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Gods and Goddesses
Classics EC1 – Questions
Name:_______________________________________
The Beginning - Chaos
According to the Greeks what was the universe created from?
What is the ancient definition of chaos?
In Greek mythology who is the great Earth?
Who is the sky?
Birth of the Titans
Who is God of the river that encircles the earth?
Name one Titan?
What is the name of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld?
What was Cronus called by the Romans?
What Goddess was born out of the sea?
Birth of the Gods
Who did Cronus take to be his wife?
Name one of Cronus’s and Rhea’s children?
Where did Rhea give birth to Zeus?
What did she give to Cronus to swallow as a substitute for Zeus?
Where is the ‘naval’ of the world?
War between the Titans and the Gods
After Zeus imprisoned the Titans in Tartarus, who did he have to
contend with?
The world was then divided between Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
Complete the following:
Zeus – Earth and sky
Poseidon –
Hades –
Where did Zeus declare his palace?
The Olympian Gods and Goddesses
How were the Greek Gods imagined in appearance?
The Creation of Man
Which Titan created man from clay?
What did Zeus take away from humans?
What is the name of the first woman?
What was left in the jar when Pandora closed it?
Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man
What was the first race of man?
Who became the blessed spirits of the underworld?
Which race ended up killing each other?
Who were responsible for repopulating the earth with men and
women after the flood and starting the Heroic Age of man?
Deucalion and ___________________________
What was the last race of men?