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Major Gods
Chief, supreme ruler (“Lord of the
Sky”)
 He could be deceived
 Falls in love with one woman after
another
 Tries to hide infidelity from his wife,
Hera
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Zeus’ wife and sister
 Protector of marriage
 Punished the women that Zeus fell in
love with (or fooled around with)
 Delayed the ending of the Trojan War.
(She was jealous that a Trojan named
another goddesses lovelier than she.)
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 Brother
of Zeus
 Second to Zeus in power
 Ruler of the sea
 Gave first horse to man
 Storm and calm were under his
control
 Carried a trident
 Brother
of Zeus and Poseidon
 Ruler of the dead
 Lived in the underworld
 Also the God of wealth
 His wife was Persephone
 Helmet which made his invisible
 Daughter
of Zeus alone (no
mother bore her)
 Sprang from Zeus’ head
 Battle-goddess; goddess of city;
protector of civilized life
 Zeus’ favorite child
 Athens was her special city
 Son
of Zeus and Leto
 “Most Greek of all gods”
 Master musician
 God of Light and Truth
 His oracle was at Delphi (said to
be center of the world and
answers questions asked by
anxious seekers of truth)
Daughter of Zeus and Leto
 Apollo’s twin
 Virgin goddess
 Sister of Helios (the sun god)
 Uncertainty between good and evil
exists in her
 “Lady of Wild Things” (i.e., the moon,
etc)
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 Daughter
of Zeus and Dione
 Sprang from foam of sea
 Goddess of love and beauty
 Wife of Hephaestus
 Laughter-loving
 Son
of Zeus and Maia
 Winged sandals
 Zeus’ messenger
 Most cunning of gods
 Guide of the dead
 Appears more often than any
other god (in tales of mythology)
 Zeus
and Hera’s son
 God of war
 Parents hated him
 Murderous, coward
 Symbol of war
 Son
of Hera (or Zeus and Hera)
 God of fire
 Ugly and lame
 Born deformed
 Aphrodite is wife
 Protector of the smiths
 Sister
of Zeus/Poseidon/Hades
 Virgin goddess
 Symbol of the home
 Each city had a public hearth
sacred to her where fire could
never go out
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“Cupid”
God of Love
Cannot do wrong nor allow it
Aphrodite’s son
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Goddess of the rainbow
Messenger of the gods
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3 total
Grace and beauty
“give life its bloom”
Queens of song
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9 total
Daughters of Zeus
Inspired historians and poets
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3-headed dog
Permits spirits to enter the underworld
(None return from underworld)
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In underworld
Punish evildoers
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Hermes’ son
Part god, part goat
Has hoofs and horns
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Enchanting voices
Lure sailors to death
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3 total
Spinner-spun thread of life
Disposers of Lots- assigned each man his
destiny
Cut the thread at death