Greek Gods and mythological places Flashcards

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Children of titans, the main ruling panel of gods and goddesses also called the Olympians; main leader is Zeus, there are 12 of them

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Pantheon

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Is the first race of mythological Giants Born to mother earth and father sky

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Titans

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Mountain on which the pantheon lives

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Mount Olympus

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Place in the underworld where heroes are sentenced a reward to fight battles internally

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Elysian fields

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River that has to be crossed to get to the underworld

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River Styx

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Gloomy place where all Greeks go when they die; punishment is given out based on each person says

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Underworld

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Is father sky; prison his children and mother earth

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Uranus

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Mother earth; wife of Uranus

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Gaea

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Swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him; Zeus took power from him; Roman name= father time

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Kronos

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Wife of Kronos

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Rhea

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Three ugly goddesses of vengeance, sometimes help punishment in the underworld, especially for familial

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The furies

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Three sisters the fate of humans by weaving a thread

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The fates

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King of the gods and goddesses; God of thunder and lightning, Roman name= Jupiter

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Zeus

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The queen of the gods and goddesses; very jealous wife; Roman name= juno

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Hera

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God of the underworld; Roman name= Pluto

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Hades

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God of the sea; Roman name= Neptune

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Poseidon

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Goddess of love and beauty; famous for punishing beautiful people; Roman name= Venus

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Aphrodite

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God of war and violence Roman name= mars

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Ares

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Deformed god of fire and blacksmithing, married Aphrodite Roman name=Vadconen

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Hephaestus

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Goddess of harvest and fertility Roman name=Ceres

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Demeter

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Twins with Apollo goddess of the moon and the Hunt Roman name =Diana

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God of the sun, light heathly, music, and poetry; especially for carrying the sun across the sky

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Goddess of wisdom, the Domestic crafts, and war strategies does not like women repulsed by marriage and having children; born from Zeus’s head; Roman name = mineria

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God of love; Aphrodite’s son Roman name=Cupid

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Messenger of the gods; patron of liars, gambling, and disobedient people; Roman name= Mercury
Hermes
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creator of man; punished for giving man fire and having a vatertaer pack his liver and skin every day
Prometheus
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Mentally slow brother of for the Prometheus responsible to give animals talents and gifts; married to Pandora
Epimetheus
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First mortal created by the gods; curiosity caused her to open a box that she was told not to open in the box was sin
Pandora
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Is the god of wine and merriment Roman name=Bacchus
Dionysus
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Queen of the underworld be forced to live there six months each year because she carries pomugranet seeds; story explains the season; Roman name= Proserpina
Persephone
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Carries the people across the river Styx if they have gold coin
Charon
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The goddess of a hearth and the home; one of Zeus's sister; Roman name= Vesta
Hestia
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A nymph who was punished for talking too much by having to repeat the last word person says
Echo
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Vain man you fell in love with his own reflection and was turned into a flower
Narcissus
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Is Apollo's foolish son when he drove the sun to close to the earth explains the different races and heritage
Phaethon
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Great architect who created the maze where the Minotaur lived was punished for helping a prisoner find his way out
Daedalus
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Foolish boy who flew to close to the sun and melted the wax wings
Icarus
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Gifted weaver who was turned into a spider from Aethen
Arachne
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Strongest man in the universe; competed 12 labors as punishment for killing his family, released Prometheus
Hercules
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Greatest warrior in Greece; had his mother dip him in the river to his heal in the river Styx dead from an arrow to his unprotected heels
Achilles
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Fastest runner in Greece died at the city gate after saying Nike (nike means winner)
Phidippide
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God of the field meadows; a satyr who was greatly feared because he refuges girls that went into the woods son of Hermes
Pan
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King who is given a special gift to turn everything to gold; who later regretted it because it made it hard for life
Midas
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Three headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld
Cerberus
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Is part bull, part man , who lived in a maze and eat humans from the maze
Minotaur
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Part man, part horse ; fierce likes to fight
Sentar
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Part man, Part goat ; gentle most of the time and likes music
Satyr
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Part woman, part bird, Lowers sailors with their pretty voices; to crash on the rock and eat them; also known as haerpes
Sirens
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Monster who was once a pretty girl; a creature that has snakes for hair and has a deadly stare
Medusa
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White winged horse; born from the blood of medusa
Pegasus