The gods of Greece
The first king of the gods, according to the Greeks, was? ____________ and his wife's name was? ______________.
Cronos / Rhea
Cronos’ mother told him that one of his? ______________ would take his?_______________from him.
children / kingdom
To stop the prophecy of his mother, as soon as his children were? born he? ___________________them.
born / swallowed
When the sixth child was born, Rhea gave Cronos a? ______________wrapped in? ____________________, and this he swallowed.
stone / baby clothes /
Rhea took the sixth child to a? ______________, which was filled with?_____________; so she named the child?________________, which means? ___________________ In Latin, the Romans called Zeus?__________________
Cave / light / Zeus / brightness / Zeus
Hades’ underworld was the home for the?___________ The black river around the underworld was called the? ________________or Hateful. The only way to cross the river was in a? _______________ rowed by a boatman named Charon.
Dead / Styx / Ferryboat
What was thrown to Kerberus? ____________, so the spirit would pass? __________________
Cake / unnoticed
Who took Persephone from a meadow to the underworld and married her? _______________ Pluto or Hades. Persephone became______________of the underworld.
Pluto / Queen
Zeus persuaded the king of the underworld to let Persephone come back to the? _____________of? _____________ for part of every? ______________When she returned to the underworld, the flowers? ____________ and winter followed.
Land / light / year / died
Hermes or Mercury in Latin was the? _________________of the gods, Hephaestus / Vulcan in Latin was the god of? ___________ Ares or Mars in Latin was the god of?_________________
Messenger / Fire / War
When Zeus grew up, he went to war against his? _________________ called Cronos
Father / Cronos
Cronos enlisted some giants, called? ___________ to? _______________with him.
Titians / fight
Zeus asked a family of giants called the? Cyclops to help him in battle. The giants were famous? Blacksmiths, and they made? Thunder and? lightning for Zeus.
Cyclops / Blacksmiths / Thunder / Lighting
What is the name of the god who, with a trident, would dive his? ________________ over the? water?_____________. The horse's hoofs would make the wave?______________________
Chariot / Poseidon / Calm
After the battle, Zeus made Cronos bring back to life the? ________________________ whom he had?________________________
Children / Swallowed
Zeus gave his brother and sister a part of the kingdom. He made himself? ____________ of the gods and took the? ______________ for his?________________. His wife is called? _____________ in Greek and Juno in Latin. She is the queen of all the gods.
King / blue sky / Kingdom / Hera
Zeus gave his brother Poseidon the?_______. Poseidon is the god of the sea, storms, and? ___________, and? ______________. In Latin, he is called Neptune. His second brother was first called? ____________was given the? _____________ In Latin, he is called? _____________ which is the name most used.
Sea / earthquake / horses / Hades /underworld / Pluto
Zeus made his sister Demeter, or Ceres in Latin, queen of grains, fruits, and? _____________.
flowers
Zeus made Hestia, or Vesta in Latin, the goddess of?_________and gave her charge of the? _______and hearthstones of men.
fire / homes
The god Apollo's name is equated with the word handsome. He was the? _____________ god. His twin, Artemis, or Diana, in Latin, is the goddess of the?_______________
Sun / Moon
The goddess Athene of Minerva in Latin is the goddess of? wisdom.
Wisdom
Aphrodite or Venus in Latin is the goddess of? ___________ Her son? ___________ or Cupid in Latin, is a minor god of love and desire.
love / Eros
The Furies, Greek goddesses of? The Furies, Greek goddesses of? _______________________ punished the? _________________people.
Vengeance / wicked
The Fates sisters were higher than all the?__________ whatever they said, must come to pass and always happen. When the child was born, the first sister spun the? ___________ of? ________ The second sister decided how? ____________ the thread should be. The third sister? ______the thread indicating when life would?____________
gods /Thread / Life / Long / cut / end
After men came to Greece and dwelt, the gods withdrew to the highest? Mountain called? Olympus and made their home.
Mountain / Olympus