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Masters of Mythology

Masters of Mythology . By: Sharon, Jacob, & Laurie. Zeus . Hera. 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 . Artemis .

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Masters of Mythology

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  1. Masters of Mythology By: Sharon, Jacob, & Laurie

  2. Zeus Hera • 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

  3. Artemis Apollo • 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

  4. Poseidon Hades • 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

  5. Hermes Demeter • 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

  6. Aphrodite Hephaestus • 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

  7. Ares Athena • 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

  8. Dionysus • Son of Zeus and mortal Aclmene • Famous for strength • Killed a lion, captured some people, and did other heroic things • God of wine, partying, festivals, madness, and merriment • Son of Zeus

  9. Minor Gods Bia- Goddess of force Cratos- God of strength and power Deimos- God of weave Eris- Goddess of discord Geras- God of old age Harmonia- Goddess of harmony Hebe- Goddess of youth Hecate- God of magic Hestia- Goddess of the hearth Hypnos- God of sleep Janus- God of doors Etc.

  10. Heroes Achilles- Trojan War Hero Agamemnom- King of Mycenaean Greece Epeios- built Trojan Horse Amphiaraus- legendary fortune teller Menelaus- Trojan War Hero Sisyphus- The legendary King Teucer- Trogan War Hero Teiresias- Blind Prophet Lolaos- Hercules’s nephew Etc.

  11. Parks, James and Corbett, Sally. “Greek and Roman Goddesses and Gods.” An Introduction to Ancient Greece .Greek Mythology Home PageHighland 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/ Citations

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