Question

1. match the description to the correct classical figure.
2. titan who tricked her husband by giving him a rock
3. sisters believed to inspire humans to learn and create
4. god of the forest who was a satyr
5. titan given the job of holding up the sky
6. considered by the greeks to be mother earth
7. greek god of drama and wine
8. sisters believed to determine the length of ones life
9. goddess of punishment

pan
the muses
atlas
dionysus
gaea
the fates
nemesis

Explanation:

Identify the Titan who tricked her husband with a rock

The first description refers to the Titaness Rhea, who saved her infant son Zeus from being swallowed by her husband Cronus by wrapping a stone in swaddling clothes and presenting it to him instead.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the sisters inspiring human creativity

The second description refers to the Muses, the nine sister goddesses of the arts, literature, and sciences who inspire humans to learn and create.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the satyr god of the forest

The third description refers to Pan, the ancient Greek god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, and rustic music, who is depicted as a satyr (half-man, half-goat).
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the Titan holding up the sky

The fourth description refers to Atlas, the Titan condemned by Zeus to hold up the celestial heavens (the sky) for eternity after the Titanomachy.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the Greek mother earth

The fifth description refers to Gaea (Gaia), the ancestral mother of all life and the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the god of drama and wine

The sixth description refers to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, winemaking, grape cultivation, fertility, ritual madness, theater, and drama.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the sisters determining life span

The seventh description refers to the Fates (Moirai), the three sister deities who spin, measure, and cut the thread of human life, thereby determining its length.
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Identify the goddess of punishment

The eighth description refers to Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution, divine vengeance, and punishment against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods).
Concept applied: Classical Mythology

Answer:

No.	Description	Classical Figure
2	sisters believed to inspire humans to learn and create	the Muses
3	god of the forest who was a satyr	Pan
4	Titan given the job of holding up the sky	Atlas
5	considered by the Greeks to be mother earth	Gaea
6	Greek god of drama and wine	Dionysus
7	sisters believed to determine the length of one's life	the Fates
8	goddess of punishment	Nemesis