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Greek Mythology Characters Aphrodite (Venus) Goddess of love and beauty: son was Eros, her lovers were Poseidon and Ares. Symbols: The dove, dolphin and rose. Achilles Was immortal except his heel after being dipped in the river Styx. He was killed in the Trojan war when Paris's arrow, gu...

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Greek Mythology Characters Questions
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Aphrodite - answer (Venus) Goddess of love and beauty: son was Eros, her lovers
were Poseidon and Ares. Symbols: The dove, dolphin and rose.

Achilles - answer Was immortal except his heel after being dipped in the river Styx.
He was killed in the Trojan war when Paris's arrow, guided by Apollo struck his heel. A
weakness is called an Achillies heel.

Apollo - answer (Helios) god of light, music, and archery: Parents were Zeus and
Leto: Twin of Artemis: Son was Phaethon.

Arachne - answer A maiden who touted about her weaving ability. Athena
challenged her to a contest. Arachne was turned into a spider to weave for eternity.

Ares - answer (Mars) God of war: He had an affair with Aphrodite.

Artemis - answer (Diana) Goddess of the hunt and the moon. She hated men: The
hunter Actaeon was caught spying on her bathing: She turned him into a stag and his
dogs killed him.

Athena - answer (Minerva) Goddess of wisdom and war. Gave arts and crafts to
mankind. Symbol: The owl. Born fully grown from Zeus's head. Expression: Splitting
headache.

Cerberus - answer Hades' three headed dog. Eats living flesh.

Cyclops - answer One eyed giants who worked with Hephaestus in his forge making
weapons for the gods. Polyphemus was the most famous Cyclops.

Daedalus - answer The inventor of the labyrinth on crete where the minotaur lived.
His son Icarus didn't listen to him and he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted
and he died. Moral: Men aren't meant to do what gods do; listen to those who have
more experience.

Demeter - answer (ceres) God of the harvest (Mother nature figure.) Symbol: the
cornucopia. Sibling to Poseidon , Zeus, Hades, Hera and Hestia. Mother of
Persephone.

Dionysus - answer (Bachhus) God of wine: He gave King Midas the gold touch.
Moral: be careful what you wish for; or greed for sudden wealth can lead to disaster.

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