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Greek Mythology for Mr. Roark's Classroom
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6th Grade
05/10/2013

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Term
What is hubris?
Definition
Excessive Pride
Term
What animal does Ares turn in to?
Definition
Boar
Term
What did the mares of Diomedes eat?
Definition
people
Term
Who is the goddess of the harvest?
Definition
Demeter
Term
Who is the face that "launched a 1000 ships"?
Definition
Helen
Term
Who is the mother/father of Eros?
Definition
Chaos (the Void)
Term
who is the god of the north wind
Definition
Boreas
Term
Who is Apollo?
Definition
god of sun, healing, archery, music
Term
How does the Greek warrior Achilles die?
Definition
he gets struck in the heel with an arrow
Term
who does Theseus betray?
Definition
Ariadne
Term
Who designed the labyrinth?
Definition
Daedalus
Term
Who is the goddess of rainbows and messenger of Hera?
Definition
iris
Term
How many labors did Hercules end up having to do?
Definition
12
Term
How many labors did Hercules originally have to do?
Definition
10
Term
Who married Apollo?
Definition
Urania and Cassandra
Term
Who was the goddess of eternal youth?
Definition
Hebe
Term
What did Zeus feed Hera to make her pregnant?
Definition
magic lettuce
Term
who is the goddess of rainbows and the messenger of Hera?
Definition
Iris
Term
Who is the father of Zeus?
Definition
Cronus
Term
Who cursed Medusa?
Definition
Athena
Term
Who freed Prometheus from the chains?
Definition
Heracles(Hercules)
Term
How was Athena born?
Definition
out of Zeus's head
Term
Who did Ariadne marry?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
Who is the titainess of memory?
Definition
Mnemosyne
Term
Who is the god of revenge?
Definition
Nemesis
Term
Who's Persephone's mother
Definition
Demeter
Term
Who's roman name is Pax?
Definition
Irene
Term
Who tried to kill Heracles at a young age?
Definition
Snakes sent by Hera.
Term
Who did 12 labors?
Definition
Hercules
Term
What are half women, half birds that sing.
Definition
Sirens
Term
Who sent his son up to Zeus in a cassorole?
Definition
Tantalus
Term
Who killed the Minotaur?
Definition
Theseus
Term
What is the power of Hades helm?
Definition
invisibility
Term
Who is the god of the underworld?
Definition
Hades
Term
Who is the goddess of beauty and love?
Definition
Aphrodite
Term
Why did Hercules have to perform his labors?
Definition
he killed his family because hera drove him insane
Term
Who goddess of harvest?
Definition
demeter
Term
Who's face is on the Aegis?
Definition
Medusa
Term
Who married Hades?
Definition
Persephone
Term
what is Odysseus' wife's name?
Definition
Penelope
Term
Who's the sone of Zeus and Danae?
Definition
Perseus
Term
Who is the goddess of beauty and love?
Definition
Aphrodite
Term
Who is the goddess of love?
Definition
Aphrodite
Term
Who is the sun god?
Definition
Apollo
Term
Who slayed the hydra?
Definition
Heracles and his cousin
Term
Who kills the minotar?
Definition
Theseus
Term
Who was Hera's 100 eyed servant
Definition
Argus
Term
Who brings people into the underworld?
Definition
Hermes
Term
Who forced Aphrodite to get married to another god that didn't appeal to her?
Definition
Zeus
Term
Who killed medusa?
Definition
Perseus
Term
Who was Apollo's aunt? (On his mother's side.)
Definition
Asteria
Term
Who is the goddess of love?
Definition
Aphrodite
Term
How many labors was Hercules supposed to do?
Definition
10
Term
Who is the god of the seas?
Definition
Poseidon
Term
What was Heracles 11th labor?
Definition
To get golden apples from Hera
Term
Who is Daedalus's son?
Definition
Icarus
Term
Who's symbol is a sicle?
Definition
Cronos
Term
Whose roman name is minerva?
Definition
Athena
Term
Who foretold the death of Agamemnon?
Definition
Cassandra
Term
who is the goddess of the crescent moon
Definition
Artemis and Selene
Term
Who killed the Chimera?
