Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods, Titans, and Key Locations

Zeus

lightning bold, Jupiter, king of the gods

Aphrodite

goddess of love, orphan, mother of Eros, didn't like husband, Venus, seashell symbol

Persephone and Demeter (Cereas)

mother and daughter, kidnapped by Hades, Demeter is goddess of harvest, Demeter saves Persephone with Zeus's help, Persephone lived half the year with her mom and other half with Hades

Apollo

God of light and music and reason, won the oracle of Delphi, fell in love with Daphne who did not love him back and turned into a tree, roman name Apollo, lyre=harp

Athena

the goddess of wisdom and architecture, Zeus's favorite daughter, companion was Nike, turned Arachne into a spider, Minerva, helmet and owl

Poseidon

lord of the sea, moody and violent, symbol trident, called earthshaker, Neptune

Hera

queen of Olympus, Zeus's wife, peacock, Juno

Hephaestus

god of smiths and fire, Zeus's son, hammer=anvil, skilled/big/strong, Vulcan, Aphrodite wife

Dionysius Iacchos

god of wine, youngest of the Olympians, mother was mortal, father was Zeus, invented wine, Bacchus

Ares

god of war, tall/handsome/vain, Eris, Mars, brother is Hephaestus, sword or shield

Hermes

merriest of the Olympians, god of shepherds/travelers/merchants/thieves/and wits, mother is Maia(a Titans daughter), precocious, messenger, mercury

Artemis

Zeus's daughter, eternal young maiden hunter, goddess of the hunt, pitiless, Apollo's twin, bow and arrow

Titan

the first children of Mother Earth, the first gods, six, huge

Hades

lord of the dead, a gloomy and quiet god, mortals feared him, rich, Hospitable One, three headed dog, Persephone wife

Hestia

eldest sister of Zeus, goddess of hearth, gentlest of all Olympians, Vesta

Mt Olympus

gods live here, no man could reach, high and steep

Styx

a murky/stagnant river that flowed around the underworld, makes people invincible

Delphi

most sacred place in Greece, on steep slopes of Mount Parnassus

Athens

city-state in Attica, city of Athena, has the first olive tree