MYTHOLOGY By Akylie Holterman

ZEUS: GOD OF THE SKY AND KING OF OLYMPUS, (ROMAN NAME: JUPITER)

symbols include oak and the thunderbolt

HERA: GODDESS OF MARRIAGE AND THE QUEEN OF OLYMPUS (ROMAN NAME: JUNO)

Symbols include peacock and the cow

POSEIDON: GOD OF THE SEA (ROMAN NAME: NEPTUNE)Symbols include the horse and the trident

HADES: KING OF THE UNDERWORLD (ROMAN NAME: PLUTO)

APHRODITE: GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY (ROMAN NAME: VENUS)Symbols include the myrtle tree and the dove

APOLLO: GOD OF MUSIC AND HEALING Symbols include the laurel tree, the cow and the dolphin

ARES: GOD OF WAR (ROMAN NAME: MARS)Symbols include vulture and the dog, and he often carried a bloody spear

ARTEMIS: GODDESS OF THE HUNT AND THE PROTECTOR OF WOMEN IN CHILDBIRTH (ROMAN NAME DIANA)Symbols include the cypress tree and the deer

ATHENA: GODDESS OF WISDOM (ROMAN NAME: MINERVA)Symbols include the owl and the olive tree

HEPAESTUS: GOD OF FIRE AND THE FORGE (ROMAN NAME: VULCAN)Symbols include the anvil and the forge

HESTIA: GODDESS OF THE HEART (ROMAN NAME VESTA)Fire is among her symbols

HERMES: MESSENGER GOD, A TRICKSTER, AND A FRIEND TO THIEVES (ROMAN NAME: MERCURY)

DEMETER: GODDESS OF THE HARVEST (ROMAN NAME CERES)Symbols include wheat

DIONYSUS: GOD OF WINE (ROMAN NAME: BACCHUS)Symbols include ivy, the snake and grapes

MINOR GODS Ampitriet: sea goddess; wife of

Poseidon Anteros: God who avenged

unrequited love Astarte: Phoenician goddess of

love Astraea: Goddess of Justice Aurora: Goddess of Dawn Bellona: Roman goddess of war Caos: Formless Void; personified

as first of gods Cronos: Personification of time Cubele: Anatolian nature

goddess Eris: Goddess of discord Eros (Amor or Cupid): God of

Love Fates: Goddess of Destiny Flora: Roman goddess of flowers

Fortuna: Roman goddess of fortune

Gaea: Goddess of earth Graces: beautiful goddesses Hebe (Juventas): Goddess of

youth Hymen: god of marriage Hecate: goddess of sorcery and

witchcraft Helios (Sol): God of sun Hypnos (Somnus): God of sleep Iris: Goddess of Rainbow Janus: Roman god of gates and

doors Lucina: Roman Goddess of

childbirth Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory Momus: God of ridicule Morpeus: god of dreams

MINOR GODS CON. Muses: Goddesses presiding over

arts and sciences Nemesis: Goddess of retribution Nike: goddess of victory Nyx (Nox): goddess of night Pales: roman goddess of

shepherds and herdsmen Pan (Faunus): god of woods and

fields Penates: Roman household gods Plutus: god of wealth Pomona: Roman goddess of fruits Pontus: sea god Priapus: God of regeneration Proteus: sea god Quirinus: roman war god

Selene: goddess of moon Silvanus: Roman god of woods

and fields Tellus: Roman goddess of heart Terminus: Roman god of

boundaries and landmarks Terra: Roman heart goddess Tanatos (Mors) god of death Vertumnus: Roman god of fruits

and vegetables Winds: Aeolus (keeper of

winds), Boreas (Aquilo) (north wind), Eurus (east wind), Notus (Auster) (south wind), Zepyrus (Favonius) (west wind)

Achelous: River god

WARRIORS OR HERO'S Achilles: Greek warrior Hercules: Hero and strong man Jason: Leader of the Argonauts Odysseus (Ulysses): King of Ithaca and a celebrated

warrior Perseus: Completed dangerous feats with his quick

thinking and talents Theseus: Known for his triumph over numerous monster  

WEAPONS Ancile: Sacred shield that fell from heavens Argo: Ship in which Jason and followers sailed to Colcis

for Golden Fleece 

MONSTERS Argus: Monster with hundred

eyes Briareus: Monster of hundred

hands Carybdis: Female monster Cimera: Female monster with

head of lion, body of goat, tail of serpent

Cyclopes: race of one-eyed giants

Gorgons: female monsters Graeae: sentinels for Gorgins Harpies: Monsters with heads

of women and bodies of birds Hydra: Nine-headed monster

in mars of Lerna

Minotaur: Monster, half man and half beast

Peripetes: giant Poypemus: Cyclops Procrustes: giant Scylla: female monster

inhabiting rock opposite Carybdis

Sirens: Minor deities who lured sailors to destruction with their singing

Spinx: Monster of Tebes’s body of lion, wings and head and bust of woman

Python: Serpent born from slime left by Deluge

 

