From the Greek
The Beginning
The Greek Alphabet
The Children of Gaia
The Olympians
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μῦθος

This word means "word," "speech," or "story."

What is "Myth?"

100

This primordial goddess is the embodiment of the earth. 

Who is Gaia?

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This is the first letter in the Greek alphabet. 

What is alpha? 

100

This is the collective name for Gaia's twelve humanoid children. 

Who are the Titans? 

100

This Olympian was hidden from his Titan father on the Island of Crete. 

Who is Zeus?

200

ἱστορία

This word means "inquiry."

What is history?

200

This primordial god, whose name means "sky" or "heaven" in Greek, is the husband of Gaia. 

Who is Ouranos?

200

This is the only Greek letter to have three different forms - an uppercase form, a lowercase form that appears in the middle of words, and a lowercase form that appears at the end of words. 

What is sigma?

200

This youngest Titan deposed his father with an act of brutal violence. 

Who was Kronos? 

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In order to prevent his children from rising against them, Kronos did this when they were born. 

What is swallowed them?

300

φιλοσοφία

This word means "love of wisdom."

Philosophy. 

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This primordial god is the embodiment of love. 

Who is Eros? 

300

This letter, the last in the Greek alphabet, makes a long O sound (as its name implies!). 

What is omega? 

300

The wife of Kronos and mother of Zeus. 

Who was Rhea? 

300

This goddess is the oldest of the Olympians. 

Who is Hestia? 

400

Ἀχιλλεύς

The swift-footed son of Thetis. 

Who is Achilles? 

400

This place is the pit beneath the earth and the final prison for the Titans. 

What is Tartarus? 

400

This letter, used frequently in geometry, is essentially equivalent to the English letter P. 

What is pi? 

400

These monsters had 100 arms and 50 heads. 

Who were the Hecatoncheires?

400

Zeus and the Olympians allied themselves with the Hecatoncheires, the sons of Iapetus, and these giants with great metalworking skills. 

Who were the Cyclopes?

500

This is the first word of Homer's Iliad. 

What is μῆνιν/wrath? 

500

This empty void was the first thing to exist in the universe. 

What is chaos? 

500

This letter, present in the Greek spelling of Achilles, represents a fricative sound that doesn't exist in the English language. 

What is chi? 

500

This Titan, who represents the East, is the father of Prometheus. 

Who is Iapetus?

500

This goddess assisted Zeus in overthrowing his father and became his first wife. 

Who is Metis?

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