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Greek Mythology
Greek Gods/Goddesses and heros
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Art History
9th Grade
01/24/2010

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Term
Chronus
Definition
  • was king
  • Zeus's dad
  • Ate his children so they wouldn't take over his rule
  • Rhea was his wife
Term
Rhea
Definition

  • was Chronus' wife
  • Ops-Roman name
  • saved Zeus from being eaten
  • Tricked Chronus by giving him a rock to eat instead of Zeus

Term
Zeus
Definition

  • 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

Term
Poseidon 
Definition

  • Roman name is Neptune 
  • God of the water
  • Trident is his symbol 
  • brother of Zeus

Term
Hades
Definition

  • Roman name is Pluto 
  • God of the Underworld/wealth
  • Wife is Persephone 
  • Zeus's brother 
  • feared by all

Term
Demeter 
Definition

  • 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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Hera
Definition

  • Roman name is Juno 
  • Extremely jealous 
  • God of marriage 
  • Zeus's first wife
  • Sister is Demeter 

Term
Hestia 
Definition

  • Roman name is Vesta 
  • A virgin goddess 
  • Zeus's sister 
  • Goddess of the Earth 
  • Stepped down for Dionysus 

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Ares 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Athena 
Definition

  • 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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Apollo 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Artemis 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Hephaestus 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Aphrodite 
Definition

  • 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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Hermes
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Dionysus 
Definition

  • Roman name is Bacchus 
  • God of wine and festivity/fertility 
  • Son of Zeus
  • Twice born
  • Known for parties 

Term
Persephone 
Definition

  • Roman name is Proserpine
  • Symbol is the pomegranate
  • Goddess/queen of the Underworld
  • Married to Hades

Term
Helios 
Definition

  • Roman name is Spevus 
  • God of the Sun 
  • Symbol is the sun 

Term
Aeolus 
Definition

  • God of the winds
  • lived on earth 
  • Helped Odyseus- gave him the bag of winds 

Term
Eros 
Definition

  • Roman name is Cupid 
  • Got people to fall in love 
  • Son of Aphrodite 
  • Symbol is the bow and arrow
  • Caused drama 

Term
Aeneas 
Definition

  • Son of Aphrodite 
  • One of the most famous Trojan War fighters 

Term
Tantalus 
Definition

  • 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

Term
Helen 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Heracles 
Definition

  • God of courage and strength 
  • Father was Zeus
  • Hated by Hera
  • Had to kill the 12 labors 
  • Cousin is Theseus 

Term
Perseus 
Definition

  • Killed Medusa 
  • Rescued Andromeda from sea monster and later married her
  • Could turn people into stone, with just one look

Term
Prometheus 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Atlas 
Definition

  • Was a giant 
  • God of strength 
  • Doomed to holding up the world for eternity 
  • He was beautiful 

Term
Circe 
Definition

  • Minor goddess of magic 
  • Father is Helios 
  • Drugged her victims and turned them into animals 

Term
Tiresias 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Theseus 
Definition

  • Made journey to Athens to find his father 
  • Hercules cousin 
  • Defeated the Minotaur 
  • Forgot to change his sails from black to white 

Term

Jason/Medea 

 

Definition

  • 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 

Term
Achilles 
Definition

 

  • Greek hero of Trojan War 
  • Greatest hero in the story The Illiad 
  • His heel was his weekness
  • He killed Hector 

 

Term
Adonis 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Pygmalion/Galatea 
Definition

  • 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

Term
Midas 
Definition

  • King who could turn anything he touched into gold
  • King of Pessinus 
  • Also known for his garden of roses

Term
Pandora 
Definition

  • 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

Term
Sisyphus 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Damon/Pythias 
Definition

  • 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

Term
Bellerophon/Pegasus 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Arachne 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Daedalus/Icarus 
Definition

 

  • 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 

 

Term

Medusa/Gorgons 

 

Definition

 

  • 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 

 

Term
Minotaur/Labyrinth 
Definition

  • 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 

Term
Chiron 
Definition

  • Was a centaur 
  • Died for Prometheus 
  • Known for goodness and wisdom, while also being very stubborn 
  • Was immortal  
  • Mentor for Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, etc.

Term
Charybdis 
Definition

  • Daughter of Poseidon 
  • She was a sea monster/whirlpool 
  • Odyseus and the Argonauts passed her 

Term
Scylla 
Definition

  •  Had six heads and stomachs 
  • Snake heads with dog body
  • Killed men from Odyseus's crew 
  • Is a monster because of Circe 

Term
Priam 
Definition

  • Was the King of Troy 
  • Father of Paris and Hector 

Term
Paris 
Definition

  • 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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