| Question | Answer |
| Titan - Zeus’ Father; husband of Rhea, slain by Zeus | Kronos |
| Titan - The Earth Goddess, wife of Oranos, mother of all living things; tellurium named after her | Gaia |
| Titan of the Sky, husband of Gaia, original lord of Creation, castrated and deposed by Kronos, his son (Atlas holds him on his shoulders so he doesn’t touch the Earth) | Oranos |
| Titan – wife of Kronos, birthed the six main Olympian gods and goddesses, including Zeus. | Rhea |
| Ruler of the Gods, god of the sky; known for his lightning bolt, as well as numerous liaisons with mortal women, including Io and Leta. Husband and brother of Hera. | Zeus |
| God of the sea and earthquakes, also patron god of horses. Known for trident and chariots. Famous offspring : Polyphemus, Bellerophon, and Theseus | Poseidon |
| God of the Underworld, husband of Persephone. Also patron god of funeral rites, mining, and riches. Known for the pomegranate. | Hades |
| Queen of the Gods; goddess of marriage, known for extreme jealousy and revenge, especially upon Zeus’ mortal lovers. Wife and sister of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus | Hera |
| Goddess of beauty and love; known for the dove, apple, scallop shell, and mirror. Unwilling wife of Hephaestus; had affairs with Ares. Born of sea foam. | Aphrodite |
| Goddess of wisdom and defensive war; also patron of weaving and pottery. Known for the aegis and spear, the owl, and the olive tree. A virgin goddess. | Athena |
| The Messenger God; patron god of roads, travelers, husbandry, and trade; known for winged boots, cap of invisibility, cattle, and the shepherd’s pipe. | Hermes |
| God of war, battle-lust and manly courage; known for spear, armor, and the snake. | Ares |
| God of the forge and fire; known for hammer and tongs and the donkey. Husband of Aphrodite and forged Zeus’ lightning bolts. | Hephaestus |
| Goddess of the hearth; patron goddess of the home, sacrificial flame, and family meal. Tended the fire in the Hall of Olympus. A virgin goddess. | Hestia |
| God of music, healing, prophecy, and oracles. Known for the laurel wreath, raven, and lyre. Son of Leto and Zeus; twin of Artemis. Slew the serpent python at the Oracle of Delphi. | Apollo |
| Goddess of the hunt and wilderness; known for (with Apollo) bringing disease and plague, as well as the bow-and quiver. A virgin goddess; turned Acteon into a stag for viewing her bathing. | Artemis |
| God of wine and revelry; known for the thyrsos ( a pine-cone tipped staff), the leopard, and the fruit vine. Rituals often orgiastic and wild in nature. | Dionysus |
| Goddess of seasons and the harvest; Mother of Persephone. Reason for summer and winter being the abduction of Persephone. | Demeter |
| Daughter of Demeter; Wife of Hades. Ate pomegranate and must remain in the Underworld six months of every year. | Persephone |
| of shepherds and flocks; appears as a satyr. Known for chasing nymphs and playing his namesake pipes. | Pan |
| Titan god of the Sun; pulled his chariot over Earth each day, the wheels were the Sun. | Helios |
| Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel; crafted man and stole fire for them. Bound to a rock where a vulture would eat his liver each day as punishment. | Prometheus |
| Titan goddess of the Moon | Selene |
| God of love and eroticism; Son of Aphrodite; lover of Psyche. | Eros |
| Goddess of victory | Nike |
| Titan Goddess of Chaos | Hecate |
| Goddesses of music, song, and dance – 9 | The Muses |
| Muse of Epic Poetry | Calliope |
| Muse of History | Clio |
| Muse of Astronomy | Ourania |
| Muse of Comedy | Thaleia |
| Muse of Tragedy | Melpomene |
| Muse of Religious Hymns | Polyhymnia |
| Muse of Erotic Poetry | Erato |
| Muse of Lyric Poetry | Euterpe |
| Muse of Choral Song and Dance | Terpsikhore |
| Hero of Troy; invulnerable except for heel. He kills Hector, but is killed by Paris. | Achilles |
| Cousin of Achilles; dresses as Achilles in order to fight in Trojan War, mistakenly killed by Hector. | Patroklos |
| Brother of Menelaus; king of Mycenae, assemples one thousand ships for his brother to retrieve Helen. Killed by his wife Clymenestra upon his return. | Agammemnon |
| Brother of Agamemnon; king of Sparta. Paris stole his wife Helen to Troy, begins the Trojan War. | Menelaos |
| Hero of the Trojans; killed by Achilles nearing the end of the Trojan War. | Hector |
| King of Troy | King Priam |
