Updated English Study Guide
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- number of rivers in underworld
- 5
- method used by hercules to clean augean stables
- diverted 2 rivers to flow through stables and clean them
- mountian that typhon lives under
- mt. etna
- objects of talaria which helps hermes deliver messages
- winged shoes
- man eating animals scared away by hercules and athena's bronze rattle
- stymphalion birds
- place of the wicked in underworld
- tartarus
- what jason threw into the crowd of fully grown warriors
- a stone
- bones thrown by deucalion and pyrrha to restore human race
- the bones of mother earth - stones
- object belonging to aphrodite that caused ppl to be irresistible
- belt or girdle
- hero that killed medusa by cutting off her head
- perseus
- animal arachne was turned inyo
- spider
- number of watchdog's heads
- 3
- goddess with whom hercules was reconciled after he died
- hera
- maze in which monster lived
- labyrinth
- monster with bull's head and man's body
- minotaur
- daughter locked in tower by king acrisius
- danae
- son of daedalus who was imprisoned with his father in crete
- icarus
- spirits of woods trees rivers springs caves etc,
- nymphs
- apples presented to hera at her wedding by gaea
- golden apples of hespiredes
- number of the labors of hercules
- 12 (originally had 10 but something went wrong in one of them so they added 2)
- color of sails theseus flew accidentally
- black
- queen of gods, goddess of marriage
- hera
- daughter of zeus and dione perhaps born from sea foam
- aphrodite
- twins of zeus and leto
- apollo and artemis
- drink of gods
- nectar
- boatman who ferried souls into underworld
- charon
- what did medusa turn men into
- stone
- river of woes
- acheron
- zeus and hera's son who took pleasure in fighting
- ares
- offspring of uranus and gaea who were enormous, ruled before gods
- titans
- giant whose limbs were cut off by theseus
- procrustes
- maia and zeus' son - made lyre after birth
- hermes
- pregnant goddess of wisdom and wife of zeus whom he swallowed
- metis
- god of fertility, wine, revelry,theatre
- dionysus
- crazed women, followers of dionysus, who tore orpheus to pieces
- maenads
- animals sent by hera to kill infant hercules
- 2 serpents
- fruit guarded by daughters of hesperus
- golden apples
- mortal son of zeus who freed prometheus
- hercules
- fruit eaten by persephone while in underworld
- 6 seeds of pomegranate
- queen of amazons who owned the girdle desired by the daughter of eurystheus
- hippolyta
- physically imperfect god
- hephaestus
- vengeful creatures old women who were in charge of eternal punishments
- furies
- 2 greek gods of fire, friendly and unfriendly
- friendly-hestia unfriendly-hephaestus
- goddess of hearth
- hestia
- goddess of moon, hunting, wild animals etc
- artemis
- place ruled by hades
- underworld
- goddess of wisdom, war, handicrafts, liberal arts
- athene
- group of greek adventurers protected by hera while searching for golden fleece
- argonauts
- what did hercules use hydra's blood for
- he dipped his arrows in it
- patron goddesses of learning and arts
- muses
- lydian woman who bragged she was better thn athena
- arachne
- animals captured by hercules from geryon, had 3 heads
- cattle
- where prometheus was chained as punishment for giving fire to humans
- caucasus
- titaness who was goddess of rememberance
- mnemosyne
- name given to spirits of dead
- shades
- mortal hunter turned into stag by artemis
- actaeon
- jason's uncle who usurped the throne from jason's father
- pelias
- 3 olympians who divided universe among themselves
- zeus, hades, posiedon
- king aeetes daughter who fell in love with jason and helped him capture fleece
- medea
- only item left in pandora's box
- hope
- lowest region of underworld
- tartarus
- god of love
- eros
- instrument played by apollo
- lyre
- other 5 children who were swallowed by cronus
- hades posiedon, hestia, hera, demeter
- king who returned silenus to dionysus and was given ability to turn objects to gold
- midas
- titan freed by hercules on his quest for golden apples
- prometheus
- where dead carried payment for boat
- under tongue
- part of prometheus' body that was eaten out by vultures but later grew back
- liver
- ship of jason and argonauts
- the argo
- architect of labyrinth
- daedalus
- original empty void that existed before creation
- chaos
- daughter of minos who helped theseus escape labyrinth
- ariadne
- legendary founders of rome, sons of ares
- romulus and remus
- sculptor who fell in love with statue that was brought back to life
- pygmalion
- most famous thief who could change color of cattle and stole cows from sisyphus
- autolycus
- animal created by posiedon
- horse
- another name for gaea
- mother earth
- manner in which zeus set out to destroy mankind for wickedness
- flood
- offspring of uranus and gaea with only one eye
- cyclopes
- 3 pronged spear used by posiedon to raise storms
- trident
- gift zeus witheld from humans which prometheus provided against zeus' will
- fire
- destination of ordinary shades in underworld
- fiels of asphodel
- watchog of underworld
- cerberus
- name of 49 greek heroes who sailed with jason
- argonauts
- jason had to sow these in exchange for fleece
- a field of dragon teeth
- woman created by hephaestus who brought suffering into the world
