Greek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flashcards
Who was the titan of time
Cronus
Women who are half swan half human and lure men to their death
Siren
Who was the god of the sea, Zeus brother, gave horses to man controlled storms
Poseidon
(Roman name Neptune)
Who was the winged creature that became Zeus’s favorite- brought him thunder bolts when needed, was tamed by Bellerophon
Pegasus
Chained to a rock and had his liver eaten by a eagle, betrayed Zeus, gave fire to man
Prometheus
Who was the madden that was turned to a cow by Zeus due to a suspicious and jealous Hera
Io
What guardian was to watch over io, who was the creature that had 100 eyes
Argus
Who was cursed to repeat the last words of a sentence, who was in love with Narcissus
Echo
God of vine and inspiration, son of Zeus- mom asked to see Zeus in true form and she died, Zeus takes child
Dionysus
Who is the wife and sister of Zeus, goddess, protector of marriage, punish women (and children) Zeus had slept with- cow and peacock
Hera
(Roman name June)
Found on a rock and saved from sea monster by Perseus
Andromeda
God of underworld/ruler of dead,protected of wealth, brother of Zeus, had a hat that made him invisible
Hades
(Roman name Pluto)
God of music truth and life (light and youth), son of Zeus, beautiful, sun god, dolphin and crow
Apollo
What god pulls the sun
Helios
What creature is half goat half man
Satyr
Who hold the world on they’re shoulders
Atlas
Sisters who shared one eye
The graeae
Goddess of harvest and corn, mother of Persephone
Demeter
Who was the goddess of the hunt, 3 forms (deer,moon-phoebe-,goddess-on earth) Apollos twin sister, daughter of Zeus, one of 3 maddens, deer but loves all animals, Hecate goddess of dark
Artimis
(Roman name Diana)
Best mortal musician
Orpheus
Twin giants, tried to hunt Artimis, killed by each other but tricked by Artimis
Otis and Ephialtes
Girl who was picking flowers then was kidnapped and married to hades, queen of underworld
Persephone
What creatures where sisters, dragon like, looks tuned men to stone
Gorgons
Who did Perseus become known for killing? Who was the famous of the stone turning sisters
Medusa
What are tree nymphs called? The spirts that are bound to trees?
Dryads
Followers of Dionysus tore men from they’re teeth every drunk
Maenads
Zeus sister, 3 maiden goddesses, goddess of hearth, each city had a public hearth, could never go out, 6 virgin priests, home and hearth
Hestia
God of war, son of Zeus and Hera whom both hated him
Ares
Ares “attendants”
Trembling, pain, and panic
Half lion half serpent half goat
Chimera
Goddess of love and beauty, steal the wits of the wise, particular births (sea shell from Cronus “junk”), daughter of Zeus, the myrtle (tree) and the dove swan and sparrow.
Aphrodite
Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, sprung from Zeus’s thoughts
Athena
Cupids other name
Eros
Cupids wife, Eros wife, known as soul
Psyche
All farther, god of all god of every, lightning/thunderbolts son of Cronus
Zeus
Old couple, showed hospitality to 2 gods who went house after house to be denied every time, were rewarded with riches and when they died became trees attached at trunk
Baucis and Philemon
Orpheus wife (for like 3 seconds), bitten by snake
Eurydice
Half horse half man
Centaur
Asked to drive his dads sun chariot, almost burnt the world
Phaethon
2 goddesses shared him- prosephone and Aphrodite, killed by bore, beautiful, flowers sprung from his blood
Adonis
The spinners, the thread of life for each
Moirae “the fates”
Young lovers, family hatred/disapproval, talked through wall, sneaked out, lion scared Thisbe and left a scene, Paramus jumped to conclusion, both ended up dead
Pyramus and thisbe
Who was the famous messenger, mainly Zeus, Greek god, shows up in more Greek stories than any other god
Hermes
Killed Medusa, saved Andromeda, son of Zeus
Perseus
Mom of Perseus, daughter of king who locked her up, held Zeus child
Danaë
Fisherman who saved Danaë and Perseus and let them stay
Dictys
Cruel to those who loved him including Echo, was cursed to fall in love with his reflection, died staring at himself, after death the place where he laid turned to flowers
Narcissus
Made the labyrinth, made wings, wanted dead by king
Daedalus
Flew to close to the sun
Icarus
How was Athena born
Due to fight of Zeus and Hera about Zeus’s habits, Hera no children, Zeus thought hard, was born in armor and full grown
How was Aphrodite born
Cronus and Zeus fight, Cronus junk in ocean, foamed, clam shell, she was inside, naked and beautiful
Roman name of…
Hera
Hades
Athena
Hermes
Hestia
Hephaestus
Aphrodite
Artimis
Poseidon
Ares
Demeter
Dionysus
Juno
Pluto
Minerva
Mercury
Vesta
Vulcan
Venus
Diana
Neptune
Mars
Ceres
Bacchus
The story of Persephone
The abduction by hades- meadow and the black narcissus, horses from the ground, was in love with her
Who fed Zeus’s horses human flesh and as punishment horses ate him alive
Galcus
Home of gods
Mt. Olympus
Zeus’s shield
Aegis
Archery, healing, light, truth
Apollo
Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet
Tomb of ninus
Tamed Pegasus
Bellerophon
