Greek Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes

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  1. 2. / God of war. Represented the physical, violent and untamed aspect of war.
  2. 6. / This person flew to close to the sun and his wings fell off.
  3. 8. / He is best known in Greek mythology as the slayer of Medusa, one of three female creatures, or Gorgons, with hair said to be made of poisonous snakes.
  4. 10. / Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and war strategy. Daughter of Zeus and born from his forehead fully grown, wearing battle armour.
  5. 11. / She held him by the heel and it did not touch the water - making it the only part of him that could be harmed.
  6. 13. / God of family feuds and avenger of evil deeds.
  7. 14. / Olympian Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses.
  8. 15. / Known for his leadership skills, wit, and intelligence,
  9. 16. / The son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, he was considered the greatest of the heroes, a symbol of masculinity, sire of a long line of royal clans and the champion of the Olympian order against terrible monsters
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  1. 1. / God of the Sun and also known as Sol.
  2. 2. / Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes.
  3. 3. / spirit goddess of insanity, madness, crazed frenzy and the dead.
  4. 4. / Goddess of eternal youth.
  5. 5. / God of the Dead and Riches and King of the Underworld.
  6. 7. / Olympian god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge.
  7. 9. / Titaness and goddess of nature. Daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, and known as “the mother of gods”.
  8. 10. the great / Conquered more lands than anyone and ruled over a persian empire.
  9. 12. / Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky.