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11th Grade
12/09/2009

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What was Zeus' Roman name?
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Jupiter
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What was Hera's Roman name?
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Juno
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What was Are's Roman Name?
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Mars
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What was Hephaestus' Roman name?
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Vulcan
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What was Hebe's Roman name?
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Juventas
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What was Athena's Roman name?
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Minerva
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What was Apollo's Roman name?
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Apollo
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What was Artemis' Roman name?
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Diana
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What was Hermes' Roman name?
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Mercury
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What was Dionysus' Roman name?
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Bacchus
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What was Aphrodite's Roman name?
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Venus
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What was Eros' Roman name?
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Cupid
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What were the Three Graces?
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Goddess of Dance, Goddess of Social Arts, and Goddess of Banquet
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What were the Three Fates?
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They spin the threads of human destiny.
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What did The Muses focus on?
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Art and History
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What was Poseidon's Roman name?
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Neptune
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What was Hade's Roman name?
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Pluto
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What was Demeter's Roman name?
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Ceres
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What was Persephone known for?
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Flowers of perpetual springs
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Hestia was the goddess of...
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Hearth and home
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Quirinus is the god of...
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WAR
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Janus was the god of...
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gates and doors
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Flora was the goddess of...
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Flowers
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Pamona was the goddess of...
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Fruit trees
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Pales was the god of...
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Cattle
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Satyrs had the features of what animal?
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A goat (feet and short horns)
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Pan was the god of...
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Flocks and shepherds
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What type of nymph was Dryads?
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wood nymph
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Who were the nymphs of springs and brooks?
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Naiads
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Neriads were the nymphs of what?
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seas and dolphins
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What was the wind called that blew from the north?
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Boreas
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Zephyrus was what wind?
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West Wind
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What was the wind called that blew from the south?
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Auster
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The Eurus wind blew from the...
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East
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Aurora brings in the _____.
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dawn
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Hesperus beings in the night and the _______ _______.
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evening stars
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Zeus' was the god of...

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EVERYTHING
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Zeus' symbols were... (2)
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eagle and thunderbolts
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The peacock is the symbol for...
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Hera
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Who was the god of war?
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Ares
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He was an architect who worked with metals. He also had a volcano.
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Hephaestus
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She was the wife of Hercules and the cup bearer for gods.
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Hebe
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Athena was the goddess of ______, had the symbol of an ______, and had skill in _______.

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wisdom; owl; weaving
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Apollo was the ____ god.

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sun or archery
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She was the goddess of the moon; a virgin huntress.
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Artemis
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Hermes was the _____ of the gods.[image]
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messenger
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Who was the god of wine and party?
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Dionysus
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Aphrodite was the goddess of what?

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love and beauty
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Eros was the god of _____. His symbols were the ______ and ______.
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love; bow and arrows
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Poseidon ruled the _____. His symbol was the _____.

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sea; trident
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Hades was the god of the _______.

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underworld.
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Who was the goddess of agriculture?
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Demeter
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The story of Persephone explains what?[image]
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the bringing of the seasons
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