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• The God of the Sun. • His Roman name is the same as his Greek name. • Considered the most Greek of all gods. • Plays his lyre to entertain the gods. B is for Bacchus • The God of Wine. • Son of Zeus and a mortal woman. His mother died when Zeus appeared to her in his immortal god form, so he hid him in his thigh. • He is also called Dionysus. • Was raised by nymphs in the valley of Nysa. • The son of Uranus and Gaia and the father of the six great gods of Olympus. • Was one of the Titans. • Ate his children because he knew that one of them will overthrow him, but Zeus escaped that fate. • Was overthrown by Zeus, losing his position as Lord of the Universe. • As the Goddess of Corn, she was worshipped by the woman, since they were the farmers. • Her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, which made her mourn, causing Autumn and Winter. • Along with Bacchus, they were worshipped together as the two great gifts of the Earth. E is for the Erinyes • Also called the Furies, they were creatures of the Underworld that punished the evil dead. • Their names were Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto. F is for the Fates • The three Fates are said to give men at birth evil and good to have. • The fates also controlled life. Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis assigned each man’s destiny, and Atropos cut the thread of life with the “abhorred shears”, ending a man’s life. • The wife of Uranus. She is also called Mother Earth. • Like Uranus, they were both born out of Chaos. They have no parents. • Helped Cronus wound Uranus, since she was mad at him for how he mistreated their children. • Their children were: the Titans, the Giants, and the monsters with a hundred hands. H is for Hestia • The Goddess of the Hearth. • In every city there was a public hearth for Hestia, where the fire was not allowed to go out. • She is also the symbol of the home. • Every meal began and ended in and offering to her. • The Goddess of the Rainbow. • She is the messenger of the Gods. Besides that, not much is know about her. J is for Juno • Juno is the Roman name for Hera, Protector of Marriage. • She was an extremely jealous goddess, and punished all of Zeus’s mistresses. • She and Zeus had an uneasy relationship. • In the Trojan War, a lot of the warriors, both on the Greek and Trojan side, got killed. • The god Apollo shot arrows from his flying chariot that got many of the Greek warriors sick. • The two great warriors, Achilles and Hector, also got killed. • The prince Paris, who started the war, died. L is for Love • In the beginning, Night and Erebus were born out of Chaos. And thus out of Erebus was born Love, which bought all beauty and order to banish the confusion of Chaos. M is for the Muses • There are nine muses: Clio, the Muse of History; Urania, the Muse of Astronomy; Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy; Thalia, the Muse of Comedy; Terpsichore, the Muse of the Dance; Calliope, the Muse of Epic Poetry; Erato, the Muse of LovePoetry, and Euterpe, the Muse of Lyric Poetry. • The Roman name for Poseidon, the Ruler of the Sea. • Besides being the sea-god, he also gave the horse to man. • Commonly called the “Earth-shaker’; the way the sea acted reflected on his attitude. • A Titan. He was Lord of the river Ocean, a great river that surrounded the Earth. He is the father of the Oceanids, nymphs of the great rivers, and of the Gods of all the rivers on Earth. • The daughter of Demeter. • She was kidnapped by Hades and became his Queen. • She is with her mom for eight months of the year, and for four months she is with Hades as Queen of the Underworld. • The wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. • She was kidnapped by Prince Paris of Troy, which led to the start of the Trojan War. • When Troy fell, she was sent back with Menelaus back to Troy. • The wife of Cronus, and former Queen of the Universe. • She is the mother of all the main six Olympians. • She helped Zeus by feeding Cronus a rock instead of Zeus when he was born. S is for Semele • She is the mother of Bacchus, and is a mortal woman. • She died when Zeus appeared before her in his immortal form. • Bacchus brought her back from the dead, and though a mortal woman, went to live in Olympus with the Gods and Goddesses. T is for the Trojan War • The Trojan War was a result of Paris, a Trojan Prince, stealing away with Helen, a Greek princess married to King Menelaus. • It lasted for about 10 years. • The three main warriors were Achilles and Odysseus, for the Greeks, and Hector, for the Trojans. • The war ended with the Greek siege of Troy. • The Underworld is the realm of the dead, ruled by Hades. • Cerberus, the three-headed dog, is the guard of the Underworld. • It is divides into two sections: Tartarus, the prison of the dead, and Erebus, where the dead pass when they die. • It is a dark and shadowy place. • Venus is the Roman name for Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. • She is the wife of Hephaestus, the God of Fire. • She is the daughter of Zeus and Dione, but is also said to be born from the foam of the sea. • The Wooden Horse was used by the Greeks to sneak into Troy and siege it, ending the Trojan War. • It was the work of Odysseus. • When the Trojans saw it, they thought it was a gift from the Gods, which is why they let it in. • The Greeks his inside it, and sneaked during the night when the Trojans went to rest. • The Xanthus, also called Scamander, is the great river of Troy. • During the Trojan War, the river tried to drown Achilles as he tried to cross it, though in vain. Y is for the Goddess of Youth • The Goddess of Youth is Hebe. • She sometimes appears as the cupbearer to the Gods. • Not much is known about her except that she married Hercules when he died and became an immortal. • Zeus is the main God, the supreme Ruler of the Universe. • He is also the Lord of the Sky. • Zeus is known as a lady’s man for his many affairs with mortal woman. Some of his illegitimate offspring became famous Gods or heroes.