100. 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’ b idding. (+50 for Roman name). Who is Hermes?. 300. This demi -god was born to Zeus - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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