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Amphitrite - Wife to Poseidon and a water nymph.
Poseidon - God of the sea and son to Cronos and
Rhea. The Trident is his symbol.
Arachne - Lost a weaving contest to Athene and was
turned into a spider. Father was a dyer of wool.
Athene - Goddess of wisdom. Daughter of Zeus who
came out of Zeus’s head.
Eros - Son of Aphrodite who’s Roman name is Cupid;
Shoots arrows to make people fall in love.
Demeter - Goddess of the harvest and fertility.
Daughter of Cronos and Rhea.
Hades - Ruler of the underworld, Tartaros. Son of
Cronos and Rhea. Brother to Zeus and Poseidon.
Hermes - God of commerce, patron of liars, thieves,
gamblers, and travelers. The messenger god.
Persephone - Daughter of Demeter. Painted the
flowers of the field and was taken to the
underworld by Hades.
Daedalus - Greece’s greatest inventor and architect.
Built the Labyrinth to house the Minotaur. Created
wings to fly off the island of Crete.
Icarus - Flew too high to the sun after being warned
and died in the sea which was named after him.
Son of Daedalus.
Oranos - Titan of the Sky. Son of Gaia and father to
Cronos.
Aphrodite - Born from the foam of Oceanus and the
blood of Oranos. She’s the goddess of Love and
beauty.
Prometheus - Known as mankind’s first friend. Was
tied to a Mountain and liver eaten forever. Son of
Oranos and Gaia. Gave fire and taught men how
to hunt.
Apollo - God of the sun and also medicine, gold, and
music. Son of Zeus and Leto.
Baucis - Old peasant woman entertained Zeus and
Hermes. Died with her husband and was turned into
a tree.
Clymene - Mother to Phaethon who sent her son to
Apollo.
Heliades - Daughters of Apollo, Roman name Helios,
who mourned Phaethon’s death.
Pandora - First fashioned woman. Known as “all
gifted” and released the ills of mankind from a box.
Phaethon - Tried to steer Apollo’s chariot and died.
Son to Apollo.
Philemon - Husband to Baucis and entertained Zeus
and Hermes. Died and turned into a tree.
Atlas - This titan’s punishment was to hold up the
Earth.
Bellerophon - A young Corinthian who killed the
beast, Chimera.
Hercules - Strongest man to ever live. Completed 10
labors to become immortal. Son of Zeus and
Alcemene.
Medusa - Known for turning people to stone. Hair was
of snakes and was the youngest Gorgon sister.
Narcissus - A Greek character who fell in love with
himself Couldn’t leave a pond and fell in and died.
Oedipus - Rescued Thebes from the Sphinx. A
prophesy was told that he would kill his father and
marry his mother. Son of Laius and Iocasta.
Pegasus - The winged horse that helped Bellerphon.
Perseus - Known as the “Golden Boy”. Killed Medusa
and was son to Zeus and Danae.
Theseus - Killed the Minotaur. Son of Aegeus and
Athera. (Some say Poseidon was father.)