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Apollo

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  • god of music, sun, medicine and the arts
  • Artemis’ twin
  • Symbol is the lyre
  • Helped Artemis kill Otus and Ephialtes
  • drove a chariot lead by swans
  • Won the oracle at Delphi by killing Python
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Artemis

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  • Diana
  • twin of Apollo, daughter of Zeus
  • goddess of the moon and hunting
  • symbols are the crescent moon and bow and arrow
  • killed Otus and Ephialtes
  • asks Zeus for dogs, nymphs, getting to hunt and to never marry
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Zeus

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  • Jupiter
  • symbol is thunderbolts and eagle
  • raised in cave by nymphs
  • turned into a cukoo to win wife/sister called Juno/Hera
  • king of gods
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Hermes

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  • Mercury
  • Stole Apollo’s cattle
  • Messenger of gods
  • Protects travellers
  • takes souls to the underworld
  • god of merchants thieves
  • made the first lyre and gave it to Apollo for cows and a wand.
  • symbols: winged hat and sandals and wand
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Rhea

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Ops
Wife of Cronus
Mother of Zeus
Saved Zeus with a stone

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Aphrodite

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Venus
Born from the sea foam 
Symbol is dove
Goddess of love
Married to Hephaestus but likes Ares
Raised by the 3 graces on the island of Cythera
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Ares

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Mars
God of war
Not liked by other gods and goddesses
Constant companion was Eris, the spirit of strife.
Otus and Ephialtes put him in a jar
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Olympus

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Mountain home of the gods
Too high to climb
Hidden by clouds

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Athena

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Minerva
Goddess of wisdom, crafts, weaving, and just wars
Symbol is owl
Often pictured in full battle armour with helmet and shield
Came fully grown from Zeus’ head when Hephaestus split it open.
Gave the olive tree to the Athenians

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Demeter

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Ceres
Goddess of crops and harvest
Causes winter when her daughter goes to Hades and she becomes melancholy and does not care for the crops
She taught mortals how to plant crops
Symbol is cornucopia
One of the gods eaten by Cronus
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Leto

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Mother of Artemis and Apollo
Allowed to give birth and rest on the island of Delos
Hera disliked her
Zeus was the father of Artemis and Apollo

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Argus

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100-eyed monster who guarded Ios for Hera.
He was killed by Jupiter and so his eyes were placed on the peacocks tail.
He killed Echidna

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Cerberus

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A three headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld.

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Charon

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The ferryman of the river Styx to the underworld

I coin is his fee

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Uranus

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Father of heaven or sky

Father of Cronus and all the Titans

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Hestia

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Aka Vesta
Goddess of flame, hearth and home
Tended to all the hearths of the gods
One of the gods eaten by Cronus

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Actaeon

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Turned into a dear/stag when Artemis saw him bathing

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Io

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Turned into a cow by Zeus
Rescued by Mercury who told a story to argus who then died.
Father is Inachos

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Cronus

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Youngest Titan of Uranus
Father of Zeus
Overthrew Uranus with a sickle and ate all of his kids so they did not overthrow him

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Eris

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God of strife
Constant companion of Ares god of war
Owns apple of discord
Enjoys causing trouble

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Ambrosia

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Food of the gods

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Iris

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Messenger of gods

Travels along a rainbow

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Hephaestus

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Aka Vulcan
God of the forge, blacksmiths, fire and craftsmen.
Made robots and thrones for gods
Permanently injured when he was thrown from Mount Olympus by Zeus.
Married to Aphrodite

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Metis

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First wife of Zeus
Goddess of Prudence
Helped him to overthrow Cronus by giving him the potion which made Cronus vomit

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Poseidon

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Neptune
God of the seas
Made horses that resemble the sea breaking onto shore
Wife and queen was Amphitrite
Had a trident and could cause earthquakes.
One of the gods eaten by Cronus

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Cyclops

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Had one eye in middle of forehead
Helped Hephaestus
Great craftsmen- built palace on mount olympus
Gave Jupiter thunderbolts
Uranus put them in Tartarus
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Arachne

