Myth

Which of the following best defines a myth?

• a story that is made up and not to be believed at all.

• a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

• a movie that involves the retelling of true events.

• a story that has some supernatural elements, but does not explain a natural phenomenon.

Aphrodite

• Virginal hunting goddess; twin to Apollo
• Goddess of the harvest; mother to Persephone
• Goddess of love; married to Hephaestus
• Zeus' wife; vengeful

Ares

• Ruler of Olympus; wields the thunderbolt
• Archery god; God pf prophecy
• God of war
• God of the forge; lame

Artemis

• Virginal hunting goddess; twin to Apollo
• Zeus' wife, vengeful
• Goddess of love; married to Hephaestus
• God of wine, born twice

Athena

• God of the ocean and horses
• Goddess of love; married to Hephaestus
• Goddess of the harvest; mother to Persephone
• Goddess of wisdom; born from her fathers head

Hades

• God of war
• Goddess of wisdom; born from her fathers head
• God of the underworld; married to Persephone
• God of wine; born twice

Hera

• Goddess of the harvest: mother to Persephone
• Zeus' wife; vengeful
• Messenger of the gods
• Goddess of love; married to Hephaestus

Poseidon

• God of war
• God of the forge; lame
• God of the ocean and horses
• Ruler of Olympus; weilds the thunderbolt

Zeus

• God of war
• Ruler of Olympus; Wields a thunderbolt
• God of the ocean and horses
• Messenger of the gods

What, according to the Greeks, existed before everything else?

• Titans

• Gaea

• Eros

• Chaos