| A | B |
|---|
| Zeus | ruler or head of the gods |
| Hera | Zeus' wife and sister / queen of the gods |
| Hephaestus | god of fire |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love--had no parents--came from the sea |
| Hades | god of the underworld |
| Iris | goddess of the rainbow |
| Persephone | queen of the underworld--when she left earth it was winter |
| Hestia | goddess of the home--tended the fire on Mt. Olympus |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom--carried the owl |
| Apollo | god of music--he was a twin |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Sleep | god of slumber |
| Dionysus | god of wine |
| Eros | son of Aphrodite and god of love |
| Helios | god of the sun who drove a golden chariot across the sky |
| Artemis | goddess of the moon and one of the twins |
| Prometheus | stole fire--an eagle ate his liver each day |
| Echo | could only repeat what someone else said |
| Argus | belonged to Hera--had one hundred eyes |
| Cyclops | had only one eye in the middle of their foreheads |
| Narcissus | fell in love with his own reflection |
| Ares | god of war |
| Orpheus | went into the underworld looking for his wife, Euridyces |
| Heracles or Hercules | strongest half-mortal and half-god |
| Midas | a king who turned everything he touched to gold |
