Week 5

Question 1

who created zeus thunderbolt

Answer 1

cyclopes, in thanks for their release from tartarus

Question 2

xenia

Answer 2

means friendship, once offered obligation of hospitality and exchange

Question 3

zeus and hera kids

Answer 3

hesphaeus (sometimes), hebe, ares, eileithyia

Question 4

athena parents

Answer 4

zeus and metis

Question 5

apollo and artemis parents

Answer 5

zeus and leto

Question 6

hermes parents

Answer 6

zeus and maia

Question 7

aphrodite parents

Answer 7

zeus and dione

Question 8

dionysus parants

Answer 8

zeus and semele

Question 9

aegis

Answer 9

means “goat skin” protective shield worn by zeus

Question 10

eileithyia

Answer 10

goddess of childbirth

Question 11

hebe

Answer 11

goddess of youthful bloom and a cupbearer

Question 12

hesphaetus island

Answer 12

lemnos

Question 13

anthropomorphism

Answer 13

the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object

Question 14

origin of dodona oracle

Answer 14

2 black doves flew from egypt, one to libya, one to dodona, sat in oak tree and told humans to establish an oracle to zeus

Question 15

ganymede myth

Answer 15

(aprhodite homeric hymn) trojan prince, most beautiful of mortals, zeus either kidnaps by whirlwind or eagle to become immortal cupbearer. Zeus gives father horses to appease him

Question 16

different versions of hesphaestus birth/deformity

Answer 16

hesiod says both that hera and zeus throw him from olympus, homer says zeus does it

Question 17

aphrodite and ares

Answer 17

they cheat and get caught and trapped by hurt hesphaestus until poseidon begs for ares’s release

Question 18

parents of muses

Answer 18

zeus and mnemosyne

Question 19

muses

Answer 19

associated with arts and apollo, usually 9 each with specific function, union of divine and memory

Question 20

parents of fates

Answer 20

zeus and themis

Question 21

fates

Answer 21

clotho (spinner): spins thread of life
lachesis (apportioner): measures thread, how long life will be
atropos (inflexbile): cuts thread, ends life

Question 22

abstract fate

Answer 22

moira

Question 23

why does zeus swallow metis (wisdom)

Answer 23

prophesied when metis is pregnant that her son will overthrow father

Question 24

west pediment

Answer 24

centaurs at wedding of pirithous

Question 25

east pediment

Answer 25

pelops and hippodamia

Question 26

metopes

Answer 26

12 labours of heracles

Question 27

zeus statue maker

Answer 27

pheidias