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The Basics
Heroes
Perseus
Son of Zeus &
Danae; slew
Medusa
Theseus
Slew the
Minotaur; king
of Athens
Ballerophon
Slew the
chimera
Hercules
Son of Z &
Alcmene; 12
labors
Jason
Captured the
Golden Fleece
Odysseus
Ruler of Ithaca;
clever/cunning
Achilles
Great warrior;
hero of the Illiad
Aeneas
Cousin of King
Priam; father of
the founder of
Rome
Gods and Goddesses
Aphrodite
Goddess of love
and beauty
Eros
God of love,
Aphrodite’s son
The Nitty Gritty – What else do you think is important? Research the details that you do not
know. Everyone on this list will appear on the test.
Zeus
King of the gods;
god of
sky/weather
Dionysus
God of wine,
fertility, &
drama
Poseidon
God of the sea
Ares
God of war
Hades
God of the
underworld
Demeter
Goddess of
grain, plants,
fruit
Hephaestus
God of fire and
metal working
Hera
Queen of the
gods; goddess of
marriage/
childbirth
Athena
Goddess of wisdom,
arts/ crafts, & war;
protector of Athens
Apollo
God of youth,
music,
prophecy,
archery, healing
and the sun
Artemis
Goddess of
hunting, childbirth, wild animals
and the moon
Hermes
Persephone
Monsters
The
Gorgon,
Medusa
Messenger of the
gods, god of
travelers, merchants,
& thieves
Goddess of spring
and the underworld,
Demeter’s daughter
Turns men to
stone
The Harpies - were described as
beautiful, winged maidens. Later they
became winged monsters with the face
of an ugly old woman and equipped
with crooked, sharp talons.
The Sirens
½ woman ½ bird
lured sailors to
death w/song
Cerberus
3-headed dog
guards entrance
to underworld
The
Minotaur
head and tail of
a bull on the
body of a man.
The Chimera - three heads - lion,
goat, and snake .Its body was also
mixed: its front was a lion, middle
was a goat, and its tail was a snake.
It breathed fire
Scylla and Charybdis - two sea
monsters of Greek mythology
situated on opposite sides of a
narrow channel of water
The Cyclops
one-eyed sons
of Poseidon
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