FRANCISCO, M.A.

J (1OR)
GREEK MYTHOLOGY FROM QUIZLET
Mythology Hades

means "word" "speech" "tale" "story." King of the Underworld, ruler of the dead.

Etiology Poseidon

The cause or origins of phenomenon. God of the Sea and horses, bad temper, liked "wooing"
Goddesses and women, married to Amphitrite who bore
Etymology Triton (merman), punished mortals when they dishonored
him, known for his trident.
The origins of words of parts of words
King Zeus
Eos & Tithonus
King of the Gods and sky and law and punishment, weapon
Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.
is the thunderbolt, married to Hera, other wives bore him
Tantalus Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Dionysus, fooled
mortals and seduced them.
Something you want but you can’t have.
Other Olympians
Gaia & Ouranus
Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Hephaestus, Ares,
Earth and Sky gave birth to 12 Titans, 3 Cyclops and 3 Aphrodite, Dionysus.
Hecatonchires.
Athena
Cronus
Virgin Goddess of war and handicrafts, rational about war,
A titan, cuts of fathers genitals, locks up his brothers in Known for carrying the Gorgons head, born from Zeus's
Tartarus. head.

Cronus & Rhea Apollo

Woman gives birth to 5 children, Man eats them up, Zeus God of Prophecy and divination, music and arts, healing
is born but not eaten by father. and archery, Offensive, Known for holding a lyre and bow.

Young Zeus Artemis

Cronus’s cup bearer poisons his cup, all 5 children emerge
from Cronus and are unharmed, defeats Cronus and titans.
Atlas
Man carrying the world.
The First Olympians
Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.
Virgin Goddess of Hunting and of women, Protectress of
nature, Sister of Apollo, Known for carrying a bow and
arrows and accompanied by animals.
Hermes
He is the God's messenger, God of travelers, merchants
and thieves, very clever, never married, Known for carrying
a staff and winged sandals and hat.

Hestia Hephaestus

Goddess of hearth and its fire never left olympus. God of the forge, metalworking and fire, Created Pandora's
Jar, armor for Achilles, Heracles and Zeus's thunderbolt,
Demeter Known for carrying and axe or blacksmith tongs.

Goddess of the crops, bore Persephone with Zeus. Ares

Rape of Persephone God of War, stands for blood-lust , delighted about

slaughter, had sons Phobos and Deimos (Horror and Fear),
4 months of every year, she is in the underworld and unpopular, never married.
Demeter refuses to let things grow (winter).
Aphrodite
Hera
Goddess of erotic love. beauty and sexual desire, married
Goddess of marriage and childbirth, Sister and Wife of to Hephaestus, helped start the Trojan War.
Zeus, Bore Ares and Hephaestus, easily offended, often
portrayed in art carrying a scepter and wearing a crown.
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY FROM QUIZLET
Dionysus
God of grape harvest and wine making, ritual madness,
Known for his drinking vessel and ivy wreath.
Pandora and her Jar
Hephaestus created the first women, all Gods and
Goddesses gave her a special gift, Zeus gave her a wicked
gift, She got curious and eventually opened her gift from
Zeus, all sorrows and diseases came out into the world
except for hope.
Prometheus
A titan that tried to trick Zeus, punishment was being
attacked by an eagle everyday, and his body would regrow
so the punishment could happen forever.
Age of Gold
Cronus was king, worry free world
Age of Silver
Olympians made the second race of man, short lived era,
Arrogant.
Age of Bronze
Zeus made another race, mighty and terrible, painful,
everything was made of that material (in the name)
including the people, destroyed by themselves.
Age of Heroes
Zeus made another race, valiant in war and more just, era
of the demi-gods.
Age of Iron
Zeus made another race, Good and evil combined, little
repscet for the gods, Zeus destroys this race.
Heracles
Choice between "vice" and "virtue", killed his wife and
children because of Hera, served Tiryns king for 12 years,
gifts from the gods, his lover kills him using hydra blood.
Perseus
Was born from Zeus, had a prophecy that he would kill the
king, killed Medusa, accidentally killing the king with
Medusa's head.
Theseus
Slew the minotaur, helped Ariadne navigate the labyrinth,
died by being pushed off a cliff.
Orpheus
Singer and musician that could tame beasts and move
rocks, known when he went to the underworld to get back
Eurydice, but than killed her after breaking a promise to
Hades, died by being ripped apart by women.
Oedipus
Name means "swollen foot", fulfilled a prophecy that he
would kill his dad and marry his mom, after figuring this
out he plucked his eyes out, also guessed the Sphinx riddle.
Jason and Medea
He built the ship Argo, invited many heroes (Heracles,
These,us, Orpheus), arrived back home to a dead family,
died from a beam falling on his head, She was a crazy girl
that killed her own family to escape.
Achilles
Was made immortal except for his heels (weakspot),
taught well in fighting and medicine, ate entrails when
young and was the Greeks strongest soldier in the Trojan
War, died to Paris, wanted to be known throughout history.
Odysseus
Recruited Achilles, was very smart and strong, came up
with the idea of the Trojan Horse.
The Trojan War
Paris of Troy took Helen from the Greeks, took ten years,
many strong fighters in battle, Troy loses.
Midas
Dionysus grants him a wish, wishes for everything he
touches turns to gold, his daughter into gold, washed it off
in a river (Golden sand), ears turned into donkey ears.
The Furies
Goddesses that punished for murder and other crimes,
justice, , 3 of them, born from Ouranus's genitals.
Helios
God of the Sun, lets his child drive and it crashes and burns
parts of the world (deserts), Clytie loved him and watched
him cross the sky everyday (sunflower).
Echo
Endlessly chattered, until Hera silenced her, only be able to
speak the last few words spoken by others (echos).