-master of lightning bolt
-head god of Olympus
-unfaithful to wife Hera
-two brothers: Hades and Poseidon
Zeus
-wife of Hephaestus (very unfaithful)
-favorite lover: Ares (god of war)
-born out of sea foam
Aphrodite
-sister of Zeus, who was the father of her daughter Persephone
-goddess of the harvest
-daughter (Persephone) is wife of Hades
Demeter
Children of Gaia
Furies
-golden wings, serpent hair, eyes turned people to stone
-Medusa is most well known (killed by Perseus)
Gorgons
-shared one eye between three people
Grey Eye
-fiery eyes, fire-breathing
-evil
Typhon
-faithful to wife
-killer of Gorgon Medusa
Perceus
-princess of Colchis
-practiced dark magic
-selfish and sinful
Medea
-goddess of marriage
-married Zeus, who was very unfaithful to her
Hera
-god of sea
-change form
Poseidon
-goddess of wisdom and battle strategy
-never lost a battle
-mother was swallowed by Zeus, she popped out of his head
-has a dark side
Pallas Athena
-Poseidon was possibly his father
-aspired to be a hero like his cousin Hercules
-defeated the minotaur
-great Athenian king
Theseus
-abandoned on a country side
-killed his father and married his mother
-banished himself and poked out his eyes
Oepidus
Cadmus
Oepidus
Panthus
Curse of the House of Thebes
Tantalus
Pelops
Atreus
Agamenom
Oresteus
Curse of the House of Atreus
-strong
-did not think before he acted
-son of Zeus (but not Hera)
-killed wife and kids when Hera drove him to madness
-ammended and given immorality by 12 labors, including killing the Nemean lion, killing the 9-headed Hydra, and capturing Cerebus
Hercules
Married Media
throne usurped from him
assembled Argonauts to help him obtain golden fleece