Setting and Ancient Greece
Where do the Greek gods and goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
What god/goddess controls and weather and lightning?
Zeus
What myth explained how a box brought bad things to the world?
Prometheus and Pandora
What creature was part human and part bull?
Minotaur
What word means a maze?
labyrinth
Where did Theseus sail to?
Crete
What god/goddess was a master weaver?
Athena
What myth had men who made wings to escape a tower?
Daedelus and Icarus
Who did Zeus punish by having him hold the world for eternity?
Atlas
What word means something very funny?
amusing
Where did Persephone get taken to?
The Underworld
What god/goddess stopped the plants from growing when her daughter was missing?
Demeter
What myth explains the changing of the seasons?
Demeter and Persephone
Who was punished for boasting about being better than the goddess Athena?
Arachne
What word means to long for?
pine
Did the Ancient Greeks worship one or many gods?
What are two ways god/goddesses are different from humans?
They are immortal and they have special powers
What myth had the character solve a riddle?
Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx
What mythical creature had magical skin?
The Nemean lion
What word means to go without a plan or direction?
aimlessly
How are characters in most Greek myths alike?
There are gods and goddesses
What god/goddess is the king of the Underworld?
Hades
Are myths fiction or nonfiction tales?
fiction
What mythical creature had the body of a lion, the face of a woman, and wings?
The Sphinx
What word means to order or demand?
Insisted