Titans & Olympians

Question 1

ZEUS
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
God of:
Married to:

Answer 1

Roman name: Jupiter
Common identifiers: lightning(thrown down), white beard, exposed torso, his eagle
God of: weather & justice
Married to: Hera

Question 2

POSEIDON
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
God of:
Married to:

Answer 2

Roman name: Neptune
Common identifiers: trident(3 pronged), matted/wet hair, chariot drawn by Hippocamp
God of: sea(SALT WATER ONLY), horses, earthquakes, and wall building
Married to: Amphitrite

Question 3

HADES
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
God of:
Married to:

Answer 3

Roman name: Pluto
Common identifiers: bident(2 pronged), black hair, incomplete/partial looking beard, Cerberus(3 headed dog)
God of: the underworld, precious metals
Married to: Persephone

Question 4

HERA
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
Goddess of:
Married to:

Answer 4

Roman name: Juno
Common identifiers: heavy modest garments, hair always up
Goddess of: motherhood, childbirth, vengeance
Married to: Zeus

Question 5

APHRODITE
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
Goddess of:
Married to:

Answer 5

Roman name: Venus
Common identifiers: very sheer and clingy garments, pair of doves, cupids, contrapposto stance
Goddess of: love/lust(NOT BEAUTY)
Married to: Hephaestus

Question 6

HESTIA
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
Goddess of:
Married to:

Answer 6

Roman name: Vesta
Common identifiers: also very modest, fire, vestal virgins
Goddess of: household hearth - fire for cooking and warmth, virginity
Married to: no one, rejects all suitors

Question 7

DEMETER
Roman name:
Common identifiers:
Goddess of:
Married to:

Answer 7

Roman name: Ceres
Common identifiers: wheat, breasts sometimes enhanced for concept of fertility, agricultural tools, torch(searching for Persephone)
Goddess of: grain/agriculture
Married to: no one, is content to spend time with her daughter rather than with a lover

Question 8

Who gave birth to the Olympians?

Answer 8

Rhea and Cronus

Question 9

Who gave birth to the first Titans?

Answer 9

Uranus(sky/heavens) and Gaea(earth)

Question 10

Why was Gaea upset with Uranus and in pain?

Answer 10

She couldn’t give birth bc Uranus was constantly covering her, and he forced the hundred-handed giants to live at the edge of the world

Question 11

How did Gaea overpower Uranus?

Answer 11

She asked her son Cronus to cut his genitals off, and then she was able to birth the Titans

Question 12

Why did Cronus eat his children?

Answer 12

He was prophesied to be overpowered by his son, similar to how he overpowered his own father

Question 13

How did Rhea trick Cronus into not eating Zeus?

Answer 13

She wrapped rocks in swaddled clothes and hid Zeus

Question 14

What did Zeus do to his father?

Answer 14

Fulfilled the prophecy and cut open his stomach, allowing all his other siblings to be born. He then led the war against the Titans and became ruler of Mount Olympus

Question 15

GOLDEN AGE
Who created mankind:
How did they die:
Important to know:

Answer 15

Who created mankind: Cronus
How did they die: they all just died off, no women to reproduce with
Important to know: perfect bliss, gods & mankind lived in harmony, no strife or labor

Question 16

SILVER AGE
Who created mankind:
How did they die:
Important to know:

Answer 16

Who created mankind: all Olympians worked together
How did they die: gods killed them all off
Important to know: they took 100 years to reach maturity, very selfish and rude, didn’t worship or make sacrifices to the gods

Question 17

BRONZE AGE
Who created mankind:
How did they die:
Important to know:

Answer 17

Who created mankind: Zeus
How did they die: they all killed each other with their weapons
Important to know: very hostile and war-like, created weapons out of bronze for the first time

Question 18

IRON AGE
Who created mankind:
How did they die:
Important to know:

Answer 18

Who created mankind: Prometheus
How did they die: still alive today, current age
Important to know: Zeus wanted mankind to fail so he withheld fire from them, until Prometheus stole it, considered the worse age because of labor and having to work for things