Uranus
This story starts with Chaos. What three beings emerged from this?
Gaea (Earth), Tartarus (Underworld), and Eros (Love)
When Kronos took power after mutilating his father Uranus, does he free the Hundred Handed Giants and the Cyclopses?
Nope. He has the same fear of them that his father did. He keeps them exactly where they were.
Prometheus used his magical hands to make man, using water, Earth, and seed. What did Epimetheus give the creatures of the Earth?
He gave the creatures great gifts, such as strength, wings, speed, wool, shells, talons, strong bodies, and slender limbs.
Who did Zeus send Pandora to in order to keep him company?
Epimetheus
Who is Demeter's daughter?
Persephone
When Gaea and Uranus are married, they have three sets of children. Who are they?
3 Hundred-Handed Giants, 3 Cyclopses, and 12 Titans
What prophecy does Gaea give her son?
That he would be otherthrown by his own child, to which he responded that he would have no kids!...Then he immediately has several children.
Epimetheus feared for the safety of man, so Prometheus gave them...?
Fire! (Which they immediately used in ways that were not intended, upsetting the gods)
What item at Epimetheus' home immediately intrigues Pandora, and what is his response to her curiosity?
When Hades sees Persephone, what does he decide to do? What is Demeter, her mother's reaction?
He captures her and takes her down to the Underworld to live with him.
Demeter creates an ongoing winter, making everyone suffer.
What does Uranus do that is so upsetting to his wife, Gaea?
He banished the Hundred Handed Giants and the Cyclopses to Tartarus
Who are Kronos' children and which of them does Kronos swallow?
Hesita, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus
Hesita, Demeter, Hera, and Hades were swallowed
Which of the gods decides to punish man for his unintended use of fire?
Zeus
Who did the box come from, and why does Pandora think that it's for her?
The box was delivered to the house by Hermes, and Pandora thinks that it is for her because Hermes is also the one who brought her to the house the next day
Demeter pleads with Zeus to let her have her daughter back, and he agrees. However, there is a condition. What is it?
She has to not have eaten anything while in the Underworld, which she did...
Which of the Titans decided to take on Uranus and what does he do?
Kronos takes on Uranus (his father), and he mutilates him!
How did Zeus and Poseidon dislodge their siblings from Kronos' body?
How did Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon free the Cyclopses and Hundred Handed Giants from Tartarus?
They received a drink from Metis, which made Kronos throw up all of his children.
They went to Tartarus to release them
How did Zeus punish man?
He moved winds and caused storms, destroyed crops, caused earthquakes, and flooded the land.
When Pandora opens the box, what is released?
The Earthly Troubles are released: evil passions, cares, sorrows, disease, and pain
What did Hades give Persephone to eat and what is the result of this?
He gave her 6 pomegranate seeds, and she has to spend 6 months out of the year with Hades (one for each seed that she ate)
When Kronos mutilates his father, it does not kill him, because Uranus is an immortal being. Instead, what happens?
Kronos threw the severed pieces of Uranus' body into the ocean. From there, his blood seeped back into the Earth and this created the Furies and Giants
The Cyclopses were so grateful to be released from Tartarus, that that gave Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon gifts. What were they?
Zeus = thunder and lightening
Poseidon = trident
Hades = helmet of invisibility
Once Zeus is persuaded to relent by the two humans that Prometheus saved from Zeus' ravages. He then punishes Prometheus!! Why and how?
Prometheus knew of a way that he could dethrone Zeus, and he wouldn't tell Zeus what he knew. He punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock, where he was picked at by vultures on the daily.
What is the only thing left in the box?
Hope
Hades kidnapped Persephone and coerced her to eat pomegranate seeds that would force her to spend half of every year with him.. Why does this not bother Persephone?
She fell in love with him