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Mythology
Greek Heroes, Gods, and Monsters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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