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Zeus | king of the gods |
Poseidon | god of the ocean and of earthquakes |
Hera | queen of the gods, guardian of marriage |
Athena | goddess of wisdom and war |
Apollo | god of poetry, music, medicine and light |
Artemis | god of hunting |
Ares | god of war |
Hephaestus | blacksmith, god of fire |
Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty |
Hermes | messanger of the gods, god of science and invention |
Hestia | goddess of hearth and home |
Demeter | goddess of grain and agriculture |
Dionysus | Hestia gave up her throne for him |
nymphs | beautiful young women who guarded different parts of nature |
muses | 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddesses mostly of literary arts |
fates | 3 goddesses who controlled the destiny of every mortal person |
dryads | nymphs who lived in the woods and trees |
nereids | nymphs who lived in the sea |
Hades | ruler of the underworld |
satyrs | half man - half goat |
Pan | earth god of the woods and fields who played "pipes" |
Prometheus | gave fire to man |
Pandora | opened the box that let evils into the world |
Ducalion and Pyrrha | the only people left after Zeus caused a great flood |
Medusa | Gorgon sister slayed by Perseus |
Persephone | daughter of Demeter - stolen by Hades |