Name: ____________________________
Period: __________
Date: _____________
ZEUS
POSEIDON
HADES
God of
God of
God of
_______________________
_____________________
_____________________
-His weapon is the lightning
bolt.
-King of the gods & heaven
-Most powerful god
-His weapon is the trident
-Kidnaps Persephone
-Brother of Zeus & Hades
-2nd most powerful god
-Brother of Zeus & Poseidon
ATHENA
APHRODITE
ARTEMIS
Goddess of
Goddess of
Goddess of
______________________
______________________
______________________
-Daughter of Zeus only
-A Daughter of Zeus
-A Daughter of Zeus
-Twin sister of Apollo
APOLLO
ARES
HERMES
God of
God of
God of
______________________
______________________
______________________
-A Son of Zeus
-Twin Brother of Artemis
-Son of Zeus & Hera
-Can travel to the underworld
freely.
-Has wings on his shoes
-Son of Zeus
-Master thief
PERSEPHONE
DEMETER
DIONYSUS
Goddess of
Goddess of
God of
______________________
______________________
______________________
-Daughter of Demeter &
Zeus
-Kidnapped by Hades and
forced to be his wife
-One of the great gods of the
Earth
-Persephoneʼs Mother
-Son of Zeus
-The other great god of the
Earth
EROS
HERA
HELIOS
God of
Goddess
God of
______________________
______________________
______________________
-Son of Aphrodite
-Also known as Cupid
- Portrayed with a blindfold
because “love is blind”
-Wife to Zeus
-Queen of the gods and
heaven
-Referred to as Helios
Hyperion
-Another name for Apollo
NYMPHS (nimfs)
CALYPSO (ka-LIP-so)
- Lesser divinities of in the
form of lovely girls.
A _____________________
-They were often wives and
children of gods
-Immortal
-Were eternally young
-Holds Odysseus captive for
7 years after he is
shipwrecked on her island
-Achilles mother is one
-Offers Odysseus immortality
LOTUS EATERS
-Mythical beings
-The people of coastal Africa
who offer the lotos fruit.
-The lotos fruit is a honeysweet fruit that makes those
who eat it lose all desire to
return home.
CIRCE (SUR-see)
_______________________
-Lives on the island of Aeaea
(EE-ee-ah)
-Known for knowledge of
magic and venomous herbs.
-Very evil and cruel
SIRENS (SIGH-renz)
_______________________
-Part bird and part woman
-Their seductive singing
lures sailors to death on
rocky coasts.
SCYLLA (SIL-ah)
CYCLOPS (sigh-KLOps)
__________________________
_______________________________
-Transformed into a 6-headed
monster by Circe.
-The name of vicious creatures that have
one eye in the middle of their forehead.
-Her danger lies opposite of
Charybdis (ka-RIB-dis), a
dangerous whirlpool and daughter
of Poseidon
-Sons of Poseidon
-Polyphemus (pol-EE-PHE-mus) is the
chief of the Cyclops.