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Greek Gods and Goddesses
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7th Grade
02/20/2008

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Zeus/Jupiter

 

 

 

 

 

Definition
  • King of the gods!
  • Son of Kronos and Rea.
  • Kronos had previously eaten all five of zeus' siblings  (Hades, Hera, Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon)
  • Zeus escaped the same fate because of his mother fooling Kronos into eating a stone wrapped in blankets instead.
  • Zeus eventually defeated kronos and saved his siblings.
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Hera/Juno
Definition
  • Queen of the gods
  • Protector of women and family
Term
Persephone
Definition
  • Queen of the underworld
  • Daughter of Demeter
  • So beautiful Hades fell in love with her and abducted her
  • Demeter was so agitated by this that she refused to let anything grow until she could see her precious daughter
  •  So Hades tricked her into eating the seeds of a pomegranate which bound her to the underworld
  •  she had to stay for 1/3 of every year forever. Which is our winter.
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Icarus
Definition
  • Daedalus' son
  • died flying to close to the sun
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Aphrodite/Venus
Definition
  • Goddess of love and beauty
  • born from sea foam
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Daedalus
Definition
  • architect
  • father of icarus
  • built labyrinth and wings
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Hermes/Mercury
Definition
  • Messenger God yayz!
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Arachne
Definition
  • the first spider
  • challenged Athena to a weaving contest
  • Arachne won but also affended Athena at the same time
  • Athena turned her into a spider as a punishment
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Demeter/Ceres
Definition
  • Goddess of fertility and the ground
  • mother of Persephone
Term
Narcissus
Definition
  • Narcissus wa in love with himself
  • so many loved him but he never loved them back
  • one of these women was a nymph named echo
  • The goddess Nemesis heard the rejected girls prayers for revenge and cursed Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection
Term
Echo
Definition
  • nymph that fell in love with Narcissus
  •  was cursed by Hera to only be able to speak the last word someone said
  • died by Narcissus side all that remained was her voice A.K.A echo
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Hades/Pluto
Definition
  • God of the underworld
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Eros/Cupid
Definition
  • God of love
  • son of Aphrodite
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Bacchus/Dionysus
Definition
  • God of wine
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Athena/Minerva
Definition
  • Goddess of wisdom and valour
  • born out of Zeus' head
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Hercules
Definition
  • son of Zeus and Alcmene
  • Hera's jealousy drove her to make Hercules crazy and kill his family
  • to make up for his sins he does 12 labors
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Poseidon/Neptune
Definition
  • god of the sea
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Apollo
Definition
  • god of medicine, poetry, and light
  • rides golden chariot to make sun rise and fall
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Ares/Mars
Definition
  • terrible god of war
Term
Mount Olympus
Definition
  • home of the gods
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Titan
Definition
  • race of godlike giants
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Cyclops
Definition
  • giant beings with a single round eye in the middle of their foreheads
Term
Kronos
Definition
  • Father of Zeus
  • tried to eat all his children scared they would kill him
  • ate all except zeus because his wife Rea gave him a rock disguised as zeus
  • killed by zeus
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Prometheus
Definition
  • made mankind
  • stole fire for mankind
  • punishment= Zeus commanded that Prometheus be chained for eternity to a rock and an eagle would eat his liver each day and the liver would grow back every night until  Hercules finally killed the bird
Term
Pandora
Definition
  •  Prometheus stole fire Zeus took vengeance by giving Pandora to Epimetheus (Prometheus' brother) 

  •  Pandora had a box which she wasn't allowed to open

  • driven by her curiosity Pandora opened the box= all evil escaped and spread all over the earth

  • She quickly closed the lid, which only left one thing inside hope


Term
King Midas
Definition
  • wished that everything he touched could turn to gold
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Amazon
Definition
  • warrior women
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Atlas
Definition
  • Titan sentenced to holding the earth forever on his shoulders as punishment for his participation on Kronos side during the battle that zeus won
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Cerberus
Definition
  • Hades three headed watch dog
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Medusa
Definition
  •  she was a  gorgon
  • and the only one who was mortal
  •  Her gaze could turn whoever she looked upon to stone
  • killed by the hero Perseus with the help of Athena and Hermes
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Perseus
Definition
  • Polydectes sent Perseus on a quest to kill Medusa and bring back her head
  • with help from Athena and Hermes he accomplished this task.
Term
Rhea
Definition
  • mother of the gods
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Centar
Definition
  • creatures that were part man part horse
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Muses
Definition
  • The goddesses of music, poetry, the arts, and science
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Gaia
Definition
  • earth or mother earth
  • born out of chaos
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Nemesis

Definition
  • goddess of vengence
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Phaëthon
Definition
  • son of Apollo
  • died while riding his father's golden chariot indifferent to his Apollo's warnings
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