Lessons 1-10 Review Flashcards
First king of the gods; swallowed his own children
Cronus
Agenor’s beautiful daughter
Europa
maidens; helpers of Demeter
nymphs
centaur; tried to abduct Deianira
Nessus
brought rainbow; bore messages form heaven
Iris
watchdog of the underworld
Cerberus
sister of Zeus; queen of the gods; goddess of the clouds
Hera (Juno)
king of Phoenicia
Agenor
notes king of Athens; son of king Aegeus
Theseus
king and queen of Thessaly
Admetus and Alcestis
three horrible sisters with snakes for hair
Gorgons
river around the underworld; “hateful”
Styx
king of Colchis
Aeetes
city founded by Cadmus
Thebes
sonf of Danaë; turned into a constellation
Perseus
sisters; higher than all the gods and goddesses
three Fates
brother of Zeus; god of the underworld
Hades (Pluto)
twins; sailed with Jason turned into a constellation
Castor and Pollux
“round-eye”; giants who made thunder and lightning for Zeus
Cyclops
the only mortal of the three Gorgons
Medusa
king of Iolcus; usurped throne from his older brother Aeson
Pelias
sailors on Jason’s expedition
Argonauts
wife of Deucalion; survived the flood
Pyrrha
son of Zeus; messenger of the gods
Hermes
goddess of youth
Hebe
held up the sky; father of the Hesperides
Atlas
“I will get you some of the apples if you will hold up the sky for me.”
Atlas
daughter of Minos; took pity on Theseus and helped him
Ariadne
king of Crete; keeper of the Minotaur
Minos
daughter of Aeetes; fell in love with Jason and helped him
Medea
giants who aided Cronos in his battle against Zeus; hurled mountains
Titans
sisters; punished and tormented the wicked
three Furies
told Perseus where the land of the Hesperides was
Gray Sisters
winding maze where the Minotaur was kept
Labyrinth