Hermes Flashcards
1
Q
What group did Maia belong to?
A
The Pleiades
2
Q
Who were the parents of Hermes?
A
Maia and Zeus
3
Q
Where did Maia live?
A
Mount Cyllene
4
Q
At noon of his first day on earth he stepped outside of the cave…
A
Hermes
5
Q
What did Hermes use for the strings of the lyre?
A
sheep guts
6
Q
After being born what was the first thing Hermes encountered?
A
a tortoise
7
Q
Where do the gods pasture their cattle?
A
Pieria
8
Q
How did Hermes confuse the trail of the cattle he stole?
A
He drove the cattle backwards
9
Q
Whose cattle did Hermes steal?
A
Apollo’s
10
Q
Who stole Apollo’s cattle?
A
hermes
11
Q
Who, obscuring his footprints by wearing sandals of brushwood…
A
Hermes
12
Q
Who did Hermes turn to stone?
A
Battus
13
Q
Who was turned to stone for double dealing?
A
Battus
14
Q
What was battus transformed into?
A
stone
15
Q
Who invented fire?
A
Hermes
