First Greek test Flashcards
Zeus
God of thunder, king of the gods
Cronus
Zeus’s Father, A Titan that used to be the king before he was overthrown
Hera
goddess of marriage, queen of the gods
Hades
God of the underworld
Poseidon
God of the sea
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty
Demeter
Goddess of Wheat, Persephone’s mom
Apollo
God of the sun and music
Artemis
goddess of the hunt and moon
Hermes
messenger God
Athena
Goddess of wisodm and war
Dionysus
God of wine and theater
Nike
Goddess of victory
Helios
The god/embodiment of the sun
Selene
Embodiment/goddess of the moon
The Graces
Goddesses of grace and beauty
The muses
Goddesses of the arts,literature ext
The Fates
Goddesses of destiny, the ones with the string for every person
The Furies
Three goddesses who punish man for their crimes
Aeolus
God of the wind (great wind god Aeolus)
Persephone
Goddesses of spring/ Queen of the underworld
Pandora
Pandoras bx, gave humanity all their troubles
Prometheus
Created humans
King Midas
Midas touc, turned everything to gold
Narcissus
fell in love with himself and drowned cause of it