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Cronus (Saturn) - answer Son of Gaia and Uranus. Husband and brother of the
Titaness Rhea. Leader and youngest of the 1st generation of Titans. Overthrew his
father, Uranus, and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until overthrown by his
son, Zeus, and imprisoned in Tartarus. He was the only Titan willing to try to overthrown
his father. Swallowed all of his children, except Zeus.
Rhea - answer Titaness and daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and sky god
Uranus. Sister and wife of Cronus. Classical Greeks saw her as the mother of the
Olympian gods and goddesses, but not as an Olympian goddess in her own right.
Formed a plan where she gave Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he
swallowed, to save Zeus, who later overthrew Cronus.
Gaia - answer The great mother of all/the primal Greek Mother Goddess. Creator
and giver of birth to the Earth and the Universe. The heavenly gods, the Titans, and the
Giants were born to her. Gave birth to and married Uranus.
Uranus - answer Father of the sky. Son and husband of Gaia. Hated the children that
Gaia bore him and imprisoned them in Tartarus. Was castrated and overthrown by
Cronus, and the sky no longer met the Earth at night to mate.
Demeter (Ceres) - answer Olympian goddess and daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law, and the harvest. Presided over grains and
the fertility of the earth, along with the cycle of life and death. Mother-goddess/"Mother
Earth". Siblings are Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.
Persephone (Kore) - answer Daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter.
Queen of the underworld and goddess of vegetation. Abducted by Hades through
trickery and violent abduction. Her annual descent to the underworld causes a lack of
growth, and when she is above ground, plants grow and harvest happens.
Ares (Mars) - answer Greek god of war. Son of Zeus and Hera. One of the 12
Olympians. Often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war. Well-
known as the lover of Aphrodite. A guardian deity in ancient Roman religion.
Considered a dangerous force (destructible and man-slaughtering in war).
Zeus (Jupiter, Jove) - answer "Father of the Gods and men". Rules the Olympians of
Mount Olympus. God of sky and thunder. Son of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of
the siblings. Overthrew Cronus. Brother and husband of Hera, but had children with
,others. Oversaw the universe, and all the gods rise in his presence. His symbols are the
thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak.
Hera (Juno) - answer Goddess of women, marriage, and birth. Wife and sister of
Zeus; daughter of Cronus and Rhea. The cow, lion, and the peacock are considered
sacred to her. Known for her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus's lovers and
offspring, along with any mortals who crossed her.
Hebe - answer Goddess of youth; daughter of Zeus and Hera. Married Heracles
(Hercules). Cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their
nectar and ambrosia. Also drew baths for Ares and helped Hera into her chariot.
Hephaestus (Vulcan) - answer Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans,
sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes. Son of Zeus and Hera. Made all of the
weapons of the gods in Olympus and served as the blacksmith of the gods. Married to
and brother of Aphrodite. His symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs.
Athena (Minerva) - answer Goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law
and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
Daughter of Zeus and Metis. Portrayed as the shrewd companion of heroes and is the
patron goddess of heroic endeavors. Virgin patroness of Athens.
Poseidon (Neptune) - answer "God of the Sea"; "Earth-Shaker" due to his role in
causing earthquakes; and "tamer of horses. Son of Cronus and Rhea. One of the 12
Olympian deities.
Hades (Pluto) - answer Ancient Greek god of the underworld; ruled the dead. Oldest
male child of Cronus and Rhea (youngest by regurgitation by Cronus). Kidnapped
Persephone through trickery and violent abduction. Often pictured with the three-
headed dog, Cerberus. Became enraged if people tried to leave the underworld or steal
the souls of the dead from his realm.
Metis - answer Was of the Titan generation and born to the Titans, Oceanus and his
sister, Tethys. The first great spouse of Zeus. Titaness of wisdom and deep thought.
Zeus tricked her into turning herself into a fly because she was both a threat of giving
birth to a son who would overthrow Zeus and an indispensable aid to him. He then
swallowed the fly, but she was already pregnant. Athena was born from her after
Hephaestus hit Zeus on the head with a hammer or an axe.
Apollo - answer Greek god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine,
sun, light, and knowledge. Son of Zeus and Leto and has a twin sister, Artemis. One of
the most important and complex of the 12 Olympian deities.
Dionysus - answer God of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual
madness, religious ecstasy and theatre. He was the last god to be accepted to Mount
, Olympus. The youngest and only one to have a mortal mother named Semele. Son of
Zeus.
Epimethius - answer Brother of Prometheus and they were a pair of Titans who
"acted as representatives for mankind". Son of Iapetus. Depicted as foolish. Second
generation Titan.
Aphrodite (Venus) - answer Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and
procreation. Daughter of Zeus and Dione. Zeus married her to Hephaestus because he
feared other gods would rival and interrupt peace among them, and Hephaestus's
ugliness and deformity was not seen as a threat.
Titans - answer They were a primeval race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia
and Uranus, and ruled during the legendary Golden Age. They were giants of incredible
strength and were also the first pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses. Twelve Titans
made up the first generation.
Artemis (Diana) - answer Greek goddess of the hunt, forest and hills, the moon,
archery, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, and protector of young girls.
Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo. Depicted as a huntress, carrying a
bow and arrows. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her.
Hermes (Mercury) - answer Greek messenger of the gods. God of trade, thieves,
travelers, sports, athletes, border crossings, and guide to the Underworld. Son of Zeus
and the Pleiad Maia. Second youngest of the Olympian gods. Main symbols are his
winged shoes and the herald's staff.
Prometheus - answer "Foresight". Titan who sided with Zeus and the ascending
Olympian gods in the struggle against Cronus and the other Titans, and was therefore
on the conquering side of the war. Son of the Titan Iapetus. Stole the fire from Olympus
for the benefit of humanity, against the will of Zeus. Also tricked Zeus into claiming the
inedible parts of cows and bulls for sacrificial ceremonies and conceding the nourishing
parts to humans for the eternal benefit of humankind.
Pandora - answer She was the first human created by the gods, more specifically by
Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus. Each god helped create her by
giving her unique gifts. In the myth, she opened a jar, releasing all the evils of humanity,
leaving only Hope remaining when she closed the jar. It was opened out of curiosity, not
malice. She was molded out of earth as part of punishment of humanity for
Prometheus's theft of the secret fire.
Perseus - answer Son of Zeus and Danae. The first of the heroes in Greek
mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding
myths of the Twelve Olympians. He beheaded the gorgon, Medusa, and saved
Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus (then married Andromeda). The legendary
