The Creation
The Main 12
Vocab
Athene
Hades
100
First there was ________?
What is chaos.
100
The god of the Underworld.
Who is Hades.
100
Subject or capable of death.
What is mortal.
100
The explanation of Athene's birth.
What is Zeus ate Athene's mother, Metis, and she gave birth to Athene inside of Zeus. Athene made her way up to Zeus' head, and starting poking around with her spear. Zeus had a terrible headache and went to Hephaestus who broke his skull open.
100
Three-headed dog that attacked everyone who wasn't a spirit; guarded the gate.
Who is Cerberus.
200
Gaia and Uranus gave birth to twelve of these.
What are Titans.
200
The goddess of the hearth and home.
Who is Hestia.
200
A community founded for the common good.
What is a commonwealth.
200
Explain the story that Athene wove in the contest.
What is the life story of the gods and how miserable mortals would be without them.
200
The name of the river in the Underworld.
What is the River Styx.
300
Uranus feared his children, so he did this to them.
What is put them back in Gaia's womb.
300
The goddess that was born of Primal Murder, or Uranus' body parts and foam.
Who is Aphrodite.
300
Expression of sorrow.
What is lamentation.
300
The name of the girl that Athene competes with.
Who is Arachne.
300
The man who collected the fare from the dead and drove the ferry across the river.
Who is Charon.
400
Mythology was both ________and_________to the Greeks.
What is science and religion.
400
Patron of music, poetry, mathematics and medicine.
Who is Apollo.
400
Quick and skillful.
What is deft.
400
This is what Athene did for the people who prayed for her (what did she teach or give to man).
What is how to use tools, tactics in battle, and wisdom for the judges.
400
The field where the souls of the not so good and the not so bad live and wait - for nothing.
What is the Field of Asphodel.
500
The god of time and the father of the gods.
Who is Cronus.
500
Made the lyre and the pan flute.
Who is Hermes.
500
A structure meant for burning a corpse.
What is a pyre.
500
Explain the story that Arachne spun.
What are joyous scenes of a little boy and little girl chasing each other, man watching the sea, young maiden brushing her hair.
500
This place is described as heaven - it was always holiday - they played and danced all night long.
What are the Elysian Fields.
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