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Who are the primordial deities in Greek mythology, representing Earth and Sky?

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Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky)

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Who were the children of Gaia and Ouranos?

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The Titans, Cyclopes, and Hecatoncheires

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Who overthrew Ouranos to become ruler of the cosmos?

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Cronus

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Who is Cronus’s wife and sister, also a Titan?

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Rhea

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Who are the six Olympian children of Cronus and Rhea?

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Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia

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Which child did Rhea hide to save from being swallowed by Cronus?

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Zeus

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Who led the Olympians in the war against the Titans?

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Zeus

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Who are the parents of Zeus?

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Cronus and Rhea

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Who is the wife of Zeus and queen of the gods?

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Hera

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Who are the children of Zeus and Hera?

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Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus, and Eileithyia

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Who is the goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus?

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Athena

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How was Athena born?

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She sprang fully grown and armored from Zeus’s forehead

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Who are the twin children of Zeus and Leto?

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Apollo and Artemis

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Who is the mother of Hermes, the messenger god?

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Maia, one of the Pleiades

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Who are the parents of Aphrodite in some versions of Greek mythology?

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Born from the sea foam, associated with Ouranos or Zeus and Dione

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Who is the god of wine and the youngest Olympian, son of Zeus?

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Dionysus

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Who are the parents of Persephone?

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Zeus and Demeter

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Who are the parents of Heracles (Hercules)?

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Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene

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Who are the divine parents of Perseus?

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Zeus and Danaë

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Who is the mortal mother of Achilles?

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Thetis, a sea nymph

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Who is the mortal father of Achilles?

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Peleus, a Greek hero

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Who are the parents of the hero Theseus?

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Aegeus (or Poseidon) and Aethra

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Who are the children of Hades and Persephone?

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They have no direct offspring in most myths

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Who are the parents of Helen of Troy?

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Zeus and Leda

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Who is the brother of Helen, also hatched from an egg?

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Pollux (Polydeuces)

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Who are the twin sons of Leda?

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Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri)

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Who are the sisters of Helen of Troy?

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Clytemnestra and the Dioscuri twins Castor and Pollux

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Who are the parents of the hero Jason?

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Aeson and Alcimede

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Who is the mortal mother of Asclepius, the god of medicine?

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Coronis

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Who is the father of Asclepius?

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Apollo

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Who are the children of Zeus and Europa?

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Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon

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Who are the offspring of Poseidon and Medusa?

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Pegasus and Chrysaor

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Who are the parents of the Minotaur?

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Minos’s wife Pasiphae and a sacred bull

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Who is the father of the hero Bellerophon?

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Glaucus, king of Corinth

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Who are the parents of the hero Orpheus?

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The muse Calliope and the Thracian king Oeagrus

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Who are the parents of the warrior hero Meleager?

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Oeneus and Althaea

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Who are the parents of the hero Diomedes?

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Tydeus and Deipyle

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Who is the son of Zeus who became a ruler of Crete?

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Minos

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Who is the mother of the demigod Perseus?

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Danaë

40
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Who was the first wife of Zeus?

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Metis

41
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What prophecy caused Zeus to swallow Metis?

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That her child would be more powerful than him

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Who are the children of Zeus and Hera?

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Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus

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Who are the parents of the hero Odysseus?

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Laertes and Anticlea

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Who are the parents of the hero Hector?

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Priam and Hecuba

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Who are the parents of Paris of Troy?

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Priam and Hecuba

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Who is the mother of the monstrous Chimera’s slayer Bellerophon?

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Eurynome, Queen of Corinth

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Who is the father of Deianira, wife of Heracles?

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Oeneus, King of Calydon

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Who are the parents of the Gorgon Medusa?

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Phorcys and Ceto

49
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Who are the parents of the god Pan?

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Hermes and the nymph Dryope

50
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Who are the parents of the winged horse Pegasus?

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Poseidon and Medusa

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Who are the siblings of the hero Heracles?

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Iphicles, his mortal twin brother

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