Greek 7 Essays

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Greek 7
1. The most important of the Gorgon sisters was _____.
Medusa
2. One of the most beautiful temples of Poseidon can be visited at _____, located at the tip of the Attic peninsula.
Sounion
3. The offspring of Nereus and Doris are known as the _____.
Nereids
4. Sometimes one must "choose between Scylla and _____."
Charybdis
5. What two land animals are particularly associated with Poseidon?
The animals that are associated with Poseidon are horses and bulls.
6. The son of Peleus and Thetis was the mighty warrior _____.
Achilles
7. The entrance to the Underworld is guarded by the hound of Hades named _____.
Cerberus
8. The English word "protean" means _____.
Protean means of changeable or variable form, or having the ability to change form.
9. A group of bird-like creatures with the features of women are the _____.
Harpies
10. The waist of the monster _____ was circled with a ring of dogs' heads.

Scylla
11. The goddess of the rainbow is _____.
Iris
12. Poseidon carries a three-pronged fork called the _____.
Trident
13. The god _____ is often called "earth shaker."
Poseidon
14. The Roman name for Poseidon is _____.
Neptune
15. The children of Oceanus and Tethys are known collectively as the ______.
Oceanids
16. Poseidon's son _____ was stricken with love for the Nereid Galatea
Polyphemus
17. Poseidon's son _____ is often depicted as a merman blowing a conch shell.
Triton
18. The goddess _____ serves as the personal messenger of Hera

Iris
19. _____ was a whirlpool that