1. Greek Mythology

2. The Greek Gods
The Greek gods had more powers than mortals could even imagine.
They could change night into day, turn people into animals, and punish men with eternal torture.

3. Cronos Father of the gods
Became father of the gods by killing his father, Oranos
Married his sister, Rhea, goddess of Earth
Better known as Father Time

4. Zeus Son of Cronos and Rhea King of the gods
Married Hera his eldest sister
Symbols are the thunderbolt and the eagle

5. Rhea Gave a rock to her husband Married to Cronus
She saved Zeus’s life
Mother of Demeter, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus.

6. Pandora’s Box When opened, it lets out all the woes of the world
Owner is Pandora whose name means “all gifted”

7. Orpheus His music charmed Hades He could not trust
Invented the seven-stringed lyre

8. Dionysus Vine and festival god Most important of the nature gods
Zeus is his father

9. Eros Cupid Archer of love
Any man or woman struck by the arrows will fall immediately in love

10. Echo Talked so much she was punished by Hera
Helped Zeus escape the vigilance of Hera
Was hurt by Narcissus because he found her conversation boring

11. Achilles Had a weak spot on his heel Greatest of all Greek warriors
Could run faster than any horse

12. Artemis Hunt and moon goddess Silver belonged to her
Apollo was her brother

13. Pan
Woodland god
Resembled a goat
He had goat-like habits

14. Daedalus Father who had a plan to escape from a prison tower
The greatest inventor of ancient times
He invented the sail, the compass, the potter’s wheel, and the axe

15. Athena
Owl is her symbol
She is the brainchild of Zeus
Wisdom goddess

16. Narcissus Fell in love with his own image
Aphrodite transformed him into a yellow and white flower

17. Mount Olympus
Where the gods live

18. Apollo Sun god Also the god of medicine and music
Patron of poetry, mathematics, and prophecy

19. Poseidon Symbols are the trident and the dolphin
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Sea god
Most fearsome of the Olympians

20. Ares The Greeks dislike this god because he is always causing trouble
Mars is his Roman name
War god
Son of Zeus and Hera

21. Mount Etna
Where Promethus was chained
Where Hephaestus had his forge

22. Prometheus Gave fire to man Noblest of the sons of Uranus and Gaia
Friend to man

23. Icarus Didn’t listen to his father
Flew to close to the sun and plunged into the sea
Icarian Sea

24. Hades Symbols are the black sheep and Cerberus Son of Cronus and Rhea
Ruler of the underworld

25. Mercury Hermes Son of Zeus and Maia
Patron of liars, gamblers, and thieves
Stole a herd of cattle when he was only a half day old

26. Demeter Harvest goddess Ceres is her Roman name
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea

27. Aphrodite Love and beauty goddess Married Hephaestus
She had no parents
Aphrodite means “foam-born”

28. Titans Prometheus was a Titan
The first brood of divine creatures produced by the marriage of Uranus and Gaia

29. Gaea (Gaia) Created the mountains and the sea Was known as Earth
Mother of Uranus, who had no father

30. Chaos
State of the world before gods

31. Hera
Proud as a peacock
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Queen of the gods

32. The End