| Prince of Troy, stole Helen from Menelaus; chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful of the three goddesses; Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite and in turn she granted him the most beautiful woman in the world. | Paris |
| Hero committed by Hera to completing the Twelve Labors after killing his wife and children in a fit of rage. Trials included killing the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, the Stymphalion Birds, retrieving Cerberus, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and others. | Hercules |
| Hero of the Trojan War; invented the idea of the Trojan Horse, responsible for the victory of the siege of Troy. Incurred Poseidon’s wrath after blinding Polyphemus, leading to a twenty year voyage home in The Odyssey, by Homer. | Odysseus |
| Famous lyre-player and singer; journeyed to the Underworld to retrieve his wife from Hades. | Orpheus |
| Retrieved the Golden Fleece with the Argonauts; married Medea, a witch who eventually killed their children in jealousy. | Jason |
| Son of Poseidon; Sent to Crete and killed the Minotaur in the labyrinth. | Theseus |
| Son of Danae and Zeus; killed Medusa. | Perseus |
| Son of Poseidon; tamed Pegasus and killed the Chimera. | Bellerophon |
| famous huntress; slew the Calydonian Boar. | Atalanta |
| Queen of the Amazonians; gave Hercules her belt for one of his labors. | Hippolyta |
| Man who fell in love with his reflection; leads to the term Narcissism. | Narcissus |
| Man who created a statue of Aphrodite and fell in love with it; Aphrodite gave it life in the form of Galatea as a reward for his faithfulness, giving him a wife. | Pygmalion |
| Killed and served his son for dinner to the Gods of Olympus. Sentenced to an eternity in Tartarus suffering in eternal thirst and hunger. | Tantalus |
| A famous centaur who taught many heroes, including Hercules. Sentenced to immortality, but at the cost of constant agony. | Chiron |
| Doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus. | Sisyphus |
| Creatures with the lower body of a horse and the upper torso of a man; often lusty revelers | Centaurs |
| Creatures with the lower body of a goat and the upper body of a man; tend to chase women and play pipes | Satyr |
| Creature with the body of a lion, face of a man, and a spiked tail | Manticore |
| Creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle | Griffin |
| Creature with the body of a cat and head of a man; very clever and enjoy riddles, such as in Oedipus Rex. | Sphinx |
| with the body and head of a lion, a second goat’s head, and a serpentine tail; killed by Bellerophon. The word chimerical stems from this creature. | Chimera |
| A giant boar sent by Artemis that ravaged Calydonia until Atalanta killed it. | Calydonian Boar |
| A giant lion that ravaged Nemea until Hercules killed it for his first Labor. | Nemean Lion |
| A serpentine, multi-headed creature that lived in the swamps of Lerna; killed by Hercules for his second Labor | The Hydra |
| Guard to the Underworld; a giant dog with three heads. Hercules had to retrieve it for another Labor. | Cerberus |
| Creature with 100 eyes, set as a guard by Hera to watch over Io the cow/woman. Killed by Hermes. | Argus |
| Wild winged horse that was tamed by several heroes, including Hercules and Bellerophon. | Pegasus |
| First Triumvirate | Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Gnaius Pompeius Magnus (Pompey). |
| Second Triumvirate | Octavian (Augustus), Lepidus, and Mark Antony |
| Attempted to make horse a senator; sexual deviancy. | Caligula |
| Responsible for the conquest of Britain. | Claudius |
| Executed mother and brother; Fire of Rome | Nero |
| Civil War – Year of the 4 Emperors | Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian |
| Campaign vs. Judaea; began the Coliseum | Vespasian |
| Completed Coliseum; Mt. Vesuvius + Fire of Rome | Titus |
| Trajan’s Column; expanded Empire to largest ever | Trajan |
| Hadrian’s Wall | Hadrian |
| Joint-emperorship with Verus | Marcus Aurelius |
| Personally fought in the Coliseum. | Commodus |
| Constitutio Antoniniana; Baths of Caracalla | Caracalla |
| Diocletian Persecution of Christians | Diocletian |
| Created Constantinople; converted to Christianity | Constantine I |
| Reunited Roman Empire after Gothic attack | Theodosius |
| “First” Emperor”, formerly Octavian. | Augustus |
