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Explore the fascinating world of greek mythology through the lives and stories of its gods and heroes. From jupiter and juno to achilles and medea, discover the myths that shaped ancient greek culture. Definitions and background information on 61 key figures.
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ruler of the Roman gods TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Juno was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. Jupiter's queen TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Morpheus (Greek: , , "he who forms, shapes, moulds", from the Greek morphe) is the Greek god of dream and sleeps. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 god of fire TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Mesopotamian hero
goddess of the harvest TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ancient Greek: ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. son of Thetis TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 In Greek mythology, Hectr (, "holding fast"), or Hektr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. killed by Achilles TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Narcissus or Narkissos (), possibly derived from (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness," in Greek mythology was a hero from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. in love with himself TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Mistress of Zeus --> raped by swan Helen of Troy's mother
Hecuba (also Hekbe, Hecabe, Hcube; Ancient Greek: ) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy, with whom she had 19 children. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 A good friend of Achilles who he had to kill TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 all have constellations named after them TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 turned into a cow TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 Perseus (), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths in the cult of the Twelve Olympians. killed Medusa
according to Aristophanes in "The Frogs" was the better playwright TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 wrote Oedipus the King TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 slitting their throats TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 no! TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 God of the Forge
multi-headed monster slain by Hercules TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 wrote "the Frogs" TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 wrote "Medea" TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 wrote "Agamenmon" TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; Greek ) was the ferryman of Hades who carried souls of the newly deceased across the River Styx that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.
In Greek mythology, Persephone (; Kore or Cora) was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Underworld, the kor (or young maiden), and the parthenogenic daughter of Demeter and, in later Classical myths, a daughter of Demeter and Zeus. TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 Conquering general in "The Mask of Apollo" TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 Youth loved by Aphrodite and killed by a boar TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 served his infant son for dinner TERM 40
DEFINITION 40 Eurydice (, Eurydk) (yur-ID-ih-see) in Greek mythology, was an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo (the god of light). loved by Orpheus
Queen of the Amazons TERM 47
DEFINITION 47 The Amazons (Greek: , Amaznes, singular , Amazn) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology. TERM 48
DEFINITION 48 In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena (Greek: ) was the mother of Heracles. TERM 49
DEFINITION 49 dear friend of Achilles TERM 50
DEFINITION 50 high commander of Greeks in Trojan war
Silver-footed Thetis (ancient Greek ), disposer or "placer" (the one who places), is encountered in Greek mythology mostly as a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient one of the seas with shape-shifting abilities who survives in the historical vestiges of most later Greek myths as Proteus (whose name suggests the "first", the "primordial" or the "firstborn"). Achilles' mother TERM 52
DEFINITION 52 Plato () (Greek: ', Pltn, "broad") (428/427 BC - 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Followed Socrates and taught Aristotle TERM 53
DEFINITION 53 woman who served as war prize for Achilles TERM 54
DEFINITION 54 In Greek mythology, Helen (in Greek, ' - Heln), known as Helen of Troy (and earlier Helen of Sparta), was the daughter of Zeus and Leda (or Nemesis), wife of King Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. caused the Trojan war TERM 55
DEFINITION 55 had an affair with Helen of Troy
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