Greek Mythology

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  1. 1. The god of prophecy, music and healing and one of the twelve great Olympians. His deadly arrows were the bringers of plague.
  2. 6. Olympian goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defense of towns, heroic endeavor, weaving, pottery and various other crafts.
  3. 9. The great Olympian god of animal husbandry, trade, messengers, travel, merchants and athletes. He was also the personal herald of Zeus king of the gods.
  4. 11. The king of the underworld and lord of the dead. He was one of the three great sons of Cronus who, with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon, drew lots for the division of the cosmos after the defeat of the Titans
  5. 13. son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology,famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
  6. 14. The war was sparked because Paris kidnapped Queen Helen of Sparta, but Aphrodite is the reason to blame for Paris kidnapping her.
  7. 16. The king of the sea, and god of horses, rivers and earthquakes.
  8. 17. hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia.
  9. 18. monstrous sea-nymphs who lured sailors to their death with a bewitching song. They were formerly handmaidens of the goddess Persephone and when she was secretly abducted by Haides, Demeter gave them the bodies of birds to assist in the search
  10. 19. The virgin goddess of hearth and home. She was one of the twelve great Olympian gods.
  11. 21. three powerful, winged daimones named Medousa (Medusa), Sthenno and Euryale. Of the three sisters only Medousa was mortal.
  12. 23. Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
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  1. 2. son of Apollo, the Greek god of music and poetry. Eurydice was a beautiful nymph. Their tragic love story would tell the tale of losing someone you love and having the opportunity to get them back if you can follow one simple rule.
  2. 3. The crippled god of fire, smiths and craftsmen, and one of the twelve great Olympian gods
  3. 4. The goddess of hunting, wild animals, childbirth and children, and one of the twelve great Olympian gods.
  4. 5. The goddess of love, beauty and intercourse, and one of the twelve, supreme Olympian gods. She was born of the sea-foam generated by the castrated genitals of the sky-god Uranus
  5. 7. monstrous storm-giant who laid siege to heaven but was defeated by Zeus and imprisoned in the pit of Tartaros
  6. 8. the leader of the olympians god of thunder and lighting father of gods and humans
  7. 10. one of the most celebrated heroes of Greek mythology.He was the son of the Argive princess Danae who was locked away in a bronze chamber by her father Akrisios (Acrisius) who lived in fear of a prophecy that he would one day be killed by her son.
  8. 12. The queen of the gods and goddess of heaven, women and marriage. She was one of the the twelve supreme Olympians who ruled the cosmos
  9. 15. In Greek mythology Echidna was a monstrous she-dragon (drakaina) with the head and breast of a woman and the tail of a coiling serpent.
  10. 20. The god of war and bloodshed, one of the twelve supreme Olympians.
  11. 22. handsome giant granted the ability to walk on water by his father Poseidon. He served King Oinopion (Oenopion) of Khios (Chios) as huntsman for a time.