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Unit 1 Flashcards

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1
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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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12
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god of light and music

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Apollo

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13
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god of smiths and fire

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Hephaestus

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14
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god of wine

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Dionysus

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15
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goddess of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

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16
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goddess of love and beauty

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Aphrodite

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17
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goddess of the harvest

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Demeter

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18
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goddess of the hearth

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Hestia

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19
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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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21
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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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23
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Hera’s secret garden in the west

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Garden of Hesperides

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24
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highest mountain in Greece

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Mount Olympus

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25
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home of the gods

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Mount Olympus

26
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horrible, ugly

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hideous

27
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How did Rhea and Mother Earth fool Cronus?

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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.

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Mt. Olympus - home of the gods

29
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Crete - hiding place of the baby Zeus

30
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Greece - land of the gods

31
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Athens - city of Athena that received her gift of an olive tree

32
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Cythera - where Aphrodite emerged from the sea

33
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Arcadia - location of the Inachos river, dried up by Zeus’ thunderbolt

34
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Lemnos - island where Hephaestus fell, was crippled, and was nursed back to health

35
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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Asia Minor - Asian side of the Bosporus

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Identify and give the significance of the marked location.

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Bosporus - where Io, as a cow, leapt to escape the gadfly

37
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island where Zeus was raised

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Crete

38
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large, annoying fly that bites livestock

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gadfly

39
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lord of the sea

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Poseidon

40
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metal smiths; Hephaestus’ helper

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Cyclopes

41
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mother of Athena; goddess of prudence

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Metis

42
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plentiful, abundant

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bountiful

43
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Second children of Earth; one-eyed children of Earth and Uranus

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Cyclopes

44
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shallow place in a stream where one can cross

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ford

45
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spirit of victory

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Nike

46
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strongest Titan

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Atlas

47
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The Golden Age of Man was during his reign

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Cronus

48
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The Greek name for Father Sky

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Uranus

49
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The Greek name for Mother Earth, mother of all living things

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Gaea

50
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Titans who left to join Zeus in revolt

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Prometheus, Empimetheus

51
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turned into a spider for boasting and irreverence

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Arachne

52
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Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?

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Artemis

53
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Which god is associated with a hammer?

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Hephaestus

54
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Which god is associated with a hearth?

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Hestia

55
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Which god is associated with a lyre?

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Apollo

56
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Which god is associated with an owl?

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Athena

57
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Which god is associated with a thunderbolt?

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Zeus

58
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Which god is associated with a trident?

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Poseidon

59
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youngest child of Cronus; King of gods

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Zeus

60
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youngest Titan; overcame Uranus

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Cronus

61
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Zeus’ weapon; symbol of his power

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lighting bolt

62
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Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?

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Artemis

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