The Greek Gods
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Name _________________________________
Hour ____
1- Out of Chaos appeared ______________________________ and _________________________.
2- From these two elements came ____________________ which was the most important so far.
3- To the Greeks, Eros represented a principle of ___________. They believed that it was Eros, which was
capable of bringing an ordered universe out of Chaos. In its role as a principle of order, Eros performed
the first marriage by bringing together ______________, the sky (father), and ______________, the earth
(mother).
4- Gaea was both sister & wife to Uranus and bore him monsters: _________________________________,
____________________________________, and _____________________________________________.
5- Uranus was _______________ and _________________ of his children & feared they might ___________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6- To solve this possible problem, he __________________________________________________________
7- Naturally, Gaea was very unhappy & plotted with ________________, the youngest of the Titans, to
_____________________Uranus.
8- __________________, with his mother’s help, wounded Uranus with a long, curved knife and
____________________________________________________.
9- The youngest of 12 Titans, Cronus had ______ brothers & ______ sisters. However, his other brother &
sisters (the Cyclops & Hundred-armed monsters) were still buried in the earth, breaking a promise to his
mother that he would free them.
10- One of his sisters, _____________, he married. Together, they had ____________________.
11- Cronus worried that he might be overthrown just as his father was, so he _______________________
_________________________with the exception of Zeus.
12- With the help of Gaea (still holding a grudge about the broken promise), Rhea saved Zeus by giving Cronus
__________________________________________________________.
13- Zeus was raised in secret on an island, & when he was ready, he __________________________________
____________________________________________________.
14- Zeus was raised by ________________________ on the island of _________________________.
15- Zeus had many wives, but ruled ___________________________ with his sister & wife _______________.
16- He was the ruler of the _________________ & ___________________________.
17- Zeus divided the world among his brothers after _____________________________________________.
18- Zeus is _______________________________________________________________________________.
19- Oceanus was ______________________, & with __________________, his sister Titaness whom he
married, they had daughters that were ______________________ known as the Oceanids. All the gods of
all the streams & rivers on earth were their sons. After Zeus & the Olympians overthrew the Titans,
___________________became ruler of the ocean.
20- Coeus was the Titan ____________________, & Phoebe was said to be the Titaness of the moon.Together,
they had 2 children.
21- Iapetus had 3 sons: ____________________(punished by Zeus to carry the earth on his shoulders for
eternity), ________________________, & __________________________(punished by Zeus & later saved
by Hercules).
22- ___________________ was the goddess of order, justice, & law. She is represented carrying a cornucopia
& a pair of scales. She was the first to make prophecies & started the oracle at Delphi. She later gave it to
Apollo as a birthday present.
23- _________________ was the most jealous goddess in all of Greece & persecuted many of Zeus’ mistresses.
24- She was the goddess of __________________, _________________& __________________.
There are many stories of fighting between Zeus & Hera because of his affairs.
25- ___________________ is the Goddess of corn, grain & the harvest. ______________ abducted her
daughter, _________________, & because of the arrangement between Zeus & Hades, _______________
was able to see her daughter for part of the year & the other half was spent with ______________.
26- Hestia is the ________________________________________. She is the most gentle of all the Olympians,
and she gave up the throne for Dionysus. Hestia tended the sacred fire in the hall of Mount Olympus.
27- _________________ is the God of _____________, _______________, _____________, __________, &
healing. Born the twin to Artemis, he is the son of Zeus and Leto (daughter of Coeus & Phoebe).
The _________________________ was given to him. He is the father of many heroes such as Orpheus &
Asclepius.
28- ___________________ is Goddess of the hunt, all newborn creatures & chastity. She is the
___________________________. When she was young, Zeus promised her that she would never have to
marry.
29- Aphrodite is the Goddess of ___________ & ________________. She was the only Olympian to have no
parents. She was born of the ocean’s foam & was led to Mount Olympus by the three Graces. Because of
her great beauty, she was given in marriage to __________________________, _____________________.
But, she was not very faithful and had many affairs.
30- The Three Graces: ______________________, ________________________, & _____________________.
31-Hephaestus was born __________________ & ________________, but married Aphrodite to
_______________________________________________________.
32-Ares was the god of ___________. He was the son of Hera & Zeus. Ares loved the sounds of ________ &
________________. None of the gods on Mount Olympus liked him much due to his bloodthirsty nature.
Aphrodite liked him only for his ________________________.
33-_______________ was messenger to the gods. He was the son of Zeus. He was brought to Mount Olympus
after __________________ discovered ______________________________________________. He was
the patron of liars, thieves, & gamblers.
34- __________________ was god of the sea. He was the ____________ of Zeus. When moody, he could
create violent storms at sea & wreck ships & flood lands. However, when he was in a good mood, he could
raise up new lands out of the sea..
35-________________ was god of the ____________________, that all mortals feared. Though he lived in the
______________________, _________________ was still considered an Olympian.He lived a gloomy
existence with his wife Persephone, whom he abducted.
36-__________________ was the goddess of war, ____________________,& the liberal arts.
She was born fully grown from the head of Zeus. Athena was the patron to Athens & also aided many
heroes: _______________________, _____________________, _____________________, & Odysseus.
Chaos
Uranus & Gaea
Oceanu
s &
Tethys
Hades
Apollo
Artemis
Coeus
&
Pheobe
Poseido
n
Aphrodit
e
Hermes
Cronus
& Rhea
Zeus
Hephestus
Ares
Athena
Iapetus
Hera
Demeter
Themis
Hestia