Greek Mythology Flashcards
Swirling energy in the universe before the universal egg.
Chaos
Goddess of everything, laid universal egg.
Eurynome
Mother Earth, nature, mother of all titans and cyclops, married to Uranus.
Gaea
God of love. Also means “love of the body”
Eros
Married to Rhea, got of time
Cronus
Elemental, Mother Earth
Rhea
Father of all, power centered
Uranus
First generation, shaped monsters and Olympians, heroic
The Titans
One eyed, large and strong
Cyclops
Allied with Zeus, very helpful to defeat cyclops
The Hundred Handed One
What are the five ages of man?
Golden, Silver, Brazen, Heroic, and Iron
Father of all Olympians, god of the sky, god of lightning
Zeus
Zeus’s wife, Zeus’s twin sister, Mother of all Olympians
Hera
Hearth goddess
Hestia
Goddess of the harvest
Demeter
God of wine, revelry
Dionysius
God of the Underworld, wears invisibility helmet, often frustrated
Hades
God of the Sea
Poseidon
Goddess of wisdom, created the flute, goddess of virginity
Athena
God of music, medicine, and the sun
Apollo
Goddess of hunting, often shown with a bow
Artemis
Goddess of beauty
Aphrodite
Messenger, made a lyre out of cow gut, youngest god, god of travel
Hermes
God of war, strong and brave
Ares
