Giants Flashcards

1
Q

Who were the parents of the giants?

A

Ge and Uranus

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2
Q

What creatures, with legs ending in the tails of snakes…

A

giants

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3
Q

Who was the leader of the giants?

A

Eurymedon

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4
Q

Who flung huge rocks and burning oaks into the sky?

A

the giants

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5
Q

When Ge wanted to find a plant that would immortalize the giants, what did Zeus do to keep it from her?

A

He forbade Eos, Helius, and Selene from giving light

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6
Q

What did the oracle tell the gods about the gigantomachy?

A

they needed the help of a mortal to destroy the giants

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7
Q

Who enlisted Heracles to help the gods against the Giants?

A

Athena

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8
Q

What mortal did Athena enlist to help fight the giants?

A

Heracles

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9
Q

Which two were the strongest of the giants?

A

Alcyoneus and Porphyrion

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10
Q

Who was the only immortal giant?

A

Alcyoneus

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11
Q

Where was Alcyoneus confined?

A

Pallene

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12
Q

Who killed Alcyoneus?

A

Heracles

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13
Q

How did Heracles kill Alcyoneus?

A

shot him and dragged him outside Pallene

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14
Q

Which giant attacked Heracles and Hera?

A

Porphyrion

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15
Q

What did the giant Porphyrion try to do?

A

rape hera

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16
Q

How did Porphyrion die?

A

Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and Heracles shot him

17
Q

Who shot Ephialted in the left eye?

A

Apollo

18
Q

Who shot Ephialtes in the right eye?

A

Heracles

19
Q

Who killed the giant Eurytus?

A

Dionysus

20
Q

How did the giant Eurytus die?

A

Dionysus killed him with his Thyrsus

21
Q

Who killed the giant Clytius?

A

Hecate

22
Q

How did the giant Clytius die?

A

Hecate burned him to death with her torches

23
Q

Who killed the giant Mimas?

A

Hephaestus

24
Q

How did the giant Mimas die?

A

Hephaestus flung red hot metal at him

25
Q

Who killed the giant Enceladus?

A

Athena

26
Q

How did the giant Enceladus die?

A

Athena crushed him by flinging Sicily on top of him

27
Q

Who killed the giant Pallas?

A

Athena

28
Q

How did the giant pallas die?

A

Athena killed him and flayed him alive

29
Q

Who’s skin did Athena use for her shield?

A

Pallas’s

30
Q

Who killed the giant Polybotes?

A

Poseidon

31
Q

How did the giant Polybotes die?

A

Poseidon chased him through the sea and threw Nisyrus on top of him

32
Q

Who killed the giant Hippolytus?

A

Apollo

33
Q

How did Apollo kill Hippolytus the giant?

A

wearing the cap of darkness from Hades

34
Q

Who killed the giant Gration?

A

Artemis

35
Q

How did the giant Gration die?

A

Artemis shot him

36
Q

How did the giants Agrius and Thoas die?

A

The fates killed them with clubs of bronze

37
Q

Who killed the giants Agrius and Thoas?

A

the fates

38
Q

After the giants were defeated, out of anger, who did Ge bore?

A

Typhoeus