The Olympian Family

Uranus

The personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities.

Gaea

The personification of Earth.

Zeus

The chief deity of the Greek pantheon.

Metis

The pre-Olympian goddess of wisdom, counsel and deep thought, and a member of the Oceanids.

Prometheus

A Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days.

Hephaestus

The Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, and volcanoes.

Themis

The goddess and personification of justice, divine order, law, and custom.

Fates (Moerae)

A common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a trio of goddesses.

Clotho

The first of the Three Fates who spins the thread of human life.

Lachesis

The middle of the Three Fates who apportioned the thread of life, determining the length of each lifespan.

Atropos

The third of the Three Fates who chose the manner of death and ended the life of mortals by cutting their threads.

Mnemosyne

The goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus.

Muses

The inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.

Eurynome

The mother of the Graces.

Graces

Goddesses who personify beauty and grace.

Dione

An oracular goddess.

Dodona

The oldest Hellenic oracle.

Cythera

An island in Greece that is associated with Aphrodite.

Cyprus

An island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is associated with Aphrodite.

Eros

The Greek god of love and sex.

Hera

The goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

Argos

The birthplace of the mythological character Perseus.

Eileithyia

The Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery.

Lycia

A historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC to 546 BC.

Lemnos

An island which was sacred to Hephaestus who fell on it when Zeus hurled him headlong out of Olympus.

Athena

An ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft.

Ares

The Greek god of war and courage.

Phoebus Apollo

A god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing, and diseases.

Leto

A childhood goddess and the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

Python

The serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi.

Delos

The birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.

Silver Bow

A weapon associated with Apollo and Artemis.

Lyre

A stringed musical instrument associated with Apollo.

Dolphin

An animal which Apollo disguised himself as.

Far-Shooter

Another name for Apollo

Delphi

The seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world.

“Know Thyself”

Know your place below the gods.

Artemis

The goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, and chastity.

Mistress of Wild Things

Another name for Artemis

Childbirth

Artemis is also the goddess of this.

Golden Bow and Arrows

Given to Artemis by Zeus

Knee-Length Tunic

Worn by Artemis

Mountains

Artemis roamed these.

Cyclops

Giant one-eyed creatures.

Brontes

The Cyclops whose names means thunder.

Archer-Goddess

Another name for Artemis

Golden Chariot

Driven by Helios

Maia

The mother of Hermes.

Atlas

A Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity.

Hermes

The herald of the gods.

Cattle of Apollo

Stolen by Hermes

Helius (Helios)

The god who personifies the Sun.

Selene

The goddess and personification of the Moon.

Master Thief

Another name for Hermes

Reed Pipe

An instrument which produces sound by focusing air into a mouthpiece, which then causes reeds to vibrate.

Caduceus

The staff carried by Hermes.

Demeter

The Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture.

Persephone

The queen of the underworld.

Hades

The God of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld.

Aphrodite

An ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation.

Abas

Boy who was changed by Demeter into a lizard because he mocked the goddess.

Eleusis

Derived its name from the supposed advent of Demeter.

Metaneira

A queen of Eleusis who hosted Demeter.

Dragon-Drawn Chariot

A gift given to Demophoon by Demeter.

Ascalphus

The custodian of Hades' orchard in the Underworld.

Phlegethon

One of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld.

Pomegranate

Persephone’s consumption required her to spend a certain number of months in the underworld every year.

Rhea

A mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus.

Semele

The mother of Dionysus by Zeus.

Dionysus

The god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.

Madness

The presence of delusions and/or hallucinations.

Thebes

A city in Central Greece.

Pentheus

Resisted Dionysus and was subsequent punishmented.

Teiresias

A blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes.

Naxos

Zeus was raised here.

Thyrsus

A wand or staff of giant fennel covered with ivy vines and leaves typically associated with the Greek god Dionysus.

Nemesis

The goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris.

Retributive Justice

A legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punitive damages proportional or similar to the crime.

Hubris

Extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence.