Lesson 3 Flashcards
queen of gods
Hera
god of war
Ares
god of smiths and fire
Hephaestus
goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
herald of the gods; god of those living by wits
Hermes
goddess of the harvest
Demeter
lord of the sea
Poseidon
goddess of wisdom
Athena
goddess of the hunt
Artemis
god of light and music
Apollo
god of wine
Dionysus
gleaming
shining
to rule
reign
messenger
herald
fireplace
hearth
holy, revered
sacred
platform or pedastool
altar
Hades, hell
underworld
holy, of the gods
divine
ethereal fluid in gods (instead of blood)
ichor
disputes, fights
quarrels
Describe two sets of children - of Mother Earth and Uranus.
The first children of Mother Earth were the Titans and Titanesses, the first gods. The second set were the giant smiths, the Cyclopes, each with one glowing eye. The third set were sons with 50 heads and 100 arms. The children of Cronus were the gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera