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The Twelve Olympians were the twelve
great gods of Greek mythology.
Together, they presided over human life’s
every aspect.
They lived on Mount Olympus with the
other Olympian gods.
Where all the Olympians live except for
the gods that live in the Underworld.
 Towers up from the
center of the Earth
 There is actually a
mountain named
Mount Olympus.
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Hidden in the Earth
 Ruled by Hades with his wife Persephone
 The kingdom of the dead
 Judged to see which place you will go
to when you are dead
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Aphrodite
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Dionysus
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Apollo
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Hephaestus
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Ares
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Hera
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Artemis
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Hermes
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Athena
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Poseidon
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Demeter
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Zeus
Goddess of beauty, love,
pleasure, and childbirth
 Aphrodite means “ arisen from the
foam” in Ancient Greek because she
was born from the sea foam.
 Married to Hephaestus, but her love was
always devoted to Ares
 Children are Eros, Himeros, Pothos,
Phobos, Deimos, Armonia, and Rhode
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God of prophecies, oracles, healing,
plague, disease, music, song, poetry,
archery, and protecting the young boy
 Son of Zeus and Leto
 Twin sister is Artemis
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Never married
 Children are Aristaeus,
Asclepius, Janus, Linus,
Philammon, and Troilius
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 God
of war, civil order,
and manly courage
 Son of Zeus and Hera
 Secret mistress was
Aphrodite
 Children are
Himeros , Pothos, Phobos, Deimos,
Armonia, Eros, and Anteros
 Goddess
of hunting, wilderness, wild
animals, childbirth, and protecting the
young girl
 Daughter of Zeus and Leto
 Twin brother is Apollo
 Never married
 No children
 Goddess
of wise counsel, war, town
defense, weaving, pottery, and other
crafts
 Daughter of Zeus and Metis:
sprang from Zeus’s head
fully grown
 Never married
 Child named Erichthonius
 Goddess
of agriculture,
grain, bread, and mankind
sustenance
 Daughter of the Titans Cronus and
Rhea
 Married Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion, and
Karmanor
 Children are Persephone, Despoena,
Arion, Plutus, and Philomelas
 God
of wine, vegetation, pleasure,
and festivity
 Son of Zeus and Semele
 Married Ariadne
 Child is Priapus
 God
of fire, metalworking,
masonry, and sculptures
 Son of Zeus and Hera
 Married to Aphrodite, Charis, and
Aglaia
 Children were Thalia, Eucleia,
Eupheme, Philophrosyne, and
Euthenia
 Goddess
of women, marriage, and
sky
 Daughter of Cronus and
Rhea
 Married to Zeus
 Children are Ares, Hebe,
and Hephaestus
God of animal domestication,
roads, travel, hospitality,
heralds, diplomacy, trade,
thievery, language, writing,
persuasion, cunning wiles,
athletic contests, gymnasiums,
astronomy, and astrology
 Son of Zeus and Maia
 Children are Pan and
Hermaphroditus
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God of the sea, rivers, flood,
drought, horses, and
earthquakes
 Son of Cronus and Rhea
 Married to Amphitrite, Demeter,
Medusa, Aphrodite, and Gaia
 Children are Triton, Rhode,
Herophile, Despoine, Areion,
Benthesikyme, Pegasus, Chrysaor,
Antaeus, Charybdis, and
Polyphemus
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God of sky, weather, law, order, and fate
 Son of Cronus and Rhea
 Married to Hera, Demeter, Antiope, Eurynome, Gaia,
Metis, Maia, Mnemosyne, Persephone, Themis, Theia,
Semele, Pandora, Niobe, Maera, Leto, Leda, Io, Electra,
Europe, Eurymedousa, Danae, Callisto, Alcmene, and
Aegina
 Children are Amphion, Zythos, Persephone, Aglaia, Thalia,
Euphrosyne, Tityos, Ares, Hebe, Eilithyia, Hephaestus,
Athena, Hermes, the Muses, Zagreus, Thallo, Karpo, Auxo,
Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, Magnes, Dionysus, Apollo,
Artemis, Helen, Heracles, Argus, Graecus, Pelasgus, Locrus,
Dioscouroi, Epaphus, Perseus, Arcas, Iasion, Minos,
Danaos, Sarpedon, Radamanthys, Myrmidon, and Aeacus
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Asclepius
 The Charites
 Dioscouroi
 Eilithyia
 Eros
 Hebe
 Heracles
 Horae
 Leto
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Moirae
 The Muses
 Nike
 Tyche
 Charon
 Erinyes
 Hades
 Hecate
 Persephone
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Who rules the Underworld?
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How many times did Hera marry?
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Did Zeus marry Athena?
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Is Triton one of Poseidon's children?
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Hades and his wife Persephone rule the
Underworld.
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Hera married once to Zeus.
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Zeus did not marry Athena.
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