Vocabulary
This word means to collect ripe crops for eating. Demeter is the goddess of this.
What is the harvest?
This mortal bragged that she was better than Athena at weaving, and paid by being turned into a spider
Who was Arachne?
Aphrodite
Who is no one?
This is said to be a passageway for the Gods to travel between Olympus and Earth
What is a rainbow?
This god used the "I'm just a baby" excuse to cover his crimes.
Who is Hermes?
What are pigs?
When pirates captured Dionysus and doubted that he was the god he claimed to be, Dionysus transformed them into these intelligent sea creatures.
What are dolphins?
Apollo
Who is Leto?
This constellation animal "chases" Orion out of the night sky seasonally, much like it did on earth.
What is a scorpion/Scorpio?
This God ate his children to prevent them from killing him in the future (several correct answers)
Who is Chronos/Zeus?
These piles of stones, inspired by the trial of Hermes, act as signposts for travelers
What are cairns?
This mortal woman wanted to see Zeus in all his glory - she incinerated on the spot when the thunder god revealed himself.
Who is Semele?
Athena
Who is Metis?
What are pomegranate seeds?
This god invented robots to help him move without the use of his legs.
Who is Hephaestus?
This word means to be a welcoming host; the hotel industry is named for it
What is hospitatlity?
This queen bragged about having more children (14) than Leto (2). Leto's children murdered them all.
Who was Niobe?
Chronos
Who is Gaea/Mother Earth?
These gods made a trade: one gave a lyre, the other gave a herd of cows and a magic wand.
Who are Hermes and Apollo?
This goddess planted seeds of doubt into Semele's head - "many men claim to be the God of all creation, how do you know your husband really is?"
Who is Hera
Hermes fashioned this musical instrument out of cow entrails, bones, and a tortoise shell
What is a lyre?
This mortal witnessed the bathing of Artemis and couldn't turn away; he was eaten by his own hunting dogs after she transformed him into a stag.
Who was Actaeon?
Hera
Who is Rhea?
This greedy ferryman requires payment to carry dead souls across the river Styx, which is why the Greeks buried their dead with gold coins in their mouths.
Who is Charon?
The king Chios hired this hunter to kill all the noisy animals on his island in exchange for his daughter's hand in marriage. When the hunter did, Chios got him drunk and poked out his eyes so he couldn't find Chios' daughter.
Who is Orion?