creatures
a half bull half man creature killed by Theseus
What was the minotaur?
the mortal that beheaded medusa, a son of zeus, and possessive of the gorgon's head which he used to turn people to stone
who was perseus?
the greek god of lighting and thunder, youngest and oldest child of rhea and cronus, the leader of all the gods, and god of the sky
who was zeus?
the highest mountain peak in greece; on the border between thessaly and macedonia; it is believed to be the home of the greek gods
what was/is mount olympus?
when all of the 12 olympians were born from cronus head
what was the birth of the immortals?
A multi-headed dragon that, when one of their heads were chopped off, 2 grew in their place
What was the hydra?
an invulnerable mortal, dipped into a river, but held by his heel; as a result he was killed in the trojan war by Paris' arrow guided by apollo
who was achilles
the god of water and the sea, brother of zeus and son of cronus and rhea, in which he was swallowed by the former and saved by zeus
who was poseidon?
where the worst criminals are imprisoned in the underworld; where all the titans except atlas were punished to; a jail underneath the underworld
what was tartarus?
when 3 deities appeared(eros, gaea, uranus)and had children(uranus and gaea), which started the family tree that turned into greek mythology
what was the creation?
3 creatures that can turn people into stone by looking at them and have snakes for hair
What were the gorgons?
he was a mortal prince sailing with other famous heroes on the argo, and sailed on the argonautic expedition to obtain the golden fleece
who was jason?
goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, a lifelong virgin, favorite daughter of zeus, and a lifelong virgin associated with the city of athens
who was athena?
a type of heaven, a place in the underworld reserved only for the best people
what were the elysian fields?
a gift to the humans from a titan, when the thief was ultimately tied to a rock or pillar, and had his liver eaten out by an eagle every day
what happened when prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to the humans?
female followers of dionysus
what are maenads?
the dude who drove helios' chariot and crashed it, in turn setting the earth on fire. he then got struck by lightning and died in the eridanos river
who was phaeton
the goddess of harvest and agriculture, mother of persephone, and controls the season; created winter and fall as a result of her depression of losing persephone every year
who was demeter?
what every oath was sworn on, the border between the over and underworld
what was the river styx?
an inspiration of romeo and juliet, where both characters tragically killed themselves
what was the tragic tale of pyramus and thisbe?
the 3 headed dog with a serpent tail and snakes on its back, which guards the entrance to hades
who was cerberus
an elite athlete, who bested even the best of men, but was passionately married to a man who beat her in a race by eating a golden apple. some of her accolades were killing the calydonian boar and being accepted by her father who initially abandoned her at birth.
who was atalanta?
she was known as the mother of the gods and was wife to cronus and ultimately tricked him into eating a rock instead of his child zeus, who later escaped and became leader of the gods
who was rhea?
where dead souls would go in the underworld after their soulds left their dead bodies
what was erebus?
one of 2 of heracles' labors that eurystheus did not count; he had help from his nephew iolaus, who handed him the firebrand he used to kill the hydra
what happened when heracles killed the hydra?