Mythology Characters Final

Persephone

Kidnapped and forced to marry Hades

Hermes

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

Aphrodite

Goddess of love and beauty

Dionysus

Invented wine and oversaw the satyrs

Eros

Mischievous son of Aphrodite

Hephaestus

Craftsman of the Olympian gods

The Fates

Determined how long people would live

Demaphoon

Demeter wanted to make him a god

Prometheus

Titan who helped the Olympians overthrow the Titans

Paris

Accepted a bribe that started the Trojan War

Poseidon

Stirred up the seas with his trident

Zeus

King of the Olympian gods

Hades

Had a helmet of invisibility and ruled the underworld

Gaia

Helped her youngest son overthrow his father

Ares

God of war

Athena

Goddess of wisdom and battle

Hera

Queen goddess of marriage and family

Iris

Messenger goddess who traveled along the rainbow

Artemis

Goddess of the hunt

Apollo

Claimed to control the sun

Demeter

Goddess of the harvest and agriculture

Cronus

Swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him

Cyclopes

Made powerful weapons in a forge on the island of Sicily

Rhea

Wife of Cronus; mother of the Olympians

Hestia

Goddess of hearth and home