Mythology Exam Prep Flashcards
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The item associated with Hades is
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Cap of Invisibility
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Aphrodite is to Venus as Poseidon is to
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Neptune
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Arachne and Athena competed in a
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weaving contest
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The god who ruled the underworld was called
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Hades/Pluto
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The Roman god who protected travelers and thieves is
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Mercury
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Poseidon was the greek god of
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the sea
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Ares was an unpopular god because
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he was vain and cruel
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Who does Zeus send into the underworld to retrieve Persephone
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Hermes
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Who sees Artemis bathing
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Actaeon
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Who kills the dragon Python
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Apollo
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Who guides Orion when he is blinded
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Cyclops boy
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On what mountain is the oracle of Delphi
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Parnassus
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With what do the gods vote in Hermes murder trial
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pebbles
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Who causes a famine on earth when her daughter is kidnapped
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Demeter
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What is another name for a priestess at an oracle
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Sibyl
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What animals pull the chariot of Artemis
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Hinds (called deer, stags)
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Who whips the wicked people in the underworld
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Erinyes
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On what can Orion walk?
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water
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Who is the god of light and music?
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Apollo & Apollo
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Into what does Artemis change Actaeon?
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deer
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The Athenian who built the palace on Crete was:
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Daedalus
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The name of the King Minos’ city was:
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Cnossos
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Daedalus built a maze called the
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Labyrinth
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Daedalus was an _________ by birth
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Athenian
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King Minos' wife was named
Pasiphae
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The got who sent the white bull to Crete was
Poseidon
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The king of Athens, Theseus' father was
Aegeus
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A princess of Troezen, Thesus' mother, was
Aethra
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Who was Europa
The mother of Kona Minos
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The name of the island where Minos lives was
Crete
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The hero who captured the mad bull on Crete was
Hercules
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The father of Pasiphae was
Helios
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Balck sailes on Theseus' ships indicated
mourning (sadness someone died)
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Pasiphae hid in a hollow what to get close to the snow white bull
cow
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Seven youths and seven what went to Crete?
maidens
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The father of King Minos was
Zeus
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What is an island in the Mediterranean Sea that King Minos ruled?
Crete
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What is an island you won't forget where Dionysus and Theseus met?
Naxos
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King Aegeus fell to his death into me
Aegean sea
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City in Greece Theseus ruled me in times of peace
Athens
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The city where Theseus was born
Troezen
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I'm home to a terrible Minotaur this place has no windows or doors
Labyrinth
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Who became Theseus father-in-law and had the prettiest daughters you ever saw
King Minos
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Who became Theseus mother-in-law She had the prettiest daughters you ever say
Queen Pasiphae
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This man had a son he taught to fly but the son didn't listen and fell from the sky
Daedalus
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This man pried Theseus off a bench
Hercules
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This man and woman were Theseus parents
King Aegeus and Princess Aethra
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Theseus had a friend who wooed the wrong girl, he followed Persephone to the underworld.
Pirithous
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Which god lives by his wits
Hermes
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How many children did Niobe have
14
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What musical instrument does Hermes invent
lyre
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What does Orion become after he dies
constellation
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What does Hermes wear on his feet
winged sandals
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Into what is Niobe transformed
weeping rock
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Who are the two giant sons of Poseidon that Gaea hoped would overthrow Zeus
Otus and Ephialtes
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What is Rhadamanthus' job in the underwold
judge
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Who kills Otus
Ephialtes(his brother)
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What does Persephone eat in the underwold
Pomegranate
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Who is Orion's father
Poseidon
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What does the story of Persephone explain
The Seasons
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Who kills Ephialtes
Otus (brother)
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What is put under the tongues of dead people
coin
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What heals Orion's eyes
the sun
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Who is the god of the underwold
Hades, Pluto
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Whose cattle does Hermes steal
Apollo's
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Who is Hades queen
Persephone
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Who is jealous of the attention that Artemis gives to Orion
Apollo
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Who is Persephone's mother
Demeter
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What creature does Apollo send to attack Orion
Scorpian
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Who killed Niobe's seven sons
Apollo
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What creature does Apollo send to attack Orion
Scorpion
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Who is the original owner of the Oracle of Delphi
Mother Earth
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Who is Hermes' mother
Maia
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Who tells Demeter about disappearing pigs and a screaming girl
Swineherd's brother, Triptolemus
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What is the name of the river in the Underwold
Styx
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Who is the goddess of the moon and the hunt
Artemis/Diana
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What does Hermes wear on his head
Winged Hat
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What animals kill Actaeon
dogs
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What island does Orion rid of wild animals
Chios
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Who leads souls to the underworld
Hermes
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Who kills Niobe's seven daughters
Artemis
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Who is the ferryman in the underworld
Charon
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Which goddesses do Otus and Ephialtes want to marry
Artemis and Hera
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Who guards the entrance to the underworld
Cerberus
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Who kidnaps Persephone
Hades
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How many children does Leto have
two
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Who is the goddess of the harvest and growing things
Demeter / Ceres
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The water in what spring helps people forget life on earth
Lethe
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Into what is Ares put during the fight between Otus, Ephialtes and the Olympians
bronze jar
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Where do heroes go in the underworld
Elysian Fields
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Who wins the oracle of Delphi after a fight with the dragon Python
Apollo
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Who decrees that Hades must let Persephone visit her mother
Zeus
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What does Apollo give Hermes in exchange for the lyre
cow and magic wand
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What gift does Demeter give to mankind through Triptolemus
how to plant, sow, reap and store again
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Who is the herald (messenger) of the gods
Hermes/Mercury
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What does Artemis have in common with Orion
hunting
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Who makes noise to drown out the cries of baby Zeus
sprites
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Gaea is
Mother Earth
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What does Metis give to Cronus that is supposed to make him strong
magic herb
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How many Titans and Titanesses are there
twelve - 6 of each
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Who is Amaltheia
the goat who nursed baby Zeus
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What is the distinguishing characteristic of the Cyclopes
one eye
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The titan who chased Uranus away is
Cronus
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What does Rhea give to Cronus instead of baby Zeus?
