Mythology TEST 1

Question 1

These brothers spent half their time on earth and half their time in heaven. Protected sailors

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Castor and Pollux

Question 2

They were half-man and half-horse and were mostly savage beasts (Chiron was nice though).

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The Centaurs

Question 3

These gods were the children of the ________who were the children of heaven and earth.

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Titans

Question 4

She was the god of corn whose symbol is a sheath of grain.

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Demeter

Question 5

He was the brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld. Pluto is his Roman name.

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Hades

Question 6

A noisy, merry god who had goat's horns and hooves. He was always rejected because he was ugly.

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Pan

Question 7

They live in the underground and punish evildoers. They pursued sinners on earth.

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The Furies

Question 8

Cerberus was a 3-headed _____with a dragon tail.

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dog

Question 9

What did the gods think Ambrosia and Nectar gave them?

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Immortality

Question 10

__________was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing and prophecy.

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Apollo

Question 11

She was goddess of wisdom & protector of cities and civilization. Her Roman name was Minerva.

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Athena

Question 12

The main gods, or ________lived on Mt. Olympus.

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Olympians

Question 13

When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be

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Displeasing the gods

Question 14

Why did the Greeks initially create myths?

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To understand the world

Question 15

How did the Greek gods act?

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In a very god-like manner

Question 16

He is the oldest Greek writer who wrote the Odyssey.

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Homer

Question 17

He was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus. His Roman name was Neptune.

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Poseidon

Question 18

They were water nymphs who dwelt in brooks and streams.

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The Naiads

Question 19

The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of

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Youth

Question 20

The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, but gave them different_________.

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Names

Question 21

He was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus. His Roman name was Jupiter.

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Zeus

Question 22

The Greeks created their gods in whose image?

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Their own

Question 23

Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory).

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The Muses

Question 24

The myths conveyed religious ideas about

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Morality and justice

Question 25

Three goddess' who determined life, assigned destiny, and cut the thread in death.

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The Fates

Question 26

The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude toward the beauty of

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man

Question 27

Homer was a ______________who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Poet

Question 28

Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethrone______(his dad).

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Cronus

Question 29

She was the goddess of love, who was born from the foam of the sea.

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Aphrodite

Question 30

She was the goddess of youth and the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She married Hercules.

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Hebe

Question 31

They lived on an island in the sea and lured sailors to their deaths with enchanting voices.

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The Sirens

Question 32

He was the god of wine.

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Dionysus

Question 33

He was the greatest lyric poet of Greece who wrote Odes to honor victors in games.

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Pindar

Question 34

She was the goddess of hunting. Her Roman name was Diana.

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Artemis

Question 35

Iris was the goddess of _______and the messenger of the gods.

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rainbow

Question 36

Hesiod's__________is another main source, which asked questions about the origin of things.

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Theogony

Question 37

This Roman poet wrote about the myths in SILLY stories.

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Ovid

Question 38

He was a boatman who took souls of the dead across the water .(Money on lips of the dead)

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Charon

Question 39

She was the goddess of marriage and women. She was married to Zeus. (Her Roman name was Juno)

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Hera

Question 40

Eros was the god of __________whose name was Cupid in Latin.

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love

Question 41

3 girls (Splendor, Mirth, Good Cheer). Always together. Gods delighted when they danced.

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The Graces

Mythology TEST 1

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Mythology TEST 1

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