Greek Gods

Question 0

Who was the baby Rhea saved?

Answer 0

Zeus

Question 1

Name the six original Olympians?

Answer 1

Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus

Question 2

Who is the earth goddess?

Answer 2

Gaia

Question 3

Who is the sky god?

Answer 3

Ouranus

Question 4

What did Cronus do when his children were born?

Answer 4

Ate them.

Question 5

How did they get out?

Answer 5

Zeus was Cronus’ Cup bearer.

He poisoned him so Cronus vomited out his five siblings.

Question 6

Who is Hestia?

Answer 6

Goddess of the hearth and it’s fire.

Question 7

Who is Demeter?

Answer 7

Goddess of the crops, sustainer of life to men and beast alike.

Question 8

What is demeters principle myth?

Answer 8

The rape of Persephone

Question 9

What happened when Persephone had to spend four months with hades?

Answer 9

Demeter, her mother, refused to let things grow. Thus winter,

Question 10

Two people Demeter cursed

Answer 10

Ascalabus was turned into a lizard for calling her greedy. Erysichthon with hunger so strong he gnawed his own flesh.

Question 11

Who was Hera?

Answer 11

Goddess of Marriage and childbirth. Sister and wife of Zeus.

Question 12

Who are two of heras kids?

Answer 12

Ares and Hephaestus.

Question 13

What did Hera do when she was offended?

Answer 13

Punished mortals. (I.E after being dishonored Hera set loose the Sphinx on Thebes)

Question 14

What is heras royal bird?

Answer 14

Peacock.

Question 15

Who is hades?

Answer 15

King of the underworld.

Question 16

Who did hades rule over?

Answer 16

The dead

Question 17

How is Hades Micconcepted?

Answer 17

Often depicted as satanic.

Question 18

What is hades principle myth?

Answer 18

The rape of Persephone

Question 19

How did we get the mint plant?

Answer 19

Hades had a mistress named menthe who was trampled underfoot by Persephone as turned into a mint plant,

Question 20

What did hades possess?

Answer 20

A cap of darkness (the helm of darkness) which conferred invisibly on the wearer.

Question 21

Who is Poseidon?

Answer 21

The god of the seas

Question 22

Who is Athena?

Answer 22

Goddess of wisdom and strategy. Patron goddess of Athens. Born from zeus’s head after he swallows her mother during pregnancy. Hephaestus splits his head open with an axe and Athena emerges fully armored, screaming a battle cry.

Question 23

Name the 12 Olympians.

Answer 23

Zeus, Poseidon, hades, Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Hephaestus, ares, Aphrodite, and sometimes Dionysus.

Question 24

Who is Hephaestus?

Answer 24

God of the forge, metal working and fire. His forges are volcanoes. Divine master, created pandora, armor for Achilles, Heracles and Zeus.

Question 25

Who is ares?

Answer 25

The god of war. Arguably more worshipped by Romans. Stands for bloodlust and mindless frenzy of battle. Had sons Phobos and Deimos (Terror and fear) had many affairs mostly with Aphrodite.

Question 26

Who is Aphrodite?

Answer 26

The goddess of love, beauty and sexual desire. Sometimes believed to be daughter of Zeus and Dione. Most commonly thought of as born from ouranus’s blood. She meddled with relationships and helped spark the Trojan war. Venus de milo is her famous sculpture.

Question 27

Who is Apollo?

Answer 27

God of prophecy and divination. The patron god of music and the arts. Often identified with Helios (god of the sun) also, a god of healing and archery. Plays a part in many myths through prophecy. Punished those who offended him. The epitome of male beauty.

Question 28

Who is Artemis?

Answer 28

Virgin goddess of hunting and of women, particularly childbirth. Also known as protector of wildlife. Sister of Apollo, great archer, punished wrong doers, appears frequently in art carrying a bow, wearing furs and accompanied by animals,

Question 29

Who is Dionysus?

Answer 29

The god of wine and intoxication. The god of ritual madness. Also the god of theatre and impersonation. His train of followers included satyrs. Etiology-dolphins.