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1
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List the characteristics of myth

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  1. Untrue
  2. Every religion has their own myth
  3. Stories were passed on
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Who ferries the souls of dead across the water

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Charon

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Where are the good rewarded and the evil punished

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The good are rewarded in the afterlife and the evil are punished in the underworld

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List the characteristics of the Greek gods

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  1. Large than life
  2. They had powers for everything
  3. Different types of mythical creatures
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5
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Who judges the souls that enters hades

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Hades

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Who has winged sandals

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Hermes

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7
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Who was born from Zeus s head

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Athena

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8
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Who loved to hunt

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Artemis

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9
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Who are the goddesses of art

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The Nines Muses

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10
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What is the name of the three-headed dog

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Cerberus

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11
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Who gave man fire

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Prometheus

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12
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Who is the jealous wife of Zeus

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Hera

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13
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Whose sign is the oak and eagle

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Zeus

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14
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Who was the God of war

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Ares

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15
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Who ruled the underworld

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Hades

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16
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Who was ugly and lame

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Hephaestus

17
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Who was the lord of the sky and had a mighty thunderbolt

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Zeus

18
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Who was punished by being chained to a rock and his liver was eaten by an eagle

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Prometheus

19
Q

Who is the king of the wind

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Anemoi

20
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Who had enchanting voices and lead sailors to their death

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Siren

21
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Which creature are dragon like and have wings

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Serpentine monsters

22
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What were aglaia eurphrosyne and thailia

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The Three Graces

23
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Name the three fates

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  1. Parcae
  2. Sudice
  3. Norns
24
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Who was punished for giving man fire

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Prometheus

25
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Which famous goddess loved Adonis

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Aphrodite

26
Q

Who was in love with his own image

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Narcissus

27
Q

What did Pandora release to mankind

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Evils of the world

28
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Who is the Roman God of good beginnings

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Janus

29
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What do we call the twelve elder gods

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The Titans

30
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Who is the god of wine

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Dionysus

31
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Who were the two great gods of earth

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Demeter and Dionysus

32
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Why are the two great gods of earth altogether different from other gods

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Demeter and Dionysus were gods of sorrow as well as joy

33
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Which lovers accidently killed themselves because they thought the other was dead

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Pyramus and Thisbe

34
Q

Who fell in love with a statue he built

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Pygmalion

35
Q

Who was the strongest man on earth

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Hercules

36
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Who angered Hercules

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Apollo

37
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Twelve Labors of Hercules

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  1. The Lion
  2. The Boar
  3. The Bull
  4. The Cattle
  5. The Hydra
  6. The Stables
  7. The Horses
  8. The Apples
  9. The Hind
  10. The Birds
  11. The Belt
  12. Cerberus

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