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Apollo
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-Son of Leto(Titan) and Zeus
-music, poetry, art, oracles, archery,plague,medicine, sun, light, knowledge -leader of the muses -golden lyre made by Hermes |
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Ares
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-son of Zeus and Hera
- god of war - Mars in roman mythology -lover of Aphrodite |
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Dionysus
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-son of Zeus and Semele(mortal)
- demigod -god of the vine: wine, theater, religious ecstasy, ritual madness - roman name- Bacchus |
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Hades
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- son of Cronus and rhea
-ruler of the dead/ underworld, and riches -roman name Pluto -brothers are Poseidon and Zeus |
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Hephaestus
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-ruler of fire and metalwork
-son of Zeus and Hera -married to Aphrodite - only ugly god |
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Hermes
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- son of Zeus and Maia
- messenger of the gods - cunning trickster - ability to freely move from mortal to divine worlds - benefactor of mortals - god of boundaries |
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Poseidon
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-son of Cronus and rhea, brother of Zeus and hades
-ruler of sea earthquake, horses, storms -one of the worst tempered and vengeful gods |
Greek for husband
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Zeus
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-son of Cronus and rhea
-king of gods, mortals and the sky -brother of hades and Poseidon - controls thunder and lightning, along with many other responsibilities -brought justice - punished men by giving them women |
Name means "bright" or "sky"
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Aphrodite
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-goddess of love, beauty, and eternal youth - forced to marry Hephaestus by Zeus because of her beauty - child of either Zeus and Dione ( from his forehead) or Uranus (from foam in sea caused by Uranus father[cronus] castrating him and throwing his genitals in the ocean -roman name venus |
-goddess of love, beauty, and eternal youth - forced to marry Hephaestus by Zeus because of her beauty - child of either Zeus and Dione ( from his forehead) or Uranus (from foam in sea caused by Uranus father[cronus] castrating him and throwing his genitals in the ocean -roman name Venus |
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Artemis
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-daughter of Zeus and Leto(Titan)
-goddess of the hunt, moon, archery, forests, and hills -twin sister of Apollo -virgin, married to Orion - important to women and children |
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Athena
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-goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, law and justice, strategic warfare,,mathematics, and arts
-daughter of Zeus, sprang from his forehead fully grown and in armor -patron goddess of heroic endeavor -symbols: owl and olive tree -1 of 3 virgin goddesses -roman name: Minerva |
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Demeter
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-daughter of Cronus and rhea
- goddess of agriculture, sacred law and fertility and cycle of life and death - central figure of eleusinian mysteries along with Persephone - subjected world to famine when daughter Persephone was taken by hades - snake and pig were her animals |
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Hera
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- queen of the Olympian gods
- wife and sister of Zeus - goddess of marriage - animal is a peacock |
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Hestia
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-goddess of hearth and domestic life
-1 of 3 virgin goddesses - daughter of Cronus and rhea, sister to Zeus and Hera - kind , forgiving and discreet - fires burned in each city for her and fire could not be put on accept by ritualistic means - roman name vesta |
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Cronus
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-son of Uranus and Gaia
-youngest of the 12 titans - father of the Poseidon, Zeus, hades, Demeter, hestia, and Hera - married sister rhea -castrated father and threw genitals into the sea forming either Aphrodite or furies, giants, and nymphs - after killing his father he ruled earth in a golden age where people lived without violence or green and needed no laws - ate his sons for fear of losing his power to them - overthrown by his children led by Zeus in a war against the titans - roman equivalent is saturn |
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Uranus
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-First son of Gaia and became her husband
- embodiment of sky and heavens - hid away his offspring (titans,cyclops,hecatonchires) in Tartarus due to fear of their power -^ caused Gaia pain making her |
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Gaia
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- embodiment of earth
- born from chaos, the great void of emptiness - have bear the to uranus(sky), ourea(hills, and Pontus(ocean) - married son Uranus and birthed the titans(6sons&6daughters) as well as the Cyclopes and three monsters known as hecatonchires -roman equivalent of Tellus |
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Hecatonchires
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- born from Gaia and Uranus
-100 arms and 50 heads each - named cottus, briareus, gyges - stronger than the Cyclopes - Uranus casted them into Tartarus for fear of their power - Gaia with the help of Cronus killed Uranus releasing them |
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Cyclopes (1st generation)
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-born from Uranus and Gaia
-strong, stubborn, and abrupt with emotion -3 brothers: Brontes(thunderer), Steropes(flasher), Arges(brightener) -blacksmiths for the Olympian gods - freed by Cronus from Tartarus then later put back in by Cronus for the same fear of their power that Uranus had -later freed by Zeus in Oder to help him in the titanomachy -killed by Apollo out of revenge for Zeus killing his son |
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Cyclopes (2nd generation)
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-band of lawless shepherds who lost the skill of metallurgy
- one named Polyphemus, son of Poseidon -^ was tricked by Odysseus in Homers Odyssey |
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Titanomachy
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-war between the titans and Zeus
-lasted 10years -the titans were defeated and placed in Tartarus guarded by the hecatonchires -Zeus had Prometheus, the Cyclopes, Hecatonchires, Themis, and the Olympian pantheon on his side |
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Themis
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-daughter of Gaia and Uranus
-personification of divine right order -has oracular powers and said to have built the oracle of Delphi -roman equivalent Justitia |
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Heracles
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-son of Zeus and alcmene
-Hera was the main antagonist of Heracles - ^drove him mad to killing his children and his brother's -he exiled himself and consulted oracle of Apollo who told him to do 12 labors -killed two serpents in his cradle and killed a lion before manhood |
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12 labors of Heracles
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1.kill the lion of Nemea
