Questions for Discussion What character should a man possess to be a good military leader? What factors determine the victory of a war?

The Gods Aphrodite (Venus) Apollo Artemis (Diana) Athena Cupid Demeter (Ceres) Dionysus (Bacchus) Hebe Hera Hephastus (Vulcan) Hermes Hestia (Vesta) Poseidon Prometheus Zeus

Son of Zeus & Hera Detested; murderous; bloodstained The god of war Ares

lyre God of light God of truth Killing of a serpent Zeus’s son Sun-god Apollo

Virgin goddess Olive; owl Wisdom; reason No mother Zeus’s aegis Athens Athena

eagle Aegis thunderbolt Love affairs Supreme ruler Zeus

Zeus’s brother Earth shaker trident Giving first Horse to man Ruler of the sea Poseidon

jealous Protector of marriage Zeus’s sister Punishing women Having affair with . . . Zeus’s wife Hera

Maiden goddess Woods & huntsman Apollo’s twin sister Moon Artemis

Son of Hera (& Zues) Ugly; lame Cast from heaven Armour & smith Hephastus

The foam of the sea Myrtle; dove Love & beauty Aphrodite (Venus)

Low-crowned cap Magic wand Winged sandals Apollo’s lyre Master Thief Zeus’s messenger Hermes

Zeus’s brother God of wealth Cap; invisible Unpitying; inexorable; but just Ruler of the underworld Hades

Virgin goddess Zeus’s sister Goddess of the hearth Hestia

The Lesser Gods and the Roman Gods Aeolus Cerberus Charon Cronus Cupid Demeter Dionysus Erinyes (the Furies) The Gemini Gorgons Graces Hebe Iris Janus Leda Lethe Muses Nereus Pan Prometheus Satyrs (Faunus) Sirens

What is the Thing in her hand? Goddess of Corn Demeter (Ceres)

What are the things in her hands? Daughter of Zeus & Hera Cup bearer Goddess of youth Hebe

Titan Giving man fire Savior of mankind Prometheus

What is that in his right hand? What is that in his left hand? God of vine Dionysus (Bacchus)

Aphrodite’s son Mischievous God of love Cupid

Dragon-like With wings Whose look Turned men Into stone Gorgons

Goddess of rainbow Iris

Enchanting voices Luring sailors To their death Sirens

Mom of Castor & Clytemnestra Mom of Pollux & Helen Zeus; swan Leda

Hermes’s son Pipes of reed With a goat’s horns With a goat’s hoofs Shepherds’ god Pan

Goat-men satyriastis Satyrs

Three in numbers Punishing Crimes on the earth Furies

boatman underworld Ferrying the soul of the dead Charon

Nine in number Queens of songs Muses

Three in number Incarnation of beauty Graces

Two faced At a temple War & peace Janus

Three-headed Guarding the gate of the underworld Cerberus

Two brothers Zeus; Leda Constellation; stars Gemini (Castor & Pollux )

Place name Abode of perfect blessedness No tough wind; no rain Gods’ dwellings Olympus

A Titan Ruling over other Titans Zeus’s father Cronus (Saturn)

The Old Man of the Sea 50 daughters One of them was Thetis Nereus

Underworld River Forgetfulness Lethe