Gods
Goddesses
Heroes
Other Myths
Vocabulary
100

The king of the gods

Who is Zeus?

100

The goddess who is queen of the gods

Who is Hera?

100

The greatest of all Greek heroes, had to complete twelve labors to pay for killing one of his own children by accident

Who is Hercules?

100

The curious woman who released all the miseries of the world from a box

Who is Pandora?

100

A story meant to teach a lesson

What is a fable?

200

The god of blacksmiths, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes

Who is Hephaestus?

200

The goddess of love and beauty

Who is Aphrodite?

200

He went on a quest to find the Golden Fleece with the Argonauts

Who is Jason?

200

The boy who fell in love with his own reflection

Who is Narcissus?

200

A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

What is an oracle?

300

The god of the sun (light)

Who is Apollo?

300

The goddess of agriculture

Who is Demeter?

300

A legendary King of Athens and the slayer of the Minotaur

Who is Theseus?

300

A very wealthy king who loved gold more than anything

Who is King Midas?

300

A story written in the form of a play

What is a drama?

400

The god of the sea.

Who is Poseidon?

400

The goddess of wisdom

Who is Athena?

400

The Greek's best warrior in the Trojan War and famous for his heel

Who is Achilles?

400

His wings melted when he flew too close to the sun

Who is Icarus?

400

The custom of passing along stories by speech

What is oral tradition?

500

The god of love. He had a bow and arrow to shoot people and make them fall in love.

Who is Eros?

500

The goddess of hearth (home)

Who is Hestia?

500

The wily hero of the Greeks who came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse

Who is Odysseus?

500

He brought fire to the people of Greece by breaking off a piece of the sun

Who is Prometheus?

500

A story written in the form of a play

What is a drama?