2.kill the nine-headed hydra 3.capture the Ceryneian Hind 4.kill the wild boar of Erymanthus 5.clean the Augean stables of King Augeas 6.kill the carnivorous birds of stymphalis 7.capture the wild bull of Crete 8.Capture the man eating mares of Diomedes 9.obtain the girdle of hippolyta, queen of the Amazons 10.capture the oxen of Geryon 11.take the golden apples from the garden of Hesperides 12.bring Cerberus, hades three-headed dog, to the surface world |
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Orpheus
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-Greatest musician and poet of Greek myth
-son of Apollo -songs could tame beasts and make rocks/trees move -convinced hades to let his wife Persephone leave the underworld by his music, then lost her again right before they got out of the underworld -was an argonaut -created the Orphic cult -was killed by ciconian maenads |
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Argonauts
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-heroes that sailed with Jason on the Argo, in the quest for the Golden Fleece
-also called Minyans |
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Orpheus
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-Greatest musician and poet of Greek myth
-son of Apollo -songs could tame beasts and make rocks/trees move -convinced hades to let his wife Persephone leave the underworld by his music, then lost her again right before they got out of the underworld -was an argonaut -created the Orphic cult -was killed by ciconian maenads |
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Argonauts
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-heroes that sailed with Jason on the Argo, in the quest for the Golden Fleece
-also called Minyans |
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Tethys
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-wife of Oceanus
-with Oceanus produced worlds rivers and 3000 ocean nymphs |
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Oceanus
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Unending stream of water, surrounding the world
- produced the rivers and 3000 ocean nymphs with wife Tethys |
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Tethys
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-wife of Oceanus
-with Oceanus produced worlds rivers and 3000 ocean nymphs |
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Hyperion
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-Titan of light (early sun god)
-married sister Theia -fathered Helius(sun), Selene(moon), and Eos(dawn) |
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Mnemosyne
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Titan of memory and mother of muses
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Iapetus
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Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas by Clymene
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Promethues
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Wisest of the titans
Name means forethought Fought on zeus' side of the Titanomachy -protector and benefactor of mankind |
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Epimethius
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Stupid Titan, name meaning "afterthought"
-accepted the gift of Pandora from Zeus bringing evil into the world |
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Atlas
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Son of Iapetus
Lead the titans in the Titanomachy -punished by Zeus after the war to hold the world on his shoulders |
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Metis
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Titaness of the fourth day and the planet mercury
-presided over all wisdom and knowledge |
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Erebus
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Primeval God of darknes
Encircled realm of the underworld |
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Aether
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Protogenos of light
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Chaos
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Beginning of creation
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Aether
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Protogenos of light
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Ananke
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Protogenos of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity
-mate of Chronos |
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Chronos
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Protogenos of time
-first being to emerge out of chaos |
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Eros
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Protogenos of generation
Caused universe to procreate |
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Hemera
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Protogenos of the day
Came to scatter darkness of night and reveal to earth the Aether |
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Hydros
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Protogenos of water
Formed the primeval mud with the earth |
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Nesoi
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The Protogenos of islands
-rocky forms broke from the earth by Poseidon |
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Nyx
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Protogenos of the night
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Ourea
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Protogenos of the mountains
Born of Gaia |
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Phusis
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The Protogenos of nature
Related to Gaia and Tethys |
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Pontus
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Protogenos of the sea
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Tarturus
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Protogenos of the great stormy pit that lays beneath the roots of the earth
The anti-heaven |
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Thalassa
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Protogenos of the sea or seas surface.
Created fish |
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The fates
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-predate the gods
-decided men's destiny -not even gods will mess with the fates |
Moirae
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Clothi
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-a fate
-the spinner who spins the thread of life, determines birth |
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Lachesis
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-a fate
-the measurer, who chooses the length of life |
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Atropos
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-a fate
-"she who cannot be turned -cuts the thread of life with her shears at death |
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Muses
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Known for the music of their song
-daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne -9 of them |
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The Graces
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-known for dancing and singing to the gods
-3 graces |
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The Erinnyes(Furies)
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-pursue wrongdoers relentlessly, until death
-came from blood of Uranus when he was castrated |
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Pan
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-son of Hermes and Penelope
-god of flocks and shepherds -human form with goat eats and legs -very happy and excellent at music |
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Hebe
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Goddess of youth
Heracles wife Cupbearer to the gods along with Ganymede |
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