Titans, Creatures, And Monsters

Question 0

Rhea

Answer 0

Kronos wife
She hid her 6th child, Zeus, and gave Kronos a rock
When Zeus was older he tricked Kronos into throwing up Zeuss brothers and sisters

Question 1

Kronos

Answer 1

Lord of the titans
Called the “twisted one” or the “crooked one”
Sliced his own father, Uranus, to pieces and took over the world

Question 2

Pan

Answer 2

Greek god of the mountainside
Has the upper body of a man, and the legs of a goat
Plays his pipes frightening travelers

Question 3

Prometheus

Answer 3

A titan Who did not fight against the gods
In charge of molding men out of clay
One of the first to recognize men’s potential

Question 4

Furies

Answer 4

Avenging spirits controlled by Hades
Had bat wings, fiery whips, and are sometimes pictured with bleeding eyes, snake hair, and heads of dogs
They oversee punishment in the Underworld

Question 5

Fates

Answer 5

3 mysterious old ladies who controlled the spades tiny of all living beings from birth to death
One spung the tephra ad of life
One determined the length of it
One determined the time of death

Question 6

Harpies

Answer 6

Wild smelly
Sometimes carries off people to the underworld
Unruly bird winged maidens

Question 7

Cerberus

Answer 7

Three headed dog

Guards the gates do the underworld

Permits new spirits to enter the world of the dead,but will not allow any to leave

Question 8

Charon

Answer 8

Ferry men of the dead
Greeks would leave a coin under the tongue of the deceased to pay for passage across the river Stynx
Those who couldn’t pay were doomed to wonder the earth until they found some way to pay

Question 9

Chiron

Answer 9

Immortal centaur
Kindly and wise
Trained many heroes including Hercales (Hercules)

Question 10

Satyrs

Answer 10

Human from waist up goat from the waist down
Inhabit wild places of the earth
Companions of Bionysus

Question 11

Centaurs

Answer 11

Human from the waist up
Horse from the waist down
Most are barbaric except for Chiron

Question 12

Medusa

Answer 12

One of the 3 garden sisters
Was once a lovely maiden but Athena turned her in to a hideous monster when she was caught having an affair with Poseidon at her temple
Her hair is made of snakes, and her gaze turns people into stone

Question 13

Minotaur

Answer 13

Half man half bull
Very destructive
Trapped in a labyrinth

Question 14

Naiads

Answer 14

Female spirits that inhabits bodies of fresh water like rivers and lakes
Female spirits of the sea
Pyrads were female spirits of nature that life in trees or forest

Question 15

Nemean Lion

Answer 15

A monstrous magical lion
Could not be harmed by arrows
Hercules later killed or with his bare hands and a wooden club he wore it’s skin as a trophy

Question 16

Procrustes

Answer 16

The “stretcher”

A giant who challenged Theseus on his way to Athens

Too long he cuts to short he stretched

Question 17

Echidna

Answer 17

Half women, half serpent
“Mother of Monsters”
She had many children with her mate Typhon which Zeus let live to be challenged for future heroes

Question 18

Chimera

Answer 18

Body of a goat head of a lion, tail of a serpent
Children of Echida
Terrorized Asia Minor until it was killed by the hero Ballerophom

Question 19

Lotus Eaters

Answer 19

A group of men who existed
In a state of forgetfulness
^ because they ate the fruit of the lotus plant