was Quirinus?
the deified Romulus
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What were the Manes?
the spirits of the good dead in Hades
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What were the Lemures?
spirits of the wicked dead
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What nymphs of springs were the Roman equivalent to the Muses?
Camenae
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Who was the Roman goddess of childbirth?
Lucina
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Who was the mother of Persephone?
Demeter
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Who kidnapped Persephone to make her his wife?
Hades
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What young child did Demeter attempt to make immortal by annointing him with ambrosia and placing him in a hot fire?
Demophon
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Who was Demophonʼs mother who snatched him from the flames?
Metaneira
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Who was the husband of Metaneira and the father of Demophon?
Celeus
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For how many months does Persephone remain in the Underworld?
4 months
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Who were the parents of Dionysus?
Zeus and Semele
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When offered any gift she named, what did Semele ask of Zeus?
To see him as lord of the sky
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How was Dionysus saved from his burning mother?
Zeus sewed him up in his thigh
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What nymphs cared for the infant Dionysus?
the Hyades or the nymphs of Nysa
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Into what did Dionysus change the pirates who tried to capture him?
Dolphins
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What were the followers of Bacchus called?
Maenads or Bacchantes
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What king of Thebes was torn apart by his own mother when she was infected with the madness of Dionysus?
Pentheus
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What Theban princess killed her son under the influence of Dionysus?
Agave
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What three deities were worshipped at Eleusis?
Demeter, Persephone, and Dionysus
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Who were the two children of Chaos?
Erebus and Night
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Who was the child of Erebus and Night?
Love (Eros)
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What two creatures arose from Love?
Light and Day
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Who was Father Heaven?
Ouranos (Uranus)
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Who was Mother Earth?
Ge (Gaea)
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What monsters, the children of Uranus and Gaea, were giants with only one eye in the middle of their foreheads?
the Cyclopes
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How many Cyclopes were there origially?
3
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What does “Cyclops” mean?
wheel-eyed
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What were the hecatoncheires?
giants with a hundred hands and 50 heads, children of Uranus and Gaea
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Who were the parents of the Titans?
Uranus and Gaea
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Which of his children did Uranus bury in the earth?
the hecatoncheires
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What Titan avenged the hecatoncheires by castrating his father?
Cronus
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What monsters sprang from the blood of the wounded Uranus?
the Giants and the Furies
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Who was the youngest child of Cronus and Rhea?
Zeus
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To what island did Rhea smuggle Zeus to prevent his being swallowed by his father?
Crete
307
What monsters, released from their prison by Zeus, helped Zeus defeat the Titans?
hecatoncheires
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What Titan was condemned to hold up the heavens on his shoulders?
Atlas
309
What monster was the last created by Gaea?
Typhon
310
What hero helped the gods when the Giants later rebelled against the Olympians?
Hercules
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What sea was called both the Axine and the Euxine Sea by the Greeks?
the Black Sea
312
What does Axine mean?
Unfriendly
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What does Euxine mean?
Friendly
314
What does Prometheus mean?
Forethought
315
What does Epimetheus mean?
Afterthought
316
Which Titan created man?
Epimetheus (Prometheus finished the job)
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Which Titan gave fire to mankind?
Prometheus
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What are the five ages of man?
The golden age, silver age, bronze age, age of heroes, iron age
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Who was the first woman in Greek mythology?
Pandora
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What does Pandora mean?
“gift of all”
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For what crimes was Prometheus chained to the Caucasus?
for refusing to reveal to Zeus the name of the mother of the child that would dethrone him and for stealing fire.
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What bird ate at Prometheusʼ liver each day?
an eagle
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Who killed the eagle and set Prometheus free?
Hercules
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When the human race was destroyed by the Great Flood, who were the only two humans to survive?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
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Who was the father of Deucalion?
Prometheus
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Who were the parents of Pyrrha?
Epimetheus and Pandora
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How were Deucalion and Pyrrha instructed to restore the human race?
To throw their motherʼs bones behind their backs. The bones were the stones and they were changed into men and women.
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Who predicted to Prometheus that he would be released from his chains by one of ther descendants?
Io
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Into what had Zeus changed Io?
a cow or heifer
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To whom had Hera given Io for save-keeping?
Argus
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What was unusual about Argus?
He had 100 eyes and never closed all of them at once.
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Who killed Argus and took Io?
Hermes
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What story did Hermes tell Argus to lull him to sleep?
The love story of Pan and Syrinx
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Into what was Syrinx changed?
reeds
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What creature sent by Hera drove Io mad?
a gadfly
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What sea is named after Io?
Ionian Sea
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What body of water is named for the fact that Io crossed it?
the Bosphorus
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What does Bosphorus mean?
Cow Ford
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Jacksonvilleʼ s original name was Cow Ford. What would that be in Greek?
Bosphorus
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Io was returned to human form when she reached what body of water?
the Nile
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Who changed Io back into a human?
Zeus
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Who was the son of Io and Zeus?
Epaphus
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Whom did Zeus seduce in the guise of a bull?
Europa
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Europa was a princess of what city?
Sidon
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Where did Zeus take Europa (a land, not a continent)?
Crete
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Who were Europaʼs sons by Zeus who became judges of the dead?
Minos and Rhadamanthys
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Which monsters did Zeus not banish from the earth after he conquered them?
the Cyclops
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What Greek hero, returning from the Trojan War, encountered a Cyclops?
Odysseus
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What was the name of the Cyclops encountered by Odysseus?
Polyphemus
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How did Odysseus and his men escape from Polyphemus?
they blinded him and then tied themselves to the undersides of his sheep. The sheep carried them from the cave.
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What did Odysseus originally tell Polyphemus his name was?
“No Man”
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What gift had Polyphemus promised Odysseus?
to eat him last
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With what nymph did Polyphemus fall in love?
Galatea
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What youth did Galatea prefer to Polyphemus?
Acis
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Who killed Acis?
Polyphemus
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Into what was Acis changed?
a river god
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What goddess punished Echo by taking away her voice?
Juno
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Why was Juno angry with Echo?
Because Echoʼs chattering kept her from noticing the affairs of Jupiter
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With what youth did Echo fall in love?
Narcissus
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With whom did Narcissus fall in love?
his reflection
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Into what flower was Narcissus changed?
the narcissus
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What god accidentally killed the youth Hyacinthus?
Apollo
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What game were Apollo and Hyacinthus playing when Hyacinthus was killed?
discus
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Into what flower was Hyacinthus changed?
the hyacinth
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In another version of the story, a jealous wind god kills Hyacinthus. Which one?
Zephyr
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Which two goddesses loved Adonis?
Aphrodite and Persephone
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What youth spent half a year in the underworld with Persephone and half a year with Aphrodite?
Adonis
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How did Adonis die?
He was gored by a boar
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What flower grew from the blood of Adonis?
the red anemone (windflower)
