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Greek Characters

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Ares
God of war
Artemis
Virgin goddess of the Hunt
Athena
Goddess of warfare and wisdom
Achilles
Fought in the Trojan War, famous heel
Apollo
God of light and truth
Aphrodite
Goddess of love, desire and beauty
Calypso
Loves Odysseus, but must set him free
Circe
Enchantment; turns most voyagers into animals
Charybdis
Monster that creates whirlpools and rough seas
Dionysus
God of wine
Demeter
Goddess of harvest
Helios
God of the sun
Hermes
Messenger God; symbol is the winged boot
Helen
Kidnapped; cause of the Trojan War
Hera
Goddess of marriage and childbirth; symbol is peacock and cow
Hephaestus
God of fire and craft
Hades
God of the Underworld
Hector
Prince of Troy; killed by Achilles
Hercules
Demi-God; strongest of all mortals and most Gods
Homer
Author of Odyssey and Illiad
Hestia
Goddess of hearth, home and family
Odysseus
Epic hero;king of Ithora
Mt. Olympus
Home of the Gods
Polyphemis
Cyclops; son of Poseidon
Paris
Fought in Troy; kidnapped Helen
Poseidon
God of the sea and earthquakes
Scylla
Sea monster; body made up of dogs; six heads
Zeus
Ruler of all Gods; symbol is the thunderbolt
Menelaus
King of Sparta
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