Gods And Goddesses Flashcards
(23 cards)
Apollo
Ruler of: God of the sun
Nickname: God of light and reason
Symbol: lyre, sun
Weapon: golden chariot, bow and arrow, harp
Aphrodite
Ruler of: Goddess of Love
Roman name: Venus
Symbol:
Artemis
Ruler of: the moon, the hunt
Nickname: the Huntress
Symbol: she-bear, deer
Weapon: silver chariot, bow and arrow
Athena
Ruler of: wisdom
Nickname: grey-eyed goddess
Symbol: owl
Weapon: the Aegis (shield of Zeus)
Demeter
Ruler of: the harvest
Nickname: Goddess of the Harvest, Earth Mother
Symbol: sheaf of grain, poppy, ear of corn
Weapon: immortality, scepter
Hephaestus
Ruler of: the Forge (blacksmith)
Nickname: The Friendly God, The Lame God
Symbol: Quail
Weapon: hammer and anvil
Hera
Ruler of: marriage
Nickname: jealous protector of marriage
Symbol: cow, peacock, lion
Weapon: can inflict madness
Hermes
Ruler of: commerce/ banks
Nickname: Messenger of the gods
Symbol: stick, crane
Weapon: Winged-helmet and sandals
Hestia
Ruler of: Home
Nickname: Goddess of the Hearth
Symbol: Hearth, lamp, fire
Weapon: powerful protecting ability
Poseidon
Ruler of: Seas and Waters
Nickname: the Earthshaker
Symbol: horse, dolphin
Weapon: Trident
Zeus
Ruler of: all the gods
Nickname: The Thunderer, Lord of Sky/ Cloud
Symbol: eagle
Weapon: lightning bolt, thunder
Aeolus
Ruler of: the winds
Nickname: Hippotades
Symbol: jar,open bag,harp
Weapon: wind
Alcinous and Arete
Ruler of: King of Phaiacians (Arête was his wife and Queen)
Nickname: none
Symbol: none
Weapon: none
Callisto
Ruler of:
Calypso
Beautiful goddess-nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years: home is the island of Olgygia
Charybdis
Mythological whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. Together with Scylla, one of the twin perils faced by Odysseus
Cronus and Rea
Cronus: youngest of the 12 Titans; master of time, married his sister Rea; Parents of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus
Cyclops
Member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in they middle of their forehead
Lotus eaters
Showed no harm, anyone who eats a lotus blossom falls asleep and has no desire to go back home or do anything.
Polyphemus
Cyclops who captured and almost devoured Odysseus. Prevailed upon his father Poseidon to delay the hero’s return home.
Scylla
A beautiful maiden transformed into a monster, sometimes described as having 6 dog’s heads on long necks. Menaced Odysseus when he passed her lair off the coast of Sicily.
Titans
Sons of Earth, older than the Gods of Olympus. Zeus’s father, Cronus, was a Titan.
Important places
Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Cicones, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Numidia, Olympus, Troy
