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Greek Mythology - People

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God fire and smithsHephaestus
Group of giants who fought against the new godstitans
God of the seaPoseidon
Queen of the UnderworldPersphone
One-eyed monster, helps HephaestusCyclops
Goddess of the huntArtemis
The titan who created peoplePrometheus
to tease, to taunttantalize
The Seas (and Gaea's 2nd husband)Pontus
God of wine and good timesDionysus
Another name for Mother EarthGaea
God of the deadHades
Ferryman of the River StyxCharon
Lord of the UniverseUranus
God of music and truthApollo
Goddess of the harvestDemeter
This person must push a boulder up a steep hill in Tartarus for eternitySisyphus
an example of this would be counting the grains of sand on a beachSisyphean task
This titan must hold up the earth for all timeAtlas
Zeus sent the Titans to this place, which angered GaeaTartarus
The first woman made by ZeusPandora
This held the world's evils, but it also held hopePandora's Box
Goddess of loveAphrodite
God of thievesHermes
Herald of the godsHermes
Messenger of the godsIris
Goddess of the rainbowIris
Goddess of the hearth and homeHestia
This word means being in love with yourself.narcissist
This woman could only repeat what others said after Hera decided she talked too much.Echo
Zeus's jealous wifeHera
God of warAres
Ares's constant companionEris
Athena's constant companionNike
Goddess of victoryNike
Goddess of wisdomAthena
This goddess was skilled in the practical arts (like pottery, weaving, etc...)Athena
She always carried the Golden Apple of DiscordEris
Son of Aphrodite (we know him as "Cupid")Eros
She was punished by Athena for not properly honoring the gods and becoming too cocky.Arachne
The titan who created animalsEpimetheus
Humans were gifted with these two things to separate them from animals.wisdom and fire
He drives the chariot of the sun across the sky.Helios
He tried to drive the sun's chariot, but couldn't control the horses.Phaethon
She was the name of Orpheus's love who died from a snakebite.Eurydice
The name of the man who journeyed not only to the Underworld to find his wife, but also calmed the seas during his journey with Jason and the Argonauts.Orpheus
He ate all of his children except one.Cronus
Zeus's first wife who was also the goddess of prudenceMetis
This goddess also protected small animals.Artemis
The number of pomegranate seeds she ate determined the number of months she would spend each year in the Underworld.Persephone



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