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100

 He turned Io into a cow in order to disguise her from his wife.

Zeus

100

Cronus was terrified that his children would overthrow him so he did this. 

Eat them. 

100
These creatures created the thunderbolt that Zeus later was gifted for conquering the Titans.

The Cyclops

100

Hephaestus' wife, and Ares' girlfriend

Aphrodite

100

The Red Planet, Mars

Ares

200

The goddess of spring, forced to marry Hades and later trapped as Queen of the Underworld for half a year, due to her over indulgence of a pomegranate.

Persephone (pronounce correctly)

200
Aphrodite suddenly appears, entering the world as an adult on a bed of sea foam. Her appearance suggests what about love.

That love can come from anywhere and at any time.

200

His presence under a volcano explains the chaos/sounds of volcanic activity.

Typhon or Hephaestus

200

She came from Zeus' head - his brainchild.

Athena

200

Professor Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter

Athena

300

She was killed, technically twice. Once by a snake at her wedding, another because her love looked back.

Eurydice

300

Io is eventually turned back into a human form, but not until she becomes a god in this country, suggesting that the Greeks were responsible for their heritage.

Egypt

300

Hermes sacrificed two cows to make himself a god, but also to create this instrument later given to Apollo.

The lyre

300

This twin is given the arrows of pain.

Apollo

300

The only metal to exist as a liquid, Mercury.

Hermes

400

He killed his dad, or his dad fled, from him yielding a sickle. 

Cronus

400

Athena, challenging Arachne to a contest, is angered by her tapestry as it shows all the gods flaws instead of their glory. The story of Arachne discusses how this character flaw is a major crime against the gods.

Boastfulness, pride, or arrogance

400

The creation of this creature is described in the tale of Arachne, giving this creature the unique ability to weave.

The spider

400

This god is the only god that had a mortal mother. 

Dionysus

400

The first month of summer, June (Juno)

Hera

500

These children were the only children that came from both Hera and Zeus.

Ares and Hephaestus

500

This form of government is very much alive in the story of Hermes as he is put on trial for the murder of Argus, where the gods vote over his innocence or guilt. Majority vote wins. 

Democracy

500

The home is significantly valued by the Greeks, explaining the absence of stories from this goddess, the oldest of the Olympians.

Hestia

500
Name two gods that do not sit on one of the 12 thrones of Olympus. 

Hestia, Hades

(Technically, Persephone as she is on the lap of her mother)

500

Spock's character species, the Vulcans.

Hephaestus