Definition
Bellarophon
Term
What was the name of Cronus's wife & sister
Definition
Rhea
Term
Who's sacred cows did Odyseuss's crew eat.
Definition
Apollo`
Term
who captured perspone?
Definition
hades
Term
If you liked getting married, who would you worship? Hint: It's not Aphrodite.
Definition
Aphrodite. Kidding. Hera, queen of the gods and goddess, and goddess of marriage.
Term
What is the Greek name for Pluto?
Definition
Hades
Term
what did Hermeys invent with the remains of his brother Apollos cows
Definition
Lyer
Term
who the sun god?
Definition
Apollo
Term
Who is the Goddess of the dawn
Definition
Eos
Term
Who is the Goddess of the dawn
Definition
Eos
Term
how many labors did heuclues do?
Definition
12
Term
Who is the mother of the 9 muses?
Definition
Mnemosyne
Term
who cursed medusa
Definition
Athena
Term
who has snake hair
Definition
Medusa
Term
who is pluto
Definition
hades
Term
who married Eros
Definition
Psyche
Term
Who is the father of Zeus
Definition
Cronus
Term
If you like wine, who would you worship?
Definition
The first choice would be Dionisuys.
Term
What is the weapon of Poseidon
Definition
Tridant
Term
Who is the Goddess of Hearth
Definition
Hestia
Term
what do the 3 Gray sisters share.
Definition
eye ball
Term
Who created the Lyre?
Definition
Hermes or Apollo
Term
What monster is half-man and half-bull?
Definition
The Minotaur
Term
Who gave the city the gift of the olive tree?
Definition
Athena
Term
What do the dead give Charon?
Definition
Gold coins
Term
What mystical beast is made of three parts?
Definition
Chimera
Term
What do the greeks put on their eyes to be like Cherion?
Definition
Golden Coins
Term
Who ate his babies
Definition
Cronos
Term
If you like hunting, and you were a virgin girl, who would you WORSHIP?
Definition
Artemis, at the most
Term
If you like technology, and making robots, who would you worship?
Definition
Hephastus
Term
what has heads that grow 2 back when you cut 1 off?
Definition
Hydra
Term
Who defeated the minotaur?
Definition
Thesus
Term
Who is the goddess of Hearth, fireplace, and home?
Definition
Hestia
Term
What is Irene the goddess of?
Definition
Peace
Term
What is a Minotaur made of up?
Definition
A Man and a Bull
Term
who is the goddess of rainbows?
Definition
Iris
Term
who is the father of Perseus
Definition
Zeus
Term
what is the messenger god?
Definition
Hermes
Term
Who defeted the minotaur?
Definition
Theusus
Term
who did Athena curse?
Definition
Medusa and Arachne
Term
Who is the muses mother and father?
Definition
Mnemosyne and Zeus
Term
What is a common theme in Greek Mythology?
Definition
Son overthowing father
Term
who did the 12 labors
Definition
Hercules
Term
how did greek pass on their stories?
Definition
Oral tradititon
Term
who forges zeus's lighting bolts?
Definition
The Cyclopes
Term
who is the goddess of memorie?
Definition
Mnemosyne
Term
who is the god of sun and music?
Definition
Apollo
Term
Who has the golden apples
Definition
Hera
Term
Who has to roll a boulder up a hill
Definition
Sisyphus
Term
who held up the world
Definition
Atlas
Term
Who kills the mintaur?
Definition
Theseus
Term
Who has the golden apples
Definition
Hera
Term
who cam up with the "trojan horse"?
Definition
Odysseus
Term
Who was the only man Artemis favored?
Definition
Orion
Term
who created man??
Definition
Prometheus first, then after Zeus drowned the original man Deucalion recreated man.
Term
Who's roman name is Diana?
Definition
Artemis
Term
What is the roman name for Hera?
Definition
Juno
Term
What goddesses roman name is Luna?
Definition
Selene
Term
Who is the guy who retrieves the golden fleese?
Definition
Jason
Term
Who made the olive tree?
Definition
Athena
Term
Who is The godess of the rainbows?
Definition
Iris
Term
what is the roman name for Hera
Definition
Juno
Term
who is the god of the sky?
