Greek Mythology

Question 1

an allegorical narrative that deals with gods, demigods and legendary heroes of a particular group of people.

Answer 1

mythology

Question 2

• king of Gods
• After leading the battle against Cronus, He became the chief god, and ruled over the other divinities living on Mount Olympus.
• He held dominion over the earth and sky and was the ultimate arbitrator of law and justice. He controlled the weather, using his ability to hurl thunder and lightning to enforce his reign.

Answer 2

Zeus

Question 3

• The Queen of the Gods
• She ruled as queen of the gods. As the goddess of marriage and fidelity, she was one of the only Olympians to remain steadfastly faithful to her spouse.
• Though faithful, she was also vengeful, and tormented many of Zeus’s extramarital partners.

Answer 3

Hera

Question 4

• The God of the Sea
• When Zeus became king, he divided the universe amongst himself and his two brothers. He received dominion over the seas and waters of the world.
• He also held the power to produce storms, floods, and earthquakes. He was also the protector of seamen and the god of horses.

Answer 4

Poseidon

Question 5

• Goddess of the Harvest
• Known as the “good goddess” to the people of the earth, She oversaw farming, agriculture, and the fertility of the earth.
• Not surprisingly, as she controlled the production of food, she was very highly worshipped in the ancient world.

Answer 5

Demeter

Question 6

-Goddess of War and Wisdom
-She was the daughter of Zeus and his first wife, Metis. Fearing that a son would usurp him as he had his father, Zeus swallowed Metis to prevent this.
-She took her place on Mount Olympus as the goddess of justice, strategic warfare, wisdom, rational thought, and arts and crafts.
-The owl was one of her most important symbols, and she planted the first olive tree as a gift to her favorite namesake city,
Athens.

Answer 6

Athena

Question 7

• Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt
• She was quiet, dark and solemn, the goddess of the moon, forests, archery, and the hunt. Like Athena, she had no desire to marry.
• She was the patron goddess of feminine fertility, chastity, and childbirth, and was also heavily associated with wild animals. The bear was sacred to her.

Answer 7

Artemis

Question 8

• God of the Sun, Light and Music
• Artemis’s twin brother he was her exact opposite, the god of the sun, light, music, prophecy, medicine, and knowledge.
• His oracle at Delphi was the most famous of the ancient world. He was cheerful and bright, enjoyed singing, dancing, and drinking, and was immensely popular among both gods and mortals.

Answer 8

Apollo

Question 9

• God of the Sun, Light and Music
• Accounts differ as to his birth. Some name him the son of Zeus and Hera, others say he was conceived by Hera alone in order to get back at Zeus for the birth of Athena.
• He learned the blacksmith’s trade, built himself a workshop, and became the god of fire, metallurgy, sculpture, and crafts, though to a lesser extent than his sister Athena. His forges produce the fire of volcanoes.

Answer 9

Hephaestus

Question 10

• Goddess of Love, Beauty and Sexuality
• Her marriage to Hephaestus was not to her liking, although he crafted intricate jewelry for her as an attempt to woo her affections. She preferred the wild and rough Ares.
• She also enjoyed a number of flings with mortal humans, and is perhaps best known for promising the beautiful, already married Queen Helen to the youth Paris and thus kicking off the legendary Trojan War.

Answer 10

Aphrodite

Question 11

• God of Violent War
• He was the god of war, but in direct contrast to his sister, Athena. Where Athena oversaw strategy, tactics, and defensive warfare, he revealed in the violence and bloodshed that war produced.
• Despite his association with war, he is often described as a coward, running back to Olympus in a sullen fury every time he received the slightest wound.

Answer 11

Ares

Question 12

• Messenger of the Gods
• had a very diverse collection of skills, as the god of trade, eloquence, wealth, luck, sleep, thieves, travel, and animal-raising. He is also always characterized as mischievous.
• As the messenger of the gods, he ran many errands, including killing the monster Argos to release Io, rescuing Ares from his imprisonment by giants, and talking Calypso into freeing Odysseus and his men from her clutches. It was also his duty to escort souls into the underworld.

Answer 12

Hermes

Question 13

• God of Wine
• As the god of wine, wine-making, merriment, theater, and ritual madness, he was an easy favorite among Olympians and mortals alike.
• He was the only Olympian to be born of a mortal mother, and perhaps that was part of the reason why he spent so much time among mortal men, travelling widely and gifting them with wine.

Answer 13

Dionysus

Question 14

• Goddess of the Earth
• She was the final sister of Zeus. She was the most gentle of all the goddesses and protected the home and the hearth. According to the myths, she was originally one of the twelve.
• However, when Dionysus was born, she graciously gave him her throne, insisting that she was happier sitting near and tending to the fire that warmed Olympus.

