Edith Hamilton Chapter 1 Flashcards
Who guarded the gate of clouds, the entrance to Mount Olympus?
The Seasons
Whose oracle was at Dodona?
Zeus
Who brought up Hera?
Oceanus and Tethys
What daughter of Hera helped people in child birth?
Eileithyia
What was Hera’s favorite city?
Argos
What granddaughter of Oceanus was the wife of Poseidon?
Amphitrite
Who has a far-famed cap/helmet who made whoever wears it invisible?
Hades
Who was Death, not king of the dead?
Thanatos/Orcus(Greek and Roman named respectively)
Full grown and full armored….who was born from the head of Zeus?
Athena
Who created the olive tree?
Athena
Who was called the “most Greek of all the gods?”
Apollo
What were the sacred springs of Delphi?
Castalia
What was the River of Delphi?
Cephissus
What lived in the caves of Parnassus?
Python
What was Apollo’s tree?
Laurel tree
Where was Artemis born?
Mt. Cynthus in Delos
What was Artemis called for her birth place?
Cynthia
What three hearts can Aphrodite not bend or ensnare?
Vesta, Athena, and Artemis
Who was Iphigenia sacrificed to for safe travels?
Artemis
Who is the goddess with three forms?
Artemis
What daughter if Zeus and Dione?
Aphrodite
Who sprung from sea foam near Cythera?
Aphrodite
What was the tree of Aphrodite?
The Myrtle tree
What daughter if Atlas was the mother of Hermes?
Maia
What was the lyre made out of and by who?
Tortoise shell and Hermes
