More Review Questions over the Olympian Gods, especially Artemis, Apollo and Hermes

Don't Panic.Some of these questions are rather obscure, and would only appear in the Extra Credit Section. I've tried to give the more obscure questions in red.
 

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1. Which of the following is Artemis not closely associated with?

2. According to your instructor's interpretation, the myth of Actaeon is also a myth about:

3. Which of the following  did not happen to Callisto?

4. According to your instructor's interpretation, the myth Hippolytus is also a myth about:

5. The woman whom Aphrodite makes fall in love with  Hippolytus is:

6. Which of the following is Apollo not closely associated with?

7. The island upon which Apollo was born is called?

8. According to the 2nd part of the Hymn to Apollo from what island did the sailors come who became his priests at Delphi?

9. Apollo's chief site on mainland Greece was:

10. The animal whom Apollo slew to take possession of Delphi is particuarly associated with what goddess?

11. Which of the following women did not reject Apollo?

12. What god is thought to be the opposite of Apollo in terms of what he represents in regard to human nature?

13. The mortal whom Apollo served as a slave for a year in punishment for killing the Cyclops  who forged the thunderbolt that  Zeus used to kill his son Asclepius was:

14. Which of the following women became Apollo's favorite tree?

15. Which of the following women got virtually eternal life -- without  eternal youth?

16. The young favorite of Apollo whom he kills by accident during discus practice was:

17. Which of the following is Hermes not fairly closely associated with as a patron?

18. The mother of Hermes was:

19. The nymph who grabbed Hermaphroditus and fused with him to form the first hermaphrodite was called__________

	Artemis and Apollo

1. The father of Artemis is:
2. The woman whose children were struck down by Apollo and Artemis after she bragged how, because she had more children, she was better than their mother was called___________.
3. Artemis sometimes is seen with a triple form (See 4th picture, 1st row above.) With what two other gods is Artemis closely linked?
4. What animal is Artemis associated with closely (for example, young girls at Athens ritually became this animal, as did Callisto).
5. The Greek goddess most closely associated with witchcraft was__________
6. The god who takes your soul down to Hades is___________
9. Who is the father of Hippolytus?
10. The goddess who sets out to destroy Hippolytus is ____________
11. To take possesion of Delphi, Apollo had to kill a ___________
12. The god who steals Apollo’s cattle, but also gives him his lyre, according to the Homeric Hymn was:
13. Apollo's priestess at Delphi was called the _________
14. ______ is the son of Apollo who becomes the chief god of healing.
15. The god that challenged Apollo to a music contest was_________.
16. The satyr that challenged Apollo to a music contest, lost and was flayed alive was:
17. The god that is the ideal of male beauty is____________
18. The goddess who is the 'mistress of animals' is ____________
19. A pillar with a head on top and male genitals, used to marked special areas, was called a __________
20. The two sayings associated with Apollo are______ and ____________.
21. The father of Hermes was ___________.

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