Greek Myths II Flashcards
Who was the sixth child of Rhea hidden in youth?
Zeus
Rhea hid Zeus in a cave on
a. Mount Olympus
b. Mount Parnasus
c. Mount Ida in Crete
c. Mount Ida in Crete
A Fairy goat, horns flowed with ambrosia and nectar
Amalthea
The skin of Amalthea that became the breastplate of Zeus
Aegis
The battle of gods and titans. Who wan?
Titanomachy. The Gods
Who helped Zeus in the battle with titans?
Cyclopes and hundred-handers
The Titans who took the side of the younger gods in the battle with titans:
Why did they join Zeus?
Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Prometheus
The defeated titans was sent to:
a. Mount Olympus
b. to Sicily
c. to Tartarus
c. to Tartarus
Atlas, the strongest of the Titans, was punished by having to
a. perform 10 great deeds
b. weave a web for Artemis
c. hold up the vault of the sky on his shoulders
d. live forever in Tartarus
c. hold up the vault of the sky on his shoulders
Gaea was angry at Zeus for - __
a. fighting with his father
b. locking the Titans in Tartarus
d. sending Poseidon into the sea
b. locking the Titans in Tartarus
The monsters born by Typhon and Echidna that had the lion faetures
Nemean Lion, Chimera, Sphinx
The battle between the Olympian gods led by Zeus and the giants born by Gaia
Gigantomachy
Who of mortals fought on the side of the Olympians. Why?
Heracles. According to Hera’s prophecy the gods’ victory would not be possible without the participation of the son of a mortal mother.
Why the younger generation of gods was called the Olympians?
They settled on Mount Olympus
What were the weapons the Cyclopes made for Zeus and his brother?
a. lighting bolt
b. trident
c. cap of invisibility
