Athena Apollo and Oedipus

Question 1

Athan

Answer 1

daughter of Metis and Zues

goddess of reason

Question 2

Metis

Answer 2

one of the Titans, a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; therefore, she was considered an Oceanid

Question 3

Eileithyia

Answer 3

goddess of childbirth

Question 4

how was Athan born

Answer 4

Zeus fear a prophecy that a child born of him and Metis would overthrow him, so he swallowed pregnant Metis and Athan sprang from his head

Question 5

Tritogeneia

Answer 5

name for Athena in Homeric hymns

Question 6

Athena’s gender

Answer 6

she is female, but the only other divinity with both masculine and feminine qualities

Question 7

tritans

Answer 7

servants of poseidon

Question 8

Tritonis

Answer 8

river in Africa

Question 9

aegis

Answer 9

a cape with the head of Medusa with the snakes all over

Question 10

Athena’s presence

Answer 10

she thundered when she wore this cape and she made sounds and appearances of a storm

Question 11

What does Athena’s name mean?

Answer 11

ATHENAI (Plural for “Athens” in Greek) her names means at Athens

Question 12

Parthenon

Answer 12

it means the virgin quarter, but it really wasnt that big of a deal for the Greeks

Question 13

autochthonous

Answer 13

sprung from the ground

Question 14

what did Athena seem to embody?

Answer 14

a new order of things

Question 15

Where was Apollo born?

Answer 15

in Delos

Question 16

Who are Apollo’s parents?

Answer 16

Leto and Zeus

Question 17

Delos

Answer 17

both a god and an island

Question 18

Delos

Answer 18

both a god and an island

Question 19

How long is Leto in Labor for?

Answer 19

9 days and 9 nights

Question 20

Delcian Festival

Answer 20

dance of deliades, similar to the muses

Question 21

who is Apollo’s twin?

Answer 21

Artemis

Question 22

with what region is apollo particularly associated with?

Answer 22

Ionians

Question 23

hykainthos

Answer 23

hyacinth flowers

Question 24

kyparissos

Answer 24

a cyprus tree

Question 25

Delphi

Answer 25

a mountain where Apollo’s main seat is. Dionysus is in charge. Apollo decided to have an oracle in Krisa on Mt. Pernassus, across a steep valley from Mt. Helikon. He laid out his temple there an slew a dragon names Pythos.

Question 26

Pythos

Answer 26

dragon Apollo slew in Delphi. Pytho means rot

Question 27

What does Delphi mean

Answer 27

naval of the earth

Question 28

How is Delphi the center of the earth?

Answer 28

Zeus sent two eagles from the far east and the west and where they crashed was where the center of the world was

Question 29

Omphalos

Answer 29

egg shaped stone

Question 30

who are the priests for Apollo’s temple?

Answer 30

the cretans

Question 31

how is apollo linked with the cretans?

Answer 31

a dolphin was said to ahem protected cretan sailors on their voyage

Question 32

who is Apollo’s oracle?

Answer 32

Crisa

Question 33

prophetess of Apollo?

Answer 33

pythia

Question 34

Cassandra

Answer 34

daughter of the Trojan King Priam, agreed to give herself to Apollo, who rewarded her with the gift of prophecy. When Cassandra changed her mind and rejected his advances, Apollo asked for one kiss and spit in her mouth, thus ensuring not only that Cassandra would keep her gift, but also that her true prophecies would never be believed.