gods
Who was the ruler of the gods?
Zeus
Who was Zeus' wife and what was she the goddess of?
Hera, she was the goddess of marriage
How many heads did the Hydra have?
What caused the Trojan war?
The abduction of Helen, the wife of King Menelaus
What was Poseidon's domain?
Poseidon ruled the sea
What were Hera's 3 symbols?
A pomegranate, a peacock, and a cuckoo.
Where did Cerberus live?
In the Underworld at the River Styx
Who kidnapped Helen originally causing the war?
Paris
What was Hades symbol?
A sceptor or two pronged fork and Cerberus
What did Hera do to the nymph Echo?
She took her ability to speak away, only allowing her to repeat the words of others
Who defeated the Minotaur?
Thesues, son of the Athenian King
What did the Greeks do to sneak into Troy?
They built a giant wooden horse as a gift to the Trojans and hid armed soldiers inside.
What was Poseidon's symbol?
a trident
What was Athena's roman name?
Minerva
What did Odysseus do to Polyphemus, the one eyed cyclops?
They waited for him to fall asleep and then poked his eye out with sharpened sticks
What did Paris do to cause Athena and Hera to be mad at him?
BONUS: What was the object that Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite were fighting over?
He decided that Aphrodite was the most beautiful of the goddesses, because she promised to give him the most beautiful woman in the land
BONUS: a golden apple
What did Zeus turn his first wife into when she was pregnant and why?
Zeus was originally married to Metis. When she was pregnant, Zeus heard that his son would overthrow him. So Zeus turned her into a fly and swallowed her
Why did Athena turn Arachne into a spider?
When they had challenged each other to a competition to see who was the best at weaving. Athena was enraged when Arachne weaved the gods at their worst.
What were the names of the three gorgons?
Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno
What did Athena promise to give Paris if he chose her as the most beautiful?
She promised that he would have great wisdom and skill in battle