a rock
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What are Cyclopes' two occupations
smith and masons
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Uranus is
Father Sky
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What do the Cyclopes make for Hades
cap of invisibility
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Theft was invented after which age was over
Golden age
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Whom does Cronus marry
Rhea
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What do the Cylopes make of Poseidon
trident
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Whose idea is it to hide baby Zeus and trick Cronus
Mother Earth
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Out of the darkness came what
Gaea and Uranus
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Who is the mother of Cerberus, the Sphinx & Chimaera
Echidna
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What does Zeus make his breastplate out of and what is it called
From Amaltheia's hide, Aegis
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Under what mountain is Typhon buried
Aetna
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Mother Earth gives Cronus a weapon made of flint, what is it
sickle
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Where does Uranus put the Cyclopes and hundred-handed monsters
Tartarus
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Which gods and goddesses does Cronus swallow
Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera
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What flows in gods veins instead of blood
ichor
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Which Titans defect and fight on Zeus' side during the war between the Olypmians and the Titans
Prometheus and Epimetheus
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For whom do the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed monsters fight in the war between Olympians and Titans
Zeus and Olympians
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What do the Cyclopes make for Zeus
thunderbolts
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Who is Zeus' first wife
Metis
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Since Cronus fears that his children will want to rule the universe, what does he do with them
swallows
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Where does Zeus put the Titans when he defeats them
Tartarus
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Which Titan carries the sky on his shoulders
Atlas
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What flows from Amaltheia's horns
ambrosia and nectar
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Who sends Typhon and Echidna to fight against Zeus
Mother Earth
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On what mountain do the gods and goddesses live
Olympus
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To what island does Rhea take Zeus
Crete
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Whom does Mother Earth marry after Uranus departs
Pontus
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Which goddess is the rainbow
Iris
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Three sets of children born to Gaea and Uranus are
Titans, Cyclopes, Hekatonchires (100 handed monsters)
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Who kills the monster Echidna
Argus
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What does Gaea give to Hera for a wedding present
apple tree
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Who are Hephaestus three main helpers
Cyclopes
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Into what does Zeus turn lo?
cow
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What is Eros' other name
cupid
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Who bores Argus to death
Hermes
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Who is the king of the gods
Zeus/Jupiter
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Who is Artemis and Apollo's mother
Leto
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What is one animal that Poseidon created
horse
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Into what does Athena turn Arachne
spider
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Who is the god of war
Ares/Mars
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What creature chases lo to Egypt
gadfly
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Who causes Zeus' headache by hammering out armor
Metis
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Who is the goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
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Who throws Hephaestus from Mount Olympus
Zeus
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Who tends Hephaestus walk
robots
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Who gives the olive tree to Athens
Athena
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What four creatures follow Ares
pain, panic, famine, oblivion
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Who makes thrones, weapons, and jewelry for the gods
Hephaestus
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Who tends Hephaestus when he falls onto the island of Lemnos
Thetis
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What two natural events does Poseidon cause with his trident
earthquakes, tidal waves
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Who is lo's father
Inachos
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Who are the Aprhodite's attendants
three graces
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Which two gods do not have thrones on Mount Olympus
Hades Hestia
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What bird bears Argus eyes
peacock
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With whom are love arrows associated
Eros
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To what island does Aphrodite go to renew her beauty
Cythera
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Who is the queen of the gods
Hera/Juno
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What are Amphitrite's 49 sisters called
Nereids
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How many eyes does Argus have
100
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To who do the other goddesses give an amber necklace as a bribe
Hera
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Who is the king of the sea
Pseidon/Neptune
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In order to convince Hera to marry him, Zeus turns himself into a
cuckoo
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With whom does Athena have a weaving contest
Arachne
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Who is Aprhodite's husband
Hephaestus
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Which two Olympians are the children of Hera and Zeus
Ares, Hephaestus
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Who is Ares' constant companion
Eris
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Which god is cowardly and unable to withstand pain
Ares
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Who is the blacksmith of the gods
Hephaestus/Vulcan
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Athena is the goddess of three things that begin with W and two things that being with O what are they
wisdom, war, weaving, olives, owl
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Who is Athena's mother
Metis
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What is the name of the spirit of victory always shown with athena
Nike
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Who is Aphrodite's son
Eros
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Where do Zeus and lo hide to avoid Hera
cloud
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Which two gods want the city of Athens for their own
Athena, Poseidon
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Who is the goddess of love
Aphrodite, Venus
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Who gives salt water to Athens
Poseidon
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What does Eris carry
golden apple
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Who is married to Poseidon
Amphitrite
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From where is Aphrodite born
the sea
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Who is the goddess of wisdom
Athena/Minerva
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Over what body of water does lo jump on her way to Egypt
Bosporus (cow ford)
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Who will not allow the goddess of childbirth, llithyia, to go to Leto
Hera
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On which island are Artemis and Apollo born
Delos