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Girl with great weaving skills

Turned into spider by Athene/Minerva because of her pride

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Tartarus

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Deep dark pit in part of the underworld
Where Uranus put the cyclops and all his other undesirable children
Zeus later put the Titans there

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Hera

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Juno
Sister/wife of jupiter/Zeus
Goddess of marriage and also queen of gods
Very jealous god who hated everyone that Zeus liked
Symbol was the peacock
One of the gods eaten by Cronus

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Amalthea

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Magic goat that helped raise Jupiter

Her horns were horns of plenty and her hide became the Aegis armour

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Hades

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God of underworld
Did not live on Olympus
When someone died, they went to Hades
Pluto
Know as the rich one 
One of the gods eaten by Cronus
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Gaea

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Known as Mother Earth
Gave tree of golden apples to Zeus and Hera
Mother of titans, cyclops and all creatures

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Typhon

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Brought by Gaea to defeat Zeus
Had 100 fire spewing heads
A mountain fell on top of him, creating a volcano

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Atlas

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A Titan who holds heavens on his shoulders

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Delos

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Island where Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis

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Eros

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Cupid
Son of Aphrodite
Shoots people with arrows to make them fall in love

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Persephone

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Proserpina
Daughter of diameter
Spent some time in hades
Ate pomegranates

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Delphi

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Oracle on mount Parnassus that was ruled over by the priestess Sibyl
Told the future for pilgrims
Apollo is the patron

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Orion

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Son of Poseidon
Liked by Artemis as he too could hunt
Killed by a scorpion that was sent by Apollo and was sent to the sky as a constellation

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Titans

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Giants that ruled earth before gods

6 daughters and 6 sons born to Uranus and Gaea

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Niobe

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Her children were killed by Artemis and Apollo as she angered Leto by saying she had better children. When she cried for her dead children, Apollo turned her into an unfeeling rock

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Nikes

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Spirit of victory

Companion of Zeus and Athena

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Triton

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Poseidon and Amphitrie’s son
Blew on a conch
Had a humans body and fish tail

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He Fates

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Determined how long mortals live
Clotho spun thread
Lachesis measured length
Atropos cut the thread at the end of life
Knew past and future and were very powerful

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Nemesis

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Sister to fates
Made sure all good and evil was repaid
Mortals feared her

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Prometheus

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HE was a Titan and good friend to man
Was supposed to repopulate the earth after battles and they made man out of clay.
He gave fire to man against the wishes of Zeus
Told man how to trick Zeus into taking the worst part of meat as sacrifice so they could keep the best
Was chained to top of Caucasus mountain where an eagle feasted on his liver everyday until Hercules came and saved him.

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Epimetheus

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Brother to Prometheus
Made animals and gave away all good gifts
Warned by Prometheus not to receive any bad gifts from Zeus

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Pandora

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Modelled by Hephaestus after Aphrodite. Carved out of white marble and Athena blew life into her. Aphrodite gave her jewels and Zeus gave her curiosity and a jar to never open.
Sent to Epimetheus by Hermes to marry him and eventually she opened the jar

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Pandora’s box/jar

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Contained misery, greed, vanity, slander, envy
And hope
Men became evil so Zeus decided he wanted to destroy them

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Deucalion

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Son of Prometheus
Told by Prometheus that Zeus was preparing a flood to wipe out man. He was told to build a boat and he did. He and his wife Pyrrha were saved and told to throw the bones of Mother Earth over his shoulder. They inferred this as stones and did so, and men sprang up.

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Pyrrha

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Wife of Deucalion

Threw rocks over shoulder and woman sprang up

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Aeolus

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Grandson of Pyrrha and Deucalion.

Given control of the cliff winds by Zeus

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Boreas

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North wind

Icy and cold

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Notus

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South wind

Fog over land and sea

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Zephyr

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West wind
Gentle
Swept away clouds and made calm weather

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Euros

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East wind

Least important, not much work for him

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