Athena Flashcards
What daughter of Zeus and Metis?
Athena
While Metis was pregnant, who warned…
Gaea and Uranus
What did Zeus do to Metis?
swallowed her
Who split open Zeus’s head with an axe?
Hephaestus
Who was born wearing armor?
Athena
Near what river was Athena born?
Tritonis
Who raised Athena?
triton
Who turned Medusa into a gorgon?
Athena
Why did Athena turn Medusa into a gorgon?
She slept with Poseidon in Athena’s shrine
Who, listening to the weird dirge of Medusa’s Gorgon sisters, made it into a flute tune?
Athena
Who did Athena give some of Medusa’s blood to?
Erichthonius and Asclepius
Who gave Bellerophon the golden bridle?
Athena
Who taught Eurynome to be as wise as the gods?
Athena
Under what name did Cadmus worship Athena?
Onca
Who told Cadmus to sow the teeth from the dragon he had slain?
Athena
Who did Athena give the other half of the dragon’s teeth to besides Cadmus?
Aeetes
Which side of the Trojan war was Athena on?
Greeks
Which god helped Epius build the Trojan horse?
Athena
Who changed Perdix into a partridge?
Athena
Which god helped the argonauts make it through the clashing rocks?
Athena
What instrument did Athena invent?
The double flute
Who invented the double flute?
Athena
Why did Athena throw her flute away?
She was ridiculed by Aphrodite and Hera because playing the instrument distorted her face
How did Athena win Athens?
She made an olive tree grow
Who presided over the trial of Orestes on the Areopagus?
Athena
Who saved Orestes and his sister Iphigeneia from death at the hands of the barbaric Taurians?
Athena
Who killed the Giant Pallas, flayed him, and used his skin as a shield?
Athena
Who flung Sicily on top of Enceladus?
Athena
What two giants did Athena kill?
Enceladus and Pallas
Who as a young girl killed her playmate?
Athena
What son of Chariclo…
Teiresias
Who blinded Teiresias and gave him the gift of Prophecy?
Athena
After what event did Athena turn against the greeks?
Ajax the lesser raped Cassandra at her shrine
