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Gods and Goddesses
A quiz to help beginning students learn the Olympians and some lesser dieties. In the squares with two names, the first is the Greek name for the diety, the second is the Roman name.
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| Zeus-Jupiter | King of the gods, threw thunderbolts |
| Hera-Juno | Queen of the gods, wife of Zeus/Jupiter |
| Athena-Minerva | Goddess of wisdom |
| Demeter-Ceres | Greek agricultural goddess, mother of Persephone |
| Aphrodite-Venus | Goddess of love |
| Hermes-Mercury | Messenger of the gods, had winged sandals |
| Hades-Pluto | God of the underworld |
| Poseidon-Neptune | Ruler of the seas |
| Ares-Mars | God of war |
| Ouranos-Uranus | Ancient ruler of the sky |
| Dionysus-Bacchus | God of wine and the vine |
| Apollo-Apollo | God of music and poetry, and later, the sun |
| Eros-Cupid | God of love, shot arrows, son of Aphrodite-Venus |
| Aretmis-Diana | Goddess of the moon and the hunt |
| Hephaestus-Vulcan | Lame blacksmith god |
| Hestia-Vesta | Goddess of the hearth |
| Boreas | Ruler of the north winds |
| Pan | God of flocks and shepherds |
| Chaos | Shapeless mass that contained the seeds of the universe |
| Aurora | Goddess of the dawn |
| Flora | Goddess of flowers |
| Janus | Two headed god, gatekeeper of heaven |
| Gaia | Ancient earth goddess |
| Prometheus | God who gave fire to mankind |
| Persephone | Kidnapped by Hades, queen of the dead |
| Leto | Mother of Apollo and Artemis |
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