Characters

Question 1

Zeus

Answer 1

Realm: King of gods
Roman Name: Jupiter
Symbol: Lightning bolt, eagle, oak tree

Launched 1000 ships
Jason searched for Gold Fleece

Question 2

Poseidon

Answer 2

Realm: God of sea, horses, earthquakes
Roman Name: Neptune
Symbol: Trident, dolphins, horses

Question 3

Hades

Answer 3

Realm: God of underworld
Roman Name: Pluto
Symbol: Cypress, bident, cerberus (3 headed dog)

Seasons explained by his taking of Persephone

Ruler of dead
Charon was the ferryman of the underworld

Question 4

Hestia

Answer 4

**Realm: **God of hearth and home (Zeus sister)
Roman Name: Vesta
**Symbol: **Hearth and fire

Question 5

Hera

Answer 5

Realm:Queen of gods (Zeus wife)
Roman Name: Juno
**Symbol: **Peacock, pomegranite, cuckoo

Question 6

Ares

Answer 6

Realm: God of war
Roman Name: Mars
Symbol:Sword, shield, dog, vultures

Question 7

Athena

Answer 7

Realm: God of wisdom, war, and weaving
Roman Name: Minerva
Symbol: Owl, olive tree, shield

Question 8

Apollo

Answer 8

Realm: God of sun, music, poetry
Roman Name: Apollo
Symbol: Lyre, Arrow, Sun, Chariot

Question 9

Aphrodite

Answer 9

Realm: Goddess of love and beauty
Roman Name: Venus
Symbol: Doves and sparrows

Born from the foam of the sea

Question 10

Hermes

Answer 10

Realm: Messenger, god of commerce, travelers, and thieves
Roman Name: Mercury
Symbol: Winged cap, winged sandals, medical symbol

Question 11

Artemis

Answer 11

Realm: Goddess of moon and hunting
Roman Name: Diana
Symbol: Crescent, stag, arrow

Question 12

Hephaestus

Answer 12

Realm: God of fire, forger of armor
Roman Name: Vulcan
Symbol: Anvil, forge

Volcanos named after him

Question 13

Antigone

Answer 13

Burys eteocles
Daughter of Oedipus
Commits suicide after being imprisoned by Creon

Question 14

Ismene

Answer 14

Antigone sister
Runs away

Question 15

Polyneices

Answer 15

Takes throne after Oedipus leaves
Dies in battle with Eteocles

Question 16

Eteocles

Answer 16

Fights polyneices and dies in battle with brother for throne
Buried by Antigone

Question 17

Oedipus

Answer 17

Father of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles
Married Jocasta by prophecy
Killed Laius by prophecy
Gouged his eyes out after learning Jocasta was his mother, dies later.

Question 18

Jocasta

Answer 18

Mother of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles
Married Oedipus by prophecy
Commits suicide after learning Oedipus is her son.

Question 19

Laius

Answer 19

Father of Oedipus
Formerly married to Jocasta before Oedipus killed him by prophecy

Question 20

Creon

Answer 20

King of Thebes after brothers died
Married to Eurydice
Does not want to bury Eteocles because he is a traitor
Imprisons Antigone

Question 21

Eurydice

Answer 21

Mother of Haemon
Married to Creon
Kills herself after Haemon killed himself for Antigone

Question 22

Haemon

Answer 22

Son of Creon and Eurydice
In love with Antigone
Kills himself after Antigone kills herself and blames his father
Tries and fails to kill his father

Question 23

Tiresias

Answer 23

Prophet
Got mad at Creon for not listening
Fortold Oedipus prophecy