Mythology Study Guide
chorus - answer chief ruler, father of Zeus
Ocean - answer encircled the earth
Atlas - answer bore the world on his shoulders, Knew where the golden apples of the
Hesperides were located
Prometheus - answer savior of mankind
Zeus/Jupiter - answersupreme ruler, god of the sky, rain, and clouds, God who sent a
lying dream to the Greek leader to make him attack Troy prematurely
Hera/Juno - answerQueen of the gods, protector of marriage, Sent a fit of madness that
caused a hero to kill his own wife and children, The goddess whose bribe was Lord of
Europe and Asia, determined that the war would not end until Troy was destroyed
Poseidon/Neptune - answergod of the seas, wields a trident, The god who sent
serpents to crush the priest and his sons, The god who joined the godess in her
revenge
Hades/Pluto - answergod of the underworld and wealth, The place where Odysseus
must go to consult with the prophet Teiresias
Athena/Minerva - answergoddess of wisdom, protector of civilized life, The goddess
whose bribe was victory for Troy and ruin for Greece, The goddess who rejected the gift
of a robe and denied the Trojans prayer to spare the city, the goddess whose image
was stolen from Troy by the Greeks, The goddess who became angry with the Greeks
for their sacrilegious actions at the end of the war, who remembers her past admiration
for Odysseus and pleads with the Olympian gods to allow him to return home, The
goddess who assumes various shapes in order to help Odysseus reach home
Apollo - answergod of light and truth, the healer, master musician, God who shot arrows
of sickness into the Greek camp until a captive maiden was returned,
Artemis/Diana - answergoddess of the hunt, wilderness, night, and moon, who
demanded a human sacrifice for a hare that was slain
Aphrodite/Venus - answergoddess of love and beauty, rose from the foam, Caused a
statue to come to life as a reward to a new kind of love, The goddess who was given the
golden apple, The only one of the gods who helped the Trojans at the end when Troy
fell to the Greeks
, Hermes/Mercury - answermessenger of the gods, Messenger of the gods sent by Zeus
to release Odysseus from his captivity on the sea nymph's island, Messenger of the
gods who gives Odysseus a herb that protects him from the witch
Ares/Mars - answergod of war, murder, and bloodshed
Hephaestus/Vulcan - answerUgly and deformed god of fire, god who crafted new armor
for the greatest greek warrior
Hestia/Vesta - answergoddess of hearth and home
Eros/Cupid - answergod of love, often depicted as blindfolded
Cerberus - answerDragon tailed dog that gaurds the underworld gate, Three headed
dog carried away from Hades to Mycenae and back
Dionysus/Bacchus - answergod of the vine, wine, and festivals, The only god whose
parents were not both divine, was captured by pirates, born of fire and nursed by rain, a
god of inspiration celebrated at a sacred spring festival where playes were performed
Pan - answergod of the sheperds and goatherds
The Muses - answergoddesses of the arts and history
The Furies - answergoddesses who punish evildoers
The Satyrs - answerGoat men who lived in the wild places
The Centaurs - answerSavage creatures, half horse/half man
The Gorgons - answerDragon-like creatures who turned men to stone
The Sirens - answerhad enchanting voices who lured sailors to their deaths, Singers
whose voices lure sailors to their death by making them forget everything else
The Fates - answergoddesses who spin and cut the thread of life
Maenad - answerone of a group of wild women who were cared for by the god of wine
Pentheus - answerThe king of Thebes who brought doom on himself for ignoring when
the gods spoke to him, died at the hands of his own mother and her sisters
Semele - answerPerson who was granted the wish to see Zeus in full splendor as King
of Heaven, a mortal who was rescued from death and allowed to dwell in Olympus
chorus - answer chief ruler, father of Zeus
Ocean - answer encircled the earth
Atlas - answer bore the world on his shoulders, Knew where the golden apples of the
Hesperides were located
Prometheus - answer savior of mankind
Zeus/Jupiter - answersupreme ruler, god of the sky, rain, and clouds, God who sent a
lying dream to the Greek leader to make him attack Troy prematurely
Hera/Juno - answerQueen of the gods, protector of marriage, Sent a fit of madness that
caused a hero to kill his own wife and children, The goddess whose bribe was Lord of
Europe and Asia, determined that the war would not end until Troy was destroyed
Poseidon/Neptune - answergod of the seas, wields a trident, The god who sent
serpents to crush the priest and his sons, The god who joined the godess in her
revenge
Hades/Pluto - answergod of the underworld and wealth, The place where Odysseus
must go to consult with the prophet Teiresias
Athena/Minerva - answergoddess of wisdom, protector of civilized life, The goddess
whose bribe was victory for Troy and ruin for Greece, The goddess who rejected the gift
of a robe and denied the Trojans prayer to spare the city, the goddess whose image
was stolen from Troy by the Greeks, The goddess who became angry with the Greeks
for their sacrilegious actions at the end of the war, who remembers her past admiration
for Odysseus and pleads with the Olympian gods to allow him to return home, The
goddess who assumes various shapes in order to help Odysseus reach home
Apollo - answergod of light and truth, the healer, master musician, God who shot arrows
of sickness into the Greek camp until a captive maiden was returned,
Artemis/Diana - answergoddess of the hunt, wilderness, night, and moon, who
demanded a human sacrifice for a hare that was slain
Aphrodite/Venus - answergoddess of love and beauty, rose from the foam, Caused a
statue to come to life as a reward to a new kind of love, The goddess who was given the
golden apple, The only one of the gods who helped the Trojans at the end when Troy
fell to the Greeks
, Hermes/Mercury - answermessenger of the gods, Messenger of the gods sent by Zeus
to release Odysseus from his captivity on the sea nymph's island, Messenger of the
gods who gives Odysseus a herb that protects him from the witch
Ares/Mars - answergod of war, murder, and bloodshed
Hephaestus/Vulcan - answerUgly and deformed god of fire, god who crafted new armor
for the greatest greek warrior
Hestia/Vesta - answergoddess of hearth and home
Eros/Cupid - answergod of love, often depicted as blindfolded
Cerberus - answerDragon tailed dog that gaurds the underworld gate, Three headed
dog carried away from Hades to Mycenae and back
Dionysus/Bacchus - answergod of the vine, wine, and festivals, The only god whose
parents were not both divine, was captured by pirates, born of fire and nursed by rain, a
god of inspiration celebrated at a sacred spring festival where playes were performed
Pan - answergod of the sheperds and goatherds
The Muses - answergoddesses of the arts and history
The Furies - answergoddesses who punish evildoers
The Satyrs - answerGoat men who lived in the wild places
The Centaurs - answerSavage creatures, half horse/half man
The Gorgons - answerDragon-like creatures who turned men to stone
The Sirens - answerhad enchanting voices who lured sailors to their deaths, Singers
whose voices lure sailors to their death by making them forget everything else
The Fates - answergoddesses who spin and cut the thread of life
Maenad - answerone of a group of wild women who were cared for by the god of wine
Pentheus - answerThe king of Thebes who brought doom on himself for ignoring when
the gods spoke to him, died at the hands of his own mother and her sisters
Semele - answerPerson who was granted the wish to see Zeus in full splendor as King
of Heaven, a mortal who was rescued from death and allowed to dwell in Olympus
