Mythology Character Matching Flashcards

Fill in the blank flashcards for matching mythology characters with their descriptions.

____ Kidnapped and forced to marry Hades

Persephone

____ Messenger of the gods; had winged feet and a winged helmet

Hermes

____ Goddess of love and beauty

Aphrodite

____ Invented wine and oversaw the satyrs

Dionysus

____ Mischievous son of Aphrodite

Eros

____ Craftsman of the Olympian gods

Hephaestus

____ Determined how long people would live

the Fates

____ Demeter wanted to make him a god

Demaphoon

____ Titan who helped the Olympians overthrow the Titans

Prometheus

____ Accepted a bribe that started the Trojan War

Paris

____ Stirred up the seas with his trident

Poseidon

____ King of the Olympian gods

Zeus

____ Had a helmet of invisibility and ruled the underworld

Hades

____ Helped her youngest son overthrow his father

Rhea

____ God of war

Ares

____ Goddess of wisdom and battle

Athena

____ Queen goddess of marriage and family

Hera

____ Messenger goddess who traveled along the rainbow

Iris

____ Goddess of the hunt

Artemis

____ Claimed to control the sun

Apollo

____ Goddess of the harvest and agriculture

Demeter

____ Swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him

Cronus

____ Made powerful weapons in a forge on the island of Sicily

the Cyclops

____ Wife of Cronus; mother of the Olympians

Gaia

____ Goddess of hearth and home

Hestia