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Mythology II,munnsk
god/goddess/symbol
42
English
11th Grade
12/09/2009

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Cards

Term

 

Zeus

 

Jupiter

Definition

[image]

 

Thunderbolt

Eagle

ALL

Term

 

Hera

 

Juno

Definition

[image] 

Peacock 

Iris - messenger goddess

          of the rainbo            

Term

 

Ares

 

Mars

 

Definition

 

God of War

Belligerent

[image]

Term

 

Hephaestus

Vulcan

Definition

 

Architect

 

 Blacksmith[image]

Lame Foot

Maker of Thunderbolts

Term

 

Hebe

 

Juventes (Myth I)

Definition

[image] 

Goddess of Youth

Wife of Hercules

Cup-bearer

Term

 

 Athena

Minerva

Definition

Goddess of Wisdom and

Tactical War[image]

[image]Owl

Olive Tree

Spinning and Weaving

Term

 

Apollo

 

Apollo

Definition

[image] 

God of Archery and Music

[image]Lyre

God of the Sun

Twin to Artemis

Term

 

Artemis

 

Diana

Definition

[image] 

Goddess of the Moon

Virgin Huntress

Twin to Apollo

Term

 

Hermes

 

Mercury

Definition

 

Messenger of the gods

Shoes [image]with Wings

Gymnastic Exercises

Term

 

Dionysus

 

Bacchus

Definition

 

God of Wine and Party

[image]Grapevine

 

Term

 

Aphrodite

 

Venus

Definition

 

Goddess of Love and Beauty

[image]     Sea Foam

Doves and Swans

Rose   [image]

Term

 

Eros

 

Cupid

Definition

 

God of Love

Butterfl[image]y

Winged young boy

Bow and Arrow

Term

 

The Three Graces


Definition

 

Goddess of Dances

Goddess of Banquets

Goddess of Social Arts

Term

 

The Three Fates


[image]

Definition

 

The three Fates spun the threads of human destiny.

[image]

 

Term

 

The Muses


Definition

 

Art and History

[image]

Term

 

Poseidon

 

Neptune

Definition

 

God of the Sea

[image]  Trident

Creator of the horse

Term

 

Hades

 

Pluto

Definition

 

God of the[image] Underworld

Sulfuric region by Mt. Vesuvius

Term

 

Demeter

 

Ceres

Definition

 

Goddess of Agriculture

Green Earth

Mother of Persephone

[image]

Term

 

Persephone


 

Definition

           Seasons

[image]Gathered flowers at Lake Pergusa

Captured by Hades

and taken as his wife

Term

Hestia

 

Vesta

Definition

 

Goddess of the Hearth

Six virgin preistesses

 

[image]

Term

 

  


Quirinus

Definition

 

War God

Associated with Romulus[image]

Term

 

 


Janus

Definition

 

[image]Porter of Heaven

Heads in two directions

Key

Term

  

 


Flora

 

Definition

 

Goddess of Flowers

[image]

Term

  

 


Pomona

 

Definition

 

Fruit Trees

[image] 

Term

  

 


Pales

 

Definition

[image] 

Cattle and Pastures

Term

 

Satyrs


Definition

 

Satyrs are animals with short horns and goat-like feet.

 

Term

 

Pan


Definition

 

Flocks and Shepherds

Term

 

NYMPHS


Definition

[image]Dryads - Wood Nymphs

 

Naiads - Brooks[image]

 

Nereids - Nymphs of the Sea

(Dolphin companions)[image]

Term

 

The Winds


Definition

Boreas: North Wind (Cold)

 

Zephyrus: West Wind (Flora)

[image] 

Auster: South Wind (heat and haze)

 

Eurus: East Wind

 

Term

 

Aurora


Definition

 

 [image]

Brings in the Dawn

Term

 

Hesperus


Definition

 

Brings in the Night Stars

 

 [image]

Term

 

Chaos


 

 

 

Definition

 

Shapeless Mass

Seeds of what was to come

The Beginning

Term

 

Gaia and Uranus


Definition

 

[image]Mother Earth

 

Father Sky

Term

 

Titans


Definition

 

The Titans rose from

Gaia and Uranus.

Term

 

Prometheus


Definition

 

Provided humans with FIRE

[image]

Titan

Liver eaten by Eagle

Term

 

Golden Age


[image]

Definition

 

Perpetual Spring[image]

The Earth brought forth all necessary things so there was no hard work.

Term

 

Silver Age


[image]

Definition

 

Zeus overthrew Cronos

[image]Seasons

Agriculture

Term

 

Brass Age

Iron Age


Definition

 

Man begins to covet other's possessions

Wars begin

Term

 

Place where the adoption of Greek god began

Definition

 

Magna Grecia

Southern Italy

[image]

Term

 

The most awesome

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Definition

 

;D

Term

 

Cronos


Definition

 

Zeus's Father

Titan

Term

 

Hyperion


Definition

 

God of the Sun, Moon, and Dawn

Replaced by Apollo

       [image]              [image]         [image]  

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