TITANS: EARLY GODS FROM WHICH OLYMPIAN GODS WERE DERIVED

Atlas: Titan Cronus (Saturn): Titan Dione: Titan goddess Hyperion: Titan Iapetus: Titan Oceanus: Eldest of titans; god of waters Prometeus: Titan Rhea (Ops): Daughter of Uranus and Gaea Themis: Titan goddess of laws of physical

phenomena Uranus: Personification of heaven

NYMPHS Calypso: Sea nymph Dapne: Nymph Dryads: Wood nymphs Eco: Nymph who fell hopelessly in love with Narcissus Eurydice: Nymph Galatea: Sea nymph Hamadryads: Trees nymph Naiads: Nymphs of waters, streams, and fountains Napaeae: wood Nymphs Nereids: Sea nymphs Oceanids: ocean nymphs Oenone: Nymph of mount Ida Oreads: mountain nymphs Syrinx: Nymph pursued by Pan Sirens: Minor deities who lured

sailors to destruction wit their singing

HELPERS TO DEMIGODS OR GODS Centaurs: Beings half man and half horse Cerberus: Tree-headed dog guarding entrance to Hades Charon: Boatman on Styx who carried souls of dead to

Hades Ciron: Most famous Centaurs Circe: Sorceress Fauns: Roman deities of woods and groves Lares: Roman ancestral spirits protecting descendants

and homes Pegasus: winged horse tat sprang from Medusa’s body

at her death Satyrs: hoofed demigods of woods and fields Sileni: Minor woodland deities similar to satyrs

SPIRITS Furies: Avenging spirits Aeacus: One of three judges of dead in Hades Alecto: One of Furies Atropos: cutter of thread Clotho: spinner of thread of life Decuma: One of several Fates Erinyes: One of Furies Eumenides: One of Furies Erebus: Spirit of darkness   Fates: Goddesses of Destiny Lachesis: determiner of length Megaera: one of Furies Tisiphone: one of Furies

RIVERS OF UNDERWORLD

Acheron: Woe River of Underworld Cocytus: Wailing Rivers of Underworld Lethe: Forgetfulness River of Underworld Phlegethon: Fire River of Underworld Styx: Across which souls of dead were ferried

by Charon River of Underworld

KINGS AND QUEENS Hippolyte: Queen of

Amazons Persepone (Proserpine):

Queen of infernal regions Admetus: King of Thessaly  Aeëtes: King of Colchis Aeson: King of Ioclus Agamemnon: King of

Mycenae Atalanta: Princess who

challenged her suitors to a foot race

Atreus: King of Mycenae

Cepheus: King of Ethiopia Creüsa:Princess of

Corinth Danae: Princess of

Argos Dido: Founder and

Queen of Carthage Ixion: King of Lapithae Memnon: Ethiopian

King Menelaus: King of

Sparta Mezentius: Cruel

Etruscan King Midas: King of Phrygia

KINGS AND QUEENS CON.

Minos: King of Crete Nestor: King of Pylos Odysseus (Ulysses): King of Ithaca Oedipus: King of Thebes Pelias: King of Ioclus Priam: King of Troy Pygmalion: King of Cyprus Sarpedon: King of Lycia Sisyphus: King of Corinth Tantalus: Cruel King Turnus: King of Rutuli in Italy

FAMILY Aegeus: Father of Theseus Aegisthus: Son of Thyestes Aegyptus: Brother of Danaus Aethra: Mother of Theseus Alcestis: Wife of Admetus Alcmene: Wife of Amphitryon Althaes: Wife of Oeneus Amphitryon: Husband of

Alcmene Anchises: Father of Aeneas Andraemon: Husband of

Dryope Andromache: Wife of Hector

Andromeda: Daughter of Cepheus

Anteia: wife of Proetus Antigone: Daughter of

Oedipus Ariadne: Daughter of Minos Cadmus: Brother of Europa Cassandra: Daughter of

