Gods
He hurls the lightening bolt and the eagle is his bird.
Who is Jupiter / Zeus?
This goddess is often depicted in art wearing a regal crown. This is appropriate as she is the queen of the gods.
Who is Hera / Juno?
Who was Helen?
This hero was disguised as a woman on the isle of Skyros to prevent him from going to war.
Who is Achilles?
Athena, Aphrodite and Hera.
Who were the three goddesses in the Judgement of Paris?
He is the god of the grape vine and ivy. His female worshippers were called Maenads.
Who is Dionysus / Bacchus?
CCHS students were treated to several works of art focused on this maiden goddess of the hunt.
Who is Diana / Artemis?
This hero of Greece had to choose between a long, unremembered life or an early death with everlasting fame.
Who was Achilles?
This hero was a talented musician who could charm animals and stones with his music, but lost his wife.
Who was Orpheus?
In the largest painting we saw yesterday, Automedon is depicted holding these animals.
What are the horses of Achilles?
This god carries the caduceus, is represented with winged sandals and is the god of travelers.
Who is Mercury / Hermes?
This goddess is often shown with the aegis around her neck and wearing battle armor.
Who is Athena / Juno?
This hero was the defender of Troy.
Who was Hector?
Heinrich Schliemann believed that he had found the body of this famous king of Mycenae beneath a golden mask.
Who was Agamemnon?
The term for a large Greek vessel used to mix together wine and water.
Although commonly depicted in Classical art, this god is not an Olympian. His father was Zeus, but his mother was a mortal. He had to earn his immortality.
Who is Herakles / Hercules?
This goddess was a goddess of fertility. Mythology involving this goddess and her daughter helped to explain the changing of the seasons.
Who is Ceres / Demeter?
Name the son of Venus who survives the Trojan war and brings a group of refugees to settle in Italy?
Who is Aeneas?
This hero was successful in killing the feared Minotaur, but forgot Ariadne on the isle of Naxos.
Who is Theseus?
What is Venus?
My son is Zeus, whom I tried to eat.
Who is Cronus / Saturn?
This was the Greek goddess of the hearth.
Who was Hestia?
Name the King of Troy.
Who is King Priam?
One of the parents of Achilles.
Who are Peleus / Thetis?
The constellation supposedly arranged by Dionysus throwing Ariadne's crown into the sky.
What is the corona borealis?