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Mythology Unit Questions and Answers What is Mythology? a body of stories told to explain the world and its mysteries Why study Mythology? 1) Mythology is referenced in many classical wks 2) It's inspiration for art 3) Mythology is referenced in common culture 4) It's fun! Pre...

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Mythology Unit Questions and Answers
What is Mythology? - answer a body of stories told to explain the world and its
mysteries

Why study Mythology? - answer 1) Mythology is referenced in many classical wks
2) It's inspiration for art
3) Mythology is referenced in common culture
4) It's fun!

How did Greeks make the gods in their own image? - answer 1) not terrible or
horrific
2) human feelings and actions
3) people believed their lives depended on the gods

What are the 3 types of myths? - answer Myths of Gods
Myths of Heroes
Cosmic Myths

What are Cosmic Myths? - answer Explain origin of universe, human life, natural
phenomena, etc.

What are Myths of Gods? - answer Focus on activities of gods in their realms

What are Myths of Heroes? - answer Tell adventures of heroes and humans

Who were the first parents in the universe? - answer Heaven and Earth

Who came after Heaven and Earth? - answer The Titans

Who came after the Titans? - answer The gods

What is another name for the Titans? Who were the Titans? - answer The Elder
Gods; Supreme beings in the universe for many years- with enormous size and
incredible strength

Who was the most important Titan? - answer Cronus (Saturn)- Defeated by son,
Zeus
Fled to Italy; brought Golden Age; Husband of Ops

How did Zeus become the supreme ruler? - answer Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
drew lots after Zeus defeated Cronus

, What is the Golden Age? - answer A time of perfect peace and happiness that lasted
as long as Cronus reigned

Were all the Titans banished with the defeat of Cronus? - answer No- 8 took a lower
place

Describe the 12 great Olympians. - answer Supreme among the gods who
succeeded to the Titans; Olympus is their home

Where is Olympus? What is its entrance? - answer Possibly at the top of the highest
mountain in Greece (Mt. Olympus), but not a mountain or heaven, common to sea,
earth, and heavens; Gate of clouds kept by the Seasons

Describe Olympus. - answer gods' dwellings; ate nectar and ambrosia; sunny- no
wind, rain, or storm

Name the 12 great Olympians. - answer Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Athena,
Hermes, Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Hades, Hephaestus, and Hestia

Who is Zeus? - answer Jupiter and Jove- God of Sky; Brother to Poseidon and
Hades; good ruler, but many love affairs; Husband and Brother to Hera;
weapon=thunderbolt; could be tricked and deceived; stronger than all his siblings, but
not as strong as Fate; had good and bad reputation

Who is Hera? - answer Juno- Goddess of marriage and married women; never forgot
an injury (punished all of Zeus' mistresses and children despite their reluctance and
innocence)

Who is Poseidon? - answer Neptune- God of the sea; married to Amphitrite; gave
first horse to man; sea calmed when he drove over it on his chariot; called "Earth-
Shaker"; weapon=trident

Who is Hades? - answer Pluto or Dis- God of the underworld; Husband of
Persephone; "god of wealth" b/c precious metals underground; unwelcome visitor to
Olympus (unpitying, terrible, but not evil)

Who is Pallas Athena? - answer Minerva- Goddess of Civilization; weaving, war, and
wisdom; full-grown and in armor sprang out of Zeus's head; first to tame horses

Who is Phoebus Apollo? - answer Apollo- God of light and truth; musician (lyre),
poet, archer, healer; direct link btwn gods and men

Who is Artemis? - answer Diana- Goddess of the hunt, wild, and youth; Apollo's twin;

Who is Aphrodite? - answer Venus- Goddess of love and beauty; sprung from the
foam of the sea; wife of Hephaestus

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