| A | B |
|---|
| Achilles | His only weak spot was in his heel |
| Adonis | We use this name today to refer to a very handsome man |
| Aphrodite | She was partially responsible for causing the Trojan war. |
| Apollo | The Pythian games were dedicated to him |
| Arachne | She was changed into a spider by Athena |
| Artemis | Goddess of the hunt, always carried a golden bow and arrows |
| Atlas | Titan whose job it was to hold up the sky or the earth |
| Charybdis | Sea monster who creates a large whirlpool that swallows ships |
| Demeter | Mother of Persephone |
| Hades | God of the underworld, had a 3-headed dog named Cerebrus |
| Harpies | Birdlike creatures with the faces of ugly women who punished people |
| Hera | Her symbol was the peacock |
| Hercules | He had to do 12 labors as punishment for killing his family |
| Hermes | He was the protector of travelers and the patron of athletics |
| Narcissus | His name gave us a word that means extremely vain. |
| Nemesis | Originally known as the goddess of judgement, now the word is used to mean a great enemy |
| Orion | Aphrodite loved him and accidentally shot him |
| Pandora | The first woman who released all of the evils into the world. |
| Perseus | He killed Medusa the Gorgon |
| Poseidon | God of the sea, husband to Amphitrite |
| Scylla | 6 headed sea monster |
| Sirens | Beautiful sea monsters whose song lured sailors to their deaths |
| Sphinx | This creature guarded the city of Thebes and told a very difficult riddle |
| Tantalus | His story is the origin of the word "tantalize" |
| Zeus | King of the gods, carried a thunderbolt |
