Heroes, Gods, and Monsters (Greek/Roman Myths)

Uranus

father of Cronos; killed by Cronos

Cronos

father of the gods; son of Uranus; overthrew his father to become king; married to Rhea; father of Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades; ate all his kids but was overthrown by Zeus

Rhea

goddess of earth; wife of Cronos; daughter of Uranus; mother of Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades

Zeus

king of the gods; lord of the sky; overthrew Cronos; son of Cronos and Rhea; married to Hera

Hera

queen of the gods; queen of intriguers; married to Zeus; daughter of Cronos and Rhea

Demeter

"Barley Mother"; earth-goddess; lady of growing things; daughter of Cronos and Rhea; sister of Zeus; moon-goddess; mother of Persephone

Poseidon

god of the sea and of earthquakes; son of Cronos and Rhea; brother of Zeus

Hades

god of the underworld; son of Cronos and Rhea; brother of Zeus; married to Persephone

Ares

god of war; son of Hera and Zeus

Hephaestus

smith-god; forger of weapons; son of Zeus and Hera; married to Aphrodite; very ugly

Eris

goddess of discord; daughter of Zeus and Hera

Athene

daughter of Zeus and Metis; born out of Zeus' head; "grey-eyed"; goddess of wisdom; best-loved god in the Pantheon; excellent weaver; Arachne

Persephone

daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades and made his queen; must stay in the underworld for 6 monthe of the year because she ate 6 seeds

Artemis

daughter of Zeus and Leto; twin of Apollo; wished to always be a maiden, wished for a silver bow and arrow, wished for many names, 50 ocean nymphs and 20 wood nymphs, a pack of hounds, and a city; "goddess of the moon", "Maiden of the silver bow", "Lady of the wild thing", "Huntress"

Apollo

son of Zeus and Leto; twin of Artemis; most beautiful of the gods; god of the sun and patron of music, poety, math, and medicine; got in trouble as a child; father of Aristeus, Amphissus, Asclepius

Hermes

messenger god

Aphrodite

goddess of love and beauty; born from the sea foam; married to Hephaestus; mother of Eros

Prometheus

a titan; gave fire to man; bound to a mountain and had his insides eaten by vultures

Pandora

a way to punish man; sculpted by Hephaestus and given a gift by all the gods; out of curiosity, she opened the box and let out bad things that bring pain and sorrow

Phaethon

son of Apollo; wanted to drive the sun in order to prove his friend, son of Zeus, wrong; drove too close to the earth and then too far from the earth causing ice caps and volcanoes

Orpheus

son of a Thracian king and the muse, Calliope; an excellent musician; married to Eurydice; went to the underworld to retrieve her but looked back so she disappeared

Narcissus and Echo

he was very arrogant and would only love someone as beautiful as himself and he fell in love with someone who can't return that love; she was cursed by Hera and repeated the last words that have been said to her

Eros and Psyche

he is the son of Aphrodite, the archer of love and the youngest of the gods, and he wanted to marry her; she married him but could not see him because she did not truly love him

Arion

son of Poseidon and a naiad; favored by Apollo who taught him to play the lyre; made friends with a dolphin and when he died he was put in the stars along with his lyre and his dolphin; considered the second Orpheus

Perseus

son of Danae and Zeus; demigod; killed Medusa; married to Andromeda

Daedalus

favored by Athene who later withdrew her favor when he killed his nephew, Talos; imprisoned by King Minos in the labyrinth; escaped with his son Icarus; built wings for them to escape;

King Minos

married to Pasiphae; loved bulls; imprisoned the minotaur, Pasiphae, and Daedalus in the Labyrinth

Icarus

son of Daedalus; escaped the Labyrinth using wings; flew to close too the sun, the wings meleted and he fell into the ocean

Theseus

demigod; son of Poseidon; went to overcome the minotaur; took Ariadne and Phaedra, daughters of King Minos, with him back to Athens; forgot to raise the flag so his father knew he was alive

Atalanta

daughter of the king of Arcadia; loved Meleager; angered Artemis so she sent the beast Calydon; married Hippomenes because he beat her in a race

Midas

a king who disliked Apollo; everything he touched turned to gold; Apollo took back his wish but gave him donkey ears as a punishment; he learns mercy and Apollo takes back the ears

Pygmalion

a sculptor who lived alone; made a lot of little clay statues of Aphrodite and made a marble statue sculpted after Aphrodite named Galatea; he loved Galatea so much that he asked Aphrodite to turn him to stone so he could be with the statue; Aphrodite turned Galatea to a human so he could marry her

Arachne

a great weaver who angered Athene; hanged herself because of how good Athene was; Athene turned her into a spider so she could weave forever and spiders are named after her