Greek Mythology

number of judges in the underworld

3

number of watchdog's head

3

number of rivers in the underworld

5

fruit eaten by Persephone while in the Underworld that influenced length of annual stay

6 seeds of Pomagranite

daughter of Zeus and Dione or perhaps born from sea foam

Aphrodite

goddess of love and beauty

Aphrodite

god of light, sun, poetry, music, medicine, prophecy, arts

Apollo

twins of Zeus and Leto

Apollo and Artemis

Lyndian woman who bragged she was a better weaver than Athena

Arachne

River of Woes

Archeron

Zeus and Hera's son who took pleasure in fighting

Ares

god of war

Ares

goddess of moon, hunting, wild animals, childbirth, chastity

Artemis

Mortal killed by Zeus for bringing dead back to life

Asclepius

god of healing and medicine

Asclepius

Greed goddess sprang from Zeus;s head fully grown and wearing armor

Athene

goddess of wisdom, war, handicrafts, liberal arts

Athene

Titan condemned to hold up the heavens

Atlas

Hades' favorite animal; watchdog of the underworld

Cerberues

boatman who ferried souls into the underworlds

Charon

giants freed by Zeus who produced his lightening bolts and helped him defeat Cronus

Cyclopes

offspring of uranus and GAea with only one eye in middle of forehead

Cyclopes

goddess of Earth, agriculture, fertility, grain, harvest

Demeter

goddess who threatened barren Earth if daughter not returned

Demeter

god of fertility, wine, revelry, theater

Dionysus

nymph whose chatter aided Zeus so Hera condemned her to only repeating

Echo

place of peace for virtuous souls

Elvisian Fields

goddess of dawn

Eos

god of love

Eros

son of aphrodite, created physical attraction b/t ppl

Eros

personification of earth

Gaea

name of statue that came to life and married its scuptor

Galatea

apples presented to Hera as wedding gift by Gaea

Golden Apples

god of underworld

Hades

Hera and Zeus' crippled son

Hephaestus

god of fire, forge, metal working

Hephaestus

physically imperfect god

Hephaestus

queen of gods, goddess of marriage

Hera

hero born to Zeus and Danae, cast out by grandfather who feared child would kill him

Hercules

Maia and Zeus' son: shortly after birth created lyre

Hermes

Son of Zeus and Maia who stole Apollo's cows

Hermes

god of invention, science, commerce, protector of travelers, thieves, gamblers

Hermes

Greek poet other than Homer-- he wrote about the origins of gods

Hesiod

goddess of hearth

Hestia

2 Greek gods of fire--one friendly(hearth) and one unfriendly

Hestia/Hephaestus

River of Forgetfulness

Lethe

Gorgon who was mortal

Medusa

goddess "wisdom" and wife of Zeus whom he swallowed

Metis

king who voted vs. Apollo in music contest and had his ears turned into donkey ears

Midas

Titanness who was goddess of remembrance

Mnemosyne

another name for Gaea

Mother Earth

where Prometheus was chained by Zeus as punishment for bringing fire to humans

Mt. Caucases

mountain that Typhon--fire breathing Titan defeated by Zeus-- lives under

Mt. Etna

mountain home of gods

Mt. Olympus

name of 12 major gods

Olympians

god of nature, fields, forests, hunters, shepherds, flocks & rustic life

Pan

woman created by Hephaestus who brought suffering to the world

Pandora

word derived from "all" and "gods"

Pantheon

Prince of Troy whose insult of Hera eventually led to the Trojan War

Paris

shrine to Athena on Acropolis in Athens

Parthenon

goddess of the underworld

Persephone

hero who killed Medusa by cutting off her helmet

Perseus

River of Fire

Phlegethon

god of sea, earthquakes, and horses

Poseidon

other 5 children of Cronus

Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Demeter

2 sons of Titan Lapetus who fought on the side of Zeus ("forethought" and "afterthought")

Prometheus and Epimetheus

sculptor who fell in love with statue that was brought to life

Pygmalion

River of Unbreakable Oaths

Styx

river over which souls were ferried into Underworld

Styx

lowest region of underworld

Tartarus

region of underworld surrounded by 3 high walls and Phlegethon, place of wicked

Tartarus

offspring of uranus and gaea who were enormous beings, ruled before the gods

Titans

place ruled by Hades; destination of the dead

Underworld

king of gods

Zeus

youngest offspring of Cronus-- escaped being swallowed by Cronus and overthrew him

Zeus

3 Olympians who divided the universe among themselves & their respective regions

Zeus, Hades, Poseidon

food of the gods

ambrosia

object Zeus gave as Pandora's dowry

box/jar

original empty void that existed before creation

chaos

Rhea's method of preventing Cronus from swallowing the youngest offspring(Zeus)

disguised a rock by wrapping it in a blanket

bird seen holding thunderbolts, a symbol of Zeus

eagle

destination of ordinary shades in underworld

field of Asphodel

gift Zeus withheld from humans which Prometheus provided despite Zeus' ban

fire

vengeful creatures, hideous old women in charge of eternal punishiment

furies

only item left in Pandora's box

hope

gift given to Hades by Cyclopes

invisible helmet

object belonging to Aphrodite that caused ppl to be irristable

linen scarf

part of Prometheus' body that regenerated and was eaten by vultures repeatedly

liver

instrument played by Apollo, obtained from Hermes

lyre

patron goddesses of the arts

muses

nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus who presided over the arts

muses-- Terpsichore, Enterpe, Eruto, Polyhmnia, Thalia, Calliope, Melpomene, Urania, Clio

drink of the gods

nectar

spirits of woods, trees, rivers, springs, caves, mtns

nymphs

chief symbol of Athena

owl

name given to the spirits of the dead

shades

animal Arachne was turned into by Athena

spider

Medusa was changed into creature so hideous that one looked at her and turned them into...

stone

Zeus's most powerful weapon

thunderbolts

gift given to Poseidon by Cyclopes

trident

where dead carried payment for boatmen

under tongues(mouths)