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Lessons 1-5

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a furnace for heating metal

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forges

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carries the sky on his shoulders

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Atlas

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caution, good sense

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prudence

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Contrast Ares and Athena

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Ares was tall and handsome but vain and cruel. He ws thrilled when war broke out, and he reveled in the bloodshed, pain, and devastation caused.All the gods disliked Ares excepted Aphrodite. Athena was wise and jsut. She led armies in war only if they fought for just causes. She also had great skills at the loom and potter’s wheel. She was confident in her talent and respected as a leader.

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cow ford

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Bosporus

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daughter of Cronus

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Hestia

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Describe Hephaestus’ workshop, its location, and how one could tell that he was working.

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Hephaestus’ workshop was on Mt. Olympus and his forges were inside volcanoes. He had bellows and hammers and two thinking robots to help him. When he was working, sparks flew out of the mountains and the noise of the hammers could be heard for miles.

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Describe the palace of the gods and anme its builder.

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The one-eyed Cyclopes built the palace. The palace was hidden in the clouds and was by the goddesses of the seasons. Light in the palace never failed. The Olympian gods and goddesses sat on the Twelve Golden Thrones, and Hestia tended the sacred fire in the hall.

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Describe two sets of children - of Mother Earth and Uranus.

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The first children of Mother Earth were the Titans and Titanesses, the first gods. The second set were the giant smiths, the Cyclopes, each with one glowing eye. The third set were sons with 50 heads and 100 arms. The children of Cronus were the gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera

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first wife of Zeus; goddess of prudence

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Metis

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glittering with rainbow colors

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iridescent

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god of light and music

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Apollo

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god of smiths and fire

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Hephaestus

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god of wine

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Dionysus

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goddess of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

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goddess of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

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goddess of the harvest

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Demeter

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goddess of the hearth

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Hestia

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goddess of the hunt

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Artemis

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goddess of wisdom

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Athena

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goddess of wisdom, defensive war, arts and crafts

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Athena

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gods of smiths and fire; Aphrodite’s husband

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Hephaestus

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Hera’s secret garden in the west

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Garden of Hesperides

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highest mountain in Greece

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Mount Olympus

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home of the gods
Mount Olympus
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horrible, ugly
hideous
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How did Rhea and Mother Earth fool Cronus?
When Rhea's sixth child was born, Rhea wrapped a rock in baby clothes and tricked Cronus into swallowing the rock instead of the newborn. Rhea then hid the baby in a secret cave on the Island of Crete.
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Mt. Olympus - home of the gods
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Crete - hiding place of the baby Zeus
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Greece - land of the gods
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Athens - city of Athena that received her gift of an olive tree
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Cythera - where Aphrodite emerged from the sea
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Arcadia - location of the Inachos river, dried up by Zeus' thunderbolt
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Lemnos - island where Hephaestus fell, was crippled, and was nursed back to health
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Asia Minor - Asian side of the Bosporus
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Bosporus - where Io, as a cow, leapt to escape the gadfly
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island where Zeus was raised
Crete
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large, annoying fly that bites livestock
gadfly
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lord of the sea
Poseidon
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metal smiths; Hephaestus' helper
Cyclopes
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mother of Athena; goddess of prudence
Metis
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plentiful, abundant
bountiful
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Second children of Earth; one-eyed children of Earth and Uranus
Cyclopes
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shallow place in a stream where one can cross
ford
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spirit of victory
Nike
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strongest Titan
Atlas
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The Golden Age of Man was during his reign
Cronus
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The Greek name for Father Sky
Uranus
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The Greek name for Mother Earth, mother of all living things
Gaea
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Titans who left to join Zeus in revolt
Prometheus, Empimetheus
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turned into a spider for boasting and irreverence
Arachne
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Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?
Artemis
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Which god is associated with a hammer?
Hephaestus
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Which god is associated with a hearth?
Hestia
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Which god is associated with a lyre?
Apollo
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Which god is associated with an owl?
Athena
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Which god is associated with a thunderbolt?
Zeus
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Which god is associated with a trident?
Poseidon
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youngest child of Cronus; King of gods
Zeus
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youngest Titan; overcame Uranus
Cronus
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Zeus' weapon; symbol of his power
lighting bolt
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Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?
Artemis

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