Greek Mythology Flashcards
(24 cards)
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love & Beauty, loves to meddle
Apollo
God of the Sun and rides a chariot
Artemis
Goddess of the Moon & the hunt, she loves to hunt and is the twin of Apollo
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom, famous for turning Arachne into a spider, also fights in the war.
Cronos
The father of the Olympians like Zeus and Hera, and swallowed his children so they wouldn’t overthrow him.
Cupid
God of love, fell in love with Psyche, also known as Eros. Can make people fall in love with arrows.
Demeter
Goddess of the Harvest, mother of Persephone, determines the seasons and cares for plants and flowers.
Gaea
Mother Earth, and mother of Cronos and other Titans.
Hades
God of the Underworld, kidnapped Persephone and then married her.
Hephaestus
God of Fire, married to Aphrodite, and likes to work with metal and forge jewlery
Hera
Wife of Zeus, Queen of Gods, and goddess of women and motherhood
Hermes
Delivers messages, and is the god of trickery.
Hestia
Goddess of the Hearth and Home.
Medusa
She has snakes in her hair and can turn whoever looks at her into stone.
Odysseus
An intelligent Greek leader during the Trojan War
Pandora
Curiosity and the Box, the first moral woman, Zeus curses the morals with a box that she opens.
Persephone
The daughter of Demeter got kidnapped by Hades and married him.
Persephone
Daughter of Demeter got kidnapped by Hades and married him.
Perseus
Son of Zeus and Danae, and the grandson of King Acrisius, he beheaded Medusa and married Andromeda
Poseidon
God of water and horses, can send storms
Prometheus
A moral that stole fire from Mount Olympus and was punished by an eagle ate his liver
Rhea
A titan that married Kronos, and is the mother of Zeus, Hera, and other Olympians
Uranus
The oldest god, and the god of the sky, married Gaea, the father of Cronos, and Zeus overthrew him
Zeus
Son of Cronos and Rhea, the king of gods who overthrew his father and is the ruler of heaven and earth
