Lesson 2

Question 1

fairy goat, horns flowed with ambrosia and nectar

Answer 1

Amaltheia

Question 2

breastplate of Zeus

Answer 2

Aegis

Question 3

first wife of Zeus; goddess of prudence

Answer 3

Metis

Question 4

Titans who left to join Zeus in revolt

Answer 4

Prometheus, Empimetheus

Question 5

Zeus’ weapon; symbol of his power

Answer 5

lighting bolt

Question 6

monsters sent by Mother Earth to fight Zeus

Answer 6

Typhon and Echidna

Question 7

highest mountain in Greece

Answer 7

Mount Olympus

Question 8

home of the gods

Answer 8

Mount Olympus

Question 9

fleet-footed messenger of gods

Answer 9

Iris

Question 10

traveled on a rainbow

Answer 10

Iris

Question 11

strongest Titan

Answer 11

Atlas

Question 12

carries the sky on his shoulders

Answer 12

Atlas

Question 13

goddess of the hearth

Answer 13

Hestia

Question 14

daughter of Cronus

Answer 14

Hestia

Question 15

minor nature gods

Answer 15

nymphs

Question 16

cannot be penetrated, pierced

Answer 16

impenetrable

Question 17

caution, good sense

Answer 17

prudence

Question 18

slyly

Answer 18

cunningly

Question 19

unable to be conquered, defeated

Answer 19

unconquerable

Question 20

bubbling, foaming

Answer 20

frothing

Question 21

poison secreted by some snakes, spiders

Answer 21

venom

Question 22

horrible, ugly

Answer 22

hideous

Question 23

to cringe, tremble in fear

Answer 23

cowered [cower]

Question 24

glittering with rainbow colors

Answer 24

iridescent

Question 25

Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

Answer 25

Mt. Olympus - home of the gods

Question 26

Describe the palace of the gods and anme its builder.

Answer 26

The one-eyed Cyclopes built the palace. The palace was hidden in the clouds and was by the goddesses of the seasons. Light in the palace never failed. The Olympian gods and goddesses sat on the Twelve Golden Thrones, and Hestia tended the sacred fire in the hall.