Mythology-Vocab

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the first race of mythological giants; born to Mother Earth (Gaea) and Father Sky (Uranus)?

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Titans

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children of the Titans; the main ruling panel of gods and goddesses; also called the Olympians; main leader is Zeus; there are 12 of them?

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Pantheon

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mountain on which the Pantheon lives?

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Mount Olympus

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-place in the Underworld where heroes are sent as a reward to fight battles eternally?

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Elysian Fields

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river that has to be crossed to get to the Underworld?

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River Styx

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gloomy place where all Greeks go when they die; punishment is given out based on each person’s sins?

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Underworld

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Father Sky; imprisoned his children inside their mother, Earth?

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Uranus

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Mother Earth; wife of Uranus?

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Gaea

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swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him; eventually his son Zeus took power from him; Roman name is Saturn; also called Father Time?

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Kronos

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wife of Kronos?

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Rhea

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three ugly goddesses of vengeance; sometimes help determine people’s punishment in the underworld, especially for familial crimes?

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The Furies

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three sisters who determine the destinies of humans by weaving a tapestry of each person’s life?

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The Fates

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King of the gods and goddesses; god of thunder and lightning; Roman name is Jupiter?

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Zeus

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Queen of the gods and goddesses; Zeus’ very jealous wife; Roman name is Juno?

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Hera

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god of the Underworld; Roman name is Pluto?

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Hades

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god of the sea; Roman name is Neptune?

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Poseidon

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goddess of love and beauty; famous for punishing beautiful women; Roman name is Venus?

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Aphrodite

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god of war and violence; Roman name is Mars?

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Ares

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deformed god of fire and blacksmithing; married to Aphrodite; Roman name is Vulcan?

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Hephaestus

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-goddess of grain, harvest, and fertility; Roman name is Ceres?

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Demeter

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goddess of the moon and the hunt; Roman name is Diana?

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Artemis

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-god of the sun, light, healing, music, and poetry; responsible for carrying the sun across the sky; Roman and Greek names are the same?

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Apollo

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goddess of wisdom, domestic arts, and war strategies; does not like women and is repulsed by the idea of marriage and children; born from her father Zeus’ head; Roman name is Minerva?

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Athena

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-god of love; Aphrodite’s son; Roman name is Cupid?

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Eros

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messenger of the gods; god of commerce; patron of liars, gamblers, and dishonest people; Roman name is Mercury?

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Hermes

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creator of man; punished for giving man fire by being chained to a mountain and having a vulture tear out his liver daily?

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Prometheus

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mentally slow brother of Prometheus; responsible for giving each creature its gifts/talents that help it survive; married to Pandora?

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Epimetheus

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first mortal woman created by the gods; her curiosity caused her to open a box that she was not supposed to releasing disease, misery, and corruption into the world?

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Pandora

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god of wine and merriment; Roman name is Bacchus?

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Dionysus

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queen of the Underworld; forced to live there 6 months each year because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds while there; her story explains the seasons; Roman name is Proserpina?

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Persephone

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ferries the people across the River Styx if they have a gold coin?

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Charon

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goddess of the hearth and home; one of Zeus’ sisters; Roman name is Vesta?

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Hestia

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nymph who was punished for talking too much by having to repeat the last words a person says?

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Echo

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vain man who fell in love with his own reflection and was turned into a flower?

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Narcissus

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Apollo’s foolish son who scorched the earth when he drove the sun too close to it. His story explains the different races and climates of the world?

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Phaethon

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great architect who created the maze where the minotaur lived; was punished for helping a prisoner find his way out?

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Daedalus

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Daedalus’s son; foolish boy who flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings?

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Lcarus

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gifted weaver who was turned into a spider by Athena?

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Arachne

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-strongest man in the universe; completed 12 labors as punishment for killing his family; released Prometheus?

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Hercules

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greatest warrior in Greece; his mother dipped all but his heels in the River Styx to protect him; he died from an arrow wound to his unprotected heel?

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Achilles

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fastest runner in Greece; died at the city’s gates after saying, “Nike!” which means victory?

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Phidippide

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god of the fields and the meadows; a satyr who is greatly feared because he captures women alone in the woods and ravishes them; son of Hermes?

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Pan

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-king who was given a special gift to turn everything he touched into gold; he later regretted it when it made life difficult?

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Midas

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three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld?

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Cerberus

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part man, part bull who lived in a maze and ate humans who were forced to enter by the king?

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Minotaur

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part man, part horse; fierce and likes to fight?

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Centaur

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part man, part goat; gentle most of the time; likes music?

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Satyr

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-part woman, part bird; lure sailors with their beautiful voices to crash on the rocks so they can eat them; also called harpies?

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Sirens

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monster who was once a beautiful woman; she was changed into a creature with snakes for hair and a stare that will turn you into stone?

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Medusa

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white, winged horse; was born from the blood of Medusa?

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Pegasus