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English 9 Name: _____________________________ Period: _____________________________ Date: _______________________________ Research Quiz on Greek Mythology Aphrodite Apollo Ares Athena Hades Hermes Poseidon Zeus The Furies The Fates The Muses Dionysus Hephaestus The Trojan War Helen Paris Menelaus Agamemnon Bacchus mortal Pyramus Theater Artemis Demeter A. Fill in the Blank. (Each blank is worth one point.) 1. According to Greek mythology, three brother gods, having defeated their father, Chronos (or Kronos), and his generation of gods (known collectively as the Titans), then divided the three primary realms of the world among themselves. _________________, the leader in the war against the Titans, was given rule over the gods and men. ___________________ was made god of the oceans (as well as earthquakes and horses) and ___________________ became lord of the Underworld. One of the daughters of Chronos, named _________________, became the wife of the god of gods and men. 2. Five of the major Olympian gods have names beginning with “A.” _________________ was god of the sun, as well as music and the arts. _________________ was his twin, goddess of the moon, and huntress of the bow. _________________ was the god of war and violence. _________________ was the goddess of love and desire. _________________ was the goddess of wisdom and of weaving. 3. Dionysus, the god of wine, was also known by his Roman name, ________________. He is unusual among the Olympian gods because his mother, Semele, was a ________________. In Greece, his annual festival is associated particularly with one of the arts: ______________________ 4. The myth about Demeter and her daughter ____________________, who was kidnapped by the god ___________________ and taken to the Underworld, can be seen as a myth that explains a natural phenomenon, namely ___________________________________. 5. The goddess ________________________ was one of the indirect causes of the _____________________ War when she offered the most beautiful woman in the world to Paris if he would name her as the prettiest of the goddesses. The woman, ____________________, happened to be married to the King of Sparta (Menelaus or Agamemnon? Circle one.), and he wasn’t happy when Paris took his wife to live with him in Troy. ________________________ 6. A group of three female gods, _____________________, were said to control people’s destiny. One spun a “thread of life,” a second measured it, and a third goddess cut the thread, which ended the person’s life. _____________________7. A group of nine goddesses, ______________________, were the inspiration for the arts and for artists. Each of the nine goddesses was the patron of one of the arts, such as music, dance, love poetry, epic poetry, tragedy, history, and astronomy. ____________________ 8. Who was the Greek goddess of love and desire? She was very beautiful and she played a role in starting the Trojan War when she won a beauty contest with two other goddess. ____________________ 9. Who was the beautiful Greek woman who also had a role in starting the Trojan War? She was married to the Greek king Menelaus, but was “kidnapped” by Paris and taken to Troy. ____________________ 10. The Greek god _______________________ was the messenger god. He is often portrayed as having wings on his feet. ____________________ 11. Who was the group of three ugly goddesses who were said to torment and punish criminals, especially murderers, sometimes to the point where the wrongdoer committed suicide? ____________________ 12. Who was the Greek king who organized and led the Greek citystates in their attack on Troy, and who returned home after the Trojan War only to be killed by his wife Klytemnestra and her lover?