Unit 1 Flashcards
Lessons 1-5
a furnace for heating metal
forges
carries the sky on his shoulders
Atlas
caution, good sense
prudence
Contrast Ares and Athena
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.
cow ford
Bosporus
daughter of Cronus
Hestia
Describe Hephaestus’ workshop, its location, and how one could tell that he was working.
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.
Describe the palace of the gods and anme its builder.
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.
Describe two sets of children - of Mother Earth and Uranus.
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
first wife of Zeus; goddess of prudence
Metis
glittering with rainbow colors
iridescent
god of light and music
Apollo
god of smiths and fire
Hephaestus
god of wine
Dionysus
goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
goddess of the harvest
Demeter
goddess of the hearth
Hestia
goddess of the hunt
Artemis
goddess of wisdom
Athena
goddess of wisdom, defensive war, arts and crafts
Athena
gods of smiths and fire; Aphrodite’s husband
Hephaestus
Hera’s secret garden in the west
Garden of Hesperides
highest mountain in Greece
Mount Olympus
home of the gods
Mount Olympus
horrible, ugly
hideous
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.
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Mt. Olympus - home of the gods
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Crete - hiding place of the baby Zeus
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Greece - land of the gods
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Athens - city of Athena that received her gift of an olive tree
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Cythera - where Aphrodite emerged from the sea
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Arcadia - location of the Inachos river, dried up by Zeus’ thunderbolt
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Lemnos - island where Hephaestus fell, was crippled, and was nursed back to health
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Asia Minor - Asian side of the Bosporus
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Bosporus - where Io, as a cow, leapt to escape the gadfly
island where Zeus was raised
Crete
large, annoying fly that bites livestock
gadfly
lord of the sea
Poseidon
metal smiths; Hephaestus’ helper
Cyclopes
mother of Athena; goddess of prudence
Metis
plentiful, abundant
bountiful
Second children of Earth; one-eyed children of Earth and Uranus
Cyclopes
shallow place in a stream where one can cross
ford
spirit of victory
Nike
strongest Titan
Atlas
The Golden Age of Man was during his reign
Cronus
The Greek name for Father Sky
Uranus
The Greek name for Mother Earth, mother of all living things
Gaea
Titans who left to join Zeus in revolt
Prometheus, Empimetheus
turned into a spider for boasting and irreverence
Arachne
Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?
Artemis
Which god is associated with a hammer?
Hephaestus
Which god is associated with a hearth?
Hestia
Which god is associated with a lyre?
Apollo
Which god is associated with an owl?
Athena
Which god is associated with a thunderbolt?
Zeus
Which god is associated with a trident?
Poseidon
youngest child of Cronus; King of gods
Zeus
youngest Titan; overcame Uranus
Cronus
Zeus’ weapon; symbol of his power
lighting bolt
Which god is associated with a bow and arrow?
Artemis
