Greek and Roman Mythology: A Review of the Principle Gods and Goddesses

  1. What is a myth?
  2. A ______rooted in primitive folk beliefs of cultures
  3. Uses the supernatural to ______
  4. Explains the culture’s view of the ______and the ______
  5. The Greek Mythology Creation Story
  6. “In Greek mythology, gods “did not create the universe… ______” (Hamilton 24).
  7. In the beginning was ______; “The Nothingness from which All Else Sprang”
  8. Chaos had two children: ______and ______
  9. Mysteriously, ______was born of Night and Death
  10. From Love came ______and ______
  11. Earth was also known as ______
  12. AKA: ______
  13. She gave birth to ______to cover her and be a home for the gods
  14. Gaea and Uranus produced three different creatures who had the appearance of life, although it was unlike any life known to man
  15. 3 ______-- Gigantic monsters with fifty heads and one hundred arms
  16. 12 ______--Elder gods who ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them
  17. 3______-- Gigantic one eyed monsters
  18. The Titans
  19. There were many of them
  20. They were enormous and incredibly strong
  21. ______: Ruler of the titans
  22. ______: Wife/sister of Cronos
  23. Oceanus: River that encircled the world
  24. Impetus: Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas
  25. The Titans’ Rise to Power
  26. ______was a bad father
  27. He imprisoned the Hecatonchires which ______Gaea
  28. Gaea ______against Uranus
  29. ______and ______devised a plan to kill Uranus with a sickle
  30. From the blood of Uranus’ wounded parts sprang up a strange collection of beings:
  31. ______
  32. ______(Furies)
  33. ______
  34. ______dethrones Uranus and becomes the next ruler
  35. He takes his sister, ______as his wife
  36. It was prophesized this his son would overthrow him, so Cronus ______
  37. Except for one child who Rhea hid from him--______
  38. Zeus was raised by ______, but came back to defeat Cronus and rule on ______
  39. Principal Gods in Greek and Roman Mythology

Greek and Roman Mythology: A Review of the Principle Gods and Goddesses

i.  Cronos + Rhea

  1. Zeus (Jupiter/Jove)
  2. Poseidon (Neptune)
  3. Hades (Pluto)
  4. Hera (Juno)
  5. Hestia (Vesta)
  6. Demeter (Ceres)

ii.  Other Olympians

  1. Athena (Minerva)
  2. Ares (Mars)
  3. Hephaestus (Vulcan)
  4. Apollo
  5. Artemis (Diana)
  6. Hermes (Mercury)
  7. Aphrodite (Venus)
  8. Dionysus (Bacchus)
  9. Persephone

  1. The Olympians
  2. Zeus( ______/______)
  3. ______of the Olympians
  4. Most powerful
  5. God of Air
  6. Weapon: ______
  7. ______-Father many characters in mythology and married his own sister
  8. Poseidon (______)
  9. Zeus’ brother
  10. Weapon:______
  11. God of the ______and ______
  12. ______to impress Demeter
  13. ______: (Pluto)
  14. Third most powerful
  15. God of the ______/______
  16. Has a ______that makes him invisible
  17. Kidnapped Persephone
  18. ______(although he is unpitying)
  19. ______(Juno)
  20. Zeus’ ______and ______
  21. Jealous protector of ______
  22. Symbol: ______
  23. Punished the women Zeus fell in love with
  24. Hestia (Vesta)
  25. Zeus’ sister—oldest of the original gods
  26. Goddess of ______
  27. Gave up her spot on Mt. Olympus for Dionysus
  28. Worshiped daily
  29. Does pretty much nothing in mythology
  30. ______(Ceres)
  31. Goddess of ______, ______, and ______
  32. Has powers of ______and ______
  33. Her daughter is ______
  34. Pallas Athena (______)
  35. Sprang from ______
  36. Goddess of ______and ______
  37. Carries a ______with ______head on it
  38. Ares (Mars)
  39. Son of ______and ______, but hated by both
  40. God of ______; bloodthirsty and merciless
  41. Romans glorify him, but Greeks make him out to be a coward
  42. Has three children with ______
  43. ______(Panic) and ______(Fear) are twins
  44. ______(Vulcan)
  45. Son of Zeus and Hera
  46. God of ______and ______
  47. ______, unlike his brother
  48. Disabled because ______
  49. Husband to ______
  50. Phoebus Apollo
  51. God of ______, ______, ______, ______, and ______
  52. Son of Zeus and Leto; brother of ______
  53. Wolves, dolphins and crows are sacred to him
  54. Has the Oracle of Delphi
  55. ______(Diana)
  56. Appollo’s ______
  57. Goddess of the ______, ______, and ______
  58. Also goddess of the moon
  59. Virgin goddess
  60. ______are sacred
  61. Hermes (Mercury)
  62. Son of ______and Maia
  63. ______god / god of ______
  64. Greek ______
  65. Loves ______
  66. Guided souls to Hades
  67. ______(Venus)
  68. Goddess of ______and ______
  69. Wife of ______, but lover of Ares and other guys
  70. Mother of ______
  71. ______caused by the attack of Cronos on Uranus
  72. Dionysus (______)
  73. Son of ______and Semele
  74. God of ______and ______
  75. Patron god of ______
  76. In some areas of Greece, ______(too vulgar)
  77. Persephone (Proserpina)
  78. Daughter of ______and ______
  79. Queen of the ______
  80. ______by Hades and later ______by Hades to remain in the Underworld
  81. Hebe (______)
  82. Goddess of ______
  83. Cupbearer to the gods
  84. Restored youth to the aged
  85. Eros (______)
  86. Son of ______and ______
  87. God of ______
  88. Often portrayed as a ______
  89. Has wings
  90. Uses a ______-- arrows cause one to fall in love
  91. Mama’s boy
  92. Iris
  93. Goddess of the ______
  94. Messenger for Zeus and Hera
  95. Daughter of Thaumus and the nymph Electra
  96. The Muses
  97. ______of Zeus and Mnemosyne
  98. ______of all kinds
  99. Goddesses who presided over ______and ______
  100. “He is happy whom the muses love.”
  101. The ______
  102. ______goddesses of ______and ______
  103. “They give life its bloom.”
  104. Aglaia (Splendor)
  105. Euphrosyne (Mirth)
  106. Thalia (Good Cheer)
  107. The Erinnyes (______)
  108. Three goddesses of ______
  109. Tisiphone
  110. Alecto
  111. Megaera
  112. They ______
  113. ______
  114. Three sisters
  115. Clotho (The Spinner)
  116. Lachesis (The disposer of lots)
  117. Atropos (The cutter)
  118. They ______, ______, and ______the thread of life for humans
  119. The Satyrs
  120. Gods of the ______and the ______
  121. “Shepherd gods”
  122. ______(likePan)
  123. Companions of Dionysus
  124. They like to ______, ______, and ______
  125. ______
  126. Three ______
  127. ______is the most well known
  128. Their look ______
  129. The Centaurs
  130. Half man, ______
  131. Savage creatures (except Chiron)
  132. Followers of Dionysus