The Twelve Olympians
This god is the supreme ruler of the world.
Persephone eats this, binding her to the underworld forever.
What are pomegranate seeds?
He ferries the dead across the river of Acheron to be judged.
Who is Charon?
God that wields a trident. Second in power to Zeus.
Who is Poseidon?
Most greek myths were learned from stories written by this Greek Poet.
Who is Homer?
God of the underworld but NOT considered evil.
Who is Hades?
She is the Goddess of Harvest, neglecting her duties while her daughter is missing.
Who is Demeter?
Only men that were buried with this could cross the river into the underworld.
What is the toll/money?
Zeus's wife, the protector of marriage, vengeful towards those unfaithful.
Who is Hera?
This is the main reason myths were told.
What is "to explain the unexplainable?"
He is the sun god and carries a golden lyre.
Who is Apollo?
Zeus decides to make a compromise to save the humans because without them, there would be...
What is "no one to worship the gods?"
The deeper of the two divisions of the underworld, meant as the Prison of the Sons of Earth.
What is Tartarus?
Protector of Athens, Goddess of the City, born from Zeus's head.
Who is Athena?
Unlike the Egyptians, Greek gods were created to look like...
What is man/human/their own image?
She is the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
The story of Demeter and Persephone helps to explain this.
What is the changing of the seasons?
This is the name of the three-headed dragon-tailed dog that guards the gates of the underworld.
What is Cerberus?
Messenger God with winged sandals.
Who is Hermes?
According to the most modern idea, a real myth has NOTHING to do with...
What is religion?
She is the sacred God of the Heath and Home. Prayers are said to her before meals.
Who is Hestia?
The story can be seen as a transformation or Coming-of-Age story for Persephone because this happens when she enters the underworld.
What is she becomes queen?
Who is Persephone?
God of War, unliked by his parents and the Greeks alike.
Who is Ares?
The Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe. What was the order they believed everything was created?
What is first came Heaven and Earth, the titans were their children, and the gods were their grandchildren?