Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Dionysus |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Demeter |
|
Definition
| God of Harvest/Corn/Rice/Fertility |
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Persephone |
|
Definition
| Daughter of Demeter, kidnapped by Hades and made Queen of Underworld. |
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Hades |
|
Definition
| King of Underworld, kidnapped Persephone. |
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Semele |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Semele |
|
Definition
| Mother of Dionysus (Zeus was father) |
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Ariadne |
|
Definition
| Princess abandoned by a prince whom Dionysus fell in love with. |
|
|
Term
(Two Great Gods of Earth)
Pentheus |
|
Definition
| King of Thebes who refused Dionysus' claim to throne. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Chaos |
|
Definition
| State of the universe before it was created. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Night |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Erebus |
|
Definition
| "Unfathomable depth of where death dwells" Hades? |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Love |
|
Definition
| Created from Darkness and Death. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Light and Day |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Earth |
|
Definition
| Popped up from literally no where. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Gaea |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Ouranos |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Giants, Cyclops, Titan's |
|
Definition
| First beings of the Earth. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Cronus |
|
Definition
| Saturn, Ruler of the Universe but overthrown by Zeus |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Zeus |
|
Definition
| Overthrown Cronus and became next ruler of Universe |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Prometheus |
|
Definition
| Son of the TItan Iapetus and took sides with Zeus |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Atlas |
|
Definition
| Prometheus' brother who was condemned to bear on his back the wait of the world |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Typhon |
|
Definition
| Terrible creature after the war between Gods and Titans who sprung from the earth. |
|
|
Term
| [Creation (World and Mankind)]Epimetheus |
|
Definition
| Brother of Prometheus, both were assigned to shape the mortal aspects of the universe. Unwittingly he gave all the good gifts to animals. |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Pandora |
|
Definition
| Silly person who opened the box that flew out many evils and the last thing "Hope" |
|
|
Term
[Creation (World and Mankind)]
Hermes |
|
Definition
| Prometheus, for his anti-God acts and the fact he was withholding a secret from Zeus, was tied to a rock for torture. Hermes tried to coax out the secret. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Maiden of which Zeus fell in love with. Complications with Hera made her into a heifer with a gadfly that stung her to madness. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Maiden whom Zeus fell in love with. Zeus turned into a bull and took her Crete |
|
|
Term
(Earlies Heroes)
Polyphemus |
|
Definition
| Cyclops, son of Posseidon, who got stabbed in the eye by Odysseus when he tried to capture and eat his crew. |
|
|
Term
(Earliest Heroes)
Oddyseus |
|
Definition
| Hero (Trojan War) who was trapped by Polyphemus and escaped by stabbing him and using a furry getaway. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Polyphemus' eye candy. He loved her but she turned to love a prince who was killed by Polyphemus and his jealousy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Sister nymph of Galatea who liked the one eyed dude but never admitted to him. |
|
|
Term
(Earliest Heroes)
Narcissus |
|
Definition
| Beautiful man who resented love and fell prey to his stupidity. His body wasn't found but instead a flower of utmost beauty lied where he 'rested' |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Nymph cursed upon to only speak what has been said to her. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Son of Aphrodite, fell in love with Psyche. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Fairest woman of all, so fair that many stopped worshipping Venus (Aphrodite) and therefore made her jealous. |
|
|
Term
(Cupid and Psyche)
Aphrodite |
|
Definition
| Extremely jealous of Psyche, arranged her to be married to a monster, but her son fell in love with the victim. |
|
|
Term
(Cupid and Psyche)
Psyche's sisters |
|
Definition
| Told Psyche her mysterious husband was a serpent and wished to eat her. Which caused Psyche to ninjalike spy on her husband and caused him being pissed. |
|
|
Term
[The House of Atreus]
The house of Atreus included... |
|
Definition
Agamemnon (led Greeks to Troy)
Clytemnestra (wife)
Iphigenia, Orestes and Electra (children) |
|
|
