myth test vocab ms. Dunay
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| Perseus |
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| Chaos | existed before all else
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| Cronus | Defeated Chaos. swallowed his children
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| Rhea | Cronus' wife
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| Gaea | Earth Goddess; Mother Earth
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| Uranus | One of the original children. Sky god
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| Cronus | Swallowed his children whole because he heard that one of his children would replace him
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| Cyclops | one eyed giants, they were good craftsmen
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| Gods | The Immortals
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| Titans |
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| heroes | mortals who have super human qualities. [birth, destiny, quest, journey, romance, journey home, fatal flaw,
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| Eros | God of love, who hit mortals with the "love" arrow
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| Zeus | King of the Gods
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| Poseidon | God of the Sea
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| Ares | he was a bully and a coward. God of War
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| Persephone | queen of the Underworld for 6 months of the year
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| Demeter | God of all living things who got very upset when her daughter, Persephone was taken from her to the Underworld
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| Artemis | Daughter of Leto; twin to Apollo
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| Aphrodite | Goddess of love
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| Athena | Born from Zeus' brain
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| Graces | x
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| Muses | x
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| Fates | x
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| Charon | The ferryman who gets people across the River Styx
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| Cerberus | The three headed dog who guards the gates to the Underworld
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| Styx | The River in the Underworld
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| Tartarus | The opening in Asia Minor that leads to the Underworld
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| Prometheus | Brought fire to mankind
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| Hephaestus | Smith god. He could make anything. Thought too lame to reside on Mt. Olympus his mother, Hera welcomed him back after he gave beautiful gifts to all the gods.
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| Epimetheus | x
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| Echo | x
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| Minotaur | half man half bull who lived in the Labyrinth under the palace of Minos
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| labyrinth | the dungeon where the minotaur was kept
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| ate | state of temporary madness
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| arete | striving for excellence
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| hubris | excessive pride
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| anthropromorphic | Gods can change into mortals (disguises) at any time. that's why you should be nice to them
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| nemesis | x
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| ambrosia | x
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| Atlas | x
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| Medusa | x
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| Pandora | First woman on earth who can be blamed for all the troubles of mankind b/c she was too curious
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| The Sacred King | x
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| destiny (heroes) | x
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| quest (heroes) | x
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| myths as moral directives | x
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| myths as explanations of natural phenomena | x
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| the ages of man | x
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| the dangers of hubris | x
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| myth concepts of crime and punishment | x
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| why mythology failed as a religion | x
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| Apollo | Artemis's brother, Great archer
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| Hades | God of the Underworld. He stole Persephone to the Underworld
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| Hera | Queen of Mt. Olympus; Wife of Zeus; Scorned by her husband many times over
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| Arachne | the boastful women who was an excellent weaver who was turned into a spider by a vengeful Athena
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