Studied by 18 peopleMt. Olympus
the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus
nectar and ambrosia
the food and drink of the gods
Oracle at Delphi
an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo
Zeus (Jupiter)
the almighty god of the sky and thunder, and king of all the gods
Poseidon (Neptune)
God of the sea, storms, earthquakes, and horses
Hades (Pluto)
god of the underworld
Hestia (Vesta)
the goddess of the hearth
Hera (Juno)
The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth
Ares (Mars)
god of war
Athena (Minerva)
the goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts, and, later, war
Phoebus Apollo
god of sun, medicine, music, poetry, and sciences
Aphrodite (Venus)
goddess of sexual love and beauty
Hermes (Mercury)
god of translators and interpreters
Artemis (Diana)
goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes
The Graces
three daughters of Zeus, each of whom is described as being able to bestow a particular gift on humanity
The Muses
the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts
Erebus
the personification of darkness and one of the primordial deities
Tartarus
the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment
Charon
the ferryman of Hades
Cerberus
the hound of Hades
Elysian Fields
the paradise to which heroes on whom the gods conferred immortality were sent
Styx
a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld
The Erinyes (The Furies)
three goddesses of vengeance and retribution who punished men for crimes against the natural order
Pan
the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs
The Satyrs
rustic fertility spirits of the countryside and wilds
Aeolus
the divine keeper of the winds and king of the mythical, floating island of Aeolia
The Centaurs
half-men and half-horse beings representing an intermediate stage between human civilization and nature
The Gorgons
three sisters who are described as having hair made of living, venomous snakes and horrifying visages that turned those who beheld them to stone
The Graiae
three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them
The Sirens
humanlike beings with alluring voices
The Fates
the personifications of destiny
Demeter (Ceres)
goddess of the harvest
Persephone
the goddess queen of the underworld
pomegranate seed
used to trick Persephone into returning to the underworld for a few months of every year
Dionysus (Bacchus)
the god of wine and pleasure
Zeus and Semele
Zeus had already promised to grant Semele her every wish and thus was forced to grant a wish that would kill her: the splendor of his firebolts, as god of thunder, destroyed Semele. Zeus saved their unborn child, Dionysus, from the womb and kept him in his thigh until the baby was ready to be born.
Maenads
followers of the wine god Dionysus
Chaos
the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe
Night (Nyx)
Greek goddess and the personification of the night
Erebus
the personification of darkness
Love
Eros was the god of love and sexual desire
Gaea (Earth)
personification of the Earth as a goddess
Ouranos (Heaven)
the primordial god of the sky
Cyclopes
one-eyed giants
Titans
six elder gods
Cronus
the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans
Rhea
fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
The Giants
a race of great strength and aggression
Atlas
a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity
The Hyperboreans
a mythical people who lived in the far northern part of the known world
Prometheus
stole fire, he was celebrated by the mortals and was cruelly punished by God Zeus
Epimetheus
the Titan god of afterthought and excuses
Pandora
the first woman, but —as an instrument of the wrath of Zeus— was held responsible for releasing the ills of humanity into the world
The Deluge
a myth in which a great flood destroys civilization
Deucalion
the Greek equivalent of Noah
Pyrrha
wife of Deucalion
Io
a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
Europa
The beauty of Europa inspired the love of Zeus, who approached her in the form of a white bull and carried her away from Phoenicia to Crete.
Polyphemus
loved Galatea, a Sicilian Nereid, and killed her lover Acis
Narcissus
He rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life.
Echo
offended the goddess Hera by keeping her in conversation, thus preventing her from spying on one of Zeus' amours
Cupid
the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection
Psyche
goddess of the soul
Pyramus
lived in Babylon, and was the lover of Thisbe, both living in connected houses, but being forbidden to marry by their parents, who were rivals
Thisbe
returned and found her lover mortally wounded under the mulberry tree, she put an end to her own life
Orpheus
a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
Eurydice
the wife of Orpheus
Pygmalion
a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved
Galatea
a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
Baucis
hospitably received Zeus and Hermes when their richer neighbors turned away
Philemon
a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety
Endymion
a beautiful youth who spent much of his life in perpetual sleep
Selene
the goddess and the personification of the Moon
Daphne
the personification of the laurel
The Argo
a ship built with the help of the gods that Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece
Phrixus
the son of Athamas carried ashore to the Colchians by the ram
Helle
fell from the ram's back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont
Pelias
the one who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
Jason
the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
Harpies
a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds
Amazons
a race of warlike women noted for their riding skills, courage, and pride
The Symplegades
a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel went through
Medea
a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
King Æetes
King of Colchis and keeper of the golden fleece
Scylla
a supernatural female creature, with 12 feet and six heads on long snaky necks
Charybdis
a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
Phaethon
youthful son of Helius who begged his father let him drive the chariot of the sun
Helios
the god and personification of the Sun
Pegasus
a winged divine stallion
Bellerophon
a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus
Chimaera
a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature
Daedalus
an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
Icarus
son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
King Minos
made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur
Perseus
the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from a sea monster
Danaë
mother of the hero Perseus
Polydectes
command the hero Perseus to obtain the head of Medusa
Medusa
the only mortal of the three Gorgons
Andromeda
beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope and wife of Perseus
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