Minor Gods and Deities
The goddess of Discord and Strife, she started the Trojan War with a single golden apple engraved "τῇ καλλίστῃ": for the fairest
Who is Eris?
In mythology he is the father of Phobos and Deimos, which are the moons of the planet named after his Roman form. Phobos and Deimos mean fear and terror respectively
Who is Mars or Ares?
A living whirlpool directly across the Strait of Messina from the six-headed monster Scylla
Who is Charybdis?
The Monster Theseus is most famous for slaying, originally named Asterion by his mother Pasiphae, queen of Crete
Who is the Minotaur?
The fruit of the underworld which Persephone ate half of (or six seeds of), leading to her staying in the underworld for half the year (or six months for the six seeds), creating the winter months
What is a Pomegranate?
The god of death; he was once kidnapped and chained up by Sisyphus, stopping all mortals from dying until Ares freed him
Who is Thanatos?
One of Jupiter's moons, in mythology she was a mortal woman with whom Zeus was cheating on Hera; he turned her into a cow and gave her to Hera as a gift; Mercury stole her back by lulling Argus, her hundred-eyed guard to sleep
Who is Io?
The hundred-headed dragon guardian of the golden apples of the Hesperides
Who is Ladon?
The major Greek city-state Thesues eventually became king of, which he originally set out for in search of his father, King Aegeus
What is Athens?
The infinite wheat fields filled with black poplar trees, where mortals who didn't lead incredibly good or bad lives spend eternity after their deaths
What are the Fields of Asphodel?
The Goddess of youth. Heracles married her after his death when he was turned into a god. Her sacred animal is the hen, she was also Zeus' original cupbearer
Who is Hebe?
One of Jupiter's moons, in mythology she was a Phoenician Princess with whom Zeus was cheating on Hera; he turned into a bull and kidnapped her to a far away land that would come to be called Europe. King Minos of Crete is Zeus' and her son
Who is Europa?
The terrible hundred-headed storm giant who nearly defeated the Olympians, until he was tricked by Hermes and had Mount Etna dropped on him by Zeus. He and his wife Echidna sired many of the most famous monsters in mythology
Who is Typhon?
The inventor who built the Labrynth, home to the Minotaur, who helped Ariadne help Theseus defeat the Minotaur
Who is Daedalus?
A famous group of demons comprising of Alecto, Maegara, and Tisiphone, the primary enforcers of Hades
Who are the Erinyes or Furies?
The daughter of Asclepius (God of healing and son of Apollo), she was the goddess of sanitation and cleanliness. She's often depicted with a snake, symbolizing healing
Who is Hygiena?
One of Jupiter's moons; in mythology she was the titaness of thought and the mother of Athena. She was one of Zeus' six wives, and he swallowed her alive when he found out she was pregnant because he had received a similar prophecy to the one Kronos received about his kids the Olympians
Who is Metis?
Children of Gaea and Ouranous, cast into Tartarus right after their birth by their father for being freaks, bound in chains of darkness. They have fifty faces and one hundred arms. They fought alongside the gods in the Titanomachy (the war against the Titans), throwing mountains at their stronghold on Mount Othrys until it had been decapitated, no longer the tallest mountain in Greece
Who are the Hecatoncheires?
The creature Theseus captured to win an audience with his mortal father Aegeus, the beast that Heracles had to bring Eurystheus as one of his labors
What is the Marathonian/Cretan Bull?
The names of all five rivers of the underworld
What are the Styx, Lethe, Acheron, Phlegethon, and Cocytus?
The Greek god of dreams
Who is Morpheus?
One of Jupiter's moons, in mythology he was a trojan mortal but zeus fancied him, so he turned him into a god so he could be his cupbearer for all eternity
Who is Ganymede?
The two immortal gorgons, sisters to Medusa
Who are Stheno and Euryale?
The owner of the Crommyonian Sow and one of the six bandits Theseus slew on the road to Athens
Who is Phaea?
A place in the underworld for souls affected by unrequited love in their lives to mourn their losses and ruminate. This place is described by Virgil in the Aeneid as having gloomy paths and dark, myrtle-filled groves
What are the Fields of Mourning or the Fields of Sorrow?