FJCL Website Study Guide Questions

Jupiter, Jove

Give Zeus' Roman name(s)

King, weather

Give Zeus' duty/duties

Thunderbolt, eagle

Give Zeus' symbol(s)

Juno

Give Hera's Roman name(s)

Queen, marriage

Give Hera's duty/duties

Peacock, cow

Give Hera's symbol(s)

Neptune

Give Poseidon's Roman name(s)

Sea, earthquakes, horses

Give Poseidon's duty/duties

Trident, horse

Give Poseidon's symbol(s)

Pluto, Dis

Give Hades' Roman name(s)

Underworld, wealth

Give Hades' duty/duties

Bident, helmet of invisibility

Give Hades' symbol(s)

Ceres

Give Demeter's Roman name(s)

Agriculture

Give Demeter's duty/duties

Stalk of wheat

Give Demeter's symbol(s)

Vesta

Give Hestia's Roman name(s)

Home fire, hearth

Give Hestia's duty/duties

Hearth, fire

Give Hestia's symbol(s)

Mars

Give Ares' Roman name(s)

War

Give Ares' duty/duties

Spear, dog, vulture

Give Ares' symbol(s)

Vulcan

Give Hephaestus' Roman name(s)

Forge, anvil

Give Hephaestus' symbol(s)

Blacksmith

Give Hephaestus' duty/duties

Apollo

Give Apollo's Roman name(s)

Sun, oracle at Delphi, lyre

Give Apollo's symbol(s)

Sun, prophecy, medicine, music

Give Apollo's duty/duties

Diana

Give Artemis' Roman name(s)

Bow/arrow, moon

Give Artemis' symbol(s)

Hunting, moon

Give Artemis' duty/duties

Minerva

Give Athena's Roman name(s)

Owl, olive, aegis

Give Athena's symbol(s)

Wisdom, war, handicrafts

Give Athena's duty/duties

Venus

Give Aphrodite's Roman name(s)

Dove, rose

Give Aphrodite's symbol(s)

Love and beauty

Give Aphrodite's duty/duties

Mercury

Give Hermes' Roman name(s)

Caduceus, winged sandals

Give Hermes' symbol(s)

Messengers, laughter, thieves

Give Hermes' duty/duties

Bacchus

Give Dionysus' Roman name(s)

Grape leaves, thyrsus (stick with pinecone on top)

Give Dionysus' symbol(s)

Wine, life-giving fluids

Give Dionysus' duty/duties

Proserpina

Give Persephone's Roman name(s)

Pomegranate

Give Persephone's symbol(s)

Queen of underworld

Give Persephone's duty/duties

Aethra and Aegus (Posideon?)

Give the parents of Theseus

Danae and Zeus

Give the parents of Perseus

Zeus and Alcemene

Give the parents of Heracles

Thetis and Peleus

Give the parents of Achilles

Aphrodite and Anchises

Give the parents of Aeneas

Hecuba and Priam

Give the parents of Hector/Paris/Cassandra/Helenus

King Atreus and Queen Aerope

Give the parents of Agamemnon/Menelaus

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

Give the parents of Orestes/Electra/Iphigenia

Alcimide and Aeson

Give the parents of Jason

Aeetes

Give the parent of Medea

Peneius

Give the parent of Daphne

Pasiphae and Minos

Give the parents of Ariadne/Phaedra

Andromache and Hector

Give the parents of Astyanax

Creusa and Aeneas

Give the parents of Ascanius(Iulus)

Cassiopeia and Cepheus

Give the parents of Andromeda

Semele and Zeus

Give the parents of Dionysus

Maia and Zeus

Give the parents of Hermes

Leto and Zeus

Give the parents of Apollo/Artemis

Europa and Zeus

Give the parents of Sarpedon/Minos/Rhadamanthys

Aegina and Zeus

Give the parents of Aeacus

Leda and Zeus

Give the parents of Helen/Polydeuces

Leda and Tyndareus

Give the parents of Clytemnestra/Castor

Penelope and Odysseus

Give the parents of Telemachus

Arachne

boasted better weaver than Athena; turned into a spider

Atalanta

fastest runner; run faster to marry her; Hippomenes used Golden Apples to beat her; forgot to thank Aphrodite - turned into lions

Midas

golden touch; said Pan was a better musician than Apollo - donkey ears - reeds

Icarus

flew too close to sun with wings dad (Daedalus) made; Icarian sea

Bellerophon

tamed Pegasus with a golden bridle; killed Chimaera; tried to fly Pegasus to Olympus

Phaethon

asked dad (sun god) to drive chariot of sun; couldn't handle horses, burned earth, etc; lightning bolt

Deucalion and Pyrrha

repopulated earth with stones thrown over their shoulders

Baucis and Philemon

hospitable to Zeus and Hermes dressed as beggars; became priests of Zeus' temple; died together - became trees (oak and linden)

Pyramus and Thisbe

Romeo and Juliet; talked through crack in wall; met at mulberry bush; he kills himself when he thinks she was eaten by a lion, then she kills herself; mulberries turn red.

Aurora and Tithonus

She is goddess of Dawn, asks Zeus for immortality for Tithonus - forgets to ask for eternal youth - grasshopper.

Meleager

son of Oeneus and Althaea; kills Calydonian Boar; gives Atalanta trophy; uncles mad - fight - he kills uncles; mom kills him by burning the log that had the same life span.

Ixion

punished in the Underworld; spinning wheel of fire

Tityus

punished in the Underworld; bird eats liver daily

Sisyphus

punished in the Underworld; rolls boulder up hill

Tantalus

punished in the Underworld; eternal hunger and thirst

Danaids

punished in the Underworld; 49 sisters who carry water in leaky bucket

Alcides

What name was Heracles born with?

Iphicles

What is the name of Heracles' twin?

Hera

Who always hated Heracles?

The oracle at Delphi

Where did Heracles go after he went insane and killed his wife Megaera and their children?

"The glory of Hera"

What does Heracles mean?

Eurystheus

What was the name of the cousin Heracles went to so he could do the 12 Labors?

Slay the Nemean Lion

Name the 1st of the 12 Labors.

Slay the 9-headed Lernaean Hydra

Name the 2nd of the 12 Labors.

Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis

Name the 3rd of the 12 Labors.

Capture the Erymanthian Boar

Name the 4th of the 12 Labors.

Clean the Augean stables in a single day

Name the 5th of the 12 Labors.

Slay the Stymphalian Birds

Name the 6th of the 12 Labors.

Capture the Cretan Bull

Name the 7th of the 12 Labors.

Steal the Mares of Diomedes

Name the 8th of the 12 Labors.

Obtain the Girdle of the Amazon Queen

Name the 9th of the 12 Labors.

Obtain the Cattle of the Monster Geryon

Name the 10th of the 12 Labors.