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| Uranus and Gaea were the beginning. they were married and had Chronus as a son. uranus was evil and then Chronus killed him. Chronus was alos an evil olympain. |
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Latin Name: Saturn
He ruled over the titans (Elder Gods of great stregnth and power) until his son, Zues, dethroned him.
he ate his children to avoid the phrophecy that one of his kids would over throw him. Rhea secretly gave birth to zues and tricked Chronus by wrapping a stone in a blanket for him to eat and then he died. |
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| a titan, was a river that was supposed to encircle the earth. |
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| a titan, father of the sun, moon, and dawn. |
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| was important becuase of his sons, Atlas and Promotheus. |
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| held up the world on his shoulders |
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| It was a mountaintop palace for the 12 great olympians. It was a place common to the 3 major god, Poseidon, ?Hades, and Zues. |
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Roman Name-jupiter
Nickname- lord of the sky, rain god, cloud gatherer
Symbols/Weapons- His breastplate the Aegis and thunderbolt
Plant- oak tree
City- N/A
Animal- eagle
Personality- desloyel to his wife, not omnipotent, can be decieved.
Responsibility- gloud gatherer and ruler of the sky
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Roman Name- Juno
Nickname- N/A
Symbols/Weapons- none
Plant- none
City- Argos
Animal- cow and peacock
Personality-jealous and hateful, angry
Responsibility-protector of marriage
Other-Zues's wife and sister |
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Roman Name- Neptune
Nickname- earth-shaker
Symbols/Weapons- trident (3 pronged spear) and golden chariot
Plant-N/A
City- had a splendid palace beneath the sea, but was more commonly found in olympus
Animal- Horse (sometimes the bull)
Personality- he was second highest in power next to Zues
Responsibility- sea, storm, calm
Other-he gave man horse |
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Zues's third brother
Roman Name- Pluto
Nickname-God of Wealth, Dis
Symbols/Weapons- helmet that made whoever wore it invisible
Plant-N/A
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Personality- unpitying but just, not evil but terrible. he was not welcome in olympus
Responsibility- king of the dead
Other-wife was persephone |
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Daughter of Zues alone (had no mother)
Roman Name- Minerva
Nickname- Goddess of the city
Symbols/Weapons-none
Plant- olive tree
City-Athens
Animal- the owl
Personality- gray-eyed, wise, reasonable, pure
Responsibility-goddess of city, handicrafts and agriculture
Other- invited the bridal, she sprang from Zueses head, was Zues's favorite child |
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Son of Zues and Leto
Roman Name- Apollo
Nickname- none
Symbols/Weapons-golder lyre and silver bow
Plant- the laurel
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Animal-the dolphin and crow
Personality-honest and beautiful, never lied
Responsibility- God of: light, truth, archery, Master Musician
Other-"most greek of all gods" who first taught men the art of healing. |
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Apollos twin sister
Roman Name- Diana
Nickname- protectress of dewy youth
Symbols/Weapons- none
Plant-cypress but loved the woods
City- none
Animal- all wild animals and the deer
Personality-huntsman who protected young things
Responsibility- Lady of wild things and huntsman to the Gods
Other-one of the three maiden goddesses |
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Roman Name- Venus
Nickname- laughter loving goddess
Symbols/Weapons-none
Plant-myrtle
City-none
Animal-the dove
Personality- loving
Responsibility-Goddess of love and beauty
Other-Wife of Hephaestus
sprung from the foam of the sea |
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Child of Zues and Maia
Roman Name- mercury
Nickname- Master theif
Symbols/Weapons- winged sandals and hat, magic wand Caduceus
Plant- none
City-none
Animal-none
Personality- shrewd and cunning, graceful and swift
Responsibility- God of Commerce nd the Market
Other- when he stole Apollos herds, he was only a baby. Later Zues made him give them back and to get forgiveness from Apollo he made him the Lyre from a tortios shell. |
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son of zues and hera who both hated him
Roman name- mars
Nickname-ruthless god
Symbols/weapons-none but he is the symbol of War
plant-none
City- none
Animal-vulture
Personality-ruthless but a coward
reponsabilities-god of war
other-he was the lover of aphrodite but was publically humiliated in front of the Gods when hephastus trapped him and Aphrodite in bed together with a net. |
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Roman name-vulvan and mulcibar
Nickname-god of fire and ceremony
Symbols/weapons- none
plant-none
City-none
Animal-noe
Personality- peace loveing and kind, deformed, lame and ugly
reponsabilities-black smith, God of Ceremony and the protector of the smith
other- some say he was brought forth from Hera alone in retalliation of Zues's sole bringing forth of athena. was thorw from olympus by Zues |
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Roman name- vesta
Nickname- godess of hearth
Symbols/weapons-hearth and home
plant-none
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Personality- no distinct personality
reponsabilities- the public hearth
other- A virgin godess, families prayed ot her before and after meals and witha newborn baby |
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| Cupid in latin, God of love, represented as blindfolded becuase love is blind. |
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| goddess of youth, duaghter of zues and hera, married to hercules |
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| goddess of the rainbow and messenger to the gods |
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| Muse=music, they were a band of nice sisters that each represented different things like poetry, atronomy, songs, dance, tradgedy, comedy, history... |
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| a triple incarnation of grace and beauty, they "give life its bloom" |
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| sea nymphs, one was the mother of Achille, one married to Posiedon. |
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| the trumpeter of the sea, his trumpet was a shell |
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| poseidon's son, prophet who could change shapes |
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| the kingdom of the dead, ruled by hades and persaphone, his wife. It is a dark and shadowy place that is aften called Hades. it is divided into two parts, Tartarus and Erebus. A miserable dream |
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| divisions of thw underworld |
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| The river of woe that pours into the river of lamintations. |
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| an aged boatman who leads the dead arcross the Acheron. He will only escort those who can afford it. |
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| a three headed dog that stands at the gates of the underworld and only allows spirits to enter, but none to leave. |
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| people deamed good at the place of judgment are sent to this place of blessedness |
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| the river of oath on whoch gods swear. "i swear on the river styx..." |
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| the river of forgetfulness, lethe: lethal |
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| god of corn, supreme divenity of the earth |
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hermes son
Symbols/weapons- plays the reed pipes
He loved Arcady, where he was born
He was part animal with goats horn;s and hoofs
Personality- he was noisy and merry, he always fell in love with nymphs but rejected becuase he was ugly
reponsabilities-sheperd's god, wonderful musician
other- sounds heard by travelers in the night were supposed to be made by him.
this is where "pan"ic comes from |
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| jovial fat man who rode an ass becuase he was always drunk |
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| part horse part man, walked on 2 legs |
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| goat-men, lived in wild plaaces of earth |
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| savage half men half horse creatures. Most famouse is chiron, known for being good and wise |
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| there were 3, two immortal. looking at them turned a man to stone |
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| they lived on an island and lured sailors to their death with there singing, it is unsure what they looked like |
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| gave men at birth good and evil |
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