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| First written record of Greece | Iliad |
| Reasons for mythology according to Edith Hamilton | Religion, creation, science, entertainment, justice |
| Latin (Roman) writer of most classical myths | Ovid |
| Author of the Odyssey | Homer |
| Poor farmer who wrote the poetic Works and Days | Hesiod |
| Earliest Greek account of mythological creation of universe and generations of gods | Theogony |
| 33 poems written to honor various gods from ca. 5th-8th century BC | Hmeric Hymns |
| Three best-known Greek tragic poets/playwrights | Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides |
| Greatest Greek comic playwright | Aristophanes |
| First recognized historian of Europe who refers to myths | Herodotus |
| Alexandrian poet who wrote about the Quest of the Golden Fleece | Apollonius of Rhodes |
| Later Latin/Roman writer of Cupid and Psyche | Apuleius |
| Ancient Greek writer of many myths considered "matter-of-fact and dull" by Edith Hamilton | Apollodorus |
| Geek travler and author of first known guidebook, took myths seriously | Pausanias |
| Roman writer, contemporary of Ovid, who "stands far ahead," probably due to writing the Aeneid | Virgil |
| Also known as the Elder Gods of the Greeks | Titans |
| The first parents in Greek mythology | Heaven and Earth |
| Ruler of the Titans | Cronus |
| Also known as Saturn | Cronus |
| Dethroned by Zeus, fled to Italy and ushered in a Golden Age | Cronus/Saturn |
| Titan river encircling the earth | Ocean |
| Titan wife of Ocean | Tethys |
| Father of the sun, moon, and dawn | Hyperion |
| Titan mother of the Muses, her name means Memory | Mnemosyne |
| Titan whose name means Divine Justice | Themis |
| Titan father of Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus | Iapetus |
| Titan who bore the world on his shoulders | Atlas |
| Titan known as the savior of mankind | Prometheus |
| Home of the Olympians | Olympus |
| Gatekeepers of Olympus | Seasons |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Jupiter | Zeus |
| Supreme ruler of the Olympians | Zeus |
| Olympian Lord of the Sky | Zeus |
| Olympian who used his thunderbolt to punish enemies | Zeus |
| Olympian brother and husband of Hera | Zeus |
| Olympian whose symbols included the eagle and the oak tree | Zeus |
| Wife and sister of Zeus | Hera |
| Olympian protector of marriage | Hera |
| Olympian who was "among immortals the queen" | Hera |
| Punished women loved by Zeus, regardless of their guilt or innocence | Hera |
| Olympian whose symbols were the cow and the peacock | Hera |
| Olympian daughter of Hera, aided women during childbirth | Ilythia |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Juno | Hera |
| Olympian ruler of the sea | Poseidon |
| Olympian second only to Zeus in power | Poseidon |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Neptune | Poseidon |
| Granddaughter of Titan Ocean, wife of Poseidon | Amphitrite |
| Olympian who gave the first horse to man | Poseidon |
| Olympian whose nickname was Earth-shaker | Poseidon |
| Olympian who used his trident as a weapon to shatter targets | Poseidon |
| Olympian ruler of the Underworld and the dead | Hades |
| Olypians with Roman/Latin name Pluto, god of wealth and precious metals | Hades |
| Olympian whose name is often translated as Dis, the Latin word for rich | Hades |
| Olympian with a cap/helmet that made wearer invisible | Hades |
| Kidnapped his wife Persephone | Hades |
| Death as a being (not king/ruler of death) | Thanatos |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Minerva | Athena |
| Olympian without a mother, born full-grown from head of Zeus | Athena |
| Olympian ruler of wisdom/reason and battle goddess | Athena |
| Olympian symbolized by the owl and the olive tree | Athena |
| Olympian Goddess of the City and civilized life | Athena |
| Olympian inventor of the bridle to tame horses | Athena |
| Carried the Aegis and thunderbolt of Zeus | Athena |
| Favorite child of Zeus | Athena |
| Olympian son of Zeus and Leto, born on island of Delos | Apollo |
