Lord of the sky
associated with thunderbolts and hospitality
Who is Zeus/Jupiter
The goddess of wisdom, handicrafts and the patron of Athens
Who is Athena/Minerva?
This flower is named after a beautiful youth.
What is a narcissus?
A universally understood symbol or pattern or prototype upon which others are copied patterned or emulated. Examples include the hero, the doppelganger, the rebel, and the social outcast.
What is an archetype?
She opened a box that unleashed all of the worst heartbreak, disease, and pain onto the new humans.
Who is Pandora?
This goddess was awarded the Golden Apple of Discord, "For the Fairest", thereby starting the Trojan War.
Who is Aphrodite?
His father is Poseidon.
Who is Polyphemus's father?
He had the idea for the Trojan Horse.
Who was Odysseus?
Kidnapper of Persephone
Who is Hades/Pluto
This jealous goddess is the patron of marriage
Who is Hera/Juno?
This skilled musician accompanied Jason on the Argo.
Who is Orpheus?
This is the reason that Theseus was heading to Athens.
What is to claim the throne that was rightfully his?
To torture the men
Why were women created?
Her face "launched 1000 ships".
Who is Helen?
They take terrible advantage of the ancient laws of hospitality, including hitting on Odysseus's wife.
Who are the suitors?
He refused to take sides in the Trojan War, as well as the competion over the Golden Apple of Discord.
Who was Zeus?
This is the clever messenger of the gods and is god of thieves
Who is Hermes/Mercury?
This goddess is responsible for the hearth and home
Who is Hestia/Vesta
Two types are Eros and Philia.
What is love?
He was only wearing 1 sandal.
How did King Pelius know that Jason was a threat to take over his throne?
This was the main reason that Zeus was angry at the earliest humans.
What is failing to properly worship the gods?
In order to gain favorable winds.
Why did Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter?
This is Odysseus's son.
Who is Telemachus?
He left Troy with his wife, Helen, when it was burning down after she bared her breasts for him, even though she had been with her lover, Paris, for the last 10 years.
Who is Menelaus?
This god was thrown off of Mt. Olympus at birth because he was deformed
Who is Hephaestus/Vulcan?
This goddess was born from the sea foam of the castrated Sky
Who is Aphrodite/Venus
These lovers were eventually both turned into trees.
Who are Baucus and Philemon?
They were told by Glaucus that Hercules had to get back to his labors and they should sail on with the favorable winds.
Why didn't the Argonauts turn back when they realized that Hercules, Hylas, and Polyphemus weren't with them?
Using wool to measure out the length, these 3 sisters are in control of each mortal's destiny.
Who are the Fates?
10 years
How long did the Trojan War last?
The Sirens, The Lotus Eaters, and the Cyclops
What are 3 challenges described in the Odyssey?
The island of Ithaca
What is Odysseus's home?
This god of war is buddies Terror, Trembling, and has a sister named Discord. Disliked by his parents, Zeus and Hera
Who is Ares/Mars
This virgin goddess is the twin of the god of light
Who is Artemis/Diana
This is the lesson that the story of Pomona and Vertumnus teaches.
What is give love a chance or don't have a stony heart?
Chopped him up in little pieces so his father had to slow down to pick up the pieces to give him a proper burial.
What did Medea do to her brother?
It was for this infraction that Rhea was upset with her brother, Cronus.
What is eating her children?
He was upset about being insulted by Agamemnon, as well as having his war prize, Briseis, taken away.
Why won't Achilles fight?
This minor goddess kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
Feared by the gods and could not be outwitted by them.
Who are the Fates?
This is the god of earthquakes, storms and horses
Who is Poseidon/Neptune?
Who is Demeter/Ceres?
This nymph was chased by a river god.
Who is Arethusa?
This witch makes appearances in both the Argonauts myth and in The Odyssey.
Who is Circe?
This foil to Zeus stole fire for the first men
Who is Prometheus
This champion of the Trojan side was treated brutally by Achilles.
Who is Hector?
This nation's king eventually delivered Odysseus home.
What is the Phaecia?
God of shepherds, goatherds, and associated with the wild.
Who is Pan?
The "most Greek of all the gods"
Who is Apollo/Apollo?
6
Who is Persephone? Or How many pomegranate seeds did Persephone eat?
Who is Medea?
Attempting to steal Persephone from the Underworld, defeating the Amazons and kidnapping Helen
What are some of Theseus's adventures?
This is the metal of our current human race
What is iron?
He died wearing Achilles armor.
Who is Patroclus?
She turns Odysseus's men into pigs.
Who is Circe?
Was swallowed by Zeus in order to give him the gift of clear thinking.
Who was Metis?
This god was born out of Zeus's thigh
Who is Dionysus/Baucus
Her marriage to the smith of the gods is not a happy one.
Who is Aphrodite?
She fell in love with a bull and was helped by Daedalus to quench her passion for the beast.
Who was Pasiphae?
Throwing a stone.
How does Jason defeat the dragon teeth warrior?
This organ was eaten by eagles on a daily basis for eternity.
What is Prometheus's' liver?
She has the gift of prophesy, but the curse that no one believes her prophesies.
Who is Cassandra?
Honoring the laws of hospitality.
This Greek wife was horrified by her husband's decision to sacrifice their daughter.
Who is Clytemnestra?