Gods and Goddesses
The god of the sky and thunder as well as the King of all gods on Mount Olympus.
Zeus
King Midas quickly regretted wishing that everything he touched changed to what this, represented by the letters AU on the periodic table.
Gold
A two time NBA MVP famously celebrated his first NBA Championship by ordering 50 Nuggets from Chik-fil-A.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ancient Athens is most well known for this.
Culture or Government
Military
Queen of the Underworld and wife of Hades.
Persephone
He took fire for himself and distributed it to all humankind.
Prometheus.
The first of the great Philosophers.
Athenians invented the theater. In order for actors to show emotion, they wore different types of these.
Masks
According to most research, Spartan children began their military careers at this young age.
Seven
This tool is commonly held by Poseidon in artistic depictions of the great god of the sea.
Trident
Arachne was particularly skilled at this craft.
Weaving
This leader, like Rocky Marciano, finished his military career without a single loss.
Alexander the Great
Athens is said to be the birth place of this form of government still used today by many countries including the USA.
Democracy
The name of the slaves Spartans owned. (And they owned MANY)
Helots
Goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth.
Hera
This was the one thing left in Pandora’s box after she released misery and evil.
Hope
His fables are famous for their use of talking animals as well as teaching a moral.
Aesop
This temple was built for the Greek Goddess Athena.
The three most common tools/weapons carried by Spartan soldiers.
Shield (aspis), sword (xiphos), and spear (dory)
Marvel's Loki, a trickster and shapeshifting nemesis of his brother Thor, is often compared to this God of Greek Mythology.
Hermes.
She was known as a Gorgon along with her sisters Stheno and Euryale.
Medusa.
Named for Hippocrates, a scientist of medicine, doctors today take the Hippocratic _______ , promising to practice ethically in their careers.
Oath
This modern athletic event originated when Pheidippides traveled to Athens to inform them of their recent victory.
Marathon
This group of people had more freedom in Sparta than in most Greek City-States of the time.
Women