Pacana Midterm World Lit.

god of thunderbolt (greek)

Zeus

God of thunderbolt (latin)

Jupiter

Goddess of marriage (greek)

hera

Goddess of marriage (Latin)

juno

god of truth and music (Greek)

apollo

god of truh and music

apollo

goddess of love (greek)

Aphrodite

goddess of love (latin)

venus

god of weapons (greek)

hephaestus

god of weapons (latin)

vulgan

god of speed (greek)

hermes

god of speed (latin)

mercury

god of war (greek)

ares

god of war (latin)

mars

god of home and heath (greek)

hestia

god of home and heath (latin)

vesta

god of woods and wild things (greek)

artemis

god of woods and wild things (latin)

diana

goddess of city and wisdom (greek)

athena

goddess of city and wisdom (latin)

Minerva

god of the underworld (greek)

hades

god of underworld (latin)

pluto

god of sea (greek)

poseidon

god of sea (latin)

Neptune

mountain home of gods

olympus

food of the gods

ambrosia

drink of the gods

nectar

nine sister who entertain the gods

muses

child of goddess of love

cupid

half man/half goat creatures

Satyrs

half man / half horse creatures

Centaurs

he fell in love with himself

Narcissus

he got killed by a discus

Hyacinthus

he got gored by a boar

adonis

minor god, he controls the wind

aeolus

nymph, only has the last words

echo

maiden of spring

Persephone

father god of titians

ouranus

mother god of titans

gaia

wheel-eyed monsters

cyclops

created with 50 heads and 100 hands

hundred handers

ten-year war between titans and Olympians

titanomacy

prison in center of earth

tartarous

cronus weapon against ouranus

sickle

monster of monster defeated by Zeus in 10-year war

typhon

a titan, he turned traitor and helped Olympians

prometheus

a titan, he gave the animals the best gifts

epimetheus

a titan, Zeus punish him by making him carry earth

atlas

state in which the universe began

chaos

titan changed to a mountain his liver is chewed by an eagle daily

prometheus

who's is Zeus mother

rhea

who was born in sea foam

Aphrodite

who was crippled, ugly, Olympian

hephaestus

who can restore her virginity annually?

hera

who can spring fully formed from zeus head

athena

who carried the trident

poseidon

Who wears winged sandals?

hermes

who has a dog and vulture

ares

what is zeus scared city

dodona

the oracle of delphi is who religious shrine

apollo

the parthenon is in what city

athens

who are the twin Olympians

apollo and artemis

who is associated with acorns and eagles

zeus

who carries the aegis

athena

who is the brother of zeus and poseidon

hades

medea and circe are like modern to what?

witches

t/f - myths are the best understood as early religion

false

t/f- ancient Greece was polytheistic but very humanistic

true

t/f hospitality is a bedrock principle of ancient Greece

true

t/f no violence against family rule can be broken under certain/ special circumstances

false

t/f proper burial of dead applies only to warriors

false

t/f- a myth uses the supernatural to explain the natural

true

t/f- ovid is the roman writer we've looked at

true

t/f- Ovid most famous work is the book theogony

false

t/f- Pindar wrote mythology-based poems for Olympic athletes

true

t/f- Hesiod wrote the odyssey

false

t/f- homer wrote both the odyssey and the Iliad

true

Demeter is the god of

agriculture

Persephone is demeters what

daughter

demeters latin name

ceres

demeters sacred city

eleusis

He abducted Persephone

Hades

he told demeter where Persephone was held

helius

she moves to attack demeter

metanira

they come up with a plan to end Demeter anguish

rhea and zeus

what did persephone and hades have for lunch

pomegranate

who is given the secrets of harvest

triptolemus

latinized form of dionysus

bacchus

dionysus earthy nursemaids

nymphs of nysa

Dionysus hometown

thebes

dionysus domain

vine and wine

t/f- dionysus is an earth god and not necessarily an olympian

true

dionysus father

zeus

dionysus mother

semele

dionysus lifelong enemy

hera

t/f- dionusus is a pirate for a short time

false

dionysus female followers (greek)

maenads

dionysus female followers (latin)

bachates

pentheus is king of

thieves

pentheus is killed by

mom and sister