Gods and Goddesses
Facts to Know
Vocabulary
Minor God, Spirit, Nymph or Mortal
Vocabulary 2
100

The three fates

What are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos?

100
Delos

What is the island where Apollo and Artemis were born?

100

resolve

What word means to make a firm decision?
100

Triton

Who is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite?

100

precocious

What word means early maturing?

200

Artemis

Who is the goddess of the hunt?

200

Delphi

What is the most sacred place in Greece?

200

stagnant

What word means foul from standing? Think water.

200

Leto

Who is the mother of Apollo and Artemis?
200

ruffian

What word means hoodlum?


300

Demeter

Who is the goddess of the harvest?

300

pomegranates

What is the food of the dead?

300

cairn

What are piled-up stones set up as a marker?

300

Maenads

Who are the nymphs that cared for Dionysus?

300

conch

What is a shell used as a trumpet?

400

Amphitrite

Who is the wife of Poseideon?

400

Caucasus Mountains

Where was Prometheus punished?

400

glib

What word means spoken smoothly but without sincerity?

400

Semele

Who is the mother of Dionysus?

400

arbor

What word means shady place?

500

Nereus

Who is the old god of the sea; father of the Nereids

500

Nysa

What is the valley where Dionysus was raised called?

500

cleft

This word means crevice; crack

500

Three Fates

Who are the goddesses of destiny?

500

ambrosia

What is the food of the gods that gives immortality?