Final Review

Question 1

Titan who overcame Uranus

Answer 1

Cronus

Question 2

Titan who carries the sky on his shoulders

Answer 2

Atlas

Question 3

mother Earth

Answer 3

Gaea

Question 4

father sky

Answer 4

Uranus

Question 5

goddess of the hearth

Answer 5

Hestia

Question 6

god of the underworld

Answer 6

Hades

Question 7

metal smiths; helpers of Hephaestus

Answer 7

Cyclops

Question 8

greatest teacher in Greece

Answer 8

Chiron

Question 9

spirit of strife/discord

Answer 9

Eris

Question 10

goddesses of destiny

Answer 10

Three Fates

Question 11

watchdog of the underworld

Answer 11

Cerberus

Question 12

queen of the underworld

Answer 12

Persephone

Question 13

river of the underworld

Answer 13

River Styx

Question 14

creator of man

Answer 14

Prometheus

Question 15

hunter; son of Poseidon (constellation)

Answer 15

Orion

Question 16

god of nature

Answer 16

Pan

Question 17

creature half-man, half-horse

Answer 17

centaur

Question 18

woodland creature with goat features

Answer 18

satyr

Question 19

first doctor

Answer 19

Asclepius

Question 20

released miseries upon the world

Answer 20

Pandora

Question 21

tried to rescue Euridice from the underworld

Answer 21

Orpheus

Question 22

tribe of warrior women

Answer 22

Amazons

Question 23

creature half-man, half-bull

Answer 23

minotaur

Question 24

rescued Andromeda from the sea monster

Answer 24

Perseus

Question 25

king with the golden touch

Answer 25

King Midas

Question 26

Gorgon killed by Perseus

Answer 26

Medusa

Question 27

flying horse

Answer 27

Pegasus

Question 28

most beautiful woman on earth

Answer 28

Helen

Question 29

flew too close to the sun

Answer 29

Icarus

Question 30

performed labors to atone for his crime

Answer 30

Hercules/Heracles

Question 31

sorceress; turned men into animals

Answer 31

Circe

Question 32

defeated the minotaur

Answer 32

Theseus

Question 33

enchanting birds with women’s heads

Answer 33

Sirens

Question 34

founder of Rome

Answer 34

Aeneas

Question 35

lead Argonauts in quest of the Golden Fleece

Answer 35

Jason

Question 36

What is Hera’s most prominent trait that caused her to create trouble in the lives of many gods and heroes?

Answer 36

jealousy

Question 37

Contrast Ares and Athena.

Answer 37

Ares - tall, handsome, vain, cruel, thrilled by war, liked bloodshed and pain, all gods disliked him; Athena - wise, just, led armies to war only for just causes, confident, respected as a leader, favorite child of Zeus

Question 38

What was the job of each of the Three Fates?

Answer 38

The decided who long mortals lived and how long gods ruled. Clotho: spun thread of life; Lachesis: measured thread of life; Atropos: cut thread of life at the end of life.

Question 39

What was Deucalion’s new race called, and why was it better than the previous one?

Answer 39

Deucalion’s race; They were made of stone instead of clay so they were better able to withstand the stings of the miseries.

Question 40

What caused the Trojan War to erupt, and how long did it last?

Answer 40

Paris took Helen of Sparta to be his wife even though she was already married. A duel between Paris and Menelaus was ruled undecided, so the armies began fighting. It lasted 10 years.

Question 41

What was Achilles’ vulnerable part, and why was it vulnerable?

Answer 41

His heel was vulnerable because his mother held him by the heel over the sacred fire of immortality as an infant. His heel wasn’t exposed to the fire so it could cause his mortal death if wounded.