Religion
God of Sky and king of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
A common source of protein in the Greek diet thanks to many Greek civilizations being located on islands or near large bodies of water.
What is fish?
Obsessive love
What is mania?
BONUS POINTS to any group that can provide an example of a modern word in English that contains “Mania” and tell me what it means.
After weaving a tapestry Athena didn’t like, Arachne was turned into this animal.
What is a spider?
A former Greek city state turned national capital known throughout the ancient world for its politics and embrace of democracy.
What is Athens?
God of the Sea. And also horses. But mainly the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
This plant served a three-fold purpose to the Greeks. It provided a fat for cooking, a fruit for eating, and wood for building.
What is the Olive Tree?
BONUS POINTS to the group that can tell me the Greek God or Goddess for whom olive trees are sacred.
Romantic, passionate love
What is Eros?
Every day, an eagle comes to devour this organ of Prometheus as his punishment for giving mankind fire.
What is the liver?
The Greek god of wine, ritual insanity, and theatre.
Who is Dionysius?
After winning a beauty contest, this Love goddess inadvertently caused the Trojan War.
Who is Aphrodite?
A Greek city state known for its prowess in battle and prioritization of physical fitness.
What is Sparta?
Enduring love
For his crime of cheating death twice, Sisyphus must roll this large item up a hill every day only for it to fall back to the bottom of the hill before he reaches the top.
What is a Boulder?
This king had the curse and the blessing to turn anything he touched into solid gold.
Who is Midas?
The holy mountain in Greek mythology whose name is similar to a biannual international sporting event.
What is Mount Olympus?
People would flock to this woman from all over the ancient world thanks to her gift of prophecy granted to her by Apollo.
Who is the Oracle at Delphi?
Playful love
What is Ludus?
The curse placed on Erysicthon for cutting down a tree sacred to the Harvest goddess Demeter.
What is unending hunger?
BONUS POINTS to the group that can tell me the name of Demeter’s famous daughter.
A monster trapped in the Cretan labyrinth, half bull and half man.
What is the Minotaur?
The race of divine beings that immediately precede the Greek gods.
Who were the Titans?
BONUS POINTS to the group that can tell me the name of the King of the Titans and father of the big six Greek Gods.
A process by which a citizen could be voted out of a Greek city for any reason at all. Votes would be cast by citizens writing down the name of the person they would wish to throw out of the city on a scrap of pottery called an ostrakon.
What is ostracism?
Self love
What is Philautia?
Narcissus could have lived a long and happy life, but instead, he saw this and was bound to it until his death soon after.
What is his reflection?
The largest trading partner of the Greeks. Their alphabet would inspire the Greek alphabet and writing system.
Who were the Phoenicians?