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Occupation: Goddess Weapons: A magic of love and beauty girdle that inspired love Responsibilities: Home: Mount Olympus Helping mortals and immortals to fall in love Parents: Zeus and Dione Powers: Causing Hobbies: Flirting mortals and immortals to fall in love Interesting Information: Married to: Hephaestus Aphrodite was born in the sea and rode to shore on a shell. She is usually pictured with a mirror. Symbols: Rose, dove, sparrow, dolphin, ram, apple, myrtle Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources Aphrodite Apollo Occupation: Sun god; Weapons: Bow and god of medicine, music, poetry, dance, math, herdsmen, and prophecy arrow Controlling the sun’s daily movement across the sky Powers: Healing, inspiring learning, making the sun rise and set Symbols: Laurel tree, lyre, the number 7 Parents: Zeus and Leto Married to: Unmarried Hobbies: Known for killing many mythological monsters Interesting Information: Apollo is Artemis’ twin. page 22 Responsibilities: Home: Mount Olympus Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources Ares Occupation: God of war Parents: Zeus and Hera Responsibilities: Married to: Unmarried Waging war Hobbies: Violence Powers: Inciting Interesting Information: conflict Among the other gods and goddesses, only Hades, Aphrodite, and Eros would speak to Ares. He was disliked for his violent temper. Symbols: Dog, vulture, spear, flaming torch Weapons: Spear Home: Mount Olympus Artemis Occupation: Goddess of Home: Mount Olympus the moon and hunting Parents: Zeus and Leto Responsibilities: Married to: Unmarried page 23 Protecting women, animals, and cities Hobbies: Punishing people into animals hunters who killed more game than they needed to eat Symbols: Cypress tree, Interesting Information: Powers: Changing dog, deer, bird Weapons: Silver bow and arrow Apollo’s twin, Artemis was known to be very independent. Occupation: Goddess of Parents: Zeus and Metis, wisdom and war a Titaness Responsibilities: Giving Married to: Unmarried wisdom, inspiring inventions, protecting Athens Hobbies: Patron goddess of Athens; invented math Powers: Changing Interesting Information: herself into other shapes and forms Athena accidentally shot her childhood friend Pallas with a bow and arrow, so she is sometimes called Pallas Athena. Symbols: Owl, olive tree Weapons: Lance, shield, fringed cloak Home: Mount Olympus Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources Athena Occupation: Goddess of Parents: Cronos and agriculture, guardian of marriage Rhea Married to: Unmarried Responsibilities: Hobbies: Disguised as Controlling the harvest of wheat or barley an old woman, Demeter roamed the earth rewarding some cities with good harvests and punishing others with poor harvests. Weapons: None Interesting Information: Powers: Able to make plants and trees grow or die Symbols: Torch, sheaf Home: Mount Olympus Demeter created the four seasons. page 24 Demeter Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources dionysus Occupation: God of Parents: Zeus and wine and parties Semele, a mortal Responsibilities: Married to: Unmarried Cupbearer to the gods Hobbies: Attending Powers: Creating happiness or unhappiness for mortals parties; teaching mortals how to grow grapes and make wine Symbols: Grape vine, Interesting Information: ivy wreath, rose, drinking vessel (cup) Dionysus became associated with drama. He is the youngest of the Olympian gods. Weapons: None Home: Mount Olympus Hades Occupation: God of Married to: Persephone the dead Hobbies: Riding in a Responsibilities: Ruling gold chariot drawn by black horses page 25 the underworld; guarding the dead Powers: Causing death Symbols: Cornucopia Weapons: cap of invisibility Home: The underworld Parents: Cronos and Rhea Interesting Information: He is Zeus’ brother. The underworld is sometimes called Hades. Hades himself was very wealthy, as he owned all the precious stones and metals found in the earth. Occupation: God of blacksmiths, Parents: Zeus and Hera craftsmen, and fire Married to: Aphrodite Responsibilities: Granting Hobbies: Famous power to blacksmiths; helping mortals to create useful items Symbols: Axe, tongs creations include Achilles’ weapons, Odysseus’ weapons, Heracles’ shield, Agamemnon’s scepter, and Harmonia’s necklace Weapons: Blacksmith tongs, Interesting Information: Powers: Able to create objects with magical properties Because he was born ugly, his mother threw him from Mount Olympus. He lived in the sea for nine years. hammer Home: Mount Olympus, but his forge is in the crater of Mount Aetna, a volcano in Sicily Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources hephaestus Occupation: Queen of Married to: Zeus the gods; goddess of women and motherhood Hobbies: Punishing Responsibilities: Watching over women Powers: Commanding the winds Symbols: Peacock, pomegranate Weapons: Trickery, deceit Home: Mount Olympus Parents: Cronos and Rhea the goddesses and mortal women that Zeus pursued, punishing their children, ordering other gods to help her inflict her punishments Interesting Information: Hera spends much of her time chasing after Zeus, his lovers, and their children. Thus, she travels frequently throughout the world. page 26 Hera Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources Hermes Occupation: Messenger which marked his neutrality in any conflict. of the gods; god of dreams, commerce, treaties, inventions, science, art, and oratory Home: Mount Olympus Parents: Zeus and Maia, a Responsibilities: Patron of Titaness voyagers and thieves; delivers the gods’ messages; escorts the dead to the underworld Married to: Unmarried Hobbies: Creating mischief; As an infant, Hermes stole Apollo’s cattle but Apollo forgave him when Hermes invented the lyre for him. Powers: Traveling anywhere instantly Symbols: The number 4, a staff with wings, the caduceus Interesting Information: Weapons: None; Hermes’ “Hermes” means hastener. staff bore a white ribbon, page 27 Hestia Occupation: Goddess of Parents: Cronos and the hearth and marriage Rhea Responsibilities: Protector Married to: Unmarried of orphans and the home Hobbies: Protecting Powers: None, although homes she held great influence with the other gods and goddesses Interesting Information: Symbols: None, but almost every home had a shrine to her Weapons: None Home: Mount Olympus As the most sacred of the Olympians, Hestia was considered too good for gossip. She eventually gave up her throne to Dionysus to tend the palace hearth. Occupation: God of Home: Mount Olympus the sea and all bodies of water Responsibilities: Parents: Cronos and Overseeing the oceans and navigation Rhea Married to: Amphitrite Powers: Causing Hobbies: Riding a and quelling earthquakes, storms; rousing sea monsters gold chariot with white horses Interesting Information: Symbols: Horse, He was Zeus’ brother. He invented the horse and the dolphin. dolphin, pine tree Weapons: The trident, a three-pronged spear Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources poseidon Zeus Occupation: King of Home: Mount Olympus the gods Parents: Cronos and Rhea Mount Olympus, Earth, and sky; ruler of all mortals and immortals Powers: Can change himself into any form; can banish others to the underworld or bestow immortality Symbols: Eagle, oak tree Weapons: Thunderbolts, lightning Married to: Hera Hobbies: Courting goddesses and mortal women; hiding from Hera; administering justice among mortals and immortals Interesting Information: Zeus led the new gods, many of whom were his siblings, to victory over the Titans. He built the palace on Mount Olympus. page 28 Responsibilities: Ruler of Name ______________________________________ Date ___________________ Ask-a-God The ancient Greeks directed their prayers and requests for help to the gods and goddesses whose special abilities addressed their problems. Using your god and goddess booklet, decide which god or goddess each of the ancient Greeks below might ask for help. Write the name and “occupation”on the line. Greek Mythology Activities © Marcia Worth-Baker, Scholastic Teaching Resources 1. Dear ______________________________________ , I sowed many acres of grain and carefully tended the fields. With your help I will yield a good harvest. Will you grant me a plentiful crop that will feed me and my family through the winter? Nikos the Farmer 2. Dear ______________________________________ , Our fair city of Lailos will soon begin our annual boar hunt. We have always been loyal to you, goddess, and we will hunt only as much as we need to sustain our people. Can you grant us successful hunting? The Citizens of Lailos 3. Dear______________________________________ , Oh powerful god, can you please help my most prized ram, who was badly stung by bees last night? He is badly hurt. Turn your healing power, like the glorious rays of the sun, to my humble flock of sheep. Kalos the Shepherd 4. Dear ______________________________________ , I long to fall in love! Goddess, please send a brave, true man to my little village. Cause him to fall in love with me, so we can be married by spring. Atla the Lovelorn 5. Dear _______________________________________ , I have long been your loyal servant. In return, can you protect me and my crew as we sail the seas to Lemnos? Grant us calm waters and high tides. Senna the Sailor 29