Athena and Poseidon

This is the story of a contest between

• the gods

• the humans

For Poseidon Athena is

• his niece

• his nephew

• his daughter

• his sister

For Athena Poseidon is

• her grandfather

• her brother

• her uncle

• her father

Athens is

• a new coastal town

• a new inland town

Poseidon is

• a very quiet god

• a restless god

Poseidon is happy when people build temples to honor him.

• true

• false

People's gifts to Poseidon are useful.

• Always

• Sometimes

The problem is that

• the Athenians don't want to give honor to Poseidon

• there is one more god

• the Athenians prefer Poseidon to Athena

To solve the problem

• Athena proposes a challenge with Poseidon

• Poseidon proposes a challenge with Athena

This is the challenge:

• the gods choose the best gift of the villagers (townspeople)

• the villagers (the townspeople) choose the best gift of the gods