Greek Gods and Titans
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- 3. was a Greek goddess primarily known as the mother of Aphrodite
- 5. personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate
- 6. wife of Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Epimetheus, Prometheus, and Menoetius
- 9. is the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family and the state
- 10. was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion,
- 12. means "the avengers" --sometimes referred to as "infernal goddess" were female chthonic deities of vengeance
- 13. was the Greek god of war
- 15. are a sisterhood of nymphs that bring rain
- 16. also called Apis, was the son of Zeus and Io
- 18. companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene
- 20. was the Cretan goddess adopted into ancient Greek religion and myth as the goddess of childbirth and midwifery
- 21. is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation
- 24. was the personification of memory
- 26. is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth
- 28. was the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent was known as Somnus
- 31. are the goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts
- 32. is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who in Greek mythology is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of mankind
- 35. was the brother of Prometheus ("foresight", literally "fore-thinker"), a pair of Titans who "acted as representatives of mankind
- 39. also called Euryphaessa "wide-shining," was a Titan
- 40. stood at or near the beginning of creation, and was the mother of personified gods such as Hypnos
- 41. addressed by alternative spelling as "Selena" was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of Zeus
- 42. It is a deep, gloomy place, a pit, or an abyss used as a dungeon of torment and suffering that resides beneath the underworld
- 44. the Giants were the children of Gaia, who was fertilized by the blood of Uranus
- 48. the Greek god of love
- 49. often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows
- 50. She lived in a southern region of Greece called Arcadia, on a mountain named Mount Kyllini. She married giant Atlas and gave birth to the Hyades, Hyas and the Pleiades.
- 51. daughter of Uranus and Gaia was an archaic Titaness and aquatic sea goddess
- 52. the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus
- 53. the primal Greek god personifying the sky.
- 57. was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god
- 59. was one of the 12 Titans of Greek mythology
- 61. was the last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, and the most deadly monster of Greek mythology. He was known as the "Father of all monsters
- 64. sons of Nyx created by pathneogenesis
- 66. is the Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia
- 67. was the god of old age
- 69. has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more
- 71. is the goddess of Misery. She is the daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night and the twin of the god Momos
- 73. was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods
- 74. she was known as "the mother of gods" and was therefore strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, who had similar functions
- 75. was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities
- 76. daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths
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- 1. a nymph who was seduced by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer to escape detection
- 2. was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion
- 3. was the daughter of Dryops, king of Oeta ("oak-man") or of Eurytus (and hence half-sister to Iole)
- 4. was the ancient Greek god of the underworld
- 6. was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia
- 7. was half woman half snake, known as the "Mother of All Monsters" because most of the monsters in Greek myth were mothered by her.
- 8. were a primeval race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia
- 11. was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods).
- 14. refers to the formless or void state preceding the creation of the universe
- 17. is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice
- 18. is a minor Greek goddess. She was a daughter of Nyx. She is the personification of affection, sexual intercourse and friendship
- 19. were figures in an archaic stage of Greek mythology, three giants of incredible strength and ferocity that surpassed that of all Titans whom they helped overthrow
- 22. is a daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and the sister of Asteria
- 23. was one of the Titans, the giant sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth).
- 25. was the Greek god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes
- 27. Titaness and the goddess of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the Oceanus.
- 29. was the primordial Titan who held up the celestial sphere
- 30. was the personification of deceit and was one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box
- 33. was an ancient goddess of war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares
- 34. are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world
- 36. is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest-goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld
- 37. in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead.
- 38. the son of Perseus and Andromeda, and king of Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis
- 43. was the daemon personification of death
- 45. He was the Titan of Mortal Life, while his son, Prometheus, was the creator of mankind
- 46. also known as Acmon, is one of the primordial deities, the first-born elementals. His name means "light" in ancient Greek
- 47. often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness
- 54. the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe and sister of Leto
- 55. the personification of satire, mockery, censure; a god of writers and poets
- 56. is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea".
- 58. described as "of good counsel", and is the embodiment of divine order, law, and custom
- 59. were the daughters of Helios and Clymene the Oceanid
- 60. was one of the original Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia.She was traditionally associated with the moon
- 62. inexorably involved in the ten-year-long war between the Olympian gods and Titans
- 63. were nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared
- 64. was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the divine personification of the World Ocean, an enormous river encircling the world
- 65. was a king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River
- 67. goddess or personification
- 68. is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes.
- 70. progeny of Gaia, members of the Greek primordial deities, who were the first-born elemental gods and goddesses, children of Gaia
- 72. is the "Father of Gods and men"