Section 21 Vocab

Question 1

Achilles

Answer 1

the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War the only way to kill him was to attack his one weak spot, his heel

Question 2

Adonis

Answer 2

a Greek youth who was so handsome that even Aphrodite, the goddess of love, fell in love with him

Question 3

Agamemnon

Answer 3

the king who led the Greek forces in the Trojan War

Question 4

Amazons

Answer 4

a tribe of female warriors who were knowns for their great size, strength, and fierceness

Question 5

Aphrodite

Answer 5

the beautiful goddess of love and beauty also known as Venus

Question 6

Apollo

Answer 6

the god of prophecy, music, poetry, medicine, and light

Question 7

Ares

Answer 7

god of War also known as Mars

Question 8

Artemis

Answer 8

goddess of the hunt

Diana

Question 9

Asgard

Answer 9

In Norse mythology, Asgard was the domain of the gods and of heroes killed in battle
at the center of the universe

Question 10

Athena

Answer 10

goddess of wisdom

Minerva

Question 11

Atlas

Answer 11

punished by being forced to hold up the death and sky on his shoulders for eternity

Question 12

Bacchus

Answer 12

Roman god of wine

Question 13

Balder

Answer 13

Norse god of light

Question 14

Cerberus

Answer 14

three headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades

Question 15

Ceres

Answer 15

the Roman goddess of farming

Demeter

Question 16

chimera

Answer 16

a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon or serpent

Question 17

Cupid

Answer 17

the Roman god of love

Question 18

Cyclops

Answer 18

giants with only one eye
the best-known cyclops imprisoned the Greek hero Odysseus but Odysseus finally escaped by tricking the giant and putting out his eye

Question 19

Daedalus

Answer 19

the famous Greek inventor who built the Labyrinth, a great maze from which no one could escape

Question 20

Daphne

Answer 20

a nymph who asked to gods to turn her into a laurel or a bay tree