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Home of all the Olympian gods (besides Hades)
What is Mount Olympus?
Giant water snake that had 9 heads, one of them being invincible. When one of the heads was cut off, it would grow two heads back.
What is the Hydra?
A primordial who represented the Earth and gave birth to the first race of gods. Also known as "Mother Earth."
Who is Gaea?
Demi-god son of Zeus and mortal Alcmene. Given 12 labors (originally 10) because of Hera's anger towards him. Died due to his wife poisoning him.
Who is Hercules?
The demigod who puts a stop to the sacrifice of 14 Athenian girl's any boys every 7 years by killing the Minotaur in Labyrinth. However, on the way back, he forgets to change the color of the sails, which was supposed to alert his father of his safety, so his father kills himself.
Who is Theseus?
A river that represented hatred and unbreakable oath, and must be crossed to get to the underworld.
What is the River Styx?
Women with wings and snakes in their hair. Would turn anything they looked at to stone.
Who were the Gorgons?
King of the Titans. Was told a prophecy that his children would overthrow him, so he ate them.
Who is Cronos?
The myth in which the first human woman was made out of clay was sent to trick Prometheus' brother. Given a box (jar) that included multiple gifts from the gods. She opens it and releases all of the world's diseases and other evils.
What is the myth of Pandora?
A demigod prophesized to one day kill his grandfather. Swore he would bring the head of Medusa to Polydectes. He cuts Medusa's head off and uses it first on a sea monster, then on a man named Phineas and his friend, then on Polydected himself. He ends up killing his grandfather with a discus.
Who is Perseus?
Where you are sent if the underworld judges decided that you did good things in your lifetime.
What are the Elysian Fields?
The two followers of Dionysus. One was a human-goat hybrid, the other was his strong warriors that held a staff covered in ivy called a thyrsus and wore a panther suit. They both danced and partied with him.
Who were the Satyrs and the Maenads?
King of the Gods, and god of the sky and thunder. Was the only god not eaten by Cronos, and forced Cronos to throw up his siblings.
Who is Zeus?
The myth in which a fast runner and huntress's suitor was chosen through beating her in a foot race, and was won by Hippomenes with Aphrodite's help.
The myth of Atalanta
Shot the first arrow that wounded the Calydonian Boar sent by Artemis, aiding in killing the boar and ending the hunt.
Who is Atalanta?
The deepest and darkest part of the earth below, and is below the underworld. It holds the enemies of the gods and horrible creatures that get banished away.
What is Tartarus?
Female humanoid deities associated with mountains, springs, rivers, lakes, and trees.
Who are the Nymphs?
Goddess of fertility and generation. She is Cronos's sister and gave birth to the second generation of gods.
Who is Rhea?
Prophesized to kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is Oedipus?
A mortal who's mother dipped him in the River Styx, holding him by the heel, making that part of him vulnerable. Prophesized to die in war, but was a great hero in the Trojan War for the greeks for 10 years. His weakness was the cause of his downfall, although he was the most powerful human warrior.
Who is Achilles?
Place where dead souls would pass into the underworld directly after death. Inbetween the mortal world and the underworld.
What is Erebus?
Both children of Gaea, one was a strong, giant, one-eyed humanoid creature. The others were 3 hundred-headed creatures. Both were imprisoned in Tartarus until freed by Zeus, and they both made weapons for him.
Who were the Cyclops and the Hecatoncheires?
The god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges, and the art of sculpture. Son of Hera and Zeus, and was cast off of Olympus because of a deformity.
Who is Hephaestus?
The myth in which a man sees his lover's veil among a group of lions, and, assuming that she is dead, kills himself. When his lover returns for her veil, she finds him dead and also kills herself.
What is the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe?
A mortal who sailed on a ship with his crew called the Argonauts, in a quest to retrieve the golden fleece, in which they faced multiple dangers and obstacles until finally obtaining it with the help of the sorceress Medea.
Who is Jason?