Roman Gods - Neptune, Pluto, Vesta, Ceres

Ceres was the goddess of?

Agriculture and vegetation

Who was Neptune's wife?

Amphitrite

That allowed him to?

Become invisible

Who was Charon?

Boat guy who carries souls across the river.

What english word is derived from Ceres name?

Cereal

Ceres's greek deity?

Demeter

Ceres symbol was a stalk of?

Grain

Who was Tantalus?

Guy who was denied food & drink. He could always see it but could never get it.

Pluto's greek deity?

Hades

Vesta was the goddess of the?

Hearth and household

Who had a special?

Helmet

Vesta's greek deity?

Hestia

Who were Vesta's sisters?

Juno and Ceres

Who was Proteus?

Old knowledgeable figure, also as shapeshifter.

Pluto was often represented as?

Older man

Ceres daughter was? Who was abducted by? The ancients used this story to explain why we have?

Persephone, Pluto, Seasons

Who are neptune's brothers?

Pluto, Jupiter

Neptune's greek deity?

Poseidon

Pluto's wife was?

Proserpina/Persephone

Who was Sisyphus?

Rolls a boulder up the hill, and it falls on him again and again.

Vesta's temple in_? contained a sacred_? Which was never supposed to be put_?

Rome, flame, put out/extinguished

Neptune was the god of _ and the lord of _ on land; therefore, he was called the _ ?

Seas/Oceans/Waters, earthquakes, earth shaker.

What was Tartarus?

The prison place of the underworld where the evil stuff is locked away.

What item is neptune often represented with?

Trident

Pluto was the god of the_? Where the_went?However we was also called_? because_ comes from underground.

Underworld, dead, Dis, Precious Metals.

The _ tended to Vesta's flame and temple. Anyone who allowed the flame to go out was _ and breaking the chastity vow resulted in being _?

Vestal Virgins, beaten, buried underground.

Compared to her greek counterpart, Vesta was _ important to the romans?

very