Priam Clytemnestra: Wife of

Agamemnon Creon: Father of Jocasta Creusa: Wife of Aeneas Danaïdes: Daughter of

Danaüs Danaüs: Brother of Aegyptus

FAMILY CON. Dioscuri: Twins Castor and

Pollux Electra: Daughter of

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra Epimetheus: Brother of

Prometheus Eteocles: Son of Oedipus Haemon: Son of Creon Hector: Son of Priam Hecuba: wife of Priam Heliades: Daughters of Helios Helle: Sister of Phrixos Hippolytus: Son of Theseus

and Hippolyte Hippomenes: Husband of

Atalanta

Hypermnestra: Daughter of Danaüs

Icarus: Son of Daedalus Iphigenia: daughter of

Agamenon Ismene: Daughter of

Oedipus/ Sister of Antigone Jason: Son of Aeson Jocasta: Wife of Laius Laius: Father of Oedipus Lavinia: Wife of Aeneas after

defeat of Turnus Lynceus: Son of Aegyptus Maia: daughter of Atlas Meleager: Son of Althaea

FAMILY CON. Neoptolemus: Son of Achilles Niobe: Daughter of Tantalus Orestes: Son of Agamemnon Paris: Son of Priam Pelops: Son of Tantalus Penelope: wife of Odysseus Perseus: Son of Zeus and

Danaë Phaedra: Daughter of Minos Phaethon: son of Helios Phrixos: Brother of Helle Pirithous: So of Ixion

Polynices: Son of Oedipus Polyxena: Daughter of

Priam Procris: Wife of Cephalus Proetus: Husband Anteia Remus; Brother of

Romulus Semele: Daughter of

Cadmus Telemachus: Son of

Odysseus Theseus: Son of Aegeus Thyestes: Brother of

Atreus

THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES One: Kill the Nemean Lion Two: Kill the Lernean

Hydra Three: Capture the

Cerynian Hind Four: Capture the

Erymanthian Boar Five: Clean the Augean

Stables Six: Kill the Stymphalian

Birds

Seven: Capture the Cretan Bull

Eight: Capture the Horses of Diomedes

Nine: Take the Girdle of the Amazon Queen Hippolyte

Ten: Capture the Cattle of Geryon

Eleven: Take the Golden Apples of the Hesperides

Twelve: Capture Cerberus

RADOM MORTALS Acaeon: Hunter Adonis: Beautiful youth loved

by Aphrodite Aeneas: Trojan Ajax; Greek warrior Alectryon: Youth changed by

Ares into cock Amphion: Musician Arachne: Maiden who

challenged Athena to weaving contest

Arion: Musician Asclepius (Aesculapius): Mortal

son of Apollo Avernus: Infernal regions Bellerophon: Corinthian Hero

Briseis: Captive maiden given to Achilles

Cephalus: Hunter Chryseis: captive maiden given

to Agamemnon Daedalus: Athenian artificer Diomedes: Greek hero Diomedes: owner of man-eating

horses Dryope: Maiden changed to

Hamadryad Endymion: Mortal loved by

Selene Europa: Mortal loved by Zeus Galatea: Statue of maiden

carved from ivory by Pygmalion Ganymede: beautiful boy

RADOM MORTALS CON. Glaucus: Mortal who became

sea divinity by eating magic grass

Helen: fairest woman in world Hero: Priestess of Aphrodite Hyacinthus: Beautiful youth

accidentally killed by Apollo Io: Mortal maiden loved by Zeus Laocoön: Priest of Apollo Leander: Swam Hellespoint

nightly to see Hero Leda: Mortal loved by Zeus in

form of swan Leto (Latona): Mother by Zeus

of Artemis and Apollo Marsyas: shepherd Mento: Tutor of Telemachus

Narcissus: Beautiful youth loved by Echo

Orion: Hunter Palinurus: Aeneas’ pilot Pandora: Opener of box

containing human ills Patroclus: Great friend of

Achilles Philcotetes: Greek warrior who

possessed Hercules’ bow and arrows

Psych: Beloved of Eros Pyramus: Babylonian youth Sciron: Robber Sibyis: Various prophetesses Symplegades: Clashing rocks at

entrance to Black Sea

RADOM MORTALS CON. Thisbe: Beloved of Pyramus Tiresias: Blind soothsayer of Thebes Tithonus: Mortal loved by Eos

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Akylie Holterman Furies N.d. mlahanas.de N.p. , n.d. Web. 2 May 2012

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