Mythology—The Gods, The Creation, and the Earliest Heroes



Mythology—The Gods, The Creation, and the Earliest Heroes

Liteature 10

Mrs. Dahl

Read 24-46 and answer the following questions as completely as possible.

1. How did the Greeks believe the universe or the gods came about? Who created whom? Who were the parents, children, and grandchildren?

2. Who were the Elder Gods and who was the most important?

3. __________________ rules the sea,______________ the dead, _____________ the heavens, but_______________ is common to all three.

4. List the 12 Olympians along with their Roman names:

5. How did Zeus and his brothers determine who was in control of what throughout the universe?

6. Zeus is the supreme ruler, but how has he also been deceived, or who has deceived him before?

7. Analyze why Zeus’s bird would be the eagle and tree the oak. Speculate why this is so.

8. Who was Hera? What were her responsibilities?

9. Who was Poseidon? What was he commonly known as? What is a trident?

10. Who was Hades? Why was he called the God of Wealth?

11. Who was Athena and what is peculiar about her birth? What were her responsibilities—list 3.

12. Why is Apollo called the God of Light and the God of Truth?

13. Who were the 3 maiden goddesses of Olympus—list their duties or characteristics.

14. What were Artemis’s responsibilities? Phoebus is to the _______ as Artemis is to the_____________.

15. Aphrodite is the Goddess of_________________________________________.

16. ___________ is the God of War.

17. She was the Goddess of the Hearth, or the symbol of the home.

18. ______________is the God of Love or Cupid.

19. List the Graces. Together they are the incarnation of__________ and ____________.

20. Muses were also known as “queens of __________.”

21. What are Tartarus and Erebus? Which is which?

22. Describe the underworld.

23. What sits at the gate of the underworld and what does it do?

24. Define these rivers that separate the underworld from the world above.

Phlegethon----

Styx-----

Lethe------

25. Demeter was Goddess of the______________.

26. ______________ is the God of the Vine.

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