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- was king
- Zeus's dad
- Ate his children so they wouldn't take over his rule
- Rhea was his wife
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- was Chronus' wife
- Ops-Roman name
- saved Zeus from being eaten
- Tricked Chronus by giving him a rock to eat instead of Zeus
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- Roman name is Jupiter
- God of the Gods
- power is lightening
- feared by all
- has many wives
- able to control the weather
- more power then all the gods powers combinged
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- Roman name is Neptune
- God of the water
- Trident is his symbol
- brother of Zeus
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- Roman name is Pluto
- God of the Underworld/wealth
- Wife is Persephone
- Zeus's brother
- feared by all
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- Roman name is Ceres
- Symbol is fruit
- Goddess of the Earth
- Daughter is Persephone
- Power over the seasons
- Taught humans how to grow crops
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- Roman name is Juno
- Extremely jealous
- God of marriage
- Zeus's first wife
- Sister is Demeter
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- Roman name is Vesta
- A virgin goddess
- Zeus's sister
- Goddess of the Earth
- Stepped down for Dionysus
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- Roman name is Mars
- God of War
- Is violent and known for not being smart and being rash
- Child of Zeus, and hated by his parents
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- Roman name is Minerva
- Symbol is an owl
- A virgin goddess
- Goddess of war and wisdom
- Known for good strategy in war
- Came out of Zeus's head/daughter of Zeus
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- Has a chariot
- most "Greek" of all greek gods
- God of archery, light, music, poetry, music, truth, and healing arts
- Symbal is a Lyer (musical instrument)
- Twin sister is Artemis
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- Roman name is Diana
- Killed love one by accident
- A Virgin Goddess
- Goddess of the hunt/wild things
- Symbol is the silver moon and crescent bow
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- God of the Fire
- Symbol is the Vulcin
- Only born from Hera
- Is the only crippled God
- He was so ugly, Hera threw him off Mt. Olympus-made him cripple
- Though ugliest God, he got Aphrodite
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- Roman name is Venus
- Goddess of love and beauty
- Symbol is a swan or dove
- Loved by all
- Kind of started Trojan war
- Born from the foams of the ocean
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- Roman name is Mercury
- Leads souls to the Underworld
- Mostly known for winged sandals
- God of the thieves and athletics
- Was the messenger god, who delivered messages
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- Roman name is Bacchus
- God of wine and festivity/fertility
- Son of Zeus
- Twice born
- Known for parties
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- Roman name is Proserpine
- Symbol is the pomegranate
- Goddess/queen of the Underworld
- Married to Hades
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- Roman name is Spevus
- God of the Sun
- Symbol is the sun
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- God of the winds
- lived on earth
- Helped Odyseus- gave him the bag of winds
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- Roman name is Cupid
- Got people to fall in love
- Son of Aphrodite
- Symbol is the bow and arrow
- Caused drama
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- Son of Aphrodite
- One of the most famous Trojan War fighters
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- Son of Zeus
- Son named Pilopse
- Cut son up, and thought he could trick the gods by feeding him to them in a soup
- They found out before eating soup, and sent him to Underworld
- Punishment was to be hungry and thirsty for eternity
- Gods put back son, but his shoulder was gone because one god had taken a bite of the soup
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- Daughter of Zeus and Leda
- Fairest of all women of the world
- Was the reason the Trojan War started
- In the beauty contest between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, Aphrodite said she'd give Paris the most beautiful women, which was Helen
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- God of courage and strength
- Father was Zeus
- Hated by Hera
- Had to kill the 12 labors
- Cousin is Theseus
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- Killed Medusa
- Rescued Andromeda from sea monster and later married her
- Could turn people into stone, with just one look
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- Aided Zeus in the war with Chronus
- Known for willy intelligence and stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals
- Punishment for that was everyday he grows a liver, and a eagle comes and eats it
- Only one Zeus sparred from death
- Is a titan
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- Was a giant
- God of strength
- Doomed to holding up the world for eternity
- He was beautiful
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- Minor goddess of magic
- Father is Helios
- Drugged her victims and turned them into animals
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- Blind prophet
- Helped Odyseus in the fire cave place
- Was turned into a women by Zeus for punishment, but turned him back
- Became blind because he saw Athena naked
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- Made journey to Athens to find his father
- Hercules cousin
- Defeated the Minotaur
- Forgot to change his sails from black to white
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- They were married
- Known for story of the Golden Fleece
- Medea was a witch, and killed her children and brother
- Jason is known to be one of the heros of Greek mythology
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- Greek hero of Trojan War
- Greatest hero in the story The Illiad
- His heel was his weekness
- He killed Hector
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- Was beautiful
- Aphrodite and Persephone loved and fought for him, so they shared him according to the seasons
- Died then came back to life, became part immortal
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- Pygamlion hated women
- Was the kind of Tyre
- Didos is his wicked brother
- Fell in love with the statue Galatea
- Gods turned the statue into a real women for him
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- King who could turn anything he touched into gold
- King of Pessinus
- Also known for his garden of roses
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- Known to be first women
- Daughter of Zeus
- Known to be curious
- Opened a box that wasn't supposed to be opened, releasing all the bad and evil things upon Earth
- Closed box before "hope" could come out
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- Was a king who was punished to push a boulder up a hill, but before he made it to the top, the boulder would fall, and he had to repeat this process for eternity
- This was his punishment because he tricked the Gods many times
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- Story of BFF's/Moral:Friendship wins
- Pythias was going to be killed by Dionysus
- Begged Dionysus to let him to say goodbye to family and friends
- Damon took his place to be killed, and the two started fighting over who would be killed then
- Neither were killed because Dionysus saw their loyalty and friendship
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- Pegasus was son of Medusa and Poseidon-born when Medusa's head was cut off
- Pegasus was Bellerophon's because he was the only one who could ride him, no other could
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- Thought was better than Athena in weaving
- They had a contest, Athena saw she was really good and cursed her so she felt guilty
- Arachne hung herself from the guilt
- Athena then felt bad and then brought her back in the form of a spider
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- Both imprisoned by a king
- Icarus was Daedalus's son
- Daedalus and Icarus created the Labyrinth for King Minos
- Escaped with wax wings
- Icarus died from flying too close to the sun and wings melting
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- Medusa is one of the three Gorgons
- All Gorgons had wings
- She had snakes as hair
- Could turn anyone she looked at into stone
- Though the other two Gorgons were immortal, Medusa was not, and was killed by Perseus
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- Minotaur dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete
- Designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur
- Minotaur was killed by Theseus
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- Was a centaur
- Died for Prometheus
- Known for goodness and wisdom, while also being very stubborn
- Was immortal
- Mentor for Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, etc.
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- Daughter of Poseidon
- She was a sea monster/whirlpool
- Odyseus and the Argonauts passed her
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- Had six heads and stomachs
- Snake heads with dog body
- Killed men from Odyseus's crew
- Is a monster because of Circe
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- Was the King of Troy
- Father of Paris and Hector
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- Son of Priam and brother of Hector
- Killed Achilles
- Appointed by Zeus to judge the beauty contest of Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera
- Picked Aphrodite who promised him the most beautiful women- Helen
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