Deck 6: Myths of Zeus, His Wife Hera, and His Brothers Poseidon and Hades

Question 1

Which god, according to the poetic tradition, did not live on Mt. Olympus?

A) Demeter
B) Poseidon
C) Hades
D) Ares

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the Olympians is often called Phoebus and is the most complex and difficult to understand?

A) Apollo
B) Aphrodite
C) Zeus
D) Artemis

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In Greek myth and religion, Zeus was primarily identified with _______.

A) the fertility of domestic grain crops
B) democracy
C) earthquakes
D) the sky and especially the weather

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Greek term for justice is _______, a critical word in the history of Greek and Western thought.

A) dikê
B) menos
C) lêgaton
D) thumos

Question 5

In Greek legend, Paris' seduction of Helen, his host Menelaüs' wife, was a clear violation of what crucial Greek custom?

A) menos
B) dike
C) xenia
D) asylia

Question 6

In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, what does Zeus discover when he wakes up after having sex with Hera?

A) That all the other gods are laughing at him
B) That Poseidon, Athena, and Hades have bound him in chains
C) That Hera has sneaked away to rouse the other gods against the Trojans
D) That Poseidon has flooded the mortal world

Question 7

Which of the following are the offspring of Zeus and Themis?

A) The Muses
B) The Horae
C) The Moerae
D) Hephaestus

Question 8

In Homer's Iliad, Zeus declines to save his son _______, who is fated to die, even though it seems that he could have.

A) Pandarus
B) Hector
C) Sarpedon
D) Achilles

Question 9

Which of the following is the offspring of Zeus and Mnemosynê?

A) The Muses
B) Apollo and Artemis
C) The Graces
D) Aphrodite

Question 10

In an alternative tradition, Aphrodite was Zeus' daughter by _______.

A) Dionê
B) Hera
C) Demeter
D) Eurynomê

Question 11

Hera is identified with which Roman goddess?

A) Ceres
B) Diana
C) Minerva
D) Juno

Question 12

From as far back as Homer, Hera was particularly associated with which place?

A) Thessaly
B) Laconia
C) Argos
D) Thrace

Question 13

Which child of Zeus and Hera has a name that means the "coming" and presides over childbirth?

A) Thetis
B) Eileithyia
C) Hebê
D) Semelê

Question 14

Zeus and Hera married in a formal ceremony on the islands of the _______.

A) Cyclades
B) Hesperides
C) Sporades
D) Blessed

Question 15

Which of the following are not associated with Poseidon?

A) Dominion over the sea
B) The stars
C) Earthquakes
D) Horses

Question 16

Poseidon and Athena competed for the allegiance of which ancient city, with Athena emerging victorious?

A) Sparta
B) Thebes
C) Argos
D) Athens

Question 17

Which child of Poseidon and Amphitritê was depicted in art as a merman, and blew on his conch shell to calm the seas?

A) Tethys
B) Oceanus
C) Triton
D) Pontus

Question 18

Which god impregnated the Gorgon Medusa, and became the father of the warrior Chrysaör and the flying horse Pegasus?

A) Poseidon
B) Zeus
C) Hades
D) Hermes

Question 19

Greek _______ means that Greek gods and goddesses have human shape and also think and act like human beings.

A) androcentrism
B) misogyny
C) ontology
D) anthropomorphism

Question 20

In Homer's Iliad, which god, associated with Apollo, heals Ares after he is wounded by the mortal Diomedes (who is assisted by Athena)?

A) Dionysus
B) Paean
C) Hephaestus
D) Hades

Question 21

On this Attic cup, Zeus is in the act of seizing the beautiful mortal _______.

A) Ganymede
B) Paean
C) Polyphemus
D) Adonis