Lessons 1-8 Review Flashcards by Marcia Young

First king of the gods; swallowed his own children

Cronus

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wife of Cronos

Rhea

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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

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

Titans

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

Cyclops

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

Hera (Juno)

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brother of Zeus; god of the ocean

Poseidon (Neptune)

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brother of Zeus; god of the underworld

Hades (Pluto)

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

Demeter (Ceres)

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sister of Zeus; goddess of fire and the hearth

Hestia (Vesta)

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river around the underworld; “hateful”

Styx

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ferryman of the Styx

Charon

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watchdog of the underworld

Cerberus

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goddess of the underworld; daughter of Demeter

Persephone (Proserpine)

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maidens; helpers of Demeter

nymphs

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son of Zeus; messenger of the gods

Hermes

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son of Zeus; god of fire; friend of metalworkers

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

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son of Zeus; god of war

Ares (Mars)

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

Apollo

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

Artemis (Diana)

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daughter of Zeus; goddess of wisdom

Athena (Minerva)

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goddess of love; most beautiful of the goddesses

Aphrodite (Venus)

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son of Aphrodite; god of love

Eros (Cupid)

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brought rainbow; bore messages form heaven

Iris

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sisters; made mortals gracious and lovable

three Graces

sisters; punished and tormented the wicked

three Furies

sisters; higher than all the gods and goddesses

three Fates

mountain in Greece; home of the gods

Olympus

goddess of youth

Hebe

nine goddesses of poetry, arts, sciences

Muses

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

Prometheus

sonf of Prometheus; survived the flood

Deucalion

wife of Deucalion; survived the flood

Pyrrha

mountain where Deucalion's ark landed

Parnassus

the Greeks; Greece

Hellenes; Hellas

"Cast behind you the bones of your mother!"

Parnassus oracle

king of Phoenicia

Agenor

Agenor's beautiful daughter

Europa

son of Agenor; consulted the Parnassus oracle

Cadmus

city founded by Cadmus

Thebes

magical musician; built the walls of Thebes with a lyre

Amphion

daughter of Venus; given to Cadmus as a wife

Harmony

"Building is better than killing."

Cadmus

birthplace of Perseus

Argos

daughter of the king of ARgos

Danaë

sonf of Danaë; turned into a constellation

Perseus

fisherman who rescued Danaë and Perseus

Dictys

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

Polydectes

three horrible sisters with snakes for hair

Gorgons

the only mortal of the three Gorgons

Medusa

told Perseus where the land of the Hesperides was

Gray Sisters

beautiful nymphs with magic treasures

Hesperides

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

Andromeda

king and queen; parents of Andromeda; turned into constellations

Cepheus, Cassiopeia

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

Perseus

"What had been fated came to pass."

Greek saying

greatest of the Greek heroes; mortal son of Zeus

Herakles

king of Mycenae; cousin of Hercules

Eurystheus

held up the sky; father of the Hesperides

Atlas

king and queen of Thessaly

Admetus and Alcestis

queen of Lydia

Omphale

wife of Hercules

Deianira

centaur; tried to abduct Deianira

Nessus

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

Atlas

king of Iolcus; usurped throne from his older brother Aeson

Pelias

son of Aeson

Jason

centaur; most famous teacher in Greece; raised Jason

Chiron

nailed golden fleece on a tree sacred to Ares

Phrixus

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

Helle

king of Colchis

Aeetes

Jason's ship

Argo

sailors on Jason's expedition

Argonauts

greatest musician of mythical Greece

Orpheus

twins; sailed with Jason turned into a constellation

Castor and Pollux

"lynx-eyed"; sailed with Jason

Lynceus

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

Medea

beautiful maidens; lured sailors to crash not he rocks

Sirens

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

track of Apollo

wise Greek king; founder of Athens

Cecrops

notes king of Athens; son of king Aegeus

Theseus

mother of Theseus

Aethra

king of Crete; keeper of the Minotaur

Minos

monster of the Labyrinth

Minotaur

winding maze where the Minotaur was kept

Labyrinth

daughter of Minos; took pity on Theseus and helped him

Ariadne

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

Aethra