Show:
In Olden Times
Zeus and his "A" Family members
Minor "P" gods, etc.
Mortal descendants of Zeus
Potpourri
100

Gaea, the earth, came out of _______.

Darkness

100

Mother of Eros, also known as Cupid.  Her son who went around shooting arrows of love at unwary victims.

Aphrodite

100

There were 9 muses who were daughters of Zeus.  The muse, Polyhymnia, was the muse of ...

hymns

100

Was granted his wish that everything he touched would turn to gold.

King Midas

100

The god of shepherds, travelers, merchants, thieves, and all others who lived by their wits.

Hermes (Mercury)

200

Uranus, the lord of the universe, came from the __________. 

sky

200
The god of war.

Ares (Mars)

200

Phaethon, the son of Helios, asked his father to grant one wish...

To drive the "sun" chariot across the sky

200

He performed 10 labors to make amends for killing his children.

Hercules (Heracles)

200
The god of wine.

Dionysus (Bacchus)

300

Name the first group of children of Mother Earth.

Titans

300

The goddess of wisdom. (sprang fully grown out of Zeus' head)

Athena (Minerva)

300

A box was named after her.  It contained a horde of miseries AND hope.

Pandora

300

Name the man who finally defeated the Minotaur who lived in the dungeons of King Minos.

Theseus

300

Sisyphus of Corinth was the cleverest king who ever lived.  Which god did he chain to a post thus forestalling his own death.  

Hades (Pluto)

400

Which son of Uranus defeated him with a sickle.

Cronus

400

Drove a chariot drawn by white swans and was the god of music.

Apollo

400
This great god of nature was not handsome, he had goat's legs, pointed ears, a pair of small horns, and was covered all over with shaggy dark hair.

Pan

400

Solve the riddle of the Sphinx:

What creature is it that walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?

man

400

One of three horrible Gorgon sisters, so gruesome that all living creatures turned to stone at sight of her.

Medusa

500

How did Zeus survive more than a few minutes after his birth?

His mom gave his dad, Cronus, a blanket wrapped stone to swallow instead of her newborn baby.

500

This goddess asked her father, Zeus, to grant her one wish: to remain forever a wild young maiden hunting through the woods.

Artemis

500

He stole fire from Mt. Olympus and carried it down to earth.

Prometheus

500

Jason was on a quest to obtain ...

the Golden Fleece

500

This centaur was kind and wise and fond of teaching children.

Chiron