Lessons 1-10 Review Flashcards by Marcia Young

First king of the gods; swallowed his own children

Cronus

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Agenor’s beautiful daughter

Europa

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maidens; helpers of Demeter

nymphs

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centaur; tried to abduct Deianira

Nessus

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brought rainbow; bore messages form heaven

Iris

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watchdog of the underworld

Cerberus

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sister of Zeus; queen of the gods; goddess of the clouds

Hera (Juno)

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king of Phoenicia

Agenor

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notes king of Athens; son of king Aegeus

Theseus

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king and queen of Thessaly

Admetus and Alcestis

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three horrible sisters with snakes for hair

Gorgons

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river around the underworld; “hateful”

Styx

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king of Colchis

Aeetes

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city founded by Cadmus

Thebes

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sonf of Danaë; turned into a constellation

Perseus

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sisters; higher than all the gods and goddesses

three Fates

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brother of Zeus; god of the underworld

Hades (Pluto)

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twins; sailed with Jason turned into a constellation

Castor and Pollux

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“round-eye”; giants who made thunder and lightning for Zeus

Cyclops

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the only mortal of the three Gorgons

Medusa

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king of Iolcus; usurped throne from his older brother Aeson

Pelias

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sailors on Jason’s expedition

Argonauts

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wife of Deucalion; survived the flood

Pyrrha

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son of Zeus; messenger of the gods

Hermes

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goddess of youth

Hebe

held up the sky; father of the Hesperides

Atlas

"I will get you some of the apples if you will hold up the sky for me."

Atlas

daughter of Minos; took pity on Theseus and helped him

Ariadne

king of Crete; keeper of the Minotaur

Minos

daughter of Aeetes; fell in love with Jason and helped him

Medea

giants who aided Cronos in his battle against Zeus; hurled mountains

Titans

sisters; punished and tormented the wicked

three Furies

told Perseus where the land of the Hesperides was

Gray Sisters

winding maze where the Minotaur was kept

Labyrinth

centaur; most famous teacher in Greece; raised Jason

Chiron

sister of Phrixus; drowned in the strait (Hellespont) that bears her name

Helle

magical musician; built the walls of Thebes with a lyre

Amphion

king of Mycenae; cousin of Hercules

Eurystheus

son of Aphrodite; god of love

Eros (Cupid)

sister of Zeus; goddess of fire and the hearth

Hestia (Vesta)

son of Zeus; god of fire; friend of metalworkers

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

beautiful nymphs with magic treasures

Hesperides

"Cast behind you the bones of your mother!"

Parnassus oracle

brother of Dictys; ruler of Seriphos; fell in love with Danaë

Polydectes

king and queen; parents of Andromeda; turned into constellations

Cepheus, Cassiopeia

"Building is better than killing."

Cadmus

birthplace of Perseus

Argos

goddess of the underworld; daughter of Demeter

Persephone (Proserpine)

greatest of the Greek heroes; mortal son of Zeus

Herakles

daughter of Zeus; twin of Apollo; goddess of the moon

Artemis (Diana)

queen of Lydia

Omphale

son of Zeus; twin of Artemis (Diana); god of the sun

Apollo

nine goddesses of poetry, arts, sciences

Muses

wife of Hercules

Deianira

monster of the Labyrinth

Minotaur

the Greeks; Greece

Hellenes; Hellas

wife of Cronos

Rhea

nailed golden fleece on a tree sacred to Ares

Phrixus

ferryman of the Styx

Charon

mountain where Deucalion's ark landed

Parnassus

demigod, "forethought"; stole fire from the gods and gave it to man

Prometheus

Jason's ship

Argo

sonf of Prometheus; survived the flood

Deucalion

son of Zeus; god of war

Ares (Mars)

mountain in Greece; home of the gods

Olympus

wise Greek king; founder of Athens

Cecrops

sisters; made mortals gracious and lovable

three Graces

brother of Zeus; god of the ocean

Poseidon (Neptune)

son of Cronos and Rhea; saved by Rhea; name means "brightness"; known by the Romans as Jupiter; became king of the gods by defeating Cronos

Zeus

sister of Zeus; goddess of the grains, fruits, flowers

Demeter (Ceres)

fisherman who rescued Danaë and Perseus

Dictys

"If you are a man, lift that stone."

Aethra

daughter of Venus; given to Cadmus as a wife

Harmony

son of Agenor; consulted the Parnassus oracle

Cadmus

beautiful maidens; lured sailors to crash not he rocks

Sirens

"What had been fated came to pass."

Greek saying

to be sacrificed to Poseidon; rescued by and married to Perseus; turned into a constellation

Andromeda

daughter of the king of ARgos

Danaë

daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom

Athena (Minerva)

"lynx-eyed"; sailed with Jason

Lynceus

mother of Theseus

Aethra

"See! I have brought you that which you desired."

Perseus

"Beware of the man who wears but one Sandal."

track of Apollo

greatest musician of mythical Greece

Orpheus

son of Aeson

Jason

goddess of love; most beautiful of the goddesses

Aphrodite (Venus)

Lessons 1-10 Review Flashcards

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