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Greek Mythology Gods and Goddesses Flashcards
Cards in this deck (44)
- 1MaximsStatements to live by
- 2The Three Greek Maxims- Know yourself
- Nothing in excess
- An Oath sworn will be your ruin(don't make promises you can't keep) - 3HubrisExcessive pride. The greatest sin to the Gods and Greeks
- 4ChaosWas the beginning of everything. Gave birth to Eros, Gaea, and Tartarus
- 5Gaea- "Mother Earth"
- Gave birth to Uranus
- Born from Chaos
- Marries Uranus has Cyclops, Hundred-handed giants, 12 Titans
- Mad at Uranus for banishing their children to Tartarus
- Asks Titans(but only Kronos) to kill Uranus - 6Uranus- Son and wife of Gaea
- Has Cyclops, Hundred-handed giants and bans them to Tartarus because they're ugly
- 12 Titans are okay for him
- Titan Kronos cuts him up for Gaea and lets everyone free from Tartarus
- Uranus remains create sea foam which eventually creates Aphrodite - 7Hundred-handed Giants- A giant with 50 heads and 50 arms
- Born from Gaea and Uranus
- Banished and then freed from Tartarus - 8Kronos- One of the 12 Titans
- Was sent by Gaea to kill Uranus for banishing children to Tartarus
- Married his sister, Rhea
- Was scared of children overtaking due to prophecy
- Ate his kids
- Rhea wanted kids so she asked Gaea for help. They planned to give him a rock and hide the real child
- The real child is Zeus and he poisons Kronos and makes him throw up his children. They stayed alive because they are immortal
- Titans and Gods go to war. Titans banished to Underworld - 9Cyclops- Born from Uranus AND Gaea
- Have one giant eye in the middle of the forehead
- Banished and then freed from Tartarus - 10Giants- Scary
- Hairy heads and dragon-like feet
- Wore shining armour and used spears for fighting - 11Eros- Love
- Born from Chaos
- Son of Aphrodite(it doesn't really make any sense) - 12Tartarus- Born from Chaos
- Rules the deepest, darkest pit of the Underworld - 13Zeus- All of his siblings were eaten by Kronos as they were born
-Rhea and Gaea hid him from Kronos
- Grew up and poisons Kronos, he throws up children
- Zeus and Gods go to war with Kronos and Titans, Titans lose and are banished to Tartarus - 14Hera- Is eaten, grows up, and then is vomited out by Kronos
- Fights against Titans
- Goddess of birth
- Marries Zeus and has kids - 15Rhea- Marries Kronos has kids who are swallowed
- Mad at Kronos for swallowing children, so she makes a plan with Gaea
- Zeus is hidden from Kronos, so Rhea gives him a rock to eat and it works
- Gets Zeus to poison Kronos, he vomits up children
- Gods and Titans go to war - 16Hades- Swallowed by Kronos, grew up, and then was vomited out by Kronos
- Given hat of invisibility and fights in the Gods vs Titans war - 17Poseidon- Swallowed by, grew up, and then vomited up by Kronos
- Given the gift, Trident to control sea
- Fights in war - 18Epimetheus- Titan
- Helps his brother Prometheus with creating the earth. He gives animals their special abilities
- He is jealous of his brother's abilities - 19Prometheus- Creates all living creatures
- Feels bad for humans and gives them fire
- Is a trickster
-He is punished by the Gods because the humans scarificed bones instead of meat
- He is forced to be tortured for the rest of his life - 20Hephaestus- Loyal God to Zeus
- God of metalworking and the forge
- Creates a trap for Prometheus - 21Pandora- Created to be a punishment and blessing to the humans after Prometheus' gift
- She was beautiful and perfect for Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus
- Epimetheus was warned not to take gift from Gods, but he did anyway
- Pandora was given box, she was curious so she opened it, it had many curses to the humans - 22Demeter- Goddess of the harvest
- Mother of Persephone
- Is angry after her daughter is kidnapped so she stops every plant from growing for a short time - 23Persephone- Daughter of Demeter
- Kidnapped by Hades
- Finds out Hades isn't the worst
- Loves Hades
- Gods make a deal to starve Persephone and how many pomegranate seeds she eats is how many months she must stay in the Underworld
- She eats six pomegranate seeds
- That's why winter exists - 24Eros- Son of Aphrodite
- Shoots arrows that make people fall in love with the first thing they see
- Aphrodite is jealous of princess Psyche's beauty, so she asks Eros to trick her into falling in love with something ugly or gross
