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Greek Mythology
Mythical Characters, Places and Objects
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Literature
8th Grade
03/28/2015

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Zeus
Definition
-King of Gods
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Poseiden
Definition
-Zeus's Brother
-God of Ocean
-Carries Trident
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Hera
Definition
-Zeus's Wife/ Sister
-Queen of the Gods
-guardian of marriage
-very jealous of Zeus's other wives, especially mortal women
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Apollo
Definition
-Son of Zeus
-God of poetry/ music/ medicine/ and light
- Sun God
-Twin to Artemis
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Athena
Definition
Daughter of Zeus
-goddess of wisdom and war
-Athens, Greece was named after her
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Artemis
Definition
Daughter of Zues
- Twin to Apollo
-goddess of hunting
-goddess of the moon
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Ares
Definition
Son of Zeus
- Terrible God of War
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Hephaetus
Definition
Son of Zeus and Hera
-lame blacksmith
-god of Fire
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Aphrodite
Definition
wife of Hephaestus
-goddess of love and beauty
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Eros/Cupid
Definition
Aphrodite's Son
-shoots arrows causing people to fall in love
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Hermes
Definition
Zeus's Son
-messenger of the Gods
-God of science and inventions
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Hestia
Definition
Zeus's Sister
-Goddess of hearth and home
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Demeter
Definition
-Zeus's Sister
- Goddess of Agriculture
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Hades
Definition
-Zeus's Brother
- God of the dead/underworld
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Pan
Definition
-God of woods and fields
-half man, half goat
-Very musical
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Dionysus
Definition
-God of Wine/revelry/dancing
-Granted Midas the golden touch
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Silenus
Definition
teacher/tutor of Dionysus
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Penelope
Definition
-A Nymph of the woods
-mortal
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Syrinx
Definition
- a nymph that did not return Pan's love
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Tmolus
Definition
-Mountain God
-Judged the contest between Pan and Apollo
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Helius
Definition
Son of Hyperion
-Old Sun God who retired so Apollo became sun god.
Term
Hyperion
Definition
-Very first sun god
-father of Helius
Term
Mt. Olympus
Definition
home of Gods
Term
Phrygia
Definition
country on earth
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Pactolus
Definition
Cleansing river were Midas was rid of his Golden touch
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Delos
Definition
rocky island where Artemis and Apollo were born
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Parnussus
Definition
snow covered mountain where Apollo lived.
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Crete
Definition
Island of the people who raised Zeus as a child
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Trident
Definition
3 pronged spear
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Hearth
Definition
Fireplace/Warmth
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Revelry
Definition
Have a good time/party
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Satyrs
Definition
Half-Goat Half-Man
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Centaur
Definition
Half Horse, Half Man
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Nymphs
Definition
Minor Divinities
-Half Gods of Nature
Term
Mortal
Definition
Subject to Death
-Cannot live forever
(Humans)
Term
Aegis
Definition
Broad Shining Shield
(Pervents any harm)
Term
Oracle
Definition
inspired priest that has the ability to tell the future
Term
Gordian Knot
Definition
A knot no one can undo
Term
Priestess
Definition
Female priest that can predict the future
Term
Nemean Lion
Definition
A lion with hide so tough that a weapon could not pierce it
Term
Lernaean Hydra
Definition
an organism with a dog like body and nine serpent heads

which could regenerate if they were damaged or cut off.
Term
Cerynean hind
Definition
A sacred deer with hooves of bronze and horns of gold
Term
Erymanthian Boar
Definition
An enormous fierce wild pig
Term
Stymphalian Birds
Definition
Man-eating birds with bronze beak, claws and wings.
Term
Minotaur
Definition
An animal with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
Term
Cyclopes
Definition
One-Eyed monsters
Term
Cronos
Definition
-Leader of the Titans
-ate his children, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon
-Sixth child, Zeus, was hidden and raised by the nymphs
Term
Rhea
Definition
-Cronos's Sister/ Wife
Term
Atlas
Definition
- A banished Titan
-punished by being made to hold the earth
Term
Prometheus
Definition
-Conquered Titan
-Stole fire form the gods to give to man
Term
Epimetheus
Definition
-Conquered Titan
-Prometheus's Brother
-Helped create life of earth (animals and plants)
Term
Eros
Definition
-God of Life (Breathed life into objects)
-Causes people to fall in love
Term
Arachne
Definition
-Mortal Skilled Weaver
-Turned into Spider by Athena
Term
Gordius
Definition
-King of Phrygria
-Made King when he was the first to ride in on a wagon
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Cybele
Definition
-Gordius's Wife
-Queen of Phrygia
Term
Midas
Definition
-Son of Gordius and Cybele
-was granted the Golden Touch
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Leto
Definition
-A Titan and a mistress to Zeus
-Mother of Apollo and Artemis
Term
Alcmene
Definition
-Mortal daughter of the King of Mycenae
-Mother of Hercules
Term
Hesperides
Definition
-Titan daughters of Atlas
-their duty was to guard the golden apples
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Hercules
Definition
-Son of Alcmene and Zeus
-Had to perform twelve difficult tasks to rid himself of the guilt he had from being driven by Hera to kill his family.
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