Q 01/05
A) The harvest and grain
B) Wisdom and war
C) Love and beauty
D) Marriage, women and family
Answer · why
She presides over weddings and protects women in childbirth, and is queen among the twelve Olympians.
Q 02/05
A) Zeus and Metis
B) Uranus and Gaia
C) Oceanus and Tethys
D) The Titans Cronus and Rhea
Answer · why
That makes her Zeus's sister as well as his wife; her siblings are Hestia, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon.
Q 03/05
A) Hid her in a cave on Crete
B) Swallowed her whole
C) Chained her in Tartarus
D) Gave her to the nymphs of Ida
Answer · why
He was fated to be overthrown by a child; Rhea saved only Zeus with a swaddled stone, and Zeus later made his father vomit up the rest.
Q 04/05
A) Amphitrite
B) Tethys
C) Themis
D) Rhea herself
Answer · why
Pausanias offers a different version, with the three daughters of the river Asterion as her nurses.
Q 05/05
A) The cuckoo
B) The owl
C) The cow
D) The peacock
Answer · why
The owl belongs to Athena; Hera is also often shown holding a pomegranate as a symbol of immortality.
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