gods/men
What is Zeus the god of?
god of the skies
Who is Demeter the goddess of? Who is her daughter that is wife of Hades? (She has two daughters)
Agriculture, harvest, etc.
Persephone is her daughter and wife of Hades
Who overthrows Uranus's "throne" or "power? How do they do this? Why do they do this?
Kronos. He does this by slicing him up and throwing the pieces into the ocean. He does this because Gaea, his mother, asks him to.
What does the story of Gaea/Uranus give the world? Or, if you were to believe in Greek Mythology, what are Gaea/Uranus responsible for?
The connection between heavens/skies(Uranus) and earth(Gaea). Or, the world as we know it.
Who is the father of Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon?
Kronos
Who is Hades the god of?
The Underworld
What is Aphrodite the goddess of? Does she like her son's wife?
Love and beauty. She does not like Psyche, her son's wife.
What does Theseus' father ask him to use as a signal of life or death?
A sail that is either white (life) or black (death)
How was fire brought down to earth?
Who created the survival skills of the animals?
Prometheus brought fire down from the heavens, Epimetheus created the survival skills.
Explain the relation between Gaea, Uranus, and Kronos.
Gaea's son is Uranus who is also her husband. Together, they have Kronos.
Who is Eros? (include his mother, wife, and what is he?)
Also known as cupid, he is Love in human form. His wife is Psyche and his mother is Aphrodite.
Who is Medusa?
What can looking at her do?
Who is responsible for her head of snakes?
Who kills her?
Medusa was a woman that Athena cursed by giving her locks of snakes instead of hair. Looking at her can turn you to stone and Perseus kills her.
What happens to the Titan, Atlas?
He is turned to stone.
What is Persephone responsible for? OR What does Demeter create because of Persephone's choices?
The seasons.
Who are Persephone's parents?
Demeter and Zeus
What is King Midas' special skill? What happens to one feature of his body?
He has a golden touch, his ears turn to donkey ears.
Who is Hecate?
Who is she related to?
Persephone's sister. Goddess of witchcraft and night.
Daedalus kills someone in attempt to be the best at his job. How does he kill the person?
He pushes him off of a cliff.
What is the moral of the story, "Theseus"?
Perseverance and determination can get someone far in life.
Do not be careless OR jump to conclusions (when his father kills himself due to the black sail)
Treat others like you want to be treated.
Who are Perseus' parents? Who is his grandfather? (who he kills)
Danae and Zeus are his parents.
King Acrisius is his grandfather.
Who is Pitocamptes? Who is Sciron? Who is Cornetyes?
He is a "robber" Theseus meets on his journey and he is known as the "pinebender"
Sciron is the "robber" who kills travelers by ultimately feeding them to a man-eating turtle.
Cornetyes is a "robber" who kills travelers with his club.
Who is Andromeda? Who are her parents? Who saves her/who does she marry?
She is daughter of the king and queen of Ethiopia. They tie her to a rock as a sacrifice to the sea monster in hopes of saving their community. She is saved by and marries Perseus.
What does Theseus use to make sure he can survive the labrynth and the minotaur?
A ball of thread and a sword.
What is the moral of "Daedalus" and The Fall of Icarus?
If you are a human, stay in your lane and act like a human. Do not try to be like the gods and goddesses.
Who are Theseus's parents? Who is his wife? Who is his wife's father?
Parents: Aegeus/Aethra
Wife: Ariadne
Wife's Father: King Minos