- pandora
- chief symbol of athena
- owl
- goddess of undreworld
- persephone
- strongman who protected jason's ship until he left to search for hylas
- hercules
- bird that was sacred to ares
- vulture
- nymph whos chattering aided zeus so hera condemned her only to repeat
- echo
- strait named for helle when helle fell into the sea and drowned
- hellespont
- titan who retrieved golden apples for hercules
- atlas
- god of fire, forge, metalworking
- hephaestus
- personification of earth
- gaia
- river of fire
- phlegathon
- son of prometheus who built ark to save himself and wife
- deucalion
- island where hercules captured raging bull when minos failed to sacrifice it to posiedon
- crete
- created by hercules when he opened up the western mediterranean
- pillars of hercules
- king of gods
- zeus
- name of hermes winged staff wrapped by serpents
- cauduceus
- goddess of earth, agricultuture, fertility, grain harvest
- demeter
- greek poet other than homer who wrote about the origins of the gods
- hessiad
- zeus' most powerful weapons
- thunder bolts
- name of statue that came back to life and married its sculptor
- galatea
- how icarus died
- flew too high and his wings melted and drowned in the water below
- magical ram's wool that could speak and fly
- golden fleece
- daughter of aeetes who helped jason with magic drug for the dragon guarding the fleece
- medea
- 2 sons of titan lapetus who fought on zeus' side
- prometheus and epimetheus
- food of gods
- ambrosia
- function of helmet belonging to hades
- invisibility
- gift given to posiedon by cyclopes
- his trident
- son o aphrodite creates physical attraction between ppl
- eros
- god of war
- ares
- son of zeus and alcmene tormented by hera via eurysthesus
- hercules
- animal killed by hercules by strangling
- nemian lion
- many headed serpent killed by hercules
- hydra
- 9 daughters of mnemosyne and zeus who presided over the arts
- muses
- hero born to zeus and danae cast out by grandfather
- perseus
- god of light, sun, poetry, music, etc.
- apollo
- reason artemis turned mortal hunter into stag
- he saw her bathing
- goddess of dawn
- eos
- son of zeus maia who stole apollo's cows
- hermes
- mountain home of gods
- mt. olympus
- giants who freed zeus and gave him lightning bolts for helping defeat cronus
- cyclopes
- objects theseus carried to athens to prove himself heir to the throne
- sandals and sword
- hera and zeus' crippled son
- hephaestus
- goddess who threatened barren earth if her daughter was not returned
- demeter
- hunter killed by artemis when apollo tricked her into shooting him
- orion
- mortal son of zeus who helped olympians defeat giants
- hercules
- river of unbreakable oaths
- styx
- scorceress married to theseus' father who attempted to kill theseus
- medea
- bird seen holding thunderbolts
- eagle
- youngest offspring of cronus
- zeus
- prince of troy whos insult of hera eventually resulted in trojan war
- paris
- god of nature, fields, forest, sheperds, flocks and rustic life
- pan
- animal tracked by hercules for a year until he captured it
- cerynian hind
- god of invention, science, commerce, protecter of travelers, thieves, gamblers
- hermes
- another character who sowed dragon's teeth
- cadmas
- giant crustacian sent by hera to plague hercules while fighting hydra
- giant crab
- instrument used by hercules to kill his music teacher linus
- lyre
- mortal killed by zeus for bringing dead back to life
- asclepius
- word derived from greek for "all" and "gods"
- pantheon
- god of underworld
- hades
- god of sea earthquakes horses
- posiedon
- greek goddess who sprang from zeus' head fully armed
- athene
- zeus' disguise when he carried away europa
- white bull
- number of days and nights rain fell on earth when zeus destroyed men
- 9 days and nights
- number of judges in underworld
- 3
- gorgon mortal godess
- medusa
- object zeus gave as pandora's dowry
- jar
- gift given to hades by cyclopes
- an invisible helmet
- river of forgetfulness
- lethe
- animal form zeus took when wooing hera
- coo coo bird
- shrine to athene on acropolis in athens
- parthenon
- king who voted vs. apollo in music contest and had his ears turned to donkey ears
- king midas
- animal that rought thunderbolts to zeus and aided bellerophon
- pegasus
- 3 headed dog captured by hercules for 12th labor
- cerberus
- animal driven into snowbank and captured by hercules
- erymantian boar
- name of twelve major gods
- olympians - zeus,posiedon,hades,hera,hestia,demeter,aphrodite,hermes,athene,apollo,artemis,hephaestus
- animals that ate humans and belonged to diomedes
- mares of diomedes
- god of healing and medicine
- asclepius
- rhea's method of preventing cronus from swallowing zeus
- she hid zeus and wrapped a rock in a blanket and gave it to cronos
- method used ny theseus to kill pityocamptes
- asked him to hold 2 trees and he split in half
- object used as ruse by minos in search for daedalus
- whorled shell
- place of peace for virtuous souls
- elysian fields
- river over which souls were carried to the underworld
- styx
- hero who bridled pegasus and defeated chimaera
- belleraphon
- titan condemned to hold up heavens
- atlas
- king whose stables were cleaned by hercules
- augeas
- goddess of love and beauty
- aphrodite
- goddess of black magic, ghosts, and witchcraft
- hecate