mythology

• Demeter


  earth-goddess; goddess of growing things; daughter of Cronos and Rhea; sister of Zeus; mother of Persephone
• mortal; skilled weaver who angered Athena; driven to suicide and was turned into a spider

  Arachne
• god of the underworld; son of Cronos and Rhea; brother of Zeus

  Hades
• goddess who was kidnapped and forced to marry Hades and stay with him during spring and summer because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds; daughter of Zeus and Demeter


  Persephone
• father of Cronos; killed by Cronos

  Uranus
• father of all the gods; son of Uranus; overthrew his father to become king; married to Rhea; father of Zeus, Poseidon, and other Olympian gods

  Cronos
• daughter of Zeus and Metis; born out of Zeus' head; goddess of wisdom; excellent weaver

  Athena
• queen of the gods; daughter of Cronos and Rhea; married to Zeus

  Hera
• son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis; god of the sun and patron of music, poetry, math, and medicine.

  Apollo
• blacksmith god; makes steel weapons, son of Zeus and Hera; married to Aphrodite; deformed and ugly

  Hephaestus
• goddess of love and beauty; born from the sea foam; married to Hephaestus and mother of Eros

  Aphrodite
• messenger god; god of thieves; naughty --likes to play tricks

  Hermes
• goddess of earth; wife of Cronos; daughter of Uranus; mother of Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades

  Rhea
• god of war; changes shape; son of Hera and Zeus

  Ares
• king of the gods; overthrew Cronos; son of Cronos and Rhea; married to Hera


  Zeus
• goddess of discord and spite--causes trouble; daughter of Zeus and Hera; twin of Ares

  Eris
• daughter of Zeus and Leto; goddess of the moon; twin of Apollo; wished to always be a maiden, wished for a silver bow and arrow, wished for many names, nymphs.

  Artemis
• god of the sea and of earthquakes; son of Cronos and Rhea; brother of Zeus

  Poseidon
• atlas


  this word was named after the Titan who held the sky on his shoulders; means a collection of maps
• Cronos


  refers to the god of time; Greek prefix which is attached to other roots: chronological, chronic, chronology, etc.
• Cyclops


  comes from two Greek words meaning "circle" and "eye"; the word has been used as a root for bicycle and cyclone among others.
• Echo


  comes from the name of a nymph who fell in love with Narcissus. The word now means a sound that is repeated
• Eros


  the word 'erotic' comes from this Greek god; the Roman name is Cupid.
• Narcissus


  the name of someone who is concerned with his/her own beauty; is also the name of a family of flowers.
• Psyche


  in Greek, it means 'soul'. Now, it means to mean the entire mental apparatus such as psychotic, psychology, etc.
• Midas Touch


  the golden touch and is said for those who are good at making money and success.
• Olympus


  home to the Greek gods. The word means "grand" .
• Demeter (symbol)


  cornucopia, sheaf of grain, torch
• Hades (symbol)


  Scepter, Cerberus
• Athena (symbol)


  owl, olive tree
• Hera (symbol)


  peacock, crown, cow
• Apollo (symbol)


  lyre, bow and arrow, sun
• Hephaestus (symbol)


  hammer, anvil, fire
• Aphrodite (symbol)


  golden apple, swan, dove
• Hermes (symbol)


  caduceus; winged shoes; winged hat
• Ares (symbol)


  spear and helmet, chariot
• Zeus (symbol)


  thunderbolt
• Artemis (symbol)


  bow and arrow, deer, moon
• Poseidon (symbol)


  trident