Gods Heroes Greece Vocabulary Miscellan-aneous

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The symbol of this goddess is the owl and the olive tree

Who is Pallas Athena?

200

This god was known for his trickiness and stealth. He was often called upon to do Zeus’

bidding. (+50 for Roman name)

Who is Hermes?

300

This demi-god was born to Zeusand was later promoted to full

immortality.

Who is

Hercules?

400

These three goddesses approached Paris of Troy to

have him judge which of them was the fairest.

Who are Hera, Athena and Aphrodite?

500

Perseus was given three gifts to help him defeat Medusa. They were: a sword, winged sandals

and a polished shield. These god gave him the gifts.

Who are Zeus, Hades and Athena

100

This hero slew the Minotaur

Who is Theseus?

200

This goddess set out to drive Hercules into a fit of madness that resulted in the murder of his wife and son.

Who is Hera?

300

This architect designed the labyrinth to contain the Minotaur and famously cautioned his son

from flying too high.

Who is Daedalus

400

This hero was prophesied to kill hisgrandfather, Acrisius. The father locked

this hero’s mother in a tower toprevent her impregnation.

Who was Perseus. (+50 – Who was his father?)

500

This great, prideful, Greek war hero defeated Hector and was killed by Paris’ arrow.

Who is Achilles?

100

This is were Zeus was supposed to have been born

What is Crete?

200

This city-state was named for the goddess who won a contest for its naming rights

What is Athens?

300

The Greeks fought a devastating war with Troy, which is located in this present-day country.

What is Turkey?

400

The beauty of this woman, who originally came from Sparta, caused the Trojan War.

Who is Helen

500

The peninsula of Greece can be found in what sea (several answers acceptable)

What is the Mediterranean, Aegean, Adriatic.

100

This word is akin to Kryptonite for Superman

What is the Achilles Heel?

200

This word comes from the classical personification of Time.

What is “chronology?”

300

This word comes from the story of a young man who starved to death

after looking too long at his reflection in the water

What is “narcissistic?”

400

This word comes from the creatures by the sea who lulled Odysseus and his men into a trance with their beautiful song.

What is “siren?”

500

Another name for a long and twisting journey that includes many strange encounters. It takes its name from the cunning creator of the Trojan horse.

What is an “oddessey?”

100

This god is the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Zeus.

Who is Jupiter?

200

Phoebus Apollo is the god of these two things (among

others)

What is “the sun,” “music and the arts,” “truth,” or “healing?” (+50 – who is his twin sister?)

300

This mythological bird hatched the Golden Egg, giving birth to the Universe

What is Nyx?

400

This task was shared by Charon, Cerberus and Styx

What is “protect” or “separate” the Underworld

500

This god, who was the god of metalwork, was known for being ugly and lame

Who is Hephaestus?

600

These two punishments were reserved for Tantalus, who

sacrificed his son to the gods, and Sisyphus, whose hubris angered

Zeus

What is “being eternally thirsty and hungry” and “pushing a rock up a

hill.”