- Eros accidentally makes her fall in love with him
- She moves in with him, he is invisible and says that he will reveal himself soon, but she breaks his trust so he breaks up with him - 25Psyche- So beautiful she is envied by Aphrodite
- Falls in love with Eros by his arrows
- Moves into new castle
- Breaks Eros' trust and is dumped - 26Zephyrus- Messenger for the Groom
- God of the West wind
- Took Psyche to Eros' castle - 27Aphrodite- Goddess of love, beauty, passion
- Jealous of Psyche's beauty and wants to trick her
- Mother of Eros - 28Daedalus- Mortal inventor
- Cocky
- Tries to make something better than axe for cutting
- Nephew invents it, Daedalus takes idea and pushes Nephew off of temple in Athens
- Moves from Athens to Crete and shows King Minos the invention and makes him Court Artificer
- Meets Queen
- Queen talks about how she thinks she's better than Aphrodite
- Aphrodite curses her to fall in love with new bull King Minos was getting
- Queen has Minotaur
- Queen, Minotaur and Daedalus are trapped in maze (Labyrinth) that Daedalus built
- Icarus convinces him to build wings
- - 29Icarus- Son of Daedalus
- Trapped in Labyrinth with his father
- Wants to escape the maze so convinces father to make wings and fly out of it
- It's successful and they must stay in the middle as to not melt in the sun or drown in the sea
- He flies too high and dies - 30Minotaur- Half man, half bull
- Born when the Queen falls in love with a bull because she was bragging to Aphrodite
- Is trapped in a maze with Daedalus and Minotaur - 31Minos- King of Crete
- Makes Daedalus Court Artificer for his invention
- Gets cheated on by a bull
- Makes Daedalus to build maze to trap Minotaur, Daedalus, Icarus and Queen - 32Echo- Nymph
- Beautiful, tells good stories
- Likes to gossip
- Gossips to Aphrodite
- Lies to Hera about Zeus cheating and is punished
- Can only echo peoples words
- Because of this, her true love Narcissus rejects her
- She wishes to not be punished, so her soul is released and Narcissus is punished to fall in love with his own reflection - 33Narcissus- Handsome mortal man that makes women faint
- Loves himself
- Gets lost in woods and meets Echo, rejects her love
- Is cursed by Echo to fall in love with his own reflection
- Sits by his reflection so long he turns into a tree - 34Aegeus- King of Athens
- Father of Theseus after marrying Aethra at Troezen
- Has to go back to Athens to fight in war
- Athens looses war
- Gives Theseus gift of sword and sandals, buries it under a rock and says he can't get it until he's strong enough to move the rock
- Theseus moves rock at age 17
- Theseus finds him and must do quest before meeting his father more
- Theseus comes back, forgetting to change the sails on his ship to black(which means Theseus is dead), so he jumps off his castle - 35King Pittheus- King of Troezen
- Wins war with Athens and it is burned to the ground - 36Aethra- Marries Aegeus in Troezen
- Lives in Troezen and takes care of Theseus
- Daughter of King Pittheus - 3750 Nephews- Nephews of Aegeus and waiting for him to die so one of them can become king
- 38Ariadne- Daughter of King of Crete, Minos
- Falls in love with Theseus
- Helps him not get lost in Labyrinth by giving him yarn
- Marries Theseus - 39Theseus- Son of Aethra and Aegeus
- Is gifted sword and sandals by father
- Goes on a journey from Troezen to Athens
- Encounters many dangers and eliminates all of them
- Is sent on a mission to kill Minotaur
- Minos' daughter Ariadne helps an falls in love with him
- Forgets to change sail color so his father thinks Theseus is dead and kills himself
- He Marries Ariadne - 40Minos- King of Crete
- Wants Theseus to kill Minotaur
- Father of Ariadne - 41Corynetes- Uses a club to robs travellers that go through the woods(including Theseus)
- Is defeated by Theseus - 42Procrustes- Offers help to Theseus and many other travellers
- His bed has cuffs that trap people
- Has a girl slave that warns people about trap
- Theseus traps Procrustes in his own bed
- No one else will ever be trapped - 43Sciron- Asks people to clean his feet
- He then tricks them by pushing them off the cliff to feed his giant turtle
- Theseus defeats him - 44Pityocamptes- Pine robber
- Ties people to trees and stretches them apart
- Gets trapped and tied between two trees by Theseus