Gods & Goddesses
Goddess of wisdom, skills and war
Who is Athena?
Earth goddess and mother of the Titans
Who is Gaea?
The ancient Greeks created the idea of a constitution and in Athens any citizen could speak to the assembly and vote on decisions by simply holding up their hands.
What is democracy?
This word comes from the Greek god of fear, Phobos.
What is phobia?
A nymph, daughter of the sun god Helios, able to turn me into animals.
Who is Circe?
The father of the Cyclops
Who is Poseidon?
Titan who ruled the universe before his son Zeus dethroned him.
Who is Cronus?
Some examples are Odysseus and Leonidas
What are war heroes?
This term comes from Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul.
What is psychology?
Odysseus blinds Polyphemus
What is the land of the Cyclopes?
God of prophecy and music; also called Phoebus (FEE buhs)
Who is Apollo?
Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus
Who is Rhea?
The Parthenon is a great example, and others can be seen in Washington DC, Russia and England.
What are columns?
This plant gets its name comes from the Greek titan Hêlios, who controlled the rising and setting of the sun.
What is a heliotrope?
She falls in love with Odysseus and keeps him for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
God of the Underworld
Who is Hades?
Sky god supplanted by his son Cronus
Who is Uranus?
This explores matters of reason, ethics ans natural law.
What is Philosophy?
This Greek word has origins in the story of Chronos, the god of time.
These cannibals destroy 11 of Odysseus' ships.
Who are the Laestrygonians?
King of the gods and ruler of the heavens and wife, goddess of married women.
Who are Zeus and Hera?
Everything started with this
What is Khaos?
Alpha and Beta
What is the alphabet?
This word has a Greek word origin in the story of Clotho, the youngest of the Three Fates, who spun the thread of life.
What is cloth?
Odysseus had to fight and get through these sea monsters to continue his journey.
What are Scylla and Charybdis?