Definition
Zues
Term
Why is the planet Neptune named Neptune?
Definition
Because of its sea blue color relating to Neptune being god of sea.
Term
What did Cronus cut his father with?
Definition
A sickle.
Term
who is the moon goddess??
Definition
Artemis or Selene
Term
who has a nickname that is Earthshaker?
Definition
Posidon
Term
Who does Persues slay?
Definition
Medusa
Term
what is the roman name of apallo
Definition
Apollo
Term
whos the king of Ithaca?
Definition
Odysseus
Term
who has his liver eaten by a eagle?
Definition
Prometheus
Term
who is the parents of the Ares
Definition
Zues and Hera
Term
Who was the muse of lyrics?
Definition
Erato
Term
whos roman name is minerva
Definition
Athena
Term
who slays Medusa?
Definition
Persues
Term
Who is the Goddess of Earth?
Definition
Gaea
Term
What does Zeus turn into in order to win Hera?
Definition
A cuckoo
Term
Who was the muse of dance?
Definition
Terpsichore
Term
what did the Trojens come back as when they all died off at first
Definition
Romens
Term
whos born from zues head?
Definition
Athena
Term
How did Theseus kill the minotaur?
Definition
He stabbed it in the neck (sorry for the graphic description)
Term
Who's symoble is a owl
Definition
Athena
Term
Who is the king of the gods?
Definition
Zeus
Term
who fell in love with apollo
Definition
Cassandra
Term
What were Apollo's arrows like?
Definition
Hard, piercing, and painful
Term
Who holds up the heavens
Definition
Atlas
Term
Who is the most beautiful goddess and who did she marry
Definition
aphrodite, and she married hephestus
Term
What does Apollo traid for Hermes Lyer
Definition
all of his cows and a wand
Term
Who is "The Rich One"?
Definition
Hades
Term
Who did Ares kill when he turned into a boar?
Definition
Adonis
Term
Who carries the caduces?
Definition
Hermes
Term
How do do you kill the hydra?
Definition
cut of a head an burn the stump before it can regrow.
Term
What can king midas do with his hands?
Definition
turn things to gold
Term
Who's name means forethougt?
Definition
Prometheus
Term
What does Cerberus guard?
Definition
The Underworld
Term
Who's symbol is a python?
Definition
Gaea's
Term
Who marries Dionysus?
Definition
Ariandne
Term
How did perseus sly medusa with out looking at her?
Definition
he looked at the reflection in his mirrior shield
Term
Who is the goddess of the hearth and home?
Definition
Hestia
Term
Who has the Golden Armer?
Definition
Achillies
Term
Who are the messengers of the gods?
Definition
Hermes and Iris.
Term
Who flew to high?
Definition
Icarus
Term
Who's sacred animal is a cow?
Definition
Apollo or Hera
Term
Who makes people crazy?
Definition
Dionysus or Pan
Term
What is Gaea's roman name?
Definition
Terra
Term
What was Hebes mother given to make her pregnet??
Definition
Lettuce
Term
Who is the God of the forge, and black smiths.
Definition
Hesphestaus
Term
Who's the king of corinth?
Definition
Sisyphus
Term
Who makes Zeus's lightning bolts.
Definition
The Cyclopes
Term
Who's blood is Pegasus born out of?
Definition
Medusa
Term
who gave king Midas his goldent touch
Definition
the god Dionysus
Term
Who is the god of the north wind?
Definition
Boreas
Term
What is a Sysaphian task?
Definition
One that is unacomplishable.
Term
Who is Hades pet in the underworld?
Definition
Cerberus the 3-headed dog
Term
Who has the nickname, "The Earth shaker"
Definition
Poseidon
Term
Who was killed by being shot by an arrow in the heel?
Definition
Achilles
Term
What goddess has 3 heads?
Definition
Hecate
Term
Who had to go into a labrynth?
Definition
Theseus
Term
Who is the muse of astronomy?
Definition
Urania
Term
Who is the dad of Belleraphon?
Definition
Posideon
Term
Who's sacred plant is the olive tree?
Definition
Athena or Irene
Term
Who is the muse of hymns?
