- Aphrodite: goddess of love
- Apollo: god of the sun
- Ares: the god of war
- Hephaestus: god of metalworking
- Jason: hero for the people of Northern Greece; went across the seas and fought and looked for treasure
- mythology: a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
- Theseus: hero for the people of Athens; went to Crete and killed the Minotaur
- Zeus: the king of gods