Q. What common breakfast food made from wheat is related to the goddess Ceres and her name?
The word cereal derives from Ceres, commemorating her association with edible grains.
Q. Where does the name Ceres come from?
Ceres was discovered on January 1, 1801 by Italian Giuseppe Piazzi. He discovered it while searching for a star. Ceres is named after the goddess of growing plants, harvest, and motherly love.
Q. What is the Roman name of Ceres?
Greek and Roman Mythology Names
| Greek Name | Roman Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Demeter | Ceres | Goddess of the Harvest |
| Apollo | Apollo | God of Music and Medicine |
| Athena | Minerva | Goddess of Wisdom |
| Artemis | Diana | Goddess of the Hunt |
Q. Which breakfast food is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture?
cereal
Q. What is the Roman name for Hades?
Dīs Pater
Q. What God is Pluto?
Hades, Greek Aïdes (“the Unseen”), also called Pluto or Pluton (“the Wealthy One” or “the Giver of Wealth”), in ancient Greek religion, god of the underworld. Hades was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and brother of the deities Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.
Q. What is Athena’s Roman name?
Minerva
Q. What is the Roman name for Poseidon?
Neptune
Q. Who is the god of Neptune?
Neptune, Latin Neptunus, in Roman religion, originally the god of fresh water; by 399 bce he was identified with the Greek Poseidon and thus became a deity of the sea. His female counterpart, Salacia, was perhaps originally a goddess of leaping springwater, subsequently equated with the Greek Amphitrite.
Q. Who killed Zeus the god?
Wrong! Tyfoeas with 100 serpent bodies surrounds and immobilizes Zeus, takes from him the lightning bolts and the scythe Cronos had used against Uranus. With it, he cut off pretty much every nerve in Zeus’s body, tied him up, gave the nerves to his brother Python to hide, and left him for dead.
