| Term | Definition |
|---|
| poseidon | he was god of the sea |
| apollo | he was god of truth and light |
| ares | he was the god of war |
| athena | she was the goddess of war and wisdom |
| hades | he was the god of the dead |
| zeus | he was the king of the gods |
| aphrodite | she was the goddess of love and beauty |
| hera | she was the goddess of marriage |
| eros | he was the god of love |
| hermes | he was the messenger of the gods |
| demeter | she was the goddess of growing crops |
| dionysus | he was the god of wine and merrymaking |
| athena | she turned her enemies to stone |
| zeus | he threw thunderbolts |
| aphrodite | she could make men fall in love with her |
| ares | he started wars between people |
| eros | he wounded people in the heart and made them lovesick |
| hera | she was terribly jealous of other women |
| poseidon | he created earthquakes and tidal waves |
| apollo | he was the golden haired boy who spread happiness |
| demeter | she was Mother Earth |
| dionysus | wine made him violent and unpredictable |
| hermes | he had wings on his feet and could fly |
| hades | he tortured evil people |
| zeus | he brought justice, rewarding good people |
| athena | her symbols were the olive branch and the owl |
| poseidon | he carried the trident |
| apollo | as the god of truth he could not tell a lie |
| dionysus | he wore grape leaves on his head and sometimes rode a tiger |
| demeter | she rescued her daughter Persephone and thereby created the seasons |
| aphrodite | she fell in love with a human being- Adonis |
| zeus | he ruled Heaven and Earth |
| ares | he was a murderous god who loved war |
| hades | you had to cross this river Styx to reach his place |
| hermes | he was the god of sleep and dreams |
| demeter | her symbol was a bundle of wheat |
| aphrodite | her beauty was only skin deep |
| eros | a trouble-maker, he was the boy who never grew up |
| dionysus | at first, his life seemed like a comedy, but it was actually a tragedy |
| poseidon | sailors prayed to him for a safe sea voyage |
| hades | his money may be the root of evil |
| zeus | with his good looks and sound values, he resembles our Superman |
| hades | the Romans called him Pluto, and he had a vicious dog |
| athena | she sprang fully grown from the head of Zeus |
| zeus | He controlled the sun and the moon |
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