Roman and Greek cities and gods

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  1. 3. he father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.
  2. 4. had a beard and long blue hair. He drove a golden cart called a chariot.
  3. 6. the most feared city of people
  4. 9. the twin brother of Artemis
  5. 10. was born in 287 B.C. and died in 212 B.C. He was an inventor, a Greek scientist, a mathematician and an astronomer.
  6. 12. Many of the areas in Greece were made so that the city was full of this
  7. 13. This city is one of the oldest cities in the world.
  8. 15. was a very famous philosopher and scientist that was born 384 B.C. and he died in 322 B.C. He is a very special part of Ancient Greek history.
  9. 16. this God unusual birth. She rose up out of sea foam, beautiful and fully grown-up. She was the goddess of love, and she liked doves, sparrows, and swans. She was married to Hephaestus, the god of the forge, but not at all happily. She was really in love with Ares, the god of war.
  10. 17. a cross-breed of a Laconian and a Molossian.
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  1. 1. the god Apollo’s twin sister. She was goddess of the moon and of the hunt. She didn’t like cities very much, preferring to roam forests and mountainsides.
  2. 2. the messenger god. He was young and intelligent-looking. He wore a winged hat and winged sandals, and he carried a magic wand. (We know what he looked like because so many sculptors made statues of him.)
  3. 4. He was the leader of Athens during the times of the Golden Ages.
  4. 5. this was a BIG dog! It was used for hunting big game and may be the ancestor of the Mastiff.
  5. 7. was a student of the philosopher, Socrates.
  6. 8. the queen of the gods and the protector of women. Her husband Zeus ruled the earth and sky. She was the mother of the war god Ares and the forge god Hephaestus. Her daughter, Ilithyia, was the goddess of childbirth.
  7. 9. the god of war. He wore armor and a helmet, and he carried a shield, sword, and spear. He was big and strong and had a fierce war cry, but his war cry was mostly just a lot of noise. Ares didn’t fight at all well. The armored goddess Athena was a much better warrior.
  8. 11. In this game, two players made a fist behind their backs, and then, when a signal was given, they extend their hands, showing a certain number of fingers. The first player to call out the correct number of fingers was the winner!
  9. 12. the oldest of the gods of Olympus
  10. 14. a famous ancient Greek philosopher but he didn’t seem to write much because there are no records. It also seems that any discoveries he made were not written down. What we can gather from what others have written about him is that he felt knowledge was a living thing.