greek gods Flashcards
Who is the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
Who is the sun god? (hint: son of Zeus and Leto)
Apollo
Who is the goddess of the moon and hunt?
Artemis
Who is the goddess of wisdom? (also turned Arachne into a spider)
Athena
Who is the son of Gaea and Uranus? (also husband of Rhea and swallowed his own children)
Cronos
God of love and son of Aphrodite?
Cupid
Goddess of harvest, and mother of Persephone?
Demeter
Who is the goddess of Earth; and wife of Uranus?
Gaea
God of the Underworld? Sent Persephone to the underworld?
Hades
God of fire? Son of Zeus and Hera, married to Aphrodite?
Hephaestus
Wife of Zeus? Goddess of women and motherhood?
Hera
Messenger god; son of Zeus?
Hermes
Goddess of the hearth and home?
Hestia
Who is the snake-haired Gorgon who turned onlookers to stone? Slain by Perseus?
Medusa
The wise Greek leader during the trojan war?
Odysseus
The first mortal wife; wife of Epimetheus; opened a box and released evils to plague mankind
Pandora
Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades and taken to the Underworld
Persephone
Son of Zeus and Danae; grandson of King Acrisius; beheaded Medusa; rescued and married Andromeda
Perseus
God of the sea?
Poseidon
God who disobeyed Zeus by giving him fire to humans; punished by having his liver pecked by an eagle
Prometheus
Wife of Cronos; mother of Zeus
Rhea
The first and oldest god; god of the sky; husband of Gaea; father of Cronos and the other Titans; overthrown by Cronos
Uranus
Son of Cronos and Rhea; overthrew Cronos to become ruler of heaven and earth; husband of Hera
Zeus
