Names Flashcards
Mother Earth
Gaea
The sky
Uranus
The Three Cyclopes
Gaea’s children after the titans/titanesses. Lighting, thunder, and thunderbolt
The underworld (deepest darkest pit under earth)
Tartarus
Mother Earth’s second husband
Pontus
Lord of the universe after Uranus
Cronus
Cronus’s wife
Rhea
How did Zeus live?
Rhea gave a stone for Cronus to eat instead of her 6th kid
Island that Zeus hid
Crete
Fairy goat that nurtured Zeus
Amaltheia
Breast plate of Zeus
Aegis
Zeus’s first wife
Metis (Goddest of prudence)
Who was apart of Zeus’s army?
The five children that Cronus ate by eating a magic herb given to him by Métis. Heston, Demeter, Hera, hades, Poseidon
Which titans left to join Zeus’s army?
Prometheus and epimetheus
The two monsters Gaea sent to kill Zeus for putting the titans in Tartarus
Typhon and Echidna
Fleet footed messenger of the gods
Iris
The 12 gods on Mount Olympus
Zeus, his 5 siblings, and his children.
Zeus’s Queen
Hera
God of war
Ares
God of fire
Hephaestus
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
Messenger of the gods
Hermes (Zeus’s son)
Goddess of wisdom
Athena
Apollo
God of light and music
Goddess of the hunt
Artemis
Dionysus
God of wine
Goddess of the hearth (Zeus’s eldest sister)
Hestia
Lord of the dead
Hades
The person who got turned into a cow
Io (Zeus’s mortal fling)
The man with eyes all over his body
Argus (Hera’s servant)
River god
Inachos (Io’s dad)
Thetis
Sea goddess who helped Hephaestus heal from his fall Zeus being angry for siding with Hera in an argument
Eris
Spirit of strife, companion of Ares
Golden apple of Eris
Apple of discord (people fought over it because of how beautiful it was)
Why was Athena so wise?
She Grew out of Zeus’s head
Why did Zeus try to swallow Métis?
Cause he was afraid of her having a son that would betray him. So he swallowed her and out popped Athena
Athena’s companion
Nike, spirit of victory
Arachne
Girl who got cocky using the loom, challenging Athena to a sew-off, and pissing of Athena into turning Arachne into a spider
How did Athena win Athens
She competed with Poseidon for a gift off. Poseidon gave a water piller, and she gave an olive tee, so she won.
How did Io get set free from Hera/Argus?
Zeus sent Hermes, and he sang and told stories so long into the day that Argus got literally bored to death
Why do peacocks have eyes on the tails?
Because Argus’s eyes were placed there after he died in his honor by Here’s
Who ruled the sea before Poseidon?
Nereus, son of Gaea and Pontus
Poseidon’s wife
Nereus’s daughter Amphitrite
Ilithya
Goddess of childbirth
How were Artemis and Apollo born without the goddess of childbirth?
Leto, Zeus’s wife, hid from Hera on the tiny island of Delos. Gods created a necklace for Hera to distract her, and Ilithyia was let go - then Artemis and Apollo were born.
Who did Apollo try to win over?
The oracle of Delphi. He had to beat Python, and he did.
Actaeon
Hunter who stumbled across Artemis while she was bathing, and got turned into a stag
Queen of Thebes
Niobe mother of 14 who tried to get worshiped instead of Leto. Artemis and Apollo killed the 14 and turned Niobe into a rock
Otus and Ephialtes
Two giants who challenged Zeus, but killed each other because of jealousy over Artemis. Side note: Ares stuck in an urn.
Orion’s story
Got stabbed in the eyes by a king who didn’t want to part with daughter. Then, fell in love with Artemis which made Apollo jealous, so he sent a scorpion to kill him. Orion’s Belt/scorpio constellation
How did Hermes get out of the cave with his mom?
He stole 50 of Apollo’s sheep, and made an instrument with one of the innards of the sheep. The instrument was so good, it impressed Zeus into having him join the council.
Explain Hera and Herme’s trial
Hermes killed Argus by boring him to death. That pissed off Hera who called a trial. The God with the most stones would win, and everyone casted their stone for Herme’s because it’s not a crime to bored someone to death
Cerberus
The three headed watchdog of the underworld.
Charon
Ferryman of the underworld that guarded the easy access to the underworld. People would put a coin under the tongue to bribe Charon into letting their loved one an easy access to the underworld
Persephone
Daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest
What was the only tree in Hades?
Pomegranate
Semele
Dionysus’s mom ( a mortal)
How did Semele die?
She asked Zeus (under Hera’s influence) to reveal himself in all his glory to her.
Ganymede
Zeus’s cup bearer
How did Dionysus create dolphins?
Pirates captured Dionysus and took him out to sea. Dionysus sprout large vines of grapes and scared the pirates who threw themselves overboard.
The Three Fates
Clotho(spins thread), Lachesis(measures thread), and Atropos (cuts the thread)
The Three Fates’ Sister
Nemesis
Who recreated all living creatures after they had perished in the early battles of the gods?
Prometheus and Epimetheus - Prometheus dedicated more of his time to humans while Epimetheus created everything rashly. All were made out of river clay
Why was Prometheus punished by Zeus?
He was punished for giving fire to the humans and tricking Zeus into choosing the entrails pile of the ox Prometheus instructed the humans to prepare.
