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Greek Mythology
The Greek Gods
The Greek gods had more powers than
mortals could even imagine.
They could change night into day, turn
people into animals, and punish men with
eternal torture.
Cronos
Father of the gods
Became father of the gods by killing his
father, Oranos
Married his sister, Rhea, goddess of Earth
Better known as Father Time
Zeus
Son of Cronos and Rhea
King of the gods
Married Hera his eldest sister
Symbols are the thunderbolt and the eagle
Rhea
Gave a rock to her husband
Married to Cronus
She saved Zeus’s life
Mother of Demeter, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon,
Hades, and Zeus.
Pandora’s Box
When opened, it lets out all the woes of the
world
Owner is Pandora whose name means “all
gifted”
Orpheus
His music charmed Hades
He could not trust
Invented the seven-stringed lyre
Dionysus
Vine and festival god
Most important of the nature gods
Zeus is his father
Eros
Cupid
Archer of love
Any man or woman struck by the arrows
will fall immediately in love
Echo
Talked so much she was punished by Hera
Helped Zeus escape the vigilance of Hera
Was hurt by Narcissus because he found
her conversation boring
Achilles
Had a weak spot on his heel
Greatest of all Greek warriors
Could run faster than any horse
Artemis
Hunt and moon goddess
Silver belonged to her
Apollo was her brother
Pan
Woodland god
Resembled a goat
He had goat-like habits
Daedalus
Father who had a plan to escape from a
prison tower
The greatest inventor of ancient times
He invented the sail, the compass, the
potter’s wheel, and the axe
Athena
Owl is her symbol
She is the brainchild of Zeus
Wisdom goddess
Narcissus
Fell in love with his own image
Aphrodite transformed him into a yellow
and white flower
Mount Olympus
Where the gods live
Apollo
Sun god
Also the god of medicine and music
Patron of poetry, mathematics, and
prophecy
Poseidon
Symbols are the trident and the dolphin
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Sea god
Most fearsome of the Olympians
Ares
The Greeks dislike this god because he is
always causing trouble
Mars is his Roman name
War god
Son of Zeus and Hera
Mount Etna
Where Promethus was chained
Where Hephaestus had his forge
Prometheus
Gave fire to man
Noblest of the sons of Uranus and Gaia
Friend to man
Icarus
Didn’t listen to his father
Flew to close to the sun and plunged into
the sea
Icarian Sea
Hades
Symbols are the black sheep and Cerberus
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Ruler of the underworld
Mercury
Hermes
Son of Zeus and Maia
Patron of liars, gamblers, and thieves
Stole a herd of cattle when he was only a
half day old
Demeter
Harvest goddess
Ceres is her Roman name
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Aphrodite
Love and beauty goddess
Married Hephaestus
She had no parents
Aphrodite means “foam-born”
Titans
Prometheus was a Titan
The first brood of divine creatures
produced by the marriage of Uranus and
Gaia
Gaea (Gaia)
Created the mountains and the sea
Was known as Earth
Mother of Uranus, who had no father
Chaos
State of the world before gods
Hera
Proud as a peacock
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Queen of the gods
The End