Definition
Polyhymnia
Term
Who is born from Medusa's blood?
Definition
Pegasus
Term
Who is the god of peace?
Definition
Irene
Term
Who "won" Athens?
Definition
Athena
Term
Who is the mother of the nine muses?
Definition
Mnemsonye
Term
What goddess has 3 ugly heads and what are they?
Definition
Hecate/Hekate and first is a horse, second is a dog, third is a lion
Term
Who is the goddess of memory?
Definition
Mnemsonye
Term
Who is the queen of the underworld?
Definition
Persophon
Term
What goddess has three heads?
Definition
Hecate
Term
Who is the son of Zues and Plut0 the nymph?
Definition
Tantalus
Term
Who served his son up in a stew to the gods?
Definition
Tantalus
Term
How was tantalus punsished?
Definition
He was tortured with eternal hunger and thirst.
Term
What was sisiphists punishment?
Definition
He had to push a bouldetr up a mountain.
Term
What is one of the reasons that Greek's told these stories?
Definition
To teach important lessons
Term
What is the name of the cyclops that Odysseus blinded?
Definition
Polyphemus
Term
What weapon did Poseidon weld?
Definition
Trident
Term
Who's the ultimate killing machine god?
Hint: It's not Hephaestus
Definition
Hephaestus. Kidding. IT'S ARES!!!
Term
Who is the goddess of Revenge?
Definition
Nemesis
Term
Where does the god of the Sea (Poseidon) live?
Definition
In his underwater palace.
Term
Who held the world on his shoulders?
Definition
Atlas
Term
Who can create Automatons?
Definition
Hephaestus or Daedalus
Term
Who is the god (or goddess =D) of tactics and wisdom?
Definition
Athena or Athene
Term
Who punished Prometheus and how?
Definition
Zeus did by sending an Eagle (or Vulture) to eat his liver and than it would grow back but the next day the eagle would eat it again.
Term
Who made people crazy?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
What war did Eris start?
Definition
Trojan war
Term
Who is the god of the sun?
Definition
Helios
Term
Who is the father of Helios?
Definition
Hyperion
Term
Who is the mother of Helios?
Definition
Thea
Term
Why was Atlas punished to hold the world for eternity?
Definition
Because he was on the wrong side of the titanomachy.
Term
Does Atlas hold up the world or the celestial sphere?
Definition
Both because there are many versions of the same stories.
Term
What caused most of the problems with the gods in a lot stories?
Definition
Zeus cheating on Hera
Term
What god has an ugly face?
Definition
Hephaestus
Term
Who was the first person to see Aphrodite as she rose from the foam?
Definition
Zephyrus; the West Wind.
Term
In Homer's version, who are Aphrodite's parents?
Definition
Zeus and Dione
Term
Who's name means afterthought?
Definition
Epimethius
Term
What is Persephone's Roman name?
Definition
Proserpina or Proserpine
Term
Why did Persephone name herself Persephone?
Definition
Persephone means "bringer of destruction" and she named herself that after she was taken by Hades
Term
Who were Helen of Troy's parents?
Definition
Zeus and Leda
Term
Who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
Definition
Oedipius
Term
Who was Gaea's parent?
Definition
Chaos (the Void)
Term
Who is the son of Gaea and Tartarus?
Definition
Typhon
Term
Was Eros the son of Aphrodite as god of love, or one of the sons of Chaos (the Void) as Desire?
Definition
Hesiod's Theogeny shows him as one of the sons of Chaos as Desire.
Term
Who were the sons of Chaos?
Definition
Tartarus (the Abyss) Erebus (Darkness) and Eros (Desire).
Term
Who were Hecate's cousins?
Definition
Apollo and Artemis
Term
Why is it ironic that Helen married Menelaus and Clytemnestra married Agamemnon?
Definition
Because Agamemnon and Menelaus are brothers and Helen and Clytemnestra are sisters
Term
What is Mnemosyne's Roman name?
Definition
Moneta
Term
What god/Titan/supernatural being is the sun named after?
Definition
Hyperion-his Roman name is Sun
Term
What is Hestia's Roman name and what does it mean?
