CLASS102 terms Flashcards
Athena
Goddess of war strategy, wisdom and crafts
Ares
God of war
Hephaestus
God of blacksmiths
Poseidon
God of the sea
Apollo
God of archery, poetry, the sun and prophecy
Artemis
Goddess of the hun, young maidens and the mood
Leto
Mother of Artimis and Apollo, myth; Artimis and Apollo kill Niobe’s kids after she insults Leto’s honour
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty and love
Osiris
Egyptian god, husband and brother to Isis, is killed and reborn
Isis
Egyptian goddess, wife and sister to Osiris, puts Osiris back together after his murder by Seth
Seth
Egyptian god, killed Osiris out of jealousy
Adonis
Aphrodite’s only mortal love, killed by a boar and made into the anemone flower
Demeter
goddess of agriculture
Hades
god of the underworld
Persephone
goddess of spring, wife to Hades daughter of Demeter and zeus