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Mythology

Greek Heroes, Gods, and Monsters

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Demeter earth goddess, daughter of Cronos and Rhea, Lady of Growing Things
Posiedon God of Sea
Hades God of Underworld
Ares God of War
Hephaestus Son of Hera, thrown off Olympus because he was so ugly, smith-god, lord of mechanics
Cerberus 3 headed dog who guards the gate of the underworld
Tantalus lived in underworld. was thirsty but could never drink.
Apollo Sun god, killed python, killed Marsyus
Artemis daughter of Zeus and Leto, god of chase, had silver bow and arrow and many names, twin of Apollo
Leto a nymph, persued by Zeus, gave birth to twins, Artemis and Apollo
Hermes messenger god, made instruments for
Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty, married Hephaestus because he worked late
Pan god of nature
Eris goddess of discord
Primal Murder being born because a god is murdered
Cronos father of gods, god of time, became king by killing Uranus
Rhea goddess of earth, sister and wife of Cronos
Hera sister and wife of Zeus, queen of gods, god of intruige, stole thunderbold, chained to sky, Zeus then released her
Zeus god of sky, king of gods
Titans Chronos' half-brothers, huge, tall, mean creatures, fought with Chronos against Zeus and his brothers
Athene goddess of wisdom
arachne had weaving contest, lost, killed herself, and turned into a spider
Thetis married to Posiedon, a beautiful water nymph
Persephone daughter of Zeus and Demeter, raised among flowers, looked like a flower, kidnapped by Hades
pomegranate fruit that Persephone ate 6 seeds from while in underworld. Now she has to live ther for 6 months out of every year.
Python serpant sent by Hera to keep Leto from bearing her child in the sun
Prometheus a young Titan, giving fire to man, punished by Zeus
Pandora created as a punishment, had box that released 6 of 7 evils
Phaethon son of Appolo, drove sun charriot, killed by Zeus
Orpheus played a lyre, went to underworld and survived
Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection
Echo had curse so she could only say last word said to her
Psyche very beautiful human, fell in love with Archer of Love, but could not see him
Perseus demi-god, Zeus was father, god Medusa's head
Danae Mother of Perseus, locked in golden tower
Medusa one of 3 beautiful daughers. Athenee was jealous because Posiedon showed her affection, and she turned Medusa into a monster. She had snakes for hair and turned everyone that saw her into stone.
Daedalus great inventor, favored by Athene. Became jealous of his nephew who was also a great inventor and killed him, then losing Athene's favor. Left to live with King Minton, was asked to create laybrinth and was banished there with minotaur and king's wife
Icarus Daedalus' son, lived with him in laybrinth, talked him into creating wings and flying away, got too close to sun and wings melted and fell into sea and was never seen again.
Minotaur half man, half bull. Born of Pasiphae because she fell in love with a bull because of a spell by Aphrodite. Aphrodite was jealous because Pasiphae said she was more beautiful than her.
Theseus Demigod, son of Posiedon, small and strong, drew sword from stone, killed minotaur. Used strength of opponents against them.
Aegeus king of Athens. married to mother of Theseus. jumped of cliff when he thought Theseus was dead.
Ariadne had magic string to get in and out of laybrinth. left for Athens with thesues after he killed the minotaur. King Mino's daughter
Atalanta raised by she-bear, made Artemis jealous because of her hunting ability. Fell in love with Meleager and helped him defeat the evil creature.
Meleager wanted a wife that was a good hunter. Killed beast, died when his mother burned a magical stick.
Midas angered Apollo so he pretended to help Midas by granting a wish. turned things he touch into gold. then took the wish back but had donkey ears. when he learned mercy, Apollo gave him his ears back.
laybrinth tangled maze of thorny hedges created by Deedalus to punish pasiphae and trap her and the minotaur.
Elysian Fields part of the underworld, always a holiday, full of music, peace, and happiness
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