Masters of Mythology

By: Sharon,

Jacob, & Laurie

Symbolizes wisdom and light!

Ruler of Mt. Olympus God of sky, thunder,

and lightening King of Gods Father of many

heroes and other gods

Goddess of marriage, woman, and birth

Zeus’s wife Zeus’s sister

Zeus Hera

Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, night, and the moon

Apollo is twin Virgin goddess

The god of sun, music, archery, poetry, healing, and prophecy

Artemis’s twin Drives sun chariot

Artemis Apollo

God of sea, storms, and horses

Weapon of choice is the trident

His sons are the heavenly twins

God of the underworld

Brother of Zeus and Poseidon

Husband of Persephone

Poseidon Hades

God of flight, thieves, commerce, and travel

Messenger of the gods

Zeus’s son

Goddess of fertility, grain, and harvest

Sister of Zeus Mother of

Persephone

Hermes Demeter

Goddess of beauty and love

Married to Hephaestus

Ares is her real man Eros is her son

(Cupid)

God of fire and forge Ugly son of Hera

and Zeus Married to Aphrodite

Aphrodite Hephaestus

God of war, murder, and bloodshed

Son of Zeus Brother of

Hephaestus

Goddess of wisdom, weaving, the arts, warfare, and reason

Zeus’s favorite daughter

Ares Athena

God of wine, partying, festivals, madness, and merriment

Son of Zeus

Son of Zeus and mortal Aclmene

Famous for strength Killed a lion,

captured some people, and did other heroic things

Dionysus

Bia- Goddess of forceCratos- God of strength and

powerDeimos- God of weave Eris- Goddess of discordGeras- God of old age Harmonia- Goddess of

harmonyHebe- Goddess of youth Hecate- God of magic Hestia- Goddess of the

hearthHypnos- God of sleepJanus- God of doors Etc.

Minor Gods

Achilles- Trojan War HeroAgamemnom- King of

Mycenaean Greece Epeios- built Trojan HorseAmphiaraus- legendary

fortune teller Menelaus- Trojan War HeroSisyphus- The legendary

KingTeucer- Trogan War HeroTeiresias- Blind Prophet Lolaos- Hercules’s nephew Etc.

Heroes

CitationsParks, James and Corbett, Sally. “Greek and Roman Goddesses and Gods.” An Introduction to Ancient Greece . Greek Mythology Home Page Highland Park ElementarySchool.1997.http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/gkgods_heroes.html

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_myth_gods_index.htm

http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/