Gods && Goddesses In Greek && Roman Mythology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty |
| Aphrodite | Daughter of Zeus; goddess of love |
| Apollo | God of light; son of Zeus |
| Apollo | God of prophecy |
| Apollo | God of medicine |
| Apollo | God of truth |
| Apollo | Sometimes called God of the Sun (although Helius is the true Sun God) |
| Artemis | Also called Cynthia, Hecate, Phoebe, Selene; daughter of Zeus |
| Apollo | Twin brother of Artemis |
| Ares | God of war; son of Zeus and Hera |
| Artemis | Goddess of hunting |
| Artemis | Twin sister of Apollo |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom |
| Athena | Also called Athene, Pallas Athene; daughter of Zeus |
| Charon | A god of the Underworld who ferries the souls of the dead across the river Styx in the Underworld |
| Chloris | Goddess of flowers |
| Cronus | Father of Zeus; ruler of the Titans |
| Demeter | Goddess of agriculture |
| Dionysus | God of wine and revelry |
| Eros | God of love |
| Eros | Son of Aphrodite |
| Hades | God of the Underworld |
| Helius | God of the sun; also called Helios |
| Hephaestus | God of fire; son of Hera |
| Hera | Goddess of women and childbirth |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus |
| Hera | Queen of the gods and of heaven |
| Venus | Aphrodite |
| Apollo, Sol | Apollo |
| Mars | Ares |
| Diana | Artemis |
| Minerva | Athena |
| Flora | Chloris |
| Saturn | Cronus |
| Ceres | Demeter |
| Bacchus | Dionysus |
| Cupid | Eros |
| Pluto, Dis, Orcus | Hades |
| Vulcan | Hephaestus |
| Juno | Hera |
| Hermes | Messenger of the gods |
| Hermes | God of oratory and eloquence |
| Hermes | God of trade and travelers |
| Hermes | God of manual skill |
| Hermes | God of the wind |
| Hermes | God of patron and athletes; son of Zeus |
| Hestia | Goddess of fire and the hearth; sister of Zeus |
| Hestia | The symbol of the home |
| Iris | goddess of the rainbow; a messenger of the gods |
| Pan | God of flocks and shepherds |
| Pan | God of forests |
| Pan | God of wildlife |
| Pan | God of fertility |
| Poseidon | God of the sea |
| Proteus | A sea god; has the gift of prophecy and the power to assume different shapes |
| Rhea | A mother of the gods |
| Rhea | Mother of Zeus |
| Tyche | Goddess of fortune or chance |
| Zeus | The supreme god |
| Mercury | Hermes |
| Vesta | Hestia |
| Janus | The god of beginnings, openings, entrances, doorways, and endings; a Roman god |
| Faunus | Pan |
| Neptune | Poseidon |
| Bona Dea, Magna Mater, Terra, Opis | Rhea |
| Fortuna | Tyche |
| Jupiter, Jove | Zeus |
| Zeus | Lord of the Sky, Gods, and Thunder, also Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer |
| Hera | Protector of Marriage |
| Poseidon | Ruler of the Sea |
| Hades | God of the Underworld and Precious Metals |
| Libitina | Goddess of the Underworld |
| Pallas Athena | Goddess of the City, Education/Science, and War, Goddess of Wisdom, and daughter of Zeus |
| Apollo | God of Sun, Truth, Music, Healing |
| Artemis | Goddess of Wild Things, Hunter-in-Chief, Moon, Twin of Apollo |
| Hermes | God of Commerce and Market, Messenger, |
| Juventus | God of Youth |
| Persephone | Goddess of Spring [Season] |
| Demeter | God of the Corn, Earth, Harvest, Agriculture |
| Dionysus | God of the Vine, Wine, Merriment |
| Hercules | Mightiest mortal; son of Zeus; given 12 labors to complete |
| Oedipus | Hero of Thebes; solved riddle of the Sphynx; married his mother |
| Perseus | Son of Zeus; slayer of Medusa |
| Medusa | Gorgon who changed people to stone |
| Jason | Led Argonauts to search for Golden Fleece |
| Theseus | King of Athens; killed Minotaur |
| Minotaur | Half-human, half-bull who lived in the labyrinth on Crete |
| Atalanta | Fastest mortal, hunter of the Caladonian boar |
| Bellerphon | Mortal who rode Pegasus |
| Pegasus | White-winged horse |
| Pandora | First woman; opened box of evils |
| Atlas | Giant who supported earth on his shoulders |
| Narcissus | Beautiful human who fell in love with his image |
| Orpheus | Greatest musician married to Eurydice |
| Eurydice | Wife of Orpheus; condemned to Underworld |
| Titans | Giants who ruled before the Olympic gods |
| Cyclops | Monster with one eye |
| Midas | Richest human, everything he touched turned to gold |
| Persephone | Daughter of Demeter; goddess of spring; kidnapped by Pluto |
| Hector | Trojan hero of the Trojan War |
| Achilles | Greek hero of the Trojan War; killed by arrow in heel shot by Paris |
| Prometheus | Chained to a rock in punishment for giving fire to man; brother of Atlas |
| Hercules | When he was only a baby killed two big snakes; Hera caused his madness during which he killed his wife and children; he slew the eagle who preyed on Prometheus and freed him; undertook 12 difficult tasks in penance for killing his family |
| Theseus | Killed the Minotaur |
| Theseus | Escaped the Labyrinth using a ball of thread |
| Narcissus | Fell in love with his own reflection: died and turned into flower, was loved by Echo |
| Arachne | Challenged Athena to weaving contest and was changed into a spider |
| Io | Was changed into a white cow by Zeus when tried to hide her from Hera |
| Baucis and Philemon | Turned into a linden tree and an oak tree which grew from one trunk |
| Trojan War | Lasted 10 years; Greeks won when tricked Trojans with Trojan Horse |
| Argonauts | Sailed with Jason to search for the golden fleece |
| Delphi | The location of Apollo's oracle (foretold the future) |
| Sirens | Their enchanting voices lured sailors to their death |
| Fates | Controlled the destiny of men |
| Food of the Gods | Nectar (drink) and ambrosia (food) |
| The River Styx | Must be crossed to get to Underworld; known as the river of unbreakable oath-gods swear by it |
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