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Greek Gods, Goddesses, & Heroes Greek name Roman name Description The Olympians Apollo Apollo Greek god of prophecy, music, intellectual pursuits, healing, plague, and sometimes, the sun Ares Mars god of war, battle lust, civil order and manly courage Hermes Mercury Zeus Jupiter Hera Juno Poseidon Neptune the god of shepherds, travelers, merchants, and even thieves, and he also had the role of herald (messenger) of the gods. Zeus is father of gods and men. A sky god, he controls lightning, which he uses as a weapon, and thunder. He is king on Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods Olympian queen of the gods and the goddess of women and marriage. She was also a goddess of the sky and starry heavens. God of Sea, but he was also the god of earthquakes and horses. Dionysus Bacchus Artemis Diana Athena Minerva Hephaestus Vulcan Demeter Ceres Aphrodite Venus Hades Pluto Persephone Calliope The Titans Aeolus Helios Sol god of wine and drunken revelry in Greek mythology. He is a patron of the theater and an agricultural/fertility god Olympian goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth, and the protectress of the girl child up to the age of marriage the patron goddess of Athens, the goddess of wisdom, a goddess of arts and crafts (agriculture, navigation, spinning, weaving, and needlework), the favorite daughter of her father Zeus, and, as a war goddess with a focus on strategy more than bloodshed, an active participant in the Trojan War. She gave Athens the gift of the olive tree, providing oil, food, and wood. Greek god of volcanoes, a craftsman and blacksmith. Demeter is a goddess of fertility, grain, and agriculture. She is pictured as a mature motherly figure. Although she is the goddess who taught mankind about agriculture, she is also the goddess responsible for creating winter and a mystery religious cult. goddess of beauty, love, and sexuality the King of the Underworld, the god of death and the dead. He presided over funeral rites and defended the right of the dead to due burial. Haides was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth, from the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the mined wealth of gold, silver and other metals. Goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides. She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed afterlife. was the eldest of theMuses, the goddesses of music, song and dance. She was also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes. god of the winds (Anemoi) who lived on the floating island of Aeolia. He played an important part in the Odyssey as the one who gave Odysseus the bag of winds to blow the ships home to Ithaca. Unfortunately, the crew thought Odyseeus was hiding gold and opened the bag, letting out the winds in the opposite direction towards the island of Lipara. Greek sun god and the sun itself. She wasn’t a goddess, but a sorceress/enchantress (she was considered a goddess because she was immortal). Beautiful witch who lived on the island Aeaea, near Italy. Her father was the sun-god Helios and her mother the sea nymph Perse. Surrounding her palace were wild animals wich were tame, since they really were bewitched humans. Circe Prometheus the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was entrusted with the task of moulding mankind out of clay. Prometheus is famous for a couple of seemingly unrelated stories: (1) the gift of fire to mankind and (2) being chained to a rock where every day an eagle came to eat his liver. There is a connection, however, and one that shows why Prometheus, the father of the Greek Noah, was called the benefactor of mankind. Cronus Saturn Atlas Perseus Gaea Uranus Eos Aurora The Heroes Achilles Theseus Jason Since the Titan Cronus was too old, Atlas led the other Titans in their 10year battle against Zeus, which is called the Titanomachy. After the gods won, Zeus singled Atlas out for punishment, by making him carry the heavens on his shoulders. Most of the Titans were confined to Tartarus. Greek demigod, son of Zeus and Danae (a mortal).Best known for his clever decapitation of Medusa, whose head turned people to stone. He also rescued Andromeda from the sea monster. Was the Protogenos (primeval divinity) of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation, along with air, sea and sky. She was the great mother of all : the heavenly gods were descended from her union with Ouranos (the sky), the sea-gods from her union with Pontos (the sea), the Gigantes from her mating with Tartaros (the hell-pit) and mortal creatures were sprung or born from her earthy flesh. the sky god and first ruler. He is the son of Gaea , who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans. Eos the goddess of Dawn was the daughter of two Titans, Hyperion and Theia. She was the sister of Helios (the Sun) and of Selene (the Moon). Demi-god who had exceptional strength, stamina & resistance to injury. He was stronger, faster than most human beings, but not to a superhuman degree—weakness was his heal. Greek hero, especially national hero of Athens; slayer of the Minotaur. founder-king of Athens He is best known for his role in retrieving The Golden Fleece. Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae, a kingdom of legendary Greece. The leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War*, he is one of the central figures in the Iliad, Homer's epic poem about the war. Greek writers generally portray Agamemnon as courageous but also as arrogant and overly proud, flaws that sometimes cause him misfortune and eventually lead to his death. Agamemnon Heracles the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, and imprisoned in Tartarus. Hercules Heracles was the most famous of the Greek mythological heroes; Heracles was compelled to perform a series of heroic tasks, or Labors. Amongst these were slaying the many-headed Hydra, retrieving the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and bringing the hellhound Cerberus up from the Underworld. Heracles was also one of the Argonauts.