Greek Gods
He is sometimes called "The Loud-Thunderer" and is the Greek god of the sky.
Who is Zeus?
She is the Greek goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
Greek mythology tells the story of this goddess who was picking flowers one day and became the queen of the Underworld the next.
Who is Persephone?
It is a descriptive phrase or adjective that may characterize a god, as in "Poseidon the Earth-shaker."
What is an epithet?
It is the only of Hesiod's ages of man that does not bear the name of a metal.
What is the Heroic Age (Age of Heroes)?
He is the Greek god of war.
Who is Ares?
She is the Greek goddess of the moon and of hunting.
Who is Artemis?
Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving this gift to humankind.
What is fire?
It is a type of traveling poet who often played the lyre.
What is a bard (rhapsode)?
It is the type of food eaten by the goddess just before leaving the Underworld, which is one reason she always has to go back.
What is pomegranate (seeds)?
He is the Greek messenger god of mischief.
Who is Hermes?
When her daughter was taken by Hades into the Underworld, this Greek goddess withdrew her blessings from the earth, causing all crops to wither and die.
Who is Demeter?
It is the most complete account of the Greek creation story that we have.
What is Hesiod's Theogony?
Literally, this is attributing human-like qualities to a non-human something.
What is anthropomorphism?
The Muses dance in springs found on this mount.
What is Mount Helicon?
This Greek god forged the chains that bound Prometheus to his unhappy mount.
Who is Hephaestus?
She is the queenly Greek goddess of marriage, women, and family.
Who is Hera?
Hesiod recounts a brazen race of people associated with ash-trees that existed in this third age of man.
What is the Bronze Age?
In other words, it is a plea or heartfelt request for guidance. An ancient poet, as per ritual, made one to the Muses just before storytelling.
What is an invocation?
This type of bird, ordered by Zeus, eternally pecks at the innards of Prometheus.
What is a vulture?
According to the Roman poet Ovid, this Greek god was venturing out to investigate a volcano when he was ultimately struck by Love's arrow.
Who is Hades?
She is the eldest child of Rhea and Cronus, and so the first-born of all the Olympian siblings.
Who is Hestia?
This ancient Greek poet is the most famous popularizer of The Odyssey and The Iliad.
Who is Homer?
Failing or forgetting to ask for guidance from the Muses may be taken as a sign of excessive pride, or, in other words, this.
What is hubris?
Before Cronus swallowed the stone in place of Zeus, this is the number of Zeus's siblings that were consumed.
What is five? (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon)