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Ms. Balaska
English I
Greek Mythology
Station #2
Lesser Gods of Olympus, Gods of the Waters & The Underworld
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Part One: The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes
Chapter I / The Gods
Pages 38-43
“Lesser Gods of Olympus”
Briefly identify each of the following:
Eros:
 God of Love
 Most important of the Lesser Gods
 Beautiful serious youth who gives good gifts to men
 In later poems he is Aphrodite’s son and a mischievous, naughty boy
 Often represented as blindfolded, because love is often blind
Hebe:
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Goddess of Youth
Daughter of Zeus and Hera
Sometimes appears as the cupbearer to the gods
No stories of Hebe except that of her marriage to Hercules
Iris:
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Goddess of the Rainbow
A messenger of the gods
The Graces:
 Three sisters:
1. Aglaia (spendlor)
2. Euphrosyne (mirth (amusement))
3. Thalia (Good Cheer)
 Daughters of Zeus and Eurynome (a child of the Titan, Ocean)
 Not treated as separate personalities, but always together
 A triple incarnation of grace and beauty
The Muses:
 Nine muses
 Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory)
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English I
Greek Mythology
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“Gods of the Waters”
Briefly identify each of the following:
Ocean:
Triton:
Proteus:
Naiads:
“The Underworld”
Briefly identify each of the following:
Persephone:
Tartarus:
Erebus:
Charon:
Cerberus:
Styx:
Lethe:
The Furies: