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Jeopardy Greek Gods

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This Greek god's smoky workshop was supposed to be located beneath Mt. Etna
Hephaestus
Persephone's hubby, he isn't always counted as an Olympian god, since he didn't live on Mount Olympus
Hades
Also the god of horses & earthquakes, this guy was a real "Adventure"
Poseidon
A noted thief, this messenger of the gods probably wouldn't be welcome at a certain B.H. silk tie store
Hermes
This goddess was "mighty" fertile, bearing Harmonia, Aeneas & Eros, among others
Aphrodite
Dione, who was either a nymph or a titan, gave birth to this Greek goddess of love & beauty
Aphrodite
This Greek god loved a boy named Ampelos, who was turned into a grapevine when he died
Dionysus
Like the Olympic Games, the Ancient Nemean Games were dedicated to this mighty god
Zeus
An English word for mass terror comes from the name of this goaty Greek god
Pan
Near the temples of Apollo at Delos is a temple dedicated to this goddess of the hunt, Apollo's sister
Artemis
2 giants, Otus & Ephialties, once kept this Greek war god in a bronze jar for 13 months
Ares
Later identified with Apollo, his sister Selene was goddess of the moon & he was god of the sun
Helios
The forger of Achilles' armor, some accounts say this Greek god also created Pandora
Hephaestus
On the day of his birth, this Greek messenger god stole his brother's cattle
Hermes
Ovid coined the name of this Greek god of dreams as an allusion to the forms seen in dreams
Morpheus
In Greek myth, these wood nymphs lived in trees & died when the trees died
dryads
This Greek god controlled the thunderbolt, signifying his irresistible power over gods & men
Zeus
Greek goddess of marriage, she was fiercely jealous of her husband's frequent infidelities
Hera
Phobos, a moon of this planet, was named for a son of Ares in Greek mythology
Mars
In "God of War", PlayStation 2 lets you play Kratos, a Greek warrior whose final fight is with this Greek god of war
Ares
Named for a Greek God, it's a gentle breeze from the west
Zephyr
This Greek god of wine gave Midas his "golden touch"
Dionysus
As you would expect, Morpheus, the god of these, is the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep
Dreams
A bribe to a politician or other formidable person can also be called a "sop to" this watchdog of Hades
Cerebrus
The venomous blood of this serpent was used to make Hercules' poison arrows
Hydra
These heavenly twins were said to have helped the Romans defeat warring Latin tribes at Lake Regillus in 496 B.C.
Castor & Pollux
The Greek god Hephaestus is usually identified with this Roman god
Vulcan
Rise & shine for this Roman goddess of the dawn
Auroa
The Greek god Dionysus gave this king of Phrygia the power to turn all he touched into gold
Midas
Romans were from Mars, Greeks were from this god of war
Ares
He was god of woods & pastures & made a pipe now called by his name
Pan
At one time, he was known as a god of shepherds; he worked his way up to god of the sun & prophecy
Apollo
His realm had 5 rivers: the Acheron, Cocytos, Lethe, Phlegethon & Styx
Hades
Talk about a difficult birth--she sprang from Zeus' head, which had been split with an axe
Athena
Danae gave birth to Perseus after Zeus visited her in the form of a shower of this precious metal
Gold
Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph
Hermes
The Greek god of erotic love
Eros
The Fates were the daughters of Themis & this supreme Greek god
Zeus
This narrow strait is so named because Phrixus' sister Helle drowned in it
Hellespont
The nymphs of Hermes taught Aristaeus to make this dairy product; perhaps it was feta
Cheese
This Greek goddess of the hunt turned herself into a white doe to escape the Aloeids
Artemis
This ancient Greek city in Asia Minor was the site of the temple of Artemis
Ephesus
This goddess of wisdom was said to have sprung forth fully grown from the brain of her father, Zeus
Athena
The last Greek god to be deified, the Romans called him Bacchus
Dionysus
This god was the trumpeter of the sea, & his trumpet was a large shell
Triton
A minor god, Aeolus was the keeper of these North, South, East & West
Winds

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