Who’s Who on Mount Olympus?

King of the gods and ruler of mankind.

Roman Name:

Symbol:

Zeus

Roman Name:Symbol: (to stir the sea) and

Zeus’

Poseidon

God of the _____________(did not live on Mount Olympus) God of the Dead (but not death)

Roman Name:____________________ Symbol: ____________ (three headed dog) and a Magic Helmet (Invisibility)

Zeus’s _______________________ No temples found; Greeks didn’t like to talk about him too much.

Hades

Goddess____________________; sister of_________; gave up her seat on Mt. Olympus

Roman Name:_____________________ All cities had a _________to her that could never be allowed to go out.

Boring/ peaceful / no myths______________________

Hestia

Queen of the gods and wife of Zeus; goddesses of______________

Roman Name:_____________________Symbol: ____________________Zeus’ sister. They had ______children together.

Most stories about her revolve around her punishing____________________________________

Hera

God of _________“the fury of the ruthless god” Roman Name: _________________________ Symbol: Wild Boar and Blood Stained Spear Hephaestus was_______________________ Son of _______________________ A symbol of war Hung around on the battlefield

with__________________________________________________________________

Ares

Goddess of_____________________Roman Name: _____________________Symbol: _____Zeus’s _______________(she sprang from his head)

_____Goddess. Patron goddess of_______: she gave them the _______________________tree

Athena

Apollo

Goddess of love and beauty Roman Name:______________ Symbol: Dove Had a “magic girdle” which made men love her.

She married Hephaestus Had affair with______________ Sometimes she is Zeus’ daughter; other myths say she came from the sea foam

Aphrodite

Messenger-god; _____________

Roman Name: _____________________

Symbol: CraneZeus’s son (Marriage to Maia; May)Gave humankind the ____________Stole Apollo’s cows when he was two days old. Zeus made him give them back: Gave Apollo a lyre.

Hermes appears in myth more than any other god

Goddess of moon and ____________________________

Roman Name:__________________Symbol: She-bearApollo’s twin sister; however virgin goddess

Also protector of young (animals)

Artemis

God of fire; ______________Roman Name: ______________Symbol: ______________Son of Zeus and Hera; had “bum” leg. Ugly; Zeus threw him off Mt.

Volcanoes=Become revered on Mt. Olympus for his work

Hephaestus

Goddess of the____________Roman Name: ___________Symbol: PoppyOne daughter: ________, who was abducted by Hades and forced to marry him

Persephone’s absence from her mother explains the change of___________________

Demeter

Dionysus*God of_____________________*Born to a mortal women (Semele) a

*Made a god by Zeus for _______________

He went down to the underworld and made him mom immortal.

Daughter of Zeus and______

Eventually marries ______________after he is made mortal

IRIS IS HERA’S MESSANGER AND RUNS ALONG RAINBOWS

Hebe

Three goddesses always portrayed together

“grace and beauty”Hung out with_________

The Graces

Nine of themInspired men to create art, poetry, plays, songs, music

Also hung out with Apollo__

The Muses

Themis: goddess of__________

Nemesis: righteous ______

The furies (erinyes); _________________; Three of them

Son of________Part goat; god of sheperds/flocksLived in the wildernessGreat musician; played the reed pipe

Sounds made in the wilderness at night were supposed to be him; thus the word “panic”

Pan

Eris: goddess of________; hung out with Ares