Mythology Gods, Monsters, Muses, Fates, and Furies Flashcards
What was Persephone’s Roman name?
Proserpina
What was the weapon that Bacchus carried?
Thyrsus
What Roman god carried a staff called Caduceus?
Mercury
Who was Diana’s Greek equivalent?
Artemis
Who was the roman god of the anvil?
Vulcan
Which Roman god is associated with vultures, dogs, and spears?
Mars
Who was the Roman goddess of the hearth?
Vesta
Who was the Roman goddess of wheat and agriculture?
Ceres
Which Roman goddess is associated with cattle?
Juno
What was the name of dis’s two pronged spear?
bident
Who was Calliope?
The muse of Epic Poetry
Who was Clio?
The muse of History
Who was Erato?
The muse of Love Poetry
Who was Euterpe?
The muse of Music
Who was Melponmene?
The muse of Tragedy
Who was Polyhymnia?
The muse of Hymns
Who was Terpsichore?
The muse of Dance
Who was Urania?
The muse of Astronomy
Who was Thalia?
The muse of Comedy or the Grace of Good Cheer
Who was Aglaia?
The Grace of Beauty
Who was Euphrosyne?
The Grace of Mirth
Who was Clotho?
The fate that spun
Who was Lachesis?
The fate that allotted
Who was Atropos?
The fate that cut the thread (inevitable)
Who was Alecto?
A fury
Who was Megaera?
A fury
Who was Tisiphone?
A fury
What monster was a whirlpool?
Charybdis
What monster was part lion, goat, and snake?
Chimera
What monster was a dog with three heads?
Cerberus
What monster had a horses’s body, and a man’s torso, head, and arms?
Centaur
What monster was half nymph, half snake, and the mother of all mosnters?
Echidna
What monster was a dog with two heads?
Orthus or Orthrus
What monster was part goat, part man?
Satyr
What monster had six heads?
Scylla
What monster was a cyclops with one eye?
Polyphemus
What hero encountered Polyphemus, Charybdis, and Scylla?
Odysseus