Answer 14

Hestia

Question 15

• King of the Underworld
• The other brother of Zeus, he, is also not considered an Olympian, as he did not live in the divine palace. He was the god of the dead, overseeing the underworld and the souls that came there.
• Despite this, he caused less trouble than his brother Poseidon, who on one occasion attempted a revolt against Zeus. He also had a soft spot for his wife, Persephone.

Answer 15

Hades

Question 16

• Titan God of the Sea and Water
• The eldest of the Titans, he was married to his sister Tethys. Together the two produced over 6000 spirits of the oceans and streams, known as the Oceanids.
• He gave over his realm to Poseidon after the rise of the Olympians, but Zeus allowed him to continue to live as a simple god of the ocean.

Answer 16

Oceanus

Question 17

• Titan Goddess of Fresh Water
• When Cronus became paranoid and his wife, Rhea, wished to protect her children, she brought Hera to her sister ___ who raised her as her daughter.
• Later, as a favor to Hera, she punished Calisto and Arcas, a lover and child of Zeus, by forbidding their constellations from touching the sea. They were forced to continuously circle the sky without rest. We know those constellations as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, or the big and little dippers.

Answer 17

Tethys

Question 18

• Titan God of Light and Observation
• he was the Titan god of light, wisdom, and vigilance. He married his sister Thea, and they gave birth to Helios, the sun, Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn.
• ___ and three of his other brothers, Coeus, Crius, and Iapetus, formed the four pillars that separated and held the heavens above one another.

Answer 18

Hyperion

Question 19

• Titan Goddess of Sun and Light
• the goddess of light, was also a ravishing beauty, perhaps the loveliest of the six Titan daughters. She was the goddess of light, and therefore the perfect match for her brother, Hyperion.
• She also imbued gold, silver, and precious gems with their radiant shine, and spoke through an oracle at Phthiotis in Thessaly.

Answer 19

Thea

Question 20

• Titan God of the Oracles, Wisdom and Foresight
• He was the keeper of the pillar of the north. He was the Titan god of intellect, and married his sister Phoebe. Their children, Asteria and Leto, were foundational figures in later mythology.
• Asteria turned into a quail and drowned herself in the Aegean Sea, but Leto bore Zeus two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis who became powerful Olympians.

Answer 20

Coeus

Question 21

• Titan Goddess of Prophecy and Intellect
• Since she was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, the twins’ were sometimes called Phoebus and Phoebe as alternative names.

Answer 21

Phoebe

Question 22

• Titan God of Constellations
• He married his half-sister, Eurybia, who was not one of the original twelve Titans but the daughter of Gaea from her second husband, Pontus.
• he fought with the Olympians during the Titans’ overthrow, and as a result, he was imprisoned in Tartarus.

Answer 22

Crius

Question 23

• Titan Goddess of Memory
• The goddess of memory and the voice of the underground Oracle of Trophonios in Boetia, she did not marry one of her brothers but still helped mother the next generation of deities.
• She slept with Zeus for nine consecutive days, and as a result, gave birth to the nine muses; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomeni, Polymnia, Ourania, Terpsichore and Thalia whose roles were to give artists and philosophers inspiration for creation.

Answer 23

Mnemosyne

Question 24

• Titan God of Mortal Life and/or God of Death
• The Titan ___ was the god of craftsmanship or mortality, varying between sources. He married one of his Oceanid nieces, Clymene, and they produced four sons, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.

Answer 24

Iapetus

Question 25

-Titan Goddess of Law, Order and
Justice
-The Titan goddess __ represented natural and moral order and law. She became the second wife of Zeus, helped him hold power over the other gods and all the earth.
-She was the main Titan goddess of the oracle at Delphi, but she was so fond of Apollo that she eventually offered the Oracle to him.

Answer 25

Themis

Question 26

• Titan ruler of the Universe
• Although he was the youngest son of Gaea and Uranus, he was also the strongest of the Greek Titans. For a brief time, earth enjoyed a Golden Age under his rule.
• he learned of a prophecy which stated that, as ___ had dethroned his father, so one of his children would dethrone him. He therefore took all of his children from his sister and wife, Rhea, as soon as they were born, and swallowed them.

Answer 26

Cronus

Question 27

• Titan Goddess of Fertility
• As the goddess responsible for the flow of Cronus’s kingdom, she was well-placed to interrupt that flow. When she learned she was expecting again, she asked her mother for advice.
• Gaea helped Rhea conceal her newborn baby, and Rhea swaddled a stone in baby clothes and gave the stone to Cronus to swallow. Cronus was fooled, but Gaea and Rhea carefully concealed little Zeus in a small cave on the island of Crete.

Answer 27

Rhea