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Mythology 101: Greek Gods and Heroes, Quizzes of Literature

Explore the fascinating world of greek mythology through the lives and stories of its gods and heroes. From jupiter and juno to achilles and medea, discover the myths that shaped ancient greek culture. Definitions and background information on 61 key figures.

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Jupiter
DEFINITION 1
ruler of the Roman gods
TERM 2
Juno
DEFINITION 2
Juno was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and
special counselor of the state. Jupiter's queen
TERM 3
Morpheus
DEFINITION 3
Morpheus (Greek: , , "he who forms, shapes, moulds", from
the Greek morphe) is the Greek god of dream and sleeps.
TERM 4
Prometheus
DEFINITION 4
god of fire
TERM 5
Gilgamesh
DEFINITION 5
Mesopotamian hero
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Jupiter

ruler of the Roman gods TERM 2

Juno

DEFINITION 2 Juno was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. Jupiter's queen TERM 3

Morpheus

DEFINITION 3 Morpheus (Greek: , , "he who forms, shapes, moulds", from the Greek morphe) is the Greek god of dream and sleeps. TERM 4

Prometheus

DEFINITION 4 god of fire TERM 5

Gilgamesh

DEFINITION 5 Mesopotamian hero

Demeter

goddess of the harvest TERM 7

Achilles

DEFINITION 7 In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ancient Greek: ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. son of Thetis TERM 8

Hector

DEFINITION 8 In Greek mythology, Hectr (, "holding fast"), or Hektr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. killed by Achilles TERM 9

Narcissus

DEFINITION 9 Narcissus or Narkissos (), possibly derived from (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness," in Greek mythology was a hero from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. in love with himself TERM 10

Leda

DEFINITION 10 Mistress of Zeus --> raped by swan Helen of Troy's mother

Hecuba

Hecuba (also Hekbe, Hecabe, Hcube; Ancient Greek: ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy, with whom she had 19 children. TERM 17

Patrickalos

DEFINITION 17 A good friend of Achilles who he had to kill TERM 18

Andromida Cassiopea Ceto

DEFINITION 18 all have constellations named after them TERM 19

Io

DEFINITION 19 turned into a cow TERM 20

Perseus

DEFINITION 20 Perseus (), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths in the cult of the Twelve Olympians. killed Medusa

Aeschylus

according to Aristophanes in "The Frogs" was the better playwright TERM 22

Astopheles

DEFINITION 22 wrote Oedipus the King TERM 23

how did Medea kill her

children?

DEFINITION 23 slitting their throats TERM 24

Did Medea kill her

husband?

DEFINITION 24 no! TERM 25

Hephaestus

DEFINITION 25 God of the Forge

Hydra

multi-headed monster slain by Hercules TERM 32

Aristophanes

DEFINITION 32 wrote "the Frogs" TERM 33

Euripides

DEFINITION 33 wrote "Medea" TERM 34

Aeschylus

DEFINITION 34 wrote "Agamenmon" TERM 35

Charon

DEFINITION 35 In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; Greek ) was the ferryman of Hades who carried souls of the newly deceased across the River Styx that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.

Persephone

In Greek mythology, Persephone (; Kore or Cora) was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Underworld, the kor (or young maiden), and the parthenogenic daughter of Demeter and, in later Classical myths, a daughter of Demeter and Zeus. TERM 37

Kallippos

DEFINITION 37 Conquering general in "The Mask of Apollo" TERM 38

Adonis

DEFINITION 38 Youth loved by Aphrodite and killed by a boar TERM 39

Tantalus

DEFINITION 39 served his infant son for dinner TERM 40

Eurydice

DEFINITION 40 Eurydice (, Eurydk) (yur-ID-ih-see) in Greek mythology, was an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo (the god of light). loved by Orpheus

Hippolyta

Queen of the Amazons TERM 47

Amazons

DEFINITION 47 The Amazons (Greek: , Amaznes, singular , Amazn) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology. TERM 48

Alcmena

DEFINITION 48 In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena (Greek: ) was the mother of Heracles. TERM 49

Patrakolas

DEFINITION 49 dear friend of Achilles TERM 50

Agamemnon

DEFINITION 50 high commander of Greeks in Trojan war

Thetis

Silver-footed Thetis (ancient Greek ), disposer or "placer" (the one who places), is encountered in Greek mythology mostly as a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient one of the seas with shape-shifting abilities who survives in the historical vestiges of most later Greek myths as Proteus (whose name suggests the "first", the "primordial" or the "firstborn"). Achilles' mother TERM 52

Plato

DEFINITION 52 Plato () (Greek: ', Pltn, "broad") (428/427 BC - 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Followed Socrates and taught Aristotle TERM 53

Bryseis

DEFINITION 53 woman who served as war prize for Achilles TERM 54

Helen

DEFINITION 54 In Greek mythology, Helen (in Greek, ' - Heln), known as Helen of Troy (and earlier Helen of Sparta), was the daughter of Zeus and Leda (or Nemesis), wife of King Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. caused the Trojan war TERM 55

Paris

DEFINITION 55 had an affair with Helen of Troy

Speusippos

Plato's Nephew