Greek Mythology Flashcards

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Gaea-

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Mother Earth.

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Chaos

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In the beginning there was Chaos from him came Gaea.

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Eros-

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God of love.

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Nyx-

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The night.

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Tartarus-

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Lowest region if the underworld.

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Uranus-

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Father heaven.

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Hecatonchires-

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A giant with 100 arms and 50 heads with incredible strength.

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Cyclops-

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A mythical race of giants with a single eye in the middle of there forehead. They made some of the most well known weapons in Greek mythology such as Zeus’s lightning bolt.

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The titans-

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The titans were a group of 12 gods and goddesses the youngest of them was Cronus who overthrew his father Uranus with the help of his mother Gea.

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Cronus and Rhea-

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Cronus was scared that his kids were going to overthrow him so he ate them all as soon as they were born. Rhea got mad at this and when her 6th child (Zeus) was born she hid him when Cronus asked for the child so he could eat him. Instead she gave him a rock and he ate it not noticing it was a rock. She hid zeus in a cave until he was old enough to fight his father.

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Zeus-

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God of the sky and nature. Leader of the Gods and he was the one who overthrew his father Cronus and made him throw up all his siblings.

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Hades-

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Lord of the underworld. He owns the helmet of invisibility. His wife is Persephone. To get to the underworld when u die u must give a man (Charon) at the gates of hell a coin to get in.

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Poseidon-

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God of the sea. His weapon is a trident. Lives in a palace under the sea. Second to Zeus in power.

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Hera-

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Queen of the Gods.

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Hestia-

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Virgin Goddess of the hearth.

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Demeter-

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Goddess of agriculture and harvest. Bringer of the seasons. Taught mankind the art if agriculture.

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Persephone-

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Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Abducted by Hades and she then became queen of the underworld.

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Athena-

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Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and the arts.

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Ares-

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God of war.

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Hephaestus-

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God of blacksmith. Born deformed. His mother Hera banished him from mount Olympus because she was ashamed if him. To get back at her he built a gold throne for her which made whoever it in it stuck to it. He refused to go help her until they got him drunk and brought him back to Olympus here he lifted the spell.

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Aphrodite-

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Goddess of love. No beauty.

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Apollo-

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God of light, poetry, and healing. Son of Zeus. Rides a flying horse drawn carriage. He is also an oracle.

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Artemis-

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Virgin moon goddess.

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Hermes-

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Messenger of the gods.

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Prometheus-

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Crafted god-like creatures.

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Epimetheus-

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This god was supposed to give every living thing a special trait he lost or gave away the last trait so there was nothing left for the humans.

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Nymphs-

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Female entities that accompany goddesses.