The personification of the Earth. She was the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess.
Gaia/Terra
This was the weapon of choice for Zeus, the king of the gods and ruler on Mount Olympus.
Lightning bolt
Charon was the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across this is the border into Hades
The River Styx
Invulnerable, except his heel where his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Styx.
Achilles
This tribe of warrior women lends its name to the world’s largest river
The Amazon
Father Time who maintained the course and cycles of seasons and the periods of time.
Chronos/Saturn
This is the name of the underworld and the god who ruled there
Hades
Eros, Greek god of love and desire, is also known by this Roman name.
Cupid
Son of Zeus. Greatest of the Greek heroes. Known for his strength and masculinity.
Hercules
Oedipus unknowingly fulfilled this prophecy
Kill his father and marry his mother
Condemned to hold up the sky after losing the last Titan Battle, the name of this Titan also refers to a collection of maps.
Atlas
This goddess of wisdom sprang from Zeus’s head, fully grown and in armor. What a headache
Athena/Minerva
Triton, the son of Poseidon, was half-man and half-fish and the first of these mythical beings
Thanatos
A string, called a clue, helped this son of Poseidon escape the labyrinth after slaying the minotaur.
Theseus
The master craftsman and artist Daedalus designed and built this structure to house the Minotaur
The Labyrinth
Prometheus was punished for this act
Stealing fire and giving it to man
Goddess of love and beauty. That’s quite an aphrodisiac.
Aphrodite/Venus
The nine goddesses of inspiration, both in the arts and sciences
The muses
Pollux was the son of Zeus and the mortal Leda. His fraternal twin brother Castor was mortal. They become this constellation and sign of the Zodiac.
The Gemini Twins
Jason sailed with the Argonauts to retrieve this quest item in order to claim his throne
The Golden Fleece
This Portland, Oregon–based athletic shoe, apparel, and sports equipment company is named after the goddess of victory
Nike
Poseidon is the god of the seas, water, and of this animal, which he created from the foam as waves touched the shore
The Horse
Because Persephone ate six pomegranate pips while in Hades, she spent six months in the underworld and six months in the upper world, explaining these yearly climate changes.
The Seasons
Bellerophon, a son of Poseidon, captured and rode this white, winged creature when he slew the Chimera.
Pegasus
Sisyphus had to roll a huge boulder up a hill only to have this happen when he reached the top.
The bolder rolled down again