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What was the emptiness called in the beginning?
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Chaos.
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From chaos emerged these three immortal beings:
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Gaea, Tartarus, and Eros.
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Gaea
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Earth mother
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Tartarus
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Ruler of the underworld
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Eros
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God of love and desire
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Who did Gaea marry?
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Her son, Uranus.
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Gaea and Uranus had who?
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The three cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants.
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Hundred handed giants
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Offspring of Gaea, had 50 heads.
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Cyclopes
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Offspring of Gaea and Uranus, had one eye.
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Uranus banished his children to where, and why?
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The underworld, and so they wouldn't overpower him.
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Arete
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Excellence
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Hybris
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Excessive pride or arrogance
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Ate
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A temporary state of madness
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Myths served two purposes:
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To teach and to explain.
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Anthropomorphic
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Having gods in the shape of a man
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Worshipping gods helped create what in a world of what?
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Order in chaos
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Patriarchal society
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A society dominated by men.
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Matriarchal society
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A society dominated by women.
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The greatest crime in a matriarchal society was:
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Child against mother.
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The invaders of Greece were:
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The Mycenaeans
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The Mycenaeans brought these things to Greece:
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Horses, bronze/copper tools, and Linear B tablets
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The native Greeks were:
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The Minoans
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What kind of society were the Minoans?
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Matriarchal and agrarian.
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The Minoans worshipped:
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Mother earth
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Titans
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The first generation of immortal gods from Gaea and Uranus
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What were the names of the first 12 titans?
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Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Iapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne, Pheobe, Theia, Rhea, Dione, Tethys, and Cronus.
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Who mutilated Uranus with a sickle-shaped weapon?
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Cronus
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Gaea absorbed Uranus's blood and did what with it?
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Gave birth to a group of powerful giants and the 3 furies, who were wingless, black creatures, whose eyes dripped poisonous tears and had fiery breath.
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The three furies would destroy:
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Any child who killed a parent of blood relative.
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who did the Titans make their king?
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Cronus
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What was Gaea's prophetic warning to Cronus?
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He would be overthrown like his father.
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Whom did Cronus marry?
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Rhea
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Who were the first four children on Cronus and Rhea?
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Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and Hades.
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What did Cronus do to his children?
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He ate them so they could not overthrow him.
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Who was the fifth child of Cronus and Rhea?
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Poseidon
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How did Rhea save Posidon?
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Se told Cronus she gave birth to a foal, which Cronus ate. She sent Poseidon to be reared by immortal sea deities on the island of Rhodes.
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Who was the 6th child of Rhea and Cronus?
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Zeus
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How did Rhea save Zeus?
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She hid him in a deep cave by Gaea and was raised by immortal nymphs. Rhea then presented a rock to Cronus.
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Who did Zeus go to for help?
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Metis, a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
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How did Metis trick Cronus?
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She made him drink a drugged drink, which gave him stomach pains, which in turn caused him to regurgitate his children.
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How long did the gods fight the titans?
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10 years
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Who decided to help the gods fight the titans?
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Gaea.
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What was Gaea's request of Zeus and his brothers?
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To set the hundred-handed giants and the cyclopes free.
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Which 3 gods decided to help Gaea? Where did they go?
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Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades went to Tartarus.
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The Cyclopes presented Zeus with what?
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Lightening
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The Cyclopes presented Poseidon what?
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The trident
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The Cyclopes presented Hades with that?
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The helmet of invisibility
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Who was the Strongest Titan?
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Atlas
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What special punishment did Zeus give Atlas?
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To stand erect at the earth's edge and hold the sky upon raised hands forever.
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Styx
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The river goddess. Child of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Helped Zeus in his war against the Titans.
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What was the gift Zeus gave to Styx?
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Any god who swore a sacred oath must declare it upon Styx's waters
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Who guarded the gates to the Underworld?
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A giant guard dog with three heads
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What did Zeus teach mankind?
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To lead a better life/be fair and nonviolent
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What did Poseidon teach mankind?
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To build ships and tame horses
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What did Hades teach mankind?
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To treat the dead with respect
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What did Hera teach mankind?
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She protected marriages and helped with childbirth
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What did Hestia teach mankind?
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To build and safeguard houses
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What did Demeter teach mankind?
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To gather corn, prepare, plant, and preserve it
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What is an Obol?
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An ancient greek coin
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Who were the parents of Typhon?
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Gaea and Tartarus
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Who gave the advice for the immortals to change to animals?
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Pan, the Shepherd God.
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Name the animals they transformed into:
Zeus Apollo Hermes Dionysus Artemis Hera Aphrodite |
Ram
Crow Stork Goat Cat Cow Fish |
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What did Typhon do to Zeus?
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Cut his tendons out, took him to a cave in Sicily guarded by a half dragon, half maiden.
He was left there until Hermes and Pan found him by following his Fiery trail. |
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How did Zeus kill Typhon? What natural phenomenon might this story explain?
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Zeus crushed him with Mount Aetna and volcanoes.
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