Greek_Mythological_Characters.txt

-master of lightning bolt
-head god of Olympus
-unfaithful to wife Hera
-two brothers: Hades and Poseidon

-wife of Hephaestus (very unfaithful)
-favorite lover: Ares (god of war)
-born out of sea foam

-sister of Zeus, who was the father of her daughter Persephone
-goddess of the harvest
-daughter (Persephone) is wife of Hades

Children of Gaia

-golden wings, serpent hair, eyes turned people to stone
-Medusa is most well known (killed by Perseus)

-shared one eye between three people

-fiery eyes, fire-breathing
-evil

-faithful to wife
-killer of Gorgon Medusa

-princess of Colchis
-practiced dark magic
-selfish and sinful

-goddess of marriage
-married Zeus, who was very unfaithful to her

-god of sea
-change form

-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

-Poseidon was possibly his father
-aspired to be a hero like his cousin Hercules
-defeated the minotaur
-great Athenian king

-abandoned on a country side
-killed his father and married his mother
-banished himself and poked out his eyes

Cadmus
Oepidus
Panthus

Tantalus
Pelops
Atreus
Agamenom
Oresteus

-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

Married Media
throne usurped from him
assembled Argonauts to help him obtain golden fleece