Greek gods Quiz

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Zeus

  • Jupiter 

  • Lightning bolts 

  • God of thunder, mightiest of Olympians 


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Aphrodite

  • Venus 

  • Dove 

  • Goddess of love, only Olympian who had no mother or father, son is Eros (Cupid) 


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Persephone

  • Proserpine 

  • Pomegranate 

  • Daughter of Demeter, gets kidnapped by Hades and taken into the Underworld, when she comes back the seasons change 


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Demeter

  • Ceres 

  • Grain/wheat 

  • Goddess of the harvest 


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Apollo

  • Apollo 

  • Lyre/Harp 

  • god of light/sun, music, and reason 


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Athena

  • Minerva 

  • Owl 

  • Goddess of wisdom, Zeus's favorite child 


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Poseiden

  • Neptune 

  • Trident 

  • god of the sea, moody and violent 


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Hera

  • Juno 

  • Peacock 

  • Queen of Olympus, a jealous wife, temper-filled, fitful rages, goddess of marriage 


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Hephaestus

  • Vulcan 

  • Hammer / Anvil 

  • The god of smiths and fire, son of Zeus and Hera, hardworking, peace-loving, husband of Aphrodite, made the thrones on Olympus 


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Dionyuius AKA Iacchos (how Dionysius is referred to in Antigone) 

  • Bacchus 

  • Grapes 

  • God of wine, youngest of the Olympians 


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Ares

  • Mars 

  • Chariot/Helmet 

  • God of war, tall and handsome, cruel and vain 


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Hermes


  • Mercury 

  • Winged Shoes/Helmet 

  • the merriest of the Olympians; god of shepherds, travelers, merchants, thieves, messenger god 


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Artemis

  • Diana 

  • Bow & Arrow 

  • Goddess of hunting & wilderness, cold, pitiless, young maiden, her twin is Apollo 


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Titan

  • Titan 

  • Cronus' symbol: Sickle 

  • First children of Mother earth, first gods, born from Gaea and Uranus, Cronus was the ruler of the Titans 


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Hades

  • Pluto 

  • Death & darkness/Cerberus/ black chariot 

  • god of the dead/underworld, gloomy, oldest brother is Zeus 


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Hestia

  • Vesta 

  • Fire/hearth 

  • Goddess of the hearth, child of Cronus, gentlest of all the Olympians,  eldest sister of Zeus 


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Mount Olympus

  • where the gods live

  • 12 golden thrones

  • up in the sky/clouds (heavens)

  • north of Greece

  • gleaming palace


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Styx

  • river in the underworld

  • flowed around the underworld

  • murky and stagnant 


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Delphi

  • where the Oracle resides (gives prophecies)

  • associated with Apollo 


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Athens

  • city - state in Attica