Question

Write 17 facts about Greek mythology 100 points

Answer 1

*Apollo commandeered a ship in his dolphin form

*Atlas was punished to hold the heavens not the Earth

*Prometheus kept stealing from the Gods

*Hades was technically an Olympian but not counted as one

*Zeus was an opportunist

*When it comes to the Olympian gods, Zeus was the father of seven of them: Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, and Dionysus

*The oldest surviving sources for information on the Greek gods are The Iliad and The Odyssey by the blind poet Homer

*Besides the twelve Olympians (or thirteen, if we’re being technical), there were many other gods on Mt. Olympus. Among them were the Muses, Ganymede, Iris, and Eilythia.

*Because Uranus was immortal, he couldn’t be killed, but he also couldn’t create life anymore, which meant he simply remained as the embodiment of the sky.

*Zeus eventually grew up and returned in disguise to his parents. He freed his other siblings by having Cronos eat an emetic which caused him to vomit up the other kids (who had all still been alive inside his stomach for who knows how long).

*Zeus was the allfather of the Greek gods, ruling supreme in the sky

*Zeus became ruler of the earth and the sky, Poseidon got the sea, and Hades ruled the Underworld.

*Athena’s thousands of grey eyes

*Hercules gave us the saying “Taking the bull by its horns”

*Athena defeated Poseidon to become the guardian of Athens

*Hera restored her virginity each year

*Pandora was the first mortal women

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Answer 2

1. Zeus had 15 children

2. Hades is not considered to be the equivalent of death, he just rules over the dead in his kingdom (the underworld).

3. Hades was considered to be quite fair.

4. Apollo is best known as the God of the Sun… but what’s less commonly understood is that he also had a dolphin-like from, called Delphinius.

5. Aphrodite was born form sea-foam.

6. Echidna ended up marrying Typhon, a hundred headed dragon, and their brood of horrifying children included the Nemean Lion, Cerberus, the many-headed hydra, a dragon, the Chimera, the Sphinx, and Scylla the sea monster.

7. Cronus, a titan, knew that the Olympians would eventually surpass him in power, so he swallowed them to keep that from happening.

8. Prometheus molded the mortals (humans) from clay and kept stealing from the gods in order to benefit his creation.

9. According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first mortal woman.

10. Pandora was famous for opening the box that released all the evils into the world. Pandora was also known as the grandmother of the human race.

11. Zeus married Hera, who was actually his sister.

12. Pandora’s mortal daughter Pyrrha married the son of Prometheus, Deucalion.

13. Though commonly known as the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite had an adulterous love affair with Ares, so she is also sometimes associated with war.

14. Heracles saved the city of Crete from a raging bull by seizing it by its horn.

15. Hera, the sister of Zeus, is known for her jealousy

16. Athena was born in Zeus’ head, after he swallowed her along with her mother, and had to be broken out of his head with a hammer.

17. Zeus was also known for taking on animal form in order to get his way with other women.

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