How was Prometheus and men punished by Zeus?
Zeus punished the humans by sending Pandora. He punished Prometheus by chaining him to a mountain and having an eagle rip out his liver every day.
Prometheus’s son who avoided the temptation of evil released by Pandora’s sealed jar
Deucalion
What was in pandora’s sealed jar?
Greed, Vanity, Slander, Envy, Hope and all other evils. Hope stayed in the jar though.
Pandora’s husband
Epimetheus
Which mortals survived the giant flood?
Only Deucalion and Pyrrha
The North Wind
Boreas (Icy and wild rip up trees)
The South Wind
Notus (Moist wind)
The West Wind
Zephyr (Gentle boy)
The East Wind
Eurus (a nobody)
Mother of the Four Winds
Eos
Eos’s Mortal Husband
Tithonus
What happened to Tithonus?
He was granted eternal life, but his body started to age while his sole lasted forever, and he shriveled into a cricket
Eos’s brother, the sun god
Helios
Helio’s son
Phaethon
What happened to Phaethon?
He tried to drive his Dad’s chariot for him one day and caused the ice age and died. Another wish-gone-wrong
The moon goddess
Selene
Selene’s crush and what happened to him
He asked Zeus for him to stay forever sleep cause she didn’t want a Cricket like Eos. He was a hot shepard named Endymion and fathered Selene 50 children
God of nature
Pan, son of Hermes
What were nymphs and satyrs?
Nymphs were nature divinities and Satyrs kind of just followed Pan around and bugged him (basically fauns).
Who was echo?
Echo was a nymph who got cursed by hera to lose her voice unless other people were speaking. She really like Narcissus who only liked himself
Who was the nymph that ran away from Pan because he was ugly?
Syrinx. She ran away and hid in reeds which made Pan create a flute thing.
Who was the nymph Apollo liked?
Daphne. Daphne ran away from Apollo and got turned into a laurel (tree), so she wouldn’t have to be with Apollo
Chiron
Centaur who raised Apollo’s son (mortal) Asclepius
The first great physician
Asclepius
Meleager
Man good at throwing spears. Killed a giant boar and pinned two men with one spear.
The story of Atalanta and her husband
She didn’t want to marry and was really fast, so she challenged all her suitors to a foot race. Melanion distracted her with apples of discord to win the race. They got turned into lions and died.
What happened to Asclepius?
He started receiving money for bringing people back from the dead, and Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt
The Nine Muses
Erato (Muse of Lyrics), Euterpe (Muse of Music), Thalia (Muse of Comedy), Meldomene (Muse of Tragedy), Terpsichore (Muse of Dance), Urania (Muse of Astronomy), Clio (Muse of history), Polyhymnia (muse of Hymns), Calliode (Muse of Epics)
Who were the Nine Muses parents?
Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne
Orpheus’s mom
Muse of history (Clio)
Who did Orpheus fall in love with?
Euridice
Europa
First queen of Crete. She rode Zeus as a bull into the sea from Tyre
Talos
Robot to protect Crete
Cadmus
The successful of the 3 sons that talked to Delphi to find out where Europa went. He built a city with help from Athena after his men died from a dragon.
Father who sacrificed his son for favor from the gods, but got punished by never being able to drink or eat - despite being in water and proximity to a fruit tree
Tantalus
Tantalus’s Son
Pelops
Who did Pelops marry and how?
Hippodamia - Pelops challenged Hippo’s dad to a chariot race who had magic-unbeatable horses from Ares. The stable boy put wax axles in the chariot of his master, so Pelops would win. Then Pelops killed the stable boy.
Danaë
Mother of Perseus. Rapunzel-like character who married Zeus and birthed Perseus. Was put in a chest and thrown into the sea
Why did Perseus have to kill Madusa?
It was a scheme to get rid of Perseus, and the evil king requested the head of Madusa as a wedding gift and Perseus was broke.
The gorgon sisters
Medusa is the most famous one - they turned people to stone when she looked at people
Andromeda
Perseus’s queen - chained to a rock at sea to be eaten by a sea monster
King Midas
Kind who briefly had the power to turn anything he touched into gold, but he had to undo that wish because he was about to starve to death. Ran away with donkey ears after apollo cursed him
Who was punished by always pushing a large bolder up a hill?
Sisyphus
Why was Sisyphus punished?
Trickster guy who kept tricking Hades to avoid death, but death eventually came for him and he was punished greatly
Melampus
Cousin of Bellerophon who could talk to animals/bugs. He was the guy who heard termites talking and listened to the vultures for cures, and he became a really great healer.
Bellerophon
Grandson of sisyphus. Great tamer of wild horses and Pegasus with a golden bridle. Fought the Chimera (dragon/goat/serpant) and won
Alcmene
Mother of Hercules
Hercules
Half man/half god who had to complete tasks that were all killing various mythical beasts. Hera really tried all she could to kill him, but it made him really famous for his strength. He also did things like steal Cerberus, and a woman from the underworld, as well as hold the sky for Atlas for a period of time.
Theseus
The man who killed the Minotaur stopping human sacrifices Athens had to give to Crete.
Daedalus
The master craftsman/genius who built wings to escape from Crete with his son Icarus. Also solved the conch shell problem by leading an ant attached to a string with honey.
Icarus
Son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun and melted his wings off.
