Greek Gods Flashcards
Cronos
Father of the gods gave his name to time married rhea swallowed his (children Hestia Demeter and Hera—(female) hades Poseidon —(male))
Uranus
The first one crono’s father killed by his son prophesied that his son cronos would also be killed by one of his children
Rhea
Goddess of the earth saved Zeus from cronos helped zeus prepare drink that forced Chronos to vomit up his other children
Zeus
Father God god of the sky
Hera
Mother Goddess tricked by Zeus into marriage
Poseidon
God of the sea (seas and rivers)
Hades
God of the underworld/dead
Demeter
Goddess of all useful fruits grasses and grains
Persephone
Demeter’s daughter unhappily married to Hades
Hephaestus
God of Goldsmith’s jewelers blacksmiths masons and carpenters son of Zeus and Hera Broke his leg when Zeus threw him over the walls of Olympus wore a golden leg-iorn
Athene
Goddess of wisdom battle goddess believed to have been born from Zeus his head (headache)
Aphrodite
Goddess of love married (unhappily) to Hephaestus
Ares
Tall handsome crew loved fighting for his own sake flirted with Aphrodite had no manners no learning and the worst of taste
Apollo
God of music poetry medicine archery and young unmarried men son of Zeus and Leto
Artemis
Goddess of hunting in unmarried girls (if any mortal happen to see her without clothes she used to change him into a stag and hunted him to death)