Flash Cards Greek Mythology Gaea Primal Greek Goddess

Flash. Cards Greek Mythology

Gaea Primal Greek Goddess Governed the universe before the Titans Symbolized the Earth & was mother of everything

Uranus Embodiment of the sky and heavens (God of the Sky) First son of Gaea, became her husband

Kronos Was to be overthrown by his sons

Hundred-Handed Giants Desendants of Gaea and Uranus Had fifty heads and arms Had the Cycolpes

Cyclopes Desendants of the Hundred-Handed Giants Had on eye in the middle of the forehead

Rhea Sister and wife to Kronos Titan Daughter of Gaea

Tartarus Ruled to deepest regions of the Underworld

Eros His beauty inspired the birth of the many gods

Chaos The beginning, nothing

Titans Descendants of the Cyclopes

Zeus Sky and thunder god, ruled the Olympian gods

Hera Wife and one of three sisters of Zeus Goddess of marriage and childbirth

Posedion God of the sea and protector of all aquatic creatures Brother of Zeus and Hades

Hades God of the Underworld

Prometheus Titan Creator of mankind & animals

Epimetheus Brother of Prometheus

Pandora She was the first human woman created by the gods (specifically by Hephaestus and Athena)

Hephaestus God of fire and crafts

Psyche Wife of Eros (cupid) Pictured with butterfly wings

Eros

Aphrodite Goddess of love & beauty

Zephyrus God of the wind

Daedalus Skillful craftsman and artist Father of Icarus Uncle of Perdix

Icarus Sone of Daedalus

Minos King of Crete Son of Zeus and Europa

Minotaur Creature with a head of the bull and a body of a human

Narcissus Hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty

Echo

Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet

Eurydice Was an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo. She was the wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.

Aristeus Minor Greek God

Midas Could turn everything into gold

Apollo God of music, truth, prophecy, healing, sun & light, plague, poetry, and more

Theseus Daughter of Pittheus

Aegeus Athenian king Son of Pandion and the brother of Pallas, Nisos, and Lykos

Ariadne Was the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios. She is mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths, due to her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus

Corynetes Son of Hephaestus and Anticleia. Periphetes was lame in one leg, like his father and had one eye like a Cyclops. He roamed the road from Athens to Troezen where he robbed travelers and killed them with his bronze club.

Pityocamptes Sinis

Procrustes was a son of Poseidon with a stronghold on Mount Korydallos at Erineus, on the sacred way between Athens and Eleusis

Sciron Isthmian outlaw Son of Poseidon or Pelops Robbed travelers passing the Scerironian Rocks

Perseus Son of Zeus and Danaë. His grandfather, Acrisius, had been warned by an oracle that his grandson would kill him and therefore put Perseus and his mother in a chest and threw it into the sea

Danae Mother of Perseus by Zeus

Acrisius Mythical king of Argos

Medusa Had snakes on her head

Gray Sisters They were the ones who shared one eye and one tooth among them

Andromeda Daughter of king Cepheus

Athena Virgin patroness of Athens

Hermes Second youngest of the Olympian Gods God of transitions and boundaries