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Chapter 5 (Lecture 5)
The Olympian Gods
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Undergraduate 1
01/21/2016

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Ares
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With a special trap, Hephaestus caught his wife, Aphrodite, in bed with...
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Themis
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The Fates are offspring of Zeus and...
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Centaurus and the mares of Mt. Pelion
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Who are the parents of the race of Centaurs?
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Caeneus
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What Lapith man was once a girl?
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Ganymede
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The Trojan youth snatched up to Olympus by Zeus to be the gods' cupbearer is...
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The Moirai
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Another name for the Fates is...
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Mars
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Ares was known to the Romans as...
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Memory
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The Muses are the children of Zeus and Mnemosyne, whose name means...
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Aphrodite
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Ares' cult partner was...
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The peacock
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Which bird is sacred to Hera?
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Samos, the island where he landed, was the site of an important sanctuary of Hephaestus..
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Which statement is not true of Hephaestus?
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Ganymede
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Who is not a child of Zeus and Hera?
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Olympia
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Zeus' chief sanctuary is at...
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Melampus
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Who was the prophet gifted with understanding the speech of animals?
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Hestia
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Who is the goddess of the hearth?
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Youthful bloom
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Hebe is the goddess of...
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Calliope
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Which cannot be considered an offspring of Zeus and Themis?
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Parcae
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What is the Roman name for the Fates?
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Hermes
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In the tale of the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite in the Odyssey, what god boasts he would endure any number of shackles to lie with Aphrodite?
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Scamander
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With what river does Hephaestus do battle in the Iliad?
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"bright"
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What is the etymological root of Zeus' name?
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"every gift" or "all gifts"
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Pandora mans...
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"foresight"
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Prometheus means...
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"afterthought"
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Epimetheus means...
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The female gender (or Pandora)
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According to mythology, the origins of evil were created by...
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Causing a flood
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The gods decided that because humans became so wicked that they should destroy them. How did they go about doing this?
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The other gods claimed that this fire could reach Olympus
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Why did Zeus not use his lightning bolts to destroy the earth?
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In the Iron Age because in this age, everything was chaotic and evil
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When and why did giants embody humanity?
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Prometheus
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Who tricked Zeus and the gods in the banquet?
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Hope
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When Pandora opened the box and all evil escaped, what remained inside of it?
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Prometheus
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Who is the god of humanity that depends mortals from the wrath of Zeus?
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Accept anything from Zeus
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What does Prometheus tell his brother Epimetheus to not do?
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She is the first woman created
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What is important about Pandora?
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The Iron Age
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Which Age was the longest and worst?
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Cronus
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Who was the ruler of the Golden Age?
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Eating human meat
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Prometheus tricks Zeus into...
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