Artemis
1. According to story, what is the one quality Zeus admires above all else?
2. What gift did Zeus give Apollo? What did he promise his son?
3. What gifts did Artemis ask of Zeus?
4. What are the nicknames people gave Artemis?
5. What happened to Callisto?
Apollo
1. Why did Apollo want to hunt the Python? What eventually happened?
2. How did Apollo come to claim the Oracle of Delphi as his own?
3. How did Zeus comfort Mother Earth when she was upset about the Python?
4. Why was Apollo jealous of Marsyas? What did he eventually do to him?
Aphrodite
1. Why are there more stories about Aphrodite than any other god/goddess?
2. Why is Aphrodite never distracted from her duties like the other deities?
3. Why was Hera insistent that Aphrodite get married immediately?
4. What did Poseidon offer Aphrodite as a gift if she promised to marry him?
5. Whom did Aphrodite chose as a husband?
6. Will Aphrodite remain faithful to her marriage vows? How do we know?
Athena
1. Name a few of the things Athena taught man.
2. Why did Athena become jealous of Arachne?
3. Athena was about to kill Arachne…why did she change her mind?
4. What scenes did Arachne depict in her cloth?
5. Was the crowd’s reaction to the scene depicted in Athena’s cloth?
6. What eventually happened to Arachne?
Hera
1. Why were Zeus and Hera always quarreling?
2. What did Hera do to Zeus that angered him? How was he set free?
3. What did Zeus do to Hera in retaliation? Why did he finally set her free?
4. Please name Zeus and Hera’s three children. What are they gods/goddesses of?