Olympian Deities

Question 1

Goddess of love, beauty and desire.

Answer 1

Aphrodite

Question 2

Married to Hephaestus.

Answer 2

Aphrodite

Question 3

Had many lovers, but most known for Ares.

Answer 3

Aphrodite

Question 4

Symbols: Rose, Scallop shell, Pomegranate, Myrtle wreath.

Answer 4

Aphrodite

Question 5

Sacred animal: dove.

Answer 5

Aphrodite

Question 6

God of music, healing, plague, the sun, prophecies, poetry, and archery. Associated with light, truth and sun.

Answer 6

Apollo

Question 7

Artemis’ twin brother and Hermes’ elder half-brother, son of Zeus and Leto.

Answer 7

Apollo

Question 8

Animals: roe dear, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, and snakes.

Answer 8

Apollo

Question 9

God of war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order.

Answer 9

Ares

Question 10

Son of Zeus and Hera.

Answer 10

Ares

Question 11

Sacred animals: vulture, venomous snakes, alligators, dogs, and boars.

Answer 11

Ares

Question 12

Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth and plague. Later associated with the moon.

Answer 12

Artemis

Question 13

Daughter of Zeus and Let, twin of Apollo.

Answer 13

Artemis

Question 14

Sacred animals: deer, bears and wild boars

Answer 14

Artemis

Question 15

Goddess of wisdom, warfare, battle strategy, heroic endeavor, handicrafts and reason.

Answer 15

Athena

Question 16

Born from Zeus’s head fully formed and armored

Answer 16

Athena

Question 17

Symbol: Olive tree

Answer 17

Athena

Question 18

Sacred animal: Owl

Answer 18

Athena

Question 19

Goddess of agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest.

Answer 19

Demeter

Question 20

Daughter of Cronus and Rhea, Sister of Zeus, bore Persephone.

Answer 20

Demeter

Question 21

Symbols: Cornucopia, wheat-ears, winged serpent, and lotus staff.

Answer 21

Demeter

Question 22

Sacred animals: pigs and snakes

Answer 22

Demeter

Question 23

Good of wine, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, and pleasure at forever young.

Answer 23

Dionysus

Question 24

Sacred animals: dolphins, serpents, tigers, and donkeys.

Answer 24

Dionysus

Question 25

King of the Underworld and god of the dead and hidden wealth of the Earth.

Answer 25

Hades

Question 26

Consort: Persephone

Answer 26

Hades

Question 27

Sacred Animal: screech owl

Answer 27

Hades

Question 28

Son of Cronus and Rhea. Elder brother of Zeus.

Answer 28

Hades

Question 29

Did not have a throne in Olympus.

Answer 29

Hades

Question 30

Crippled god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture, and volcanism.

Answer 30

Hephaestus

Question 31

Son of Hera, husband of Aphrodite.

Answer 31

Hephaestus

Question 32

Symbols: hammer, tongs, and anvil.

Answer 32

Hephaestus

Question 33

Sacred Animals: donkey, gaurd dong, and crane

Answer 33

Hephaestus

Question 34

Queen of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires

Answer 34

Hera

Question 35

Wife of Zeus, daughter of Cronus and Rhea

Answer 35

Hera

Question 36

Sacred Animals: heifer, lion, peacock, and cuckoo

Answer 36

Hera

Question 37

God of travel, messengers, trade, thievery, cunning wiles, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics, and animal husbandry.

Answer 37

Hermes

Question 38

Messenger of gods.

Answer 38

Hermes

Question 39

Son of Zues and Maia.

Answer 39

Hermes

Question 40

Sacred Animals: tortoise, ram, and hawk

Answer 40

Hermes

Question 41

Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and cooking

Answer 41

Hestia

Question 42

daughter of Rhea and Cronus and sister of Zeus

Answer 42

Hestia

Question 43

Gave up her seat as one of the Tweleve Olympians in favor of Dionysus.

Answer 43

Hestia

Question 44

God of sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes, and creator of horses.

Answer 44

Poseidon

Question 45

Known as "Earth Shaker"

Answer 45

Poseidon

Question 46

Son of Cronus and Rhea, is brother to zeus and Hades.

Answer 46

Poseidon

Question 47

Sacred Animals: horse and dolphin

Answer 47

Poseidon

Question 48

God of the gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightening, law, order, and fate.

Answer 48

Zeus

Question 49

Youngest son of Cronus and Rhea

Answer 49

Zeus

Question 50

Overthrew Cronus

Answer 50

Zeus

Question 51

Brother-husband to Hera

Answer 51

Zeus

Question 52

Sacred Animal: eagle and bull

Answer 52

Zeus