ZEUS: Jupiter. Father of gods and mortals. Son of Cronos and Rhea.

VULCAN: Roman god of fire

VENUS: Roman goddess of love

URANUS: God of the sky. The most ancient of gods.

ULYSSES: Roman equivalent of Odysseus

TITANS: The children of Uranus and Gaea

TELEMACHUS: Son of Odysseus and Penelope

TANTALUS: King of Sipylus. Son of Zeus and Pluto.

STYX: one of the five rivers of Hades

SOL: Roman sun god

SIRENS: Sea nymphs of Greek mythology

SATYRS: half-human woodland spirits, with the legs and feet of goats

SATURN: Roman god of agriculture

PSYCHE: A beautiful maiden. Personification of the soul. Made immortal by Zeus.

PROMETHEUS: The father of mankind

POSEIDON: Greek god of the sea

PLEIADES: The seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Changed into stars.

PEGASUS: winged horse, offspring of Poseidon and Medusa

PANDORA: The first mortal woman, fashioned from clay by Hephaestus. Famous box.

ORION: The hunter. Son of Poseidon. Astronomical constellation.

OEDIPUS: King of Thebes. Married his own mother.

ODYSSEUS: Ulysses, King of Ithaca. Famous for long journey (Odyssey).

NIKE: Victoria, Goddess of victory, a constant companion of Zeus

NEPTUNE: Poseidon, Roman god of the waters

NEMESIS: Goddess of retribution

NARCISSUS: Son of Cephisus and Leiriope. Fell in love with his own reflection.

MINOTAUR: Body of a man, head of a bull.

MINERVA: Athena, Roman goddess of war

MIDAS: King of Phrygia. Silenus gave him the "golden touch".

MERCURY: Hermes, Roman messenger of the gods, son of Jupiter

MARS: Ares, Roman god of war and agriculture

JUPITER: Zeus, Supreme Roman god, god of the skies, rain, and weather.

JASON: King of Iolcus, leader of the Argonauts.

IRIS: Messenger of the gods. Goddess of rainbows.

ICARUS: Son of Daedalus. Flew too close to the sun.

HESPERUS: He was carried away by the wind to become the evening star.

HERMES: Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Son of Zeus.

HERCULES: Son of Zeus. The most popular of heroes.

HEPHAESTUS: God of fire, son of Zeus

HELIOS: he sun-god

HELEN: Queen of Sparta

HADES: The abode of the dead

GORGONS: Daughters of Ceto and Phorcys. (Look at them, and turn to stone!)

FURIES: Roman goddesses of vengeance

FORTUNA: Roman goddess of chance, fortune and luck

FLORA: Roman goddess of gardens and flowers

EROS: God of love

EREBUS: Underworld darkness below Hades through which all the dead must pass

DIANA: Roman goddess of forests and groves

DAEDALUS: Athenian inventor. Flew with Icarus.

CYCLOPS: one-eyed monsters

CUPID: Roman equivalent of Eros, god of love. Depicted with wings.

CHIMERA: firebreathing daughter of Echidna and Typhon

CEPHEUS: King of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda

CENTAURS: Inhabitants of Thessaly, half human, half horse

CALYPSO: daughter of Atlas

BACCHUS: Greek god of wine, son of Zeus

AURORA: Roman goddess of the dawn, daughter of Uranus

ATLAS: King of Mauretania, carried the weight of the world on his shoulders

ATHENA: Minerva, Greek goddess of war, wisdom, and the liberal arts

ARES: Mars, God of war. Son of Zeus and Hera. An Olympian.

APOLLO: God of prophecy, healing and music. An Olympian.

APHRODITE: Venus, Goddess of sensual love and beauty, daughter of Zeus

ANTIGONE: daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

ANDROMEDA: daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, astronomical constellation

AMAZONS: mythical female warriors of Cappadocia

AGAMEMNON: King of Mycenae and Argos

AENEAS: son of Anchises and Aphrodite

AEGEUS: King of Athens

ADONIS: son of Cinyras and Cenchreis, famous for his great beauty

ACHILLES: son of Peleus and Thetis, famous for heel!