Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Greek Mythology

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Cronus

Titan who overthrew Uranus; father of the Olympians; swallowed his children to prevent them from overthrowing him.

Uranus

Primordial sky god; father of the Titans; overthrown by his son Cronus.

Rhea

Titaness; wife of Cronus and mother of the Olympian gods; saved Zeus from being swallowed.

Zeus

King of the gods; god of the sky and thunder; overthrew Cronus and led the Olympians.

The Titans

Powerful deities preceding the Olympians; children of Uranus and Gaia.

Hestia

Goddess of the hearth and home; one of the original Olympians.

Cyclopes

One-eyed giants; skilled craftsmen; helped forge Zeus's thunderbolts.

Pan

God of the wild, shepherds, and flocks; had the legs and horns of a goat.

Hera

Queen of the gods; goddess of marriage and childbirth; wife of Zeus.

Metis

Titaness of wisdom; mother of Athene.

Athene (Athena)

Goddess of wisdom and war; born from Zeus's head; patron of Athens.

Arachne

Mortal woman turned into a spider by Athene for her overconfidence in weaving.

Poseidon

God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses; brother of Zeus.

Aphrodite

Goddess of love and beauty; born from sea foam and Uranus.

Hades

God of the underworld; brother of Zeus and Poseidon.

Cerberus

Three-headed dog guarding the underworld's entrance.

The Erinyes (Furies)

Avenging spirits who punished the wicked and enforced justice, especially those who had escaped past punishment.

Demeter

Goddess of agriculture and the harvest; mother of Persephone.

Persephone

Daughter of Demeter; abducted by Hades; queen of the underworld.

Hermes

Messenger god; god of travelers, thieves, and commerce.

Leto

Mother of Artemis and Apollo by Zeus; pursued by Hera.

Artemis

Goddess of the hunt, moon, and chastity; twin sister of Apollo.

Apollo

God of the sun, music, poetry, and prophecy; twin of Artemis.

Asclepius

God of medicine and healing; favorite son of Apollo.

Hephaestus

God of fire and blacksmiths; son of Hera; built weapons for the gods; Rejected by Hera, but accepted by her when she figured out he made great jewelry. Married Aphrodite, because he told her he “worked late,” meaning she could cheat on him.

Prometheus

Titan who gave fire to humans; punished by Zeus.

Epimetheus

Brother of Prometheus; accepted Pandora from the gods.

Pandora

First woman; opened a box releasing lots of bad thing, like famine and disease, into the world.

Phaethon

Son of Apollo; lost control of the sun chariot and was struck down.

Orpheus

Great musician; tried to rescue Eurydice from the underworld.

Eurydice

Wife of Orpheus; died and was nearly saved from Hades.

Narcissus

Youth who fell in love with his own reflection; turned into a flower.

Echo

Nymph cursed to only repeat others’ last words because of lying to Rhea; loved Narcissus.

Fates

Three sisters who controlled human destiny.

Psyche

Mortal woman who became the wife of Eros; didn’t believe in him, so she put a lamp over him to see his face and spilled oil on him, so he left and took the castle because he represents love itself, and if she doesn’t believe in love, then she doesn’t believe in him.

Danae

Mother of Perseus; imprisoned and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.

Perseus

Hero who killed Medusa and rescued Andromeda.

Theseus

Hero who slew the Minotaur and united Athens. He later married Phaedra.

Atalanta

Swift-footed huntress; refused to marry unless beaten in a race. Husband, Meleager, was killed by his mother, who received a stick from one of the Fates that, if lit, would kill him. Later married to Hippomenes after he beat her in a race by using 3 golden apples.

Arion

Good Musician; son of Poseidon; saved by dolphins from a ship returning from Sicily.