greek mythology
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Gorgeous_Evie on October 21, 2011
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gods heroes titans etc.
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Epic Stuff, Epic Plp Here, FRA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Zeus | God of the sky & weather, Ruler of the Olympian gods |
| Poseidon | God of sea given to him by Zeus. Made horses that resemble the sea breaking onto shore. Wife and queen was Amphitrite. Trident is symbol and can make earthquakes. Neptune in Roman. One of gods eaten by Cronus. |
| Apollo | god of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery |
| Athena | (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology |
| Artemis | (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon |
| Hermes | (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods |
| Hera | Queen of gods. Zeus' sister and wife. Patron of marriage |
| Hephaestus | (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metal-working in ancient mythology |
| Ares | (Greek mythology) Greek god of war |
| Dionysus | (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama |
| Demeter | goddess of agriculture |
| Hades | (religion) the world of the dead |
| Hestia | (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology |
| Gaea | (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology |
| Cronus | Father of Zeus |
| Rhea | Queen of the Titans |
| Eros | (Greek mythology) god of love |
| Fortuna | (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck |
| Ceres | (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture |
| Iris | goddess of the rainbow |
| Achilles | Greatest Greek warrior, husband of Briseis whom Agamemnon steals, only vulnerable place is his heel, prophecy that he would die in the Trojan war, which he does at the hand of Paris |
| Bellona | goddess of war |
| Aesculapius | the god of medicine and healing |
| Alcyoneus | a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club |
| Thanatos | (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death |
| Polybotes | giant killed by poseidon with the island of cos |
| Tartarus | a place where the wicked are punished after death |
| Terminus | Greek god of boundaries |
| Phineas | the man that zeus cursed and made the harpies poop on his food so he couldn't eat |
| Periclymenus | Could change shape in battle, a gift of Poseidon; on the Argo |
| Harpy | sharp-tongued woman; monstrous mythological creature with the face and breasts of a woman and the wings and talons of a bird |
| Erebos | son of Chaos, men must pass through Erebos to get to Hades |
| Cerberus | (Greek mythology) 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades |
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