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1. Hera, the wife of Zeus and goddess of family, was known to hate any child who was the result of her husband's affairs. One of those children was the well known hero Herakles. Hera, who had not been successful at killing him in the past, waited purposely for a time when he was happily living with a wife and children. The goddess made him insane for a short amount of time, causing him to:
2. The mortal woman, Atalanta, didn't want to refuse her father when he asked her to find a man to marry so that he would have an heir. She didn't want to marry either, however, and that was how the races began. Atalanta said she would marry the first man who could beat her in a race. Any man who lost would be put to death. Atlanta was a fast runner, however, perhaps the fastest mortal alive at the time. One man who had fallen in love with her knew how fast she was, and that he couldn't beat her without help. He prayed to the goddess Aphrodite, and she agreed to help him, giving him three golden apples. Using these to distract Atalanta, he won the race and her hand in marriage. Who was the man who became her husband?
3. Zeus, the lead god, was not always faithful to his wife. Though he had a great number of offspring, only four of them were Hera's! All of the following are children of Zeus. Which one of them has both Hera and Zeus for parents?
4. When Semele, the mother of Dionysus, died tragically, Zeus knew he had to keep their child safe from his jealous wife. He gave baby Dionysus to Semele's sister, Ino. For a while, the child remained a secret, though Hera did manage to find out eventually. She was outraged to hear that Ino had agreed to raise Dionysus, and, as punishment, drove the mortal princess mad. Ino took the youngest of her sons, and jumped off a cliff into the sea. Zeus didn't want them to die that way, so he made them into a minor god and goddess of the sea. Ino's name was changed to Leucothea, and her son's name was changed to Palaemon. What was her son's original name?
5. Ino and Semele had a nephew who also had a tragedy happen to him. (Most of their family members had tragedies occur in their lives.) Acteon had been out hunting in the forest, when, by mistake, he'd caught sight of the goddess Artemis while she was bathing. Though it had been an accident, the goddess of the hunt was furious that he had seen her naked. What did she do to punish him?
6. Athena was a goddess who was Herakles' half sister. She was the virgin goddess of wisdom, agriculture, and war, among other things. This goddess was said to have been her father's favorite offspring, and was allowed to use most of his weapons. Who were her parents?
7. Hades, who had fallen in love with Demeter's daughter Persephone, captured her and took her to the Underworld to be his bride. Before those who had planned to rescue her had gotten there, the King of the Underworld tricked her into eating the pomegranate seeds he had offered. However many she ate stood for how many months a year she would have to stay in the Underworld. How many seeds did she eat?
8. King Acrisius was horrified when he heard of a prophecy that said his own grandson would kill him. Afraid of death and being overthrown, Acrisius locked his only daughter, Danae, away in a tall tower. He knew if he kept her there, he would he safe, for there was no way she'd ever give him any grandchildren. The King never expected Zeus to drop by the tower. Though the god 'claimed' he couldn't free Danae, he did keep her company, and in the end she bore his son. When her father saw his daughter with a baby in her arms, he was both terrified and outraged. He threw his daughter and grandson, Perseus, into a box, and they floated out to sea. Zeus saved their lives, and Perseus grew up strong and healthy. True or False: Perseus, mad at Acrisius for the bad treatment that had been given to him and his mother, gathered an army and overthrew his grandfather.
9. The mythical hero Herakles killed his first wife when Hera made him temporarily insane. He married again, though that marriage ended in disaster. Herakles married one more time, after he had received immortality. Who was Herakles' last wife?
10. As you probably know, the Romans worshipped many of the same gods that the Greeks did. They renamed most of them, however. What did the Romans call the Greek god Apollo?
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