Character Profiles
Who is our class’ most hated Greek god?
Zeus
What do the gods eat?
Nectar and ambrosia
What was Hercules’ power?
Strength
Nymphs had power over what?
Nature/trees
Abused characters sometimes become
Abusers
What were satyrs?
Half men, half goat nature spirits
What fruit started the Trojan war?
Apple
Persephone had two powers. What were they?
Life (springtime, growing) and death (queen of the underworld)
Which Olympian goddess caused no drama?
Heating
Why did Zeus hate Ares?
Ares represented the qualities Zeus hated in himself.
This Greek hero pretended to be insane to escape the Trojan war.
Odysseus
How many of what seed did Persephone eat?
6 pomegranate seeds
Ares was the god of war, …, and …
Battlelust, courage
Who bragged to Persephone that Poseidon loved her more?
Minthe
Which minor spirits exhibited no self control?
Satyrs
What female deity helped Demeter locate her daughter?
Hecate
What labor was fetching the golden apple of the Hesperides?
11
Hecate was the goddess of … originating from Asia Minor, this Greek god was given some of her powers
Magic, crossroads, Hermes
This god may have shot Hades with an arrow.
Eros
What quality of marriage did Hera value?
Fidelity
Dionysus is sometimes referred to by this name.
Zagreb’s
What stone was Cronos fed?
Omphalos stone
Ares’ children Harmonia, Phobos, and Deimos had power over what?
Harmony, panic, rout/fear
Eurystheus was only born before Hercules because…
Hera ordered Eileithyia to delay Hercules’ birth.
Extra hard: This female sorceress kills her own children rather than bending to the will of the husband who abandoned her.
Medea