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What is Hera's symbol?
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peacock
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Athena's symbol is?
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Owl
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Ares's symbol is?
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spear
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Eros's symbol is?
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bow and arrow
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Hestia's symbol is what?
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flame
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Hades' symbol is?
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Bident
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Hephaestus's symbol is?
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Axe/ fire
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Artemus's symbol is ?
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bow/arrow/DEER
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Zeus' symbol is ?
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thunderbolt
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Apollo's symbol is what?
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laurel tree/ lyre
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Poseidon's symbol is what?
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Trident/dolphins/sea horses
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Dionysis' symbol is ?
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vine/grapes
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Cronus' symbol is?
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Scythe
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Hermes' symbol is ?
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winged sandals
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Aphrodite's symbol is?
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a rose
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Demeter's symbol is what?
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wheat
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What is brief tale meant to teach a moral lesson?
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fable
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What is a living being that dies?
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mortal
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A story relating the happenings among gods and supernatural beings, explains aspects of nature?
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MYTH
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A being that cannot die no matter what , like a god?
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immortal
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Tales of wondrous events and heroes believed to have a historical basis but cannot be verified.
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Legend
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Out of Chaos what two gods emerged?
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mother earth-Gaea
god of heavens -URANUS |
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Gaea and Uranus' twelve kids were called ?
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Titans
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Some of Gaea's and Uranus' children were _____?
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monsters
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When Uranus tried to banish some of his children their mother and ___ overthrew him?
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Cronus
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The next generation of gods after Uranus and Gaea were begun by who?
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Cronus
Rhea |
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Cronus and Rhea has 6 kids called what?
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Olympians
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Zeus, Cronus and Rhea's son was the ruler of what?
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Heaven or earth
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Zeus had numerous wives but the main one was the Queen of Heaven called?
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Hera
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Who is the ruler of harvest?
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Demeter
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Who is the mother of Persephone?
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Demeter
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Hades was the ruler of the ?
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Underworld
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Who is Hades wife?
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Persephone
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Persephone is the daughter of ?
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Demeter
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What do we get from the controversy of Hades and Persephone?
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the seasons
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Who is god of the sea?
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Posiden
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Who is one of Zeus' most famous daughters, who is the goddess of wisdom and war?
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Athena
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Who was Athen's mother ?
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Metis
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Who ate Metis because he feared her giving birth to one who might overthrow him?
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zeus
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Metis had a daughter that was born full grown and afterwards...who split open Zeus head. He was the blacksmith god.
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Hephaestus
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Who was the blacksmith god a child of?
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Zeus and Hera
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Because Hephaestus was ugly, his mother threw him to the ground makes him _____?
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lamef
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Hephaestus, the blacksmith was ironically married to who?
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the goddess of what?
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love and beauty
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Aphrodite really love who?
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Ares
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The union of Aphrodite and Ares produced who?
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Eros
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Who is Eros the god of ?
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love and desire?
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Did Zeus wipe out mankind in his anger and make a new race out of clay?
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Yes
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Who angered Zeus by giving fire to humans?
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Prometheus
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What is the story that refers to something that a person wnats to let alone becuse it contains many unforeseen troubles. In mythology it was the source of sin.
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Pandora's Box
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Who was the chatterbox that tricked Hera/Juno and was cursed with only being able to talk by repeating the last two or 3 words that a person said?
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Echo
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What is a person that is madly in love with himself called?
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narcissistic
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Were reeds invented to carry the fire that Promtheus created?
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No
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Does the Laurel wreath symbolize the favor and victory of ZEUS?
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NO
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Was Zeus afraid of the Fates?
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Yes
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Where did the museum come from?
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Muses the goddesses of the arts.
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Were the stories of the gods written down in religious books since 2000 BC?
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No
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What do myths attempt to do?
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explain nature, man and the gods
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Why does every person need a working knowledge of mythology?
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Because there are so mnay references to it in lieterature, music, the art and advertising
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Every ______ has its own myths.
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country
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If Phaethon had been more trusting of his parents, what might not have happen?
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He might not have died
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What is the name of the famous group of sailors that who sailed with Jason to find the golden fleece?
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Argonots
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The olive tree and Athens, Greece are both named after the goddess Athena because why?
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she beat her uncle Poseidon in a contest
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Is Adonis a tricky, godlike creature?
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NO
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