Teacher: OK since you are in latin class, its the second day of school, and I dont want to teach anything right now we are going to play a game. I am going to split you up into two teams and you are going to answer Greek Mythology questions, because you all probably know more about the Greek gods than the roman gods.
Me: *silently freaks out in side*
Teacher: Alright I will start out easy, first to raise you hand on your team gets to answer first. Who was the king of the gods?
Me: *shoots hand up* ZEUS
Teacher: Correct! Who was the queen of-
Me: *shoots hand up* HERA
Teacher: haha nice! Who’s symbol was the trident?
Me *shoots up hand* POSEIDON
Teacher: correct again!
Other team: What the heck?!
Teacher: alright. Who where the goddess of the moon and su-
Me: *shoots hand up* ARTEMIS AND APOLLO
Teacher: ok you know what…who was the god of the underworld? his wife? her mom and dad?
Me: Hades is the god of the underworld, his wife is Persephone and her parents are Demeter and Zeus.
Teacher: Who is the of the hearth?
Me: Hestia
Teacher: God of blacksmiths?
Me: Hephaestus.
Teacher: Who defeated Medusa?
Me: Perseus.
Teacher: Who defeated the Minotaur?
Me: Theseus
Teacher: Name all Major gods. Greek and Roman.
Me: Zeus,Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hades, and well if you count Hestia I dont know. There Roman names are Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Ceres, Mars, Minerva, Apollo or Pheobus Apollo which ever floats your boat, Diana, Vulcan, Venus, Bacchus, Pluto and Vesta.
Other students: *wide eyed* um……
Teacher: we are never doing this again
Wow…and I thought I knew Greek Mythology.
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