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Pantheon

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Grand children of the Titans; the main ruling panel of gods and goddesses; also called the Olympians; main leader Zeus; there are 12 of them.

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Mount Olympus

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Mountain where the Pantheon lives.

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Elysian Fields

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Place in the Underworld where heros are sent as a reward to fight battles eternally.

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River Styx

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A river that has to be passed to get to the Underworld.

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Underworld

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Gloomy place where all Greeks go when they die; punishment is given out based on each persons sins.

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Uranus

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Father sky; he kept his children inside their mother, Earth.

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Gaea

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Mother Earth

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Kronos

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Swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him; eventually his son Zeus took power from him; ROMAN NAME: Saturn

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Rhea

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Wife of Kronos

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The Furies

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3 ugly goddesses of vengeance; sometimes help determine people’s punishment in the underworld, especially familial crimes

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The Fates

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3 sisters who determine the destinies of humans by weaving a tapestry of each persons life

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Zeus

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King of the gods and goddesses; God of Thunder and lightning; ROMAN NAME: Jupiter

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Hera

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Queen of the gods and goddesses; Zeus’ very jealous wife; ROMAN NAME: June

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Hades

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God of the Underworld; ROMAN NAME: Pluto

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Poseidon

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God of the Sea; ROMAN NAME: Neptune

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of love and beauty. ROMAN NAME: Venus

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Ares

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God of war and violence; ROMAN NAME: Mars

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Hephaestus

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Deformed God of fire and blacksmithing; he was married to Aphrodite. ROMAN NAME: Vulcan

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Demeter

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Goddess of grain and harvest and fertility; ROMAN NAME: Cres

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Pandora

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First mortal woman created by the gods; her curiosity caused her to open a box that she was not supposed to releasing disease, misery, and corruption into the world

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Dionysus

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God of wine and merriment; ROMAN NAME: Bacchus

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Persephone

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Queen of the Underworld; forced to live there for 6 months each year because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds while there; her story explains the seasons; ROMAN NAME: Proserpisa

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Echo

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Nymph who was punished but Hera for talking too much. She had to repeat the last words a person says.

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Narcissus

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Vain man who fell in love with his own reflection and was turned into a flower.

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Phaethon

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Apollo’s son who scorched the earth when he drove the sun too close to it. His story explains the climates.

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Daedalus

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Great architect who created the maze where the Minotaur lived; was punished for helping a prisoner find his way out.

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Icarus

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Daedalus’ son; foolish boy who flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings.

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Arachne

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Gifted weaver who was turned into a spider by Athena.

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Hercules

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Strongest man in the universe; completed 12 labors as punishment for killing his family; released Prometheus.

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Achilles

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Greatest warrior in Greece; his mother dipped all but his heels in the River Styx to protect him. He died from and arrow wound to his unprotected heel.

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Phidippide

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Faster runner in Greece; died at the city’s gates after saying “Nike!” Which means victory.

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Pan

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God of the fields and the meadows; a satyr who is greatly feared because he captures women alone in the woods and ravishes them; son of Hermes.

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Midas

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King who was given a special gift to turn everything he touched into gold; he later regretted it when it made life difficult.

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Cerberus

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Three headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld.

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Minotaur

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Part man, part bull who lived in a maze and ate humans who were forced to enter by the king.

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Centaur

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Part man, part horse; fierce and likes to fight.

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Satyr

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Part man, part goat; gentle most of the time; likes music.

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Sirens

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Part women, part bird; lure sailors with their beautiful voices to crash onto the rocks so they can eat them; also called harpies.

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Medusa

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Monster who was once a beautiful women; she was changed into a creature with snakes for hair and a stare that will turn you into stone.

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Pegasus

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White, winged horse; was born from the blood of Medusa.

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Artemis

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Goddess of the moon and the hunt. ROMAN NAME: Diana

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Apollo

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God of the sun, light, healing, and poetry; responsible for carrying the sun across the sky. Roman and Greek name are the same.

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Athena

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Goddess of wisdom, domestic arts, and war strategies; does not like women and is repulsed by the idea of marriage and children. Born from Zeus’ head. ROMAN NAME: Minerva.

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Eros

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God of love; Aphrodite’s son; ROMAN NAME: Cupid (God of love - cupid )

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Hermes

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Messenger of the Gods; God of commerce; Patron of liars, gamblers, and dishonest people; ROMAN NAME: Mercury.

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Prometheus

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Creator of man; punished for giving man fire by being chained to a mountain and getting his liver eaten out by a vulture daily.

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Epimetheus

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Mentally slow brother of Prometheus; responsible for giving each creature it’s gift/talent that help it survive; married to Pandora.

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Charon

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The ferryman; he drives the boat to cross the River Styx if they have a gold coin.

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Hestia

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The goddess of Hearth; ROMAN NAME: Vesta

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Titans

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The first race of mythological Giants; born to Mother Earth, Gaea; and father sky, Uranus

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