LA HOW THE WORLD BEGAN
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What existed in the beginning? | Chaos. |
| What is chaos? | Vast, seething, confusion. |
| What were the four elements? | Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. |
| What did the top of the Golden egg become? | Uranus. |
| What did the bottom of the egg become? | Gaia. |
| Who was Nyx? | The bird that laid the Golden egg? |
| Who laid the Golden egg? | Nyx. |
| What did Nyx have to do with the beginning of the world? | She laid the egg that formed the goddess of earth and the god of the sky. |
| Who hatched from the Golden egg? | Eros. |
| What were Uranus's and Gaia's children called? | Titans,Cyclopes, and Hecatoncheires. |
| How many children did Gaia and Uranus have? | They had 12 Titans and 6 monsters.. |
| How many Titans were there? | 12. |
| How many monsters were there? | 6. |
| What did Uranus do to his monster children? | Imprisoned them in Tartarus. |
| Did Gaia hate his children? | No. |
| Did Uranus love his children? | No. |
| Whom did Uranus put in Tartarus? | Monster children. |
| Who does Gaia ask to rebel against Uranus? | Her children. |
| Who is the only person who follows his mother? | Cronos. |
| Who killed Uranus? | Cronos. |
| Why did Cronos swallow his children? | He was afraid they would try to overthrow him. |
| Who was Cronos's wife? | Rhea. |
| How many daughters did Cronos have? | 3. |
| How many sons did Cronos have? | 3. |
| Who did Cronos swallow a rock instead of? | Zeus. |
| Where did Zeus escape to? | Crete. |
| Who raised Zeus? | Ida and Adrastea. |
| What was Zeus fed as a child? | He was fed goat's milk. |
| Whom did Zeus free? | The 6 monsters. |
| Who fought on Cronos's side? | Titans. |
| Who fought on Zeus's side? | 2 Brothers, 3 Sisters, 3 Cyclopes, 3 Hecatoncheires. |
| What weapon did the cyclopes give Zeus? | Thunderbolt and Lightning. |
| What weapons did the Hecatoncheires give Zeus? | Earthquakes. |
| Where did Zeus imprison Titans? | Tartarus. |
| What was Atlas's punishment? | Bearing the world on his shoulder. |
| Who sided with Zeus? | Prometheus and Epimetheus. |
| Who won the War? | Zeus. |
| What does Prometheus mean? | Foresight. |
| What does Epimetheus mean? | Hindsight. |
| What is Zeus's realm? | King of the Sky and got the overlordship. |
| What is Poseidon's realm? | Sea. |
| What is Hades realm? | Underworld. |
| What is Hera's realm? | Zeus's wife, Queen of gods. |
| What is Ceres realm? | Agriculture. |
| What is Vestia's realm? | Hearth and Hope. |
| What are the four ages of man? | Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age. |
| Who ruled Golden Age? | Cronos. |
| What is the Golden age known for? | Not Working. |
| What is the Bronze age known for? | Fighting wars |
| What is the Iron age known for? | Men turn to crime and dishonor. |
| What is the Silver Age known for? | Creating season. |
| How did Zeus reward Prometheus? | He let him make new humans. |
| Who did Zeus ask to create new humans? | Prometheus. |
| Who gave fire to humans? | Prometheus. |
| How did Prometheus give fire to humans? | Stole it from Olympus. |
| Whom did Zeus create to punish Prometheus? | Pandora. |
| Who is Pandora? | Woman made to punish Prometheus. |
| Who married Pandora? | Epimetheus. |
| What was Pandora's dowry? | A box full of evil spirits and hope. |
| Who opened Pandora's box? | Pandora and Epimetheus. |
| What happened when it was opened? | Evils flew out. |
| What was the only thing left in it? | Hope. |
| Who made the chain? | Vulcan. |
| How did Zeus punish Prometheus? | Bound him to a crag where a eagle would consume a part of his body each day. |
| Where was Prometheus chained to? | He was chained to a crag. |
| What happened to Prometheus everyday? | An eagle would consume part of his body each day. |
| Why did Prometheus refuse to yield? | Foresaw that Zeus's descendant would free him from bondage. |
| How did Zeus destroy mankind? | He sent a flood. |
| Who survived the flood? | Deucalion and Pyrrah. |
| Who are Deucalion and Pyrrah? | Prometheus's son and Deucalions wife. |
| Where did Deucalion and Pyrrah go? | Temple of Delphi. |
| Where is Temple of Delphi? | Mt. Parnassus. |
| What was Deucalion told to do? | Repopulate the earth with bones of Gaia. |
| Who was the first king? | Deucalion. |
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