The Lesser Gods of
Olympus & Earth
English I
Eros
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Cupid
God of Love
Son of Aphrodite
Married to Psyche
Graces
• 3 daughters of Zeus
• Represent Splendor,
Mirth & Good Cheer
• Always together
Muses
• 9 daughters of Zeus
• Goddesses of music,
poetry & the arts
• Inspire men
• Each muse has a
specialty
• Calliope: muse of epic
poetry
Demeter (Ceres)
• Goddess of the Corn &
Harvest
• Mother of Persephone
• Lives on Earth
Dionysus (Bacchus)
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God of Wine
Lives on Earth
Mother was mortal
Can bring joy, but can
also cause madness &
brutality
Pan
• Son of Hermes
• Part man, part goat
• Companion of the nymphs
• Played the pipes
Satyrs & Centaurs
• Satyr: half man, half
goat
• Centaur: half man, half
horse
Nymphs & Dryads
• Nymphs: minor nature
goddesses that lived in
rivers, trees, caves, etc.
• Dryads: tree nymphs
Gorgons
• 3 females
• 2 are immortal, the 3rd
is Medusa
• Gaze turns men into
stone
The Graiae
• Sisters of the Gorgons
• Old gray women
• Share an eye
The Fates
• Clotho: the Spinner
• Lachesis: Disposer of
Lots (assigns destiny)
• Atropos: cuts the
thread at death