Greek Myth Characters for Review
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Prometheus, the Titan who created humans
He had his liver pecked at on Mt. Caucasus for giving humans the power of fire.
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Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of Hades, the underworld
This creature can be overcome with cake.
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Odysseus, king of Ithaca
His journey took twenty years to return home.
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Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty
This goddess sprung from the foam of the sea, riding a clam shell.
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Oedipus became the king of Thebes by correctly answering the riddle of the Sphinx.
This mortal suffered a tragedy when he unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.
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Cronus, king of the Titans, the father of Zeus,
Zeus overthrew this leader of the Titans to come to power.
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Athena, goddess of wisdom
This Olympian goddess aided Odysseus in his long journey.
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Hera, goddess of marriage and childbirth, queen of the gods
Zeus's many affairs with mortals and goddesses cause her to be extremely jealous (and with good reason).
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Hephaestus, god of fire and metal working
This lame god makes lightning bolts for Zeus.
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Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene
He successfully completed twelve labors to atone for the sin of killing his wife and children.
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Narcissus, who died staring at his reflection in a pool of water.
Because he did not return Echo's love, Nemesis cursed him to love only himself.
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Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory.
Zeus's nine daughters who inspire mortal human artists.
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Hades, god of the Underworld and riches
Persephone has to stay with him because she ate pomegranate seeds.
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Dionysus, god of wine
This brother of Demeter causes mortals to become drunk.
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Sisyphus, hated for his arrogance and trickery, but honored for his perseverance (he never gives up).
Zeus punished this mortal by making him roll a boulder up a hill. When he reaches the top, the boulder rolls back down, and he must start over again forever.
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Hermes, the messenger god
Zeus sent him to tell Calypso to release Odysseus.
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Bellerophon, mortal slayer of the chimera
He fell back to earth trying to ride Pegasus to the top of Mt. Olympus.
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Poseidon, god of the sea and earthquakes
This Olympian god created the horse to impress Demeter.
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Atlas, leader of the Titan forces during the war.
This Titan holds the earth and sky on his shoulders, punishment for losing the clash between the Titans and the Olympians.
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Pandora, the first mortal woman
She released all the evils in the world when she opened her birthday present from Zeus.
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Demeter, goddess of the harvest
Her daughter, Persephone, causes winter by spending half the year in the underworld.
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Janus, god of beginnings and endings and doorways.
This god has two heads facing in opposite directions.
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Ares, god of war
No one likes this god because he keeps trying to cause fights.
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Eros, god of love, who makes people fall in love by shooting them with an arrow, also known as Cupid in Roman
This god would only meet Psyche in darkness because he said that "Love is blind."
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Daedalus, architect of the Labyrinth
This mortal escaped the Labyrinth with his son Icarus on wings made of feathers and wax.






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