Match each God with his/her realm. _____1. Zeus_____2. Poseidon_____3. Hades_____4. Hestia_____5. Demeter_____6. Hera

These Gods are collectively called the first ___________________.

A. Women and MarriageB. The UnderworldC. The SeaD. The GodsE. Hearth, Home and

ArchitectureF. Harvest and Fertility of the

Earth

DCBEFA

Olympians

Fill in the blanks. _____________ kidnapped ___________ and forced her to live in the underworld. Her mother, ____________, was horrified and went to her brother ___________ for help. The final decision was that _______________ could leave the Underworld only if she had not eaten while there. She had, in fact, eaten a ______________ ____________. As a result, she must stay with _____________ 4 months a year, with her mother 4 months, and gets 4 months alone. When ____________ is in the Underworld, her mother, Goddess of the harvest, refuses to let things grow, thus causing winter.

Hades Persephone

DemeterZeus

Persephone

Pomegranate SeedHades

Persephone

Which God or Goddess is most associated with each symbol below?

Match each God or Goddess with his/her specialty.

_____1. Dionysus_____2. Apollo_____3. Artemis_____4. Aphrodite_____5. Ares_____6. Hephaestus_____7. Athena_____8. Persephone

A. Grape, wine, ecstasyB. Metalworking, smithworkC. Wisdom and WarD. Love and BeautyE. Light, sun, prophecy,

healing, musicF. Underworld and vegetationG. Hunt, animals, childbirth,

virginityH. War (strength and

violence)

AEGDHBCF

Fill in the blanks.Three Titans were not banished to Tartarus after the Titanomachy. They were: ____________________ because he gave advice to the Olympians that helped them win the battle.

_____________________ because he was totally ineffective as a Titan, and Zeus did not see him as a threat, and

__________________ because Zeus had another punishment in mind for him. He had to hold the world up on his shoulders for all of eternity.

Prometheus

Epimetheus

Atlas

Who are these Goddesses? How do you know?

Athena

HeraAphrodite

Artemis

Match each with his/her deeds.____1. Created Man____2. Opened a box full of suffering____3. Made the labyrinth of Minos____4. Stole Fire from Zeus ____5. Killed Medusa____6. Slayed the Nemean Lion____7. Captured Cerberus from the gates of

the Underworld_____8. Got the Golden Fleece in order to

become king_____9. Was made to punish man_____10. Killed the Minotaur_____11. Had his liver eaten by an eagle

every day

A.PrometheusB.PandoraC.PerseusD.HerculesE.DaedalusF. JasonG. Theseus

ABEACDD

F

BGA

Fill in the blanks.When ___________ was pregnant by Zeus, that made ____________ mad. She told all lands not to allow _____ to give birth there, but she finally finds an island that will take her in. She gives birth to twins. ___________ came out first, and immediately turned around to help midwife her brother, ____________. ___________ asks for 6 wishes from her father, Zeus, including eternal ________________, and a ________ for hunting. No man wants to accidently see her __________, because she’ll turn you into a stag, or a mountain or a girl.

LetoHera

Leto

ArtemisApollo

Artemisvirginity bow

naked

And these Gods?

Hermes

Hephaestus

Apollo

Zeus DionysusPoseidon

Match the best answers.

_____1. Furies (Erinyes)_____2. Harpies_____3. Hydra_____4. Medusa_____5. Minotaur_____6. Echidna_____7. Centaur_____8. Fates

A. Half horse, half manB. A Gorgon who can turn men to stone

with just one look into her eyes. C. Half snake, half woman. The mother

of monsters.D. Half bird, half women, they attack,

confiscate, and befoulE. Head of a bull, body of a man.

Wanders in the labyrinth at CreteF. Three women who spin the yarn of

life, pick a place and then cut it (thus ending your life)

G. Many headed creature. Cut of a head? Two more grow back.

H. Ancient deities who hear complaints and then relentlessly hound guilty parties.

HDGBECAF

Python lived in “the belly button of the Earth (or Gaia). He protected this sacred spot. ________sent a serpent, __________, after ________as punishment for her affair with Zeus. When he was four days old, ____________ chased Python into his sacred cave and killed it. He then took over the cave and the Oracle there, making it his own. People from all over travelled to the ______________ at _______________ to hear prophecies from ______________. Due to other adventures, he’s also the god of Sun, Music and Healing.

PythonGaia

Leto

Apollo

OracleDelphiApollo

Who are these guys?

Atlas

Perseus

Jason

Theseus