Gods + Herakles

Question 1

Zeus

Answer 1

Roman name: Jupiter
God of: Sky
Symbol: Eagle
Depicted: Beard, lightning bolt

Question 2

Hera

Answer 2

Roman name: Juno
God of: Marriage and families
Symbol: Pomegranate, cow, peacock
Depicted: silver crown, older woman, greek dress

Question 3

Poseidon

Answer 3

Roman name: Neptune
God of: Sea
Symbol: Trident
Depicted: Trident, Swimming horse

Question 4

Demeter

Answer 4

Roman name: Ceres
God of: Agriculture
Symbol: torch corn plant
Depicted: Young woman,

Question 5

Ares

Answer 5

Roman name: Mars
God of: War
Symbol: a wild boar, bloody spear
Depicted: Shield, helmet

Question 6

Athena

Answer 6

Roman name: Minerva
God of: wisdom, war
Symbol: the owl
Depicted: Helmet

Question 7

Apollo

Answer 7

Roman name: Apollo
God of: Archery, music, sun, poetry
Symbol: the lyre, laurel wreath
Depicted: Young, with harp

Question 8

Artemis

Answer 8

Roman name: Diana
God of: the moon, hunting
Symbol: The moon, the deer
Depicted: a bow, young

Question 9

Hephaestus

Answer 9

Roman name: Vulcan
God of: Blacksmiths and fire
Symbol: Anvil and hammer
Depicted: Straggly beard, strong, ugly

Question 10

Aphrodite

Answer 10

Roman name: Venus
God of: Love and Beauty
Symbol: The dove
Depicted: Very pretty

Question 11

Hermes

Answer 11

Roman name: Mercury
God of: Travellers, merchants and thieves
Symbol: The caduceus (winged swirly thing)
Depicted: ???

Question 12

Dionysus

Answer 12

Roman name: Bacchus
God of: Wine
Symbol: The leopard, the grape vine
Depicted: bowl of wine

Question 13

Hades

Answer 13

Roman name: Pluto
God of: Underworld
Symbol: the helm of the darkness
Depicted: ???

Question 14

Hestia

Answer 14

Roman name: Vesta
God of: Hearth and domestic life
Symbol: Fire
Depicted: Flower

Question 15

Herakles Labour 1 - L

Answer 15

The Nemean Lion

Used claw to get impenetrable skin off

Question 16

Herakles Labour 2 - H

Answer 16

The Lernaean Hydra
Cut off 1 head 2 grow back
Iolaus sealed neck with flame

Question 17

Herakles Labour 3 - H

Answer 17

The Golden Hind (deer)
Larger than a bull and completely gold
Extremely swift so took him a year to catch

Question 18

Herakles Labour 4 - B

Answer 18

The Erymanthian Boar
Very large and had to wear it down
Caught it and bound its legs to give to the king alive

Question 19

Herakles Labour 5 - S

Answer 19

The Augean Stables
Clean a very dirty stables by King of Elis
Diverted the rivers (Alpheius and Peneius) through the stables to clean them

Question 20

Herakles Labour 6 - B

Answer 20

The Stymphalian birds
Kill bird ravaging the farmland
He shook a rattle from Athena then shot them

Question 21

Herakles Labour 7 - B

Answer 21

The cretan bull
A bull was destroying homes and farms had to get it to mycenae alive
Strangled it, then rode it to king minos

Question 22

Herakles Lavour 8 - D

Answer 22

The maves of Diomedes
Diomedes had horses that ate people, set out to overcome H
He fed Diomedes to the horses

Question 23

Herakles Labour 9 - H

Answer 23

The belt of Hippolyte
Had to retrieve Hippolyte’s belt from amazonians
He defeated the Amazonians, killed the queen and took back the belt

Question 24

Herakles Labour 10 - G

Answer 24

The cattle of Geryon
The Geryon had 3 heads and it took cattle to the edge of the world
H hit it with a club and used a bow

Question 25

Herakles Labour 11 - A

Answer 25

The apples of the Hesperides

Had to collect golden apples from a garden guarded by the Hesperides

Question 26

Herakles Labour 12 - C

Answer 26

Cerberus
Retrieve Cerberus from the underworld
He strangled Cerberus (he wasnt allowed to use weapons)