Definition
Vesta and it means "to light a match"
Term
What god/Titan/supernatural being does the word "epilogue" come from?
Definition
Epimetheus because he is the Titan of afterthought, and an epilogue comes at the end of a book.
Term
What god/Titan/supernatural being does the word "prologue" come from?
Definition
Prometheus because he is the Titan of forethought, and a prologue goes before a book.
Term
Who breathed life into Pandora?
Definition
Athena
Term
What were the names of the Furies and what did they mean?
Definition
Tisiphone (avenger of murder) Megara (jealousy) and Alecto (anger.)
Term
Who is Terpsichore's father?
Definition
Zeus
Term
Polyphemus got killed by who?
Definition
Odysseus
Term
Who is the muse of dance?
Definition
Terpsichore
Term
who burned the ends of the heads of the hydra when hercules was fighting
Definition
Iolus
Term
Who is the second-to-best hero up to Achilles?
Definition
Ajax The Great
Term
Who is the second-to-best hero up to Achilles?
Definition
Ajax The Great
Term
Who is the wisest centaur
Definition
Chiron
Term
Who caused the trojan war
Definition
Paris
Term
What is Eros the god of
Definition
love
Term
Who went to the underworld to save Eurydice?
Definition
Orpheus
Term
What is Eris the goddess of?
Definition
Strife and/or Discord.
Term
who was echo in love with?
Definition
narcissus
Term
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Greeks in the Trojan war?
Definition
Agamemnon
Term
Who is the god of war
Definition
Ares
Term
Which battle did Nike fight in?
Definition
The Titan War
Term
Who was the first mortal woman?
Definition
Pandora
Term
What is Eris the goddess of?
Definition
Strife and Discord
Term
Who is Circe's parents?
Definition
Helios and of the ocean nymph Perse.
Term
Who is Circe's parents?
Definition
Helios and of the ocean nymph Perse.
Term
What was Theseus's dad king of?
Definition
Athens
Term
who was Helen taken by
Definition
Paris
Term
What was Eris' main weapon in battle?
Definition
A Halberd.
Term
Who is Circe's parents?
Definition
Helios and of the ocean nymph Perse.
Term
Who married Zeus?
Definition
Hera (queen of gods)
Term
Who takes dead souls to the underworld?
Definition
Charon
Term
who is cronus's dad?
Definition
uranus
Term
who guided the arrow into Achilles heel
Definition
Apollo
Term
Who killed Medusa?
Definition
Perseus
Term
Who is Circe's parents
Definition
and of the ocean nymph Perse.
Term
who is the personification of strength
Definition
kratos
Term
who where kratos's parents
Definition
pallas, god of warcraft and styx
Term
Who turned arachne into a spider
Definition
Athena
Term
who held down prometheus as hephastus chained him to a rock?
Definition
kratos and bia
Term
Who were the Greek goddess Iris' parents?
Definition
Thaumas (a marine god) and Elektra (a cloud nymph)
Term
what is kratos's roman name
Definition
Potestas
Term
what is kratos's roman name
Definition
Potestas
Term
What is the Roman name for Poseidon?
Definition
Neptune
Term
What is the Roman Name for Demeter?
Definition
Ceres
Term
What is the Roman name for Zeus?
Definition
Jupiter
Term
What is the Roman name for Hermes?
Definition
Mercury
Term
What is the Roman name for Hera?
Definition
Juno
Term
What is the Roman name for Ares?
Definition
Mars
Term
What is the Roman name for Athena?
Definition
Minerva
Term
What is the Roman name for Apollo?
Definition
Apollo
Term
What is the Roman name for Artemis?
Definition
Diana
Term
What is the Roman name for Aphrodite?
Definition
Venus
Term
What is the Roman name for Hephaistos?
Definition
Vulcan
Term
What is the Roman name of Dionysos?
Definition
Bacchus
Term
What is Artemis's roman name?
Definition
Diana
Term
What is Zeus' roman name?
Definition
Jupiter
Term
What is Hera's roman name?
Definition
Juno
Term
What is Hermes' roman name?
Definition
Mercury
Term
What did you have to give to the Charon to get a ride through the underworld?
Definition
A Golden Bough
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