Oedipus Vocab 1/ Mythology Gods

Calamity

An event causing great and often sudden damage

Clairvoyant

Can get information that’s considered impossible scientifically

Edict

An official order issued by a person in authority

Infamy

Being known for something bad, a wicked act

Insolence

Rule and disrespectful behavior

Oracle

A priest who gives advice that was sought from the gods

Pestilence

A fatal epidemic disease

Regicide

The action of killing a king

Supplication

The action of asking/ begging for something earnestly

Venerable

Accorded a great deal of respect

Cronus (Saturn)

God of Time and Harvest - time associated with the seasons and the harvest

Rhea (Ops)

Goddess of motherhood, fertility, childbirth, and comfort (“Mother of the Gods”)

Zeus (Jupiter)

God of the sky, thunder, lighting, weather, law, order, justice, and fate - controlled the heavens, known as the father of gods & mortals

Hera (Juno)

Goddess of marriage, women, family, and childbirth. Known for jealousy and vengeful nature towards Zeus’s many lovers

Poseidon (Neptune)

God of the sea, storms, earthquakes, and horses, rules all waters

Hades (Pluto)

God of the underworld, the dead, and the riches hidden beneath the earth

Athena (Minerva)

Goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, handicrafts, and practical reason, represents the balance of mind and strength

Apollo (Apollo)

God of prophecy, music, healing, archery, light (sun), and the sun, represents order, reason, and beauty

Artemis (Diana)

Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, forests, childbirth, chastity, and the moon

Aphrodite (Venus)

Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, associated with desire, passion, and fertility

Hermes (Mercury)

God of messaging, travel, trade, thieves, athletics, and cunning

Ares (Mars)

God of war, embodies the violent, brutal, and chaotic parts of warfare

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

God of fire, metalworking, blacksmiths, artisans, sculptors, and volcanoes, the divine craftsman

Hestia (Vesta)

Goddess of the hearth, home, domesticity, family, and the state

Persephone (Proserpina)

Goddess of the underworld, spring, growth, vegetation, and agriculture - her returning to the surface each year represents the changing of seasons

Cerberus (Cerberus)

The three-headed hound of Hades, guards the gates of the underworld

Charon (Charon)

The grim, ancient ferryman of the underworld

Demeter (Ceres)

Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law

Dionysus (Bacchus)

God of wine, grape-harvest, fertility, ritual madness, theater