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The Gods of Greece (1-5) Flashcards

1
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What is a constellation

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A group of stars

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2
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Who is Cronos?

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First king of the gods, father of the gods

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3
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Rhea

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Cronos’s wife

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4
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Who were the Titans

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giants whomst aided cronos in the battle against Zues

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Who is Hera

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Sister of Zues and queen of the gods and goddess of the clouds

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Who is Poseidon

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Brother of Zues and god of the ocean

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Who is Hades

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Brother of Zues and king of the underworld

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Who is Hestia

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Sister of Zues and god of fire and earth

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What is the Styx

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River aaround the underworld (Hatefull)

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10
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who is Charon

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Ferryman of the styx

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Who is Cerberus

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The three-headed guardian pupper of the underowrld who eats silly hoomans

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12
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Who is Proserpine

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Goddess of the underworld, daughter of Demeter

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13
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What are Nymphs

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Helpers of Demeter

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14
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What is Hera’s Roman name

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Juno

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15
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What is Zues’s Roman name

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Jupiter

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16
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What is Posidens’s Roman name

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Neptune

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17
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What is Hades Roman name

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Pluto

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18
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What was Demeter’s Roman name

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Ceres

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19
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What was Hestia’s Roman name

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Vesta

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20
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What was Persephone’s Roman name

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Proserpine

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21
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Who was the goddess of love

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Aphrodite

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22
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Who is god of love

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Eros

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23
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Who was Iris

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The goddess of rainbows

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24
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What was Aphrodite’s Roman name

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Venus

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25
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What was Eros’s Roman name

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Cupid

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26
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Who were the Graces?

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Three sisters who made people nice

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27
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Who were the three fates

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Three sisters who decided what happened and how long people lived

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28
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Who were the three Furies

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The Furies punished not nice people

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29
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What is the highest mountain in Greece

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Olympus

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30
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Who was Hermes

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The messenger of the gods

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31
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What was Herme’s Roman name

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Mercury

32
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Who is Hephestus

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God o’ fire and blacksmithing

33
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What is Hephestus’s Roman name

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Vulcan

34
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Who is Ares

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The god of war

35
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What is Ares Roman name

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Mars

36
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Who is Appalo

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Twin of Artemis and god of the sun

37
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Who is Artemis

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Twin of Appalo goddess of the moon

38
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What is Artemis’s Roman name

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Diana

39
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Who is Athena

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Goddess of Wisdom

40
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What is Athena’s Roman name

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Minerva

41
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Where did the god’s originally live

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Mt. Aetna

42
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Who is the goddess of youth

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Hebe

43
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Who were the Muses

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The nine goddesses of poetry, art, and sciences

44
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What did the muses teach

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“useful arts”

45
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Who is Demeter

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the great earth mother who made the fields fruitful

46
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WHo was Prometheus

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A half-god that warned the mortals of the flood

47
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Who is Deucalion

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Prometheus’s Son

48
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Who was Pyrrah

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Prometheus’s wife

49
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What did Prometheus’s Ark land at the end of the flood

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Mt. Parnassus

50
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What were the race of rocks that Pyrrah and Prometheus threw called

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Hellenes

51
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What did the Greeks call their country where Prometheus and Pyrrah start a new race

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Hellas

52
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What does brazen mean

A

Bronze covered

53
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What did the Oracle say to Pyrrah

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“cast behind you the bones of your mother”

54
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What did Prometheus mean

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“Forethought”

55
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Where did King Agenor live

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Phoenicia in Asia

56
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Who was Europa

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Agenor’s daughter

57
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Where did Europa ride the bull to

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A land named Europe in her honor

58
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Who is Cadmus

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Son of Agenor

59
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What is Thebes

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The city built by Cadmus

60
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Who is Amphion

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The magical musician who built the wall around Thebes

61
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Who is Harmony

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Daughter of Venus given to Cadmus as a wife

62
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Capering mean

A

To leap about in a playful manner

63
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Who said “Building is better than killing”

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Cadmus

64
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Who is Danaë

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Daughter of king Argo

65
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Where was Perseus Born

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Argos

66
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Where did Danae and Perseus land when they were sent away on a crate

A

Seriphos

67
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Who rescued Danae and Perseus

A

Dictys

68
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Who is polydectes

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Brother of Dictys: Ruler of Sepharose and in love of Danae

69
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Who are the Gorgons

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Three sisters w/ snakes for hair

70
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Who is Medusa

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The only Mortal of the three Gorgons

71
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Who are the Grey sisters

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Told Perseus where the land of Hesperides was (Where the Gorgons lived)

72
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Who was Andromeda

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The princess whom Perseus saved from sacrifice

73
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Who are the Hesperides

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The Nymphs who gave Perseus the magik treasures

74
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Who is Cepheus, Cassiopeia

A

King of and queen: Parents of Andromeda: Turned into constellations

75
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What did Perseus trade his Kingdom of Argos for?

A

The kingdom of Tiryns

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