| Olympian known as "the most Greek of all the gods" | Apollo |
| Olympian ruler of poetry and music | Apollo |
| Olympian god of archery | Apollo |
| Olympian known as the Healer | Apollo |
| Olympian god of light | Apollo |
| Olympian god of truth | Apollo |
| Olympian with an oracle in Delphi | Apollo |
| Olympian known as Pythian for killing the serpent Python | Apollo |
| Olympian known as the Sminthian, the god of mice | Apollo |
| Non-Olympian sun god, child of Titan Hyperion | Helios |
| Olympian symbolized by the dolphin, the crow, and the laurel tree | Apollo |
| Apollo's twin sister | Artemis |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Diana | Artemis |
| Olympian ruler of wildlilfe and hunting | Artemis |
| Olympian protector of youth | Artemis |
| Olympian ruler of the sun when called Phoebus | Apollo |
| Olympian ruler of the moon when later (and mistakenly) called Phoebe or Selene | Artemis |
| Non-Olympian moon god, sister of Helios | Selene |
| Name of Artemis when in the form of darkness or lower world | Hecate |
| Goddess of dark of the moon, crossways, and evil magic | Hecate |
| Olympian symbolized by the deer and the cypress tree | Artemis |
| Olympian ruler of love and beauty | Aphrodite |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Venus | Aphrodite |
| Olympian laughter-loving goddess | Aphrodite |
| Olympian often said to be born of the sea foam | Aphrodite |
| Olympian wife of Hephaestus | Aphrodite |
| Olympian symbolized by the dove, the swan, the sparrow, and the myrtle tree | Aphrodite |
| Olympian messenger of Zeus | Hermes |
| Olympian god of commerce and the market | Hermes |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Mercury | Hermes |
| Most shrewed/cunning Olympian, nicknamed the Master Thief | Hermes |
| Olympian with winged sandals and a magic wand | Hermes |
| Olympian guide of the dead to the afterlife, the divine herald | Hermes |
| Olympian who appears most often in mythological tales | Hermes |
| Olympian god of war | Ares |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin name Mars | Ares |
| Olympian viewed as murderous, bloody, and cowardly by Greeks | Ares |
| Goddess of discord, sister of Ares | Eris |
| Goddess of War | Enyo in Greek, Bellona in Latin |
| Olympian enemy of Hephaestus for love of Aphrodite | Ares |
| Olympian symbolized by the vulture and (wrongly) by the dog | Ares |
| Olympian god of fire | Hephaestus |
| Olympian with Roman/Latin names Vulcan and Mulciber | Hephaestus |
| Only ugly Olympian god | Hephaestus |
| Lame Olympian god, perhaps injured by Zeus | Hephaestus |
| Olympian god of the forge, maker of armor | Hephaestus |
| Husband of Aphrodite (or the muse Aglaia) | Hephaestus |
| Kindest, most peace-loving Olympian | Hephaestus |
| Olympian ruler of the hearth/home | Hestia |
| Olympian who plays little or no part in the myths | Hestia |
| Olympian whose symbolic flame never went out, often protected by virgin priestesses | Hestia |
| Olypian with Roman/Latin name Vesta | Hestia |
| Greek god of love | Eros |
| Also known as Cupid | Eros |
| God who in early tales "can do no wrong, nor allow it" according to Plato | Eros |
| "Fairest fo the deathless gods," often appears blindfolded | Eros |
| Servant of Eros and avenger of slighted love | Anteros |
| Servant of Eros and god of the wedding feast | Hymen |
| Goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, and one of Hercules' wives | Hebe |
| Cupbearer to the gods and Trojan prince | Ganymede |
| Goddess of the rainbow and a messenger | Iris |
| The sisterly trio of grace and beauty who "give life its bloom" | Graces |
| Grace of splendor and a wife of Hercules | Algaia |
| Grace of mirth | Euphrosyne |
| Grace of good cheer | Thalia |
| "Queens of song" with the Graces, nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne | Muses |
| Muse of history | Clio |
| Muse of astronomy | Urania |
| Muse of tragedy | Melpomene |
| Muse of comedy | Thalia |
| Muse of the dance | Terpsichore |
| Muse of epic poetry | Calliope |
