WS- Greek Gods/Goddesses/Heroines

Gaia (Gaea)

Goddess of the Earth

Ares

God of war, violence

Hermes

Messenger of gods, god of travel

Zeus

God of thunder, king of the gods

Poseidon

God of the sea

Uranus

God of the heavens

Aphrodite

Goddess of beauty and love

Athena

Goddess of wisdom

Demeter

Goddess of agriculture

Hera

Wife of Zeus, god of marriage

Chronos

God of time

Hades

King of the underworld, god of the dead

Hephaestus

God of fire and the forge

Artemis

Goddess of the hunt and the moon

Apollo

God of light, music, and poetry

Pandora

The curious woman who opened a jar that let evil into the world

Arachne

A skilled weaver who angered Athena by bragging about her skill

Cassandra

A princess who could see the future, but was never believed by anybody

Ieda

The pretty Greek maiden who was tricked by Zeus when he changed into a swan

Medea

The woman who married Jason but then killed their children as revenge when Jason fell in love with another woman

Cassiopeia

The queen who eventually became the "M" or "W" constellation in the night sky

Jocasta

Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus

Andromache

The wife of Hector

Io

The woman who Zeus turned into a white cow to hide from Hera

Hippolyta

The queen of amazons

Ariadne

The woman who taught Theseus how to escape from the labyrinth by marking his way with string

Alcestis

The woman who agreed to sacrifice her own life to save her husband (but was later rescued from Hades by Hercules)

Helen

The most beautiful woman, she had a face that launched a thousand ships

Psyche

The beautiful Greek woman who married Eros, the god of love