Greek Mythology
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- 2 Greek gods of fire--one friendly(hearth) and one unfriendly
- Hestia/Hephaestus
- place of peace for virtuous souls
- Elvisian Fields
- animal Arachne was turned into by Athena
- spider
- goddess of moon, hunting, wild animals, childbirth, chastity
- Artemis
- daughter of Minos who aided Theseus in his escape from Labyrinth
- Ariadne
- monster with bull's head / mans body; lived in maze
- menatar
- vengeful creatures, hideous old women in charge of eternal punishiment
- furies
- 3-pronged spear used by Poseidon to raise storms at sea
- trident
- offspring of uranus and gaea who were enormous beings, ruled before the gods
- Titans
- sculptor who fell in love with statue that was brought to life
- Pygmalion
- boatman who ferried souls into the underworlds
- Charon
- another name for Gaea
- Mother Earth
- goddess of dawn
- Eos
- Titan condemned to hold up the heavens
- Atlas
- maze in which monster with bull's head / mans body lived
- Labyrinth
- objects called talaria which helped Hermes to deliver messages quickly
- winged sandals
- goddess who threatened barren Earth if daughter not returned
- Demeter
- goddess of love and beauty
- Aphrodite
- Lyndian woman who bragged she was a better weaver than Athena
- Arachne
- Mortal killed by Zeus for bringing dead back to life
- Asclepius
- where Prometheus was chained by Zeus as punishment for bringing fire to humans
- Mt. Caucases
- goddess of the underworld
- Persephone
- youngest offspring of Cronus-- escaped being swallowed by Cronus and overthrew him
- Zeus
- drink of the gods
- nectar
- method used by Theseus to kill Sinis
- body pulled in half by pine trees
- sorceress married to Theseus' father who attempted to kill Theseus
- Poseidon's wife
- gift Zeus withheld from humans which Prometheus provided despite Zeus' ban
- fire
- part of Prometheus' body that regenerated and was eaten by vultures repeatedly
- liver
- hunter killed by Artemis when Apollo tricked her into shooting him
- Coronus
- River of Woes
- Archeron
- word derived from "all" and "gods"
- Pantheon
- goddess of Earth, agriculture, fertility, grain, harvest
- Demeter
- goddess "wisdom" and wife of Zeus whom he swallowed
- Metis
- fruit eaten by Persephone while in the Underworld that influenced length of annual stay
- 6 seeds of Pomagranite
- name of statue that came to life and married its scuptor
- Galatea
- king who voted vs. Apollo in music contest and had his ears turned into donkey ears
- Midas
- how Icarus died
- flew too high/wings melted
- reason Artemis turned mortal hunter into stag
- saw her bathing
- other 5 children of Cronus
- Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Demeter
- name given to the spirits of the dead
- shades
- name of 12 major gods
- Olympians
- 3 Olympians who divided the universe among themselves & their respective regions
- Zeus, Hades, Poseidon
- object belonging to Aphrodite that caused ppl to be irristable
- linen scarf
- instrument played by Apollo, obtained from Hermes
- lyre
- goddess of wisdom, war, handicrafts, liberal arts
- Athene
- god of light, sun, poetry, music, medicine, prophecy, arts
- Apollo
- god of love
- Eros
- god of nature, fields, forests, hunters, shepherds, flocks & rustic life
- Pan
- shrine to Athena on Acropolis in Athens
- Parthenon
- offspring of uranus and GAea with only one eye in middle of forehead
- Cyclopes
- legendery founders of Rome, sons of mars(Roman Ares)
- Romulus and Remus
- god of fire, forge, metal working
- Hephaestus
- gift given to Hades by Cyclopes
- invisible helmet
- giants freed by Zeus who produced his lightening bolts and helped him defeat Cronus
- Cyclopes
- Titanness who was goddess of remembrance
- Mnemosyne
- daughter of Zeus and Dione or perhaps born from sea foam
- Aphrodite
- river over which souls were ferried into Underworld
- Styx
- lowest region of underworld
- Tartarus
- name of Hermes' winged staff wrapped by serpents
- Herdsmen's staff
- place ruled by Hades; destination of the dead
- Underworld
- gift given to Poseidon by Cyclopes
- trident
- Medusa was changed into creature so hideous that one looked at her and turned them into...
- stone
- 2 sons of Titan Lapetus who fought on the side of Zeus ("forethought" and "afterthought")
- Prometheus and Epimetheus
- nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus who presided over the arts
- muses-- Terpsichore, Enterpe, Eruto, Polyhmnia, Thalia, Calliope, Melpomene, Urania, Clio
- god of war
- Ares
- animal created by Poseidon
- horse
- patron goddesses of the arts
- muses
- Hades' favorite animal; watchdog of the underworld
- Cerberues
- daughter locked in tower by King Acrisius out of fear a child of hers would kill him
- Danae
- twins of Zeus and Leto
- Apollo and Artemis
- destination of ordinary shades in underworld
- field of Asphodel
- mountain that Typhon--fire breathing Titan defeated by Zeus-- lives under
- Mt. Etna
- chief symbol of Athena
- owl
- function of helmet belonging to Hades, made by cyclopes
- invisibility
- goddess of hearth
- Hestia
- apples presented to Hera as wedding gift by Gaea
- Golden Apples
- son of Daedalus who was imprisoned with his father in Crete
- Icarus
- hero born to Zeus and Danae, cast out by grandfather who feared child would kill him
- Hercules
- only item left in Pandora's box
- hope
- Hera and Zeus' crippled son
- Hephaestus
- nymph whose chatter aided Zeus so Hera condemned her to only repeating
- Echo
- Zeus and Hera's son who took pleasure in fighting
- Ares
- River of Forgetfulness
- Lethe
- original empty void that existed before creation
- chaos
- number of judges in the underworld
- 3
- king who returned Silenus to Dionysus and was given ability to turn objects into gold
- Midas
- Prince of Troy whose insult of Hera eventually led to the Trojan War
- Paris
- physically imperfect god
- Hephaestus
- River of Fire
- Phlegethon
- region of underworld surrounded by 3 high walls and Phlegethon, place of wicked
- Tartarus
- Maia and Zeus' son: shortly after birth created lyre
- Hermes
- Son of Zeus and Maia who stole Apollo's cows
- Hermes
- number of rivers in the underworld
- 5
- god of sea, earthquakes, and horses
- Poseidon
- king of gods
- Zeus
- where dead carried payment for boatmen
- under tongues(mouths)
- mountain home of gods
- Mt. Olympus
- personification of earth
- Gaea
- son of aphrodite, created physical attraction b/t ppl
- Eros
- god of invention, science, commerce, protector of travelers, thieves, gamblers
- Hermes
- god of fertility, wine, revelry, theater
- Dionysus
- hero who killed Medusa by cutting off her helmet
- Perseus
- mortal hunter who turned into stag by Artemis and killed by his own dogs
- Actaeon
- god of healing and medicine
- Asclepius
- object Zeus gave as Pandora's dowry
- box/jar
- bird seen holding thunderbolts, a symbol of Zeus
- eagle
- number of watchdog's head
- 3
- food of the gods
- ambrosia
- god of underworld
- Hades
- Greed goddess sprang from Zeus;s head fully grown and wearing armor
- Athene
- color of sails Theseus flew accidently on return to Crete
- black
- bird that was sacred to Ares
- hawk
- objects Theseus carried to Athens to prove himself heir to throne
- sword from stone
- River of Unbreakable Oaths
- Styx
- woman created by Hephaestus who brought suffering to the world
- Pandora
- queen of gods, goddess of marriage
- Hera
- Rhea's method of preventing Cronus from swallowing the youngest offspring(Zeus)
- disguised a rock by wrapping it in a blanket
- architect of Labyrinth
- Daedalus
- Gorgon who was mortal
- Medusa
- spirits of woods, trees, rivers, springs, caves, mtns
- nymphs
- Greek poet other than Homer-- he wrote about the origins of gods
- Hesiod
- Zeus's most powerful weapon
- thunderbolts
- giant whose limbs were cut off by Theseus
- Pityocamptes