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