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| Zeus | Cronos, even with the help of the Titans, was bested by this son who went on to rule the kingdom of the sky. |
| Athene | The daughter of Zeus and Metis (a Titaness), taught man how to use tools and woman how to spin and weave. She was born unusually, springing from her father’s head fully formed, wearing armor, and carrying a spear |
| Arachne | This poor girl was a weaver who, during a weaving contest against the goddess Athene, hung herself from a tree. Athene intervened, and now she spins forever as an eight-legged pest. |
| Poseidon | God of the sea who created horses and whose “mistakes” include the giraffe, hippopotamus, and camel. |
| Hades | He took Persephone, the daughter of Demeter (Ceres) and Zeus, and made her the queen of his underground kingdom |
| Artemis | Apollo’s twin sister, daughter of Zeus and a nymph named Leto, who is the owner of a lethal silver bow and unending quiverful of silver arrows made by the Cyclops beneath the sea. |
| Aristeus | Son of Apollo and Cryene. He taught man beekeeping, olive culture, and how to make cheeses |
| Hermes | Son of Maia and Apollo’s half-brother. The messenger god as well as the patron of liars and thieves and gamblers |
| Hephaestus | The smith god and the lord of mechanics. He was born so ugly that his mother threw him from a mountain. |
| Aphrodite | She should be the goddess of irony rather than beauty. Born from the dead body of Oranos as he floated, rotting, on the sea, she was brought to the gods by Poseidon’s horses and ends up marrying the only ugly god. |
| Prometheus | Defies Zeus and gives man (Bob) the gift of fire. For doing this, he is chained to a mountainside to have his liver pecked out by two vultures on a daily basis until Heracles rescues him. |
| Pandora | This girl was modeled out of clay in the image of Aphrodite. She eventually opens the golden box that brings pain and sorrow and death to all man. |
| Orpheus | He braves the underworld to rescue his dead wife, Eurydice, only to lose her at the end of the escape by looking back to make sure she was there. |
| Narcissus | A foolish and vain boy who causes Echo’s heart to break. He is doomed to love only himself. |
| Psyche | Eros fell madly in love with her but turned his back on her when she doubted his love. |
| Arion | The son of Poseidon and a naiad who, when threatened with death by some extremely ugly pirates, is saved by dolphins. |
| Perseus | The son of Zeus and Danae. This great warrior beheads Medusa as a “gift” for King Polydectes’ wedding. |
| Andromeda | Who does Perseus save from a sea monster and keep as his wife? |
| Daedalus | The great craftsman who builds wings out of feathers and wax for himself and his son, Icarus, in order to escape the Labyrinth. |
| Theseus | A son of Poseidon (he thought he was the secret son of Aegeus, the King of Athens). He begins a long and difficult journey upon pulling a sword from a stone which leads to his killing the Minotaur (with the help of Ariadne) and becoming Athens’ king. |
| Atalanta | Raised by bears, she is loved by Meleager because she is his equal. Her grief is strong when his mother kills him, but she is won over by Hippomenes (with the help of Aphrodite and three golden apples). |
| Midas | The man who loved gold above all else until he was taught the true meaning of love by the god Apollo |
| Pygmalion | Creates his perfect woman out of marble in the image of Aphrodite. Aphrodite brings the stature, Galatea, to life because, as he pleads, “there is no life without love (p 204).” |
| Apollo | God of the sun who killed a python that chased his pregnant mom. |
