The Music of the Goddesses Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hestia

Hestia was the goddess of the hearth, and represented the warmth a house received from a fire burning in the fireplace. She was sister of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. Though she was pursued relentlessly by Poseidon and Apollo, she never married and was one of the three virgin goddesses (along with Athena and Artemis).

Answer: Hebe

The youngest daughter of Zeus and Hera, Hebe was known as the goddess of youth. Her youth and beauty never faded away, and it was believed that she could even restore youthfulness to the old. On Mount Olympus, her job was to supply the gods with the nectar which made them immortal. She married Hercules and they had two children, Alexiares and Anicetus.

Answer: Nemesis

Nemesis was the goddess of retribution and revenge. She would judge and punish those who had wronged others. Nowadays her name is use to describe an inescapable fate. Nemesis originally meant the distributor of fortune, good or bad, in proportion to what each person deserved. Thus Nemesis would reward or punish accordingly, and ensure a balance in the world between happiness and sorrow.

Answer: Aphrodite

Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was known as the most beautiful deity. To save arguments about who would get to marry her, her father Zeus fixed her up with Hephaestus (a legendary metalworker, but deformed and ugly). Of course Aphrodite ended up having many affairs with both gods and men, and had a good number of children.

Answer: Demeter

Demeter was the goddess of the harvest and of grain. She was a very popular goddess with mortals, as she had the power to bless them with a bountiful harvest, and many temples were built to honour her. When Hades, god of the underworld, kidnapped her daughter Persephone, her despair and sorrow caused the plants to wither and die. Persephone had to spend six months of each year in the underworld with Hades, and it was thought that this coincided with the late autumn and winter months. Spring, when the plants began to come alive again, coincided with Persephone's return to her mother.

Answer: Artemis

Artemis, goddess of the hunt, was skilful with a bow and arrow. Her twin brother Apollo was born moments after her and it was said that she helped her mother to give birth to him. Because hunting was a major source of food, she was widely honoured by mortals.

The temple of Artemis in Ephesus was so impressive that it ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Artemis never married or had children, but because of the way she helped with the birth of her brother she was also known as a goddess of childbirth as well as virginity.

Answer: Hera

The wife (and sister) of Zeus, Hera was queen of all the gods, and the goddess of marriage. She had the ability to bless or curse marriages, but unfortunately her own marriage was not all plain sailing due to Zeus's propensity for extra-marital affairs.

She was well known for her intense jealousy and for taking severe revenge on his lovers and their illegitimate children. She once turned the nymph Callisto into a bear because Zeus fell in love with her.

Answer: Nike

Nike, goddess of victory, is the only greek goddess to have a brand of sports equipment named after her. She was normally depicted as having wings, and the famous Nike "swoosh" is representative of this. Goddess of victory both in war and in sporting competitions, she was often portrayed swooping down to honour the winner of a competition with a victory wreath.

Answer: Selene

Selene was goddess of the moon, sister of Helios (god of the sun) and Eos (goddess of the dawn). To the Greeks she was the personification of the moon itself. It was thought that every night she would drive her moon chariot across the heavens, and she was worshipped at the time of the new and full moon.

Answer: Hecate

Hecate was goddess of magic and witchcraft. Shrines to Hecate were built at doorways of homes and cities to protect from the dead and evil spirits. She assisted Demeter in her journey to the underworld to rescue her daughter Persephone, guiding her through the darkness with flaming torches. Hecate appears in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" as ruler of the three witches.