| Muse of love poetry | Erato |
| Muse of songs to the gods | Polyhymnia |
| Muse of lyric poetry | Euterpe |
| Told Hesiod, "We know how to speak false things that seem true, but we know, when we will, to utter true things." | Muses |
| The Graces and Muses accompanied this Olympian and his lyre | Apollo |
| Human Justice, sat beside Zeus in Olympus | Dike |
| Emotion of righteous anger personified in Greek myth | Nemesis |
| Felling of reverence personified in Greek myth | Aidos |
| "The Sea" usually referred to in Greek/Roman mythology | Mediterranean |
| The Friendly Sea also ruled by Poseidon | Black Sea |
| Nymphs of the Ocean, daughters of Poseidon | Oceanids |
| Deep Sea god, son of Mother Earth | Pontus |
| Old Man of the Sea, had 50 daughters | Nereus |
| Mediterranean Sea nymphs | Nereids |
| Sea nymph mother of Achilles | Thetis |
| Sea nymph wife of Poseidon | Amphitrite |
| Trumpeter of the Sea, a son of Poseidon | Triton |
| A son/attendant of Poseidon with the ability, a fortune-teller and a shape-changer | Proteus |
| Water nymphs of springs, fountains, and brooks | Naiads |
| Queen of the Underworld | Persephone |
| King of the Underworld | Hades or Pluto |
| Deeper area of the Underworld, the prison of the sons of earth | Tartarus |
| Underworld area where the dead pass as soon as they die | Erebus |
| Underworld river of woe | Acheron |
| Underworld river of lamentation | Cocytus |
| Underworld river of fire | Phlegethon |
| Underworld river of the unbreakable oath | Styx |
| Underworld river of forgetfulness | Lethe |
| Aged boatman who ferries the dead to entrance of underworld | Charon |
| Two requirments for ferry passage to underworld | Money/coin for passage and burial |
| Three-headed, dragon-tailed dog guarding gates of underworld | Cerberus |
| Three judges of underworld who pass sentences | Rhadamanthus, Minos, Aeacus |
| Place of blessedness in the underworld | Elysian Fields |
| Ministers of justice who punish evildoers in the underworld and on earth | Erinyes/Furies |
| Group comprised of Tisophone, Megaera, Alecto | Erinyes/Furies |
| Gate through which true dreams pass | Gate of horn |
| Gate through which false dreams pass | Gate of ivory |
| God of the shepherds and goatherds | Pan |
| Merry son of Hermes: half god, half goat | Pan |
| God of the wild places and woods who played his reed pipes | Pan |
| Joival, often drunk old fat man who rode a donkey ad acompanied Pan or Bacchus | Silenus |
| Twin brothers who lived half of the time on earth/in underworld, half of the time in the heavens | Castor and Pollux |
| Special protectors of sailors, children of Leda | Castor and Pollux |
| Brothers symbolized by the stars of the Gemini, the Twins | Castor and Pollux |
| Creatures with bodies part man, part horse who walked on two legs | Sileni |
| Goat men like Pan who lived in the wild places | Satyrs |
| Nymphs of the mountains | Oreads |
| Nymphs of the trees | Dryads |
| King of the Winds | Aeolus |
| North Wind | Boreas |
| South Wind | Notus |
| East Wind | Eurus |
| West | Zephyr |
| Half-man, half-horse creatures, often savage | Centaurs |
| Immortal Centaur known for his goodness and wisdom | Chiron |
| Trio of dragon-like creatures with wings whose look turned men to stone | Gorgons |
| Trio of three gray women who shared one eye | Graiae |
| Creatures trapped on an island who lured sailors to their deaths by means of enchanting songs | Sirens |
| Powrful trio who give to men at birth evil and good | Fates (Moirae in Greek, Parcae in Latin) |
| Fate known as the Spinner who spun the thread of life | Clotho |
| Fate known as the Disposer of Lots who assigned each man's destiny | Lachesis |
| Fate of the "abhorred shears" who cut the thread of life at death | Atropos |
| Roman group of gods (whose name means Powers or Wills) before adopting the Greek gods | Numina |
| Roman god of good beginnings/endings, symbolized by two doors and two faces (one young, one old) | Janus |
| Later Olympian goddess of the corn | Demeter |
| Later Olympian goddess with Roman/Latin name Ceres | Demeter |
