Name ______________________ Date _________ WC 7
Use www.goodsearch.com to search for the Greek Gods below!
You may work as groups—but you are all working on your OWN computers! So,
before you head down to the lab, figure out who’s going to find what...
God or
Goddess
Power/What he Give 1 interesting
or she ruled
fact about the god
over
or goddess.
Zeus
King of the gods Fond of
Lightning
Beautiful
women
Hera
Queen of the
gods
Guardian of
marriage
Athena
Wisdom and war Athens was named
after her; ,my fav.
goddess b/c she;s
smart & strong
Aphrodite
Love and beauty Said to be born of
sea foam; sons were
Eros and
Aeneas
Hermes
Messenger of the The medical
gods
symbol is in honor
Science and
of him
invention
Demeter
Grain and
agriculture
Sister of Zeus;
Daughter named
Persephone
Kronos
time
Was a Titan;
Zeus’s dad
Jealous and nagging
wife, also loving;
sister to Z.
od or
Goddess
Power/What he or she ruled Give 1 interesting fact about
over
the god or goddess.
Poseidon
Ocean and
earthquakes
Carries a trident (spear w/
3 prongs)
Apollo
Poetry, music, medicine,
and light/sun
Has a twin sister
Artemis
Hunting and wild things
moon
Associated w/ the moon;
Apollo’s twin
Ares
Terrible god of war
In love with Aphrodite; almost everyone hated him
Hephaestus
God of fire/metal working Lame (as in—thrown off a
mt. top & now he can’t
walk right); not very handsome
Hades
The underworld
Kidnapped
His wife
Pan
Woods and fields
Faun/satyr
Pan—>panic
Dionysus
Wine and revelry,
dancing and drama
Theatre began in his honor
Eros
love
Son of Aphrodite;
A.k.a. Cupid
The Fates
Destiny of mortals
Clotho— threads of youth
Lachesis—directed destiny
Atropos—cut the strings
The 9
Muses
Various arts; literary
People who needed inspiration called upon them