Name: _____________________________________ March 14th, 2018

 
Kronos & Zeus 
Reading Response Questions  
 
1. Explain 1 similarity between Kronos and his father Uranus. 
 
2. What was the prophecy Gaea delivers to her son Kronos? 
 
3. What did Kronos do to his first child, Hestia. Why did he do this? 
 
4. Who were the two sons who helped fulfil the prophecy against Kronos? 
 
5. How did Kronos expel his children from his stomach? 
 
6. Who did Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades get to help them fight the war against 
Kronos? 
 
7. What did the cyclops gift Zeus with? Hades? Poseidon?  
 
8. Who won the war? Where did the losers get banished to? 
 
9. After the war; Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades chose their realms. What did each god 
teach the Ancient Greeks? 
 
10. Name the 3 goddesses mentioned at the end of the myth. What were their roles?