Identification questions on Role of Greek gods

Review Questions over the Basic Roles of the Greek (and a few Mesopotamian) gods. Part I. Fill in the Blanks.

I've tried to give the more obscure questions in red.

1. The god of of rationality, music and medicine was:
2. The god of music of marriage and family was:
3. The father of Zeus was:
4. The goddess that was destined to produce a son greater than its father was:
5. The overall Olympian god of the sea was
6. The first female goddess was
7. The ruler of the underworld was:
8. The goddess of war, wisdom. female handicrafts was:
9. The head of the Olympian gods was:
10. ______ was born from the head of Zeus
11. _________ was often worshipped by merchants.
12. The chief mainland site dedicated to Apollo was:
13. Two famous slogans of this god was "Nothing in excess," and "Know yourself."
14. ______ is the twin sister of Apollo.
15. The god who stole for humankind the gift of fire was:
16. The Mesopotamian goddess who made war against the younger gods and whose body became the universe was:
17. ______ was born from the thigh of Zeus
18. _________ is a young, single male god that seems to have unusually bad luck in love and in establishing himself in his career.
19. The goddess of erotic love was:
20. River in the underworld the gods swear by:
21. Tried to climb into Olympus by piling mountains on top of each other:
22. ______ was loved by Zeus, changed into a cow, and later identifed with Isis:
23. The chief god of medicine (and medicine alone) was:
24. The statue of _________ was often in gymnasia where young men exercised and trained.
25. The husband of Earth (Gaia) was
26. _______takes your soul to Hades
27. Is a virgin goddess of the hunt, of animals, and also watches over young girls.
28. A one-eyed creature who builds thunderbolts for Zeus.
29. ______ was the patron of theater and drama, especially at Athens
30. The goddess of the hearth:
31. A god of shepherds, associated with Arcadia.
32. _________ is a god of borders.
33. The lover of Aphrodite:
34. The god of creative fire and industrial arts was:
35. Where the Titans are thrown down to when they are defeated?
36. ______ is a god of altered states of mind.
37. The two goddesses who were the focus of the Eleusinian mysteries:
38. The chief goddess of grain was:
39. _______ once stole Apollo' s cattle and invented the lyre.
40. The goddess born from the foam was:
41. Is a goddess that is often associated with witchcraft:
42. Helped the Athenians win at Marathon by filling the Persians with fear.
43. The wife of Hades (at least for part of the year)
44. The patron goddess of the arts were:
45. The god of sexual desire who is a fundamental god in Hesiod was:
46. The main god of war was:
47. A son of Zeus that became a god, performed labors, married Hebe was:
48. God of Earthquakes, Horses:
49. The husband of Aphrodite:
50. In Mesopotamian myth _______ built the universe as it is, caused Babylon to be built.
51. Maenads (Bacchae) were the ecstatic followers of:
52. Spirits of retribution that were born from the blood of Uranos were the:
53. The god who tried to cheat Zeus at the first sacrifice at Mecone was:
54. A woman created as a gift (and a curse) to mankind was:
55. The God of wine was:
56. __________ castrated his father:
57. _______ was loved by Zeus in the form of a swan.
60. _______was the patron goddess of Athens:
61. ______ was the mother of Dionysos, and loved by Zeus.
62. In myth appearing after Hesiod he is a son of Ares and Aphrodite and equipped with love-inducing arrows:
63. Swallowed his children so he would not be overthrown:
64. Had a particularly grand temple and a rather odd statue at at Ephesus.
65. The chief Olympian sky and weather god was
66. The chief sun god, before Apollo took over the job in later myth:
67. Able to reproduce without male help, creates Giants, Typhon.
68. Goddess who is a particularly harsh defender of virginity:
69. Goddess who helps many male heroes, like Odysseus, Heracles, Perseus.
70. In Hesiod one the first five gods, from whom, though her children, grandchildren etc., many of the evils the world originate:
71. The two gods who are thought to symblize the two poles of human rationality:
72. The first wife of Zeus that he swallowed was:
73. Mother of Artemis and Apollo:
74. A part goat, part human follower of Dionysos was called a :
75. The mother of Zeus was:
76. Young Athenian girls 'played the bear' for this goddess.
77. This god wasa chained to a mountain for centuries for defying Zeus.
78. This young Trojan prince becomes the cupbearer of Zeus:
79. This god, by mating with a lot of goddesses and making political alliances, gains power and puts his finishing touches on the universe
80. This goddess makes a point out of making trouble for Zeus' various lovers and children.
81. This god is the patron of Greek Theater

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