Transformations
Athena turned Arachne into this animal after she lost a weaving competition
What is a spider?
He slew the dragon Python to gain access to the Oracle of Delphi.
Who is Apollo?
The city of Athens got its name from this goddess who gave them an olive tree?
Who is Athena?
Apollo had to use one thousand of these to kill the dragon Python.
What are silver arrows?
This bride of Hephaestus would rather have married his brother Ares.
Who is Aphrodite?
Artemis transformed the hunter Actaeon into what when he caught her bathing?
Two giant brothers, Otus and Ephialtes, killed each other with this weapon.
What is a javelin?
After a mountain fell on Typhon, he continued belching and spitting fire underground, causing this natural phenomenon.
What are volcanos?
The twins Otus and Ephialtes were this tall.
What is 60 feet?
This goddess wanted to remain unmarried her whole life, but "promised" to marry Otus as part of a clever plot to kill him.
Who is Artemis?
Artemis transformed herself into what to get the twins Otus and Ephialtes to fight each other?
What is a white deer?
The hunter Actaeon caught Artemis bathing and was murdered by this/these.
What are his own hunting dogs?
This god's tempers cause the variations in tides, waves, and earthquakes.
Who is Poseidon?
To help the goddess Leto, all the other goddesses gave a 9 yard (27 foot) gold necklace to this goddess.
Who is Hera?
This is the name of one of Zeus' wives who is not Hera.
Who is Leto or Metis or Io?
The queen Niobe boasted about having more children than Leto, but after her children all died she was transformed into what?
What is a giant rock with a spring/waterfall?
He murdered Hera's guard Argus by boring him to death.
Who is Hermes?
This is the cause of waterfalls (a spring of water falling from a hard rock face)?
What is Niobe mourning her children?
This goddess had 50 nymph friends to keep her company at all times.
Who is Artemis OR Amphitrite?
This god married Amphitrite, the nereid, who lived underwater with her 49 sisters and didn't mind that he was always gone.
Who is Poseidon?
When Zeus wanted to eat his twins, he tricked his pregnant wife Metis into transforming herself into what so he could swallow her whole?
What is a fly?
The queen of Thebes boasted about having this many children (more than Leto). They were all murdered by Apollo and Artemis.
What is 14?
The union of Mother Earth and the sea titan Pontus gave birth to Nereus, fathered 50 Nereids, also known as this.
What are mermaids?
This guard Argus had 100 eyes, but after he died they transferred to this animal.
What is a peacock?
This goddess was hounded by Hera and not given any place to have her babies, until Poseidon raised the island of Delos out of the sea to hide her.
Who is Leto?