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Prometheus
- Titan
- gave men fire
- savior of mankind
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Zeus
- lord of the sky/rain god
- cheated on wife
- thunder bolt, eagle
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Hera
- protector of marriage
- Zeus' wife/sister
- cow, peacock
- Argos (city)
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Poseidon
- ruler of the sea
- gave 1st horse to man
- most powerful
- "earth shaker"
- trident
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Hades
- god of underworld/wealth
- invisibility cap
- kidnapped Persephone
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Athena
- sprung from Zeus's head
- wisdom, reason, purity
- chief virgin goddess
- goddess of the city-protector
- olive & owl
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Apollo
- oracle (city of Delphi)
- healer
- archer/silver bow god
- musician
- god of light & truth
- laurel tree, crow, dolphin
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Artemis
- lady of wild things
- huntsman-in-chief
- protectress of youth
- good/bad sides
- 1/3 virgin goddesses
- Apollo's twin sister
- cyprus, moon, deer
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Aphrodite
- goddess of love & beauty
- myrtle tree
- foam risen (ocean)
- stole away "wits of the wise"
- wife of Hephaestus
- dove, sparrow, swan, myrtle
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Hermes
- master thief
- most cunning
- sly, tricky, self serving
- most popular
- Divine Herald that led souls to underworld
- winged sandals
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Ares
- god of war
- detested by parents
- violent, but a coward
- not worshiped
- romans liked him better than greeks
- vulture, "wronged" dog
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Hephaestus
- god of fire & ceremony
- only ugly immortal (deformed)
- blacksmith
- kind & peace loving
- popular on earth & heaven
- son of HERA & zeus
- wife: aphrodite
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Hestia
- goddess of the hearth
- every meal w/ an offering to her
- hearths in every city for her
- 1/3 virgin goddesses
- hearth, home
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Eros
- God of love
- cupid
- Aphrodite's son
- mischevious & naughty
- blindfold
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Iris
- Goddess of the rainbow
- a messenger of the gods (hermes too)
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The Graces
- 3 of them
- queens of song
- daughters of Zeus & Eurynome
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The Muses
- 9 of them
- Help people forget their worries
- daughters of Zues & Eurynome
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Charon
ferries the souls of the dead
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Cerberus
- 3 headed dragon tailed dog
- guard in front of the gate to the underworld
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The Furies
- 3 of them
- punish evil-doers
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Satyrs
- goat man
- wild places on the earth
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Centaurs
- 1/2 man 1/2 horse
- savage creatures
- Chiron was good
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Gorgons
- 2 immortal
- 1 mortal
- dragon like creatures w/ wings
- turned men into stone
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Daedalus
built wings of wax & flew out of maze w/ son
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Icarus
- son fo Daedalus
- died in flight w/ father
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Tantalus
- son of Zeus
- only mortal to eat w/ gods
- killed son & fed him to the gods
- sat in a pool too close/too far from food/drink
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Niobe
- rich/powerful
- 7 sons, 7 daughters
- saw her children die
- changed into stone from saddness
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