The Gods Flashcards
Zeus:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) the sky, weather, law, kingship, hospitality
b) Hera
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) bearded, thunderbolt, eagle, scepter
e) Jupiter
Hera:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) Marriage, childbirth, family life, household
b) Zeus
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) Middle-aged women, round hat/crown, scepter, peacock
e) Juno
Poseidon:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) the sea but especially stormy seas, horses, earthquakes,
b) Amphitrite
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) Bearded, trident, fish, dolphin
e) Neptune
Demeter:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) Grain, fertility, secret knowledge of the afterlife
b) Has had children with Zeus and Poseidon, but not married
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) Sheaf of grain or a horn of plenty
e) Ceres
Hades:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) the underworld, the dead, dark places forbidden to living mortals
b) Persephone
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) Bearded, chariot, but rarely depicted
e) Pluto
Hestia:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) the hearth, cooking fire, household
b) Virgin goddess
c) Cronus and Rhea
d) simply the object of the hearth, veil, but rarely depicted
e) Vesta
Apollo:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) music, medicine, disease, archery, poetry, prophecy
b) Unmarried, but has had a few children
c) Zeus and Leto
d) Lyre, beardless, bow
e) Apollo
Artemis:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) the hunt, animals, fertility of wild spaces, young girls, archery
b) Virgin goddess
c) Zeus and Leto
d) Bow, deer, lion
e) Diana
Hermes:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) travel, theft, heraldry, communication, roads, trade
b) None
c) Zeus and Maia
d) bearded, caduceus, winged shoes, traveller’s hat
e) Mercury
Aphrodite:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) love, human sexuality, fertility, charm, calm sea
b) Hephaestus
c) Uranus and sea foam
d) Naked or semi-naked, dove, Eros
e) Venus
Hephaestus:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) fire, work, metallurgy, crafts, masonry, magic
b) Aphrodite
c) Hera
d) Bearded, hammer and tongs, club-footed
e) Vulcan
Athena:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) wisdom, strategic warfare, weaving, planning, olives
b) Virgin goddess
c) Zeus and Metis
d) owl, spear, helmet, aegis
e) Minerva
Ares
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) bloody warfare, violent madness
b) Affair with Aphrodite
c) Zeus and Hera
d) bearded, spear and helmet, sitting or crouched
e) Mars
Dionysus
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) wine, budding vegetation, madness, intoxication, liberation
b) none
c) Zeus and Semele
d) grapes, ?
e) Bacchus
Heracles:
a) Dominion
b) Marriage
c) Parents
d) Attributes
e) Roman name
a) none
b) Megara, Deianira, Hebe
c) Zeus and Alkmene
d) ?
e) Hercules
