English Mythology Prep

Question 1

Mother Earth
Mother of the Titans
Married to Uranus (first husband)
Married to Pontus (second husband)

Answer 1

Gaea

Question 2

First lord of the universe

Gaea’s first husband

Answer 2

Uranus

Question 3

Lord of the sea

Gaea’s second husband

Answer 3

Pontus

Question 4

Son of Gaea and Uranus
Defeated his father Uranus
Would not set his brothers free from Tartarus; made Gaea mad
Married to Rhea
Swallowed his children so they couldn’t defeat him

Answer 4

Cronus

Question 5

Married to Cronus
Mother of Zeus
Fooled Cronus into swallowing a stone instead of Zeus

Answer 5

Rhea

Question 6

Married Metis, goddess of prudence
Freed siblings from Cronus
Defeated the Titans
Armed with lightning bolts
Lord of the Universe (after defeating father)
Married Hera, made her Queen of Olympus

Answer 6

Zeus

Question 7

Queen of Olympus
Jealous of Zeus’s other wives/mistresses
Turned Io into a cow
Had a servant named Argus with 100 eyes

Answer 7

Hera

Question 8

God of smiths and fire
Strong arms and weak legs (bc Zeus threw him off Olympus for being ugly)
Married to Aphrodite
Crafted weapons and jewelry

Answer 8

Hephaestus

Question 9

Goddess of love
Extremely beautiful
Rose out of the sea; had no mother or father
Had a son named Eros who shot arrows of love
Wanted to be married to Ares because he was handsome

Answer 9

Aphrodite

Question 10

God of war
Constant companion was Eris, the spirit of strife
Could not bear to suffer pain and threw fits when he was injured

Answer 10

Ares

Question 11

Goddess of wisdom
Daughter of Metis (goddess of prudence that Zeus swallowed) and Zeus
Sprang fully formed and armed from Zeus’s head
Companion was Nike, the goddess of victory
Turned student Arachne into a spider for her pride about her weaving

Answer 11

Athena

Question 12

God of shepherds, travelers, merchants and thieves
Trickster; loved to pull pranks on the other gods
Hid Apollo’s sacred cows
Bored Argus (Hera’s servant) to death by telling him a boring story
Talked his way out of being convicted for murder
Herald of the gods

Answer 12

Hermes

Question 13

Lord of the sea (after Pontus)
Called the “Earthshaker” because he was destructive when angry
Armed with a Trident
Created the horse
Married Amphitrite, daughter of Nereus
Son named Triton, who had a fishtail

Answer 13

Poseidon

Question 14

Conquered the dragon Python to gain control of the oracle of Delphi
God of music and the sun
Killed Orion with a giant scorpion because he was jealous of his relationship with his sister Artemis
Created a constellation of Orion to get Artemis to forgive him
Drove a golden chariot
Killed all of Niobe’s sons for disrespecting his mother

Answer 14

Apollo

Question 15

Goddess of hunting and the moon
Never wanted to be married
Was close friends with Orion, a hunting partner
Killed all of Niobe’s daughters for disrespecting her mother
Promised but refused to marry Otus

Answer 15

Artemis

Question 16

Lord of the dead
Had a three headed dog named Cerberus
Kidnapped Persephone
Very cold and gloomy god
Had a cap of invisibility

Answer 16

Hades

Question 17

Daughter of Demeter
Caused flowers to sprout under her dancing feet
Kidnapped by Hades
Ate a pomegranate in the underworld and was forced to return once a year causing winter on the earth

Answer 17

Persephone

Question 18

Goddess of the harvest
Mother of Persephone
Became so sad when she lost her daughter that she caused a perpetual winter on the earth until Persephone was returned
Taught mankind to farm and store wheat so that they wouldn’t starve during the winter

Answer 18

Demeter

Question 19

God of wine
Kidnaped by pirates who thought he was a prince
Turned the pirates who kidnapped him into dolphins
Hestia gave up her throne on Olympus for him
Mother was a mortal, Princess Semele

Answer 19

Dionysus