Gods and Goddesses
The goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
Children of Gaea and Uranus, they were known for their height.
Who were the Titans?
Gods and goddesses drank ambrosia here.
Where is Mt. Olympus?
He was known for his violent temper and interfered in the Trojan War, unnecessarily prolonging it.
Who is Ares?
This Disney movie adds many comic elements to this hero's quest and uses his Roman name.
Who is Herakles (Hercules)?
Zeus's brothers.
Who are Hades and Poseidon?
The three ugly children of Gaea and Uranus who each had an eye in the middle of their foreheads.
Who are the Cyclopes?
Persephone lived here for 6 months when she was kidnapped.
What is Tartarus?
Heracles trapped the Erymanthian boar here.
Where is Mt. Erymanthus?
The United Space space program named one of their rockets after this god.
Who is Apollo?
A talented metalsmith, he made weapons, thrones, and beautiful jewelry.
Who was Hephaestus?
Where Cronus banished his monstrous children.
What is Tartarus?
Zeus grew up here guarded by noisy sprites.
What is Crete?
Paris was born here and as a soothsayer predicted, he caused its downfall.
Where is Troy?
Oceanographer Jean-Jacques Cousteau named his boat after this nymph from Greek Mythology.
Who is Calypso?
A nocturnal goddess who enjoyed hunting.
Who is Artemis?
They had snakes for hair.
Who were the Gorgons?
The most sacred site in Greece on the slope of Mt. Parnassus, where a sibyl made prophecies.
What is Delphi?
Helen lived here with her husband, Menelaus.
Where is Sparta?
The main character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series is the son of this god.
Who is Poseidon?
A clever and mischievous god who protected shepherds, travelers, merchants, and thieves.
Who is Hermes?
A gigantic water-snake-like monster with nine heads who battled Herakles (Hercules).
Who was Hydra?
Poseidon struck a cliff with his trident and a spring burst forth and Athena planted an olive tree here.
What is the Acropolis?
After fighting the Trojan War for 10 years, it took Odysseus another ten years to get to back to his wife who was faithfully waiting for him here.
Where is Ithaca?
The Amazonian queen Hippolyta is the mother of this superhero in comic books and movies.
Who is Wonder Woman?