The Twelve Olympians were the twelve great gods of Greek mythology. Together, they presided over human life’s every aspect. They lived on Mount Olympus with the other Olympian gods.

 Where all the Olympians live except for the gods that live in the Underworld.  Towers up from the center of the Earth  There is actually a mountain named Mount Olympus.

 Hidden in the Earth  Ruled by Hades with his wife Persephone  The kingdom of the dead  Judged to see which place you will go to when you are dead

 Aphrodite  Apollo  Ares  Artemis  Athena  Demeter  Dionysus  Hephaestus  Hera  Hermes  Poseidon  Zeus

 Goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, and childbirth  Aphrodite means “ arisen from the foam” in Ancient Greek because she was born from the sea foam.  Married to Hephaestus, but her love was always devoted to Ares  Children are Eros, Himeros, Pothos, Phobos, Deimos, Armonia, and Rhode

 God of prophecies, oracles, healing, plague, disease, music, song, poetry, archery, and protecting the young boy  Son of Zeus and Leto  Twin sister is Artemis  Never married  Children are Aristaeus, Asclepius, Janus, Linus, Philammon, and Troilius

 God of war, civil order, and manly courage  Son of Zeus and Hera  Secret mistress was Aphrodite  Children are Himeros, Pothos, Phobos, Deimos, Armonia, Eros, and Anteros

 Goddess of hunting, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth, and protecting the young girl  Daughter of Zeus and Leto  Twin brother is Apollo  Never married  No children

 Goddess of wise counsel, war, town defense, weaving, pottery, and other crafts  Daughter of Zeus and Metis: sprang from Zeus’s head fully grown  Never married  Child named Erichthonius

 Goddess of agriculture, grain, bread, and mankind sustenance  Daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea  Married Zeus, Poseidon, Iasion, and Karmanor  Children are Persephone, Despoena, Arion, Plutus, and Philomelas

 God of wine, vegetation, pleasure, and festivity  Son of Zeus and Semele  Married Ariadne  Child is Priapus

 God of fire, metalworking, masonry, and sculptures  Son of Zeus and Hera  Married to Aphrodite, Charis, and Aglaia  Children were Thalia, Eucleia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne, and Euthenia

 Goddess of women, marriage, and sky  Daughter of Cronus and Rhea  Married to Zeus  Children are Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus

 God of animal domestication, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology  Son of Zeus and Maia  Children are Pan and Hermaphroditus

 God of the sea, rivers, flood, drought, horses, and earthquakes  Son of Cronus and Rhea  Married to Amphitrite, Demeter, Medusa, Aphrodite, and Gaia  Children are Triton, Rhode, Herophile, Despoine, Areion, Benthesikyme, Pegasus, Chrysaor, Antaeus, Charybdis, and Polyphemus

 God of sky, weather, law, order, and fate  Son of Cronus and Rhea  Married to Hera, Demeter, Antiope, Eurynome, Gaia, Metis, Maia, Mnemosyne, Persephone, Themis, Theia, Semele, Pandora, Niobe, Maera, Leto, Leda, Io, Electra, Europe, Eurymedousa, Danae, Callisto, Alcmene, and Aegina  Children are Amphion, Zythos, Persephone, Aglaia, Thalia, Euphrosyne, Tityos, Ares, Hebe, Eilithyia, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes, the Muses, Zagreus, Thallo, Karpo, Auxo, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, Magnes, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Helen, Heracles, Argus, Graecus, Pelasgus, Locrus, Dioscouroi, Epaphus, Perseus, Arcas, Iasion, Minos, Danaos, Sarpedon, Radamanthys, Myrmidon, and Aeacus

 Asclepius  The Charites  Dioscouroi  Eilithyia  Eros  Hebe  Heracles  Horae  Leto  Moirae  The Muses  Nike  Tyche  Charon  Erinyes  Hades  Hecate  Persephone

 Who rules the Underworld?  How many times did Hera marry?  Did Zeus marry Athena?  Is Triton one of Poseidon's children?

 Hades and his wife Persephone rule the Underworld.  Hera married once to Zeus.  Zeus did not marry Athena.  Triton